CMS Announces Revision to New Payment Edits for Spine Surgery The July 1, 2023, National Correct Coding Initiative Procedure-to-Procedure (PTP) edit file for Medicare claims includes Column 1 codes…

CMS Announces Revision to New Payment Edits for Spine Surgery The July 1, 2023, the National Correct Coding Initiative Procedure-to-Procedure (PTP) edit file for Medicare claims includes Column 1…

Medical Societies Urge Members of Congress to Vote Against Legislation Expanding Scope of Practice for Mid-level Providers A coalition of professional medical societies, including ISASS, submitted a letter on…

…(which was scheduled to be about 4%) until 2025 Extension of incentive payments for Advanced Alternative Payment Model participation Extension of the Medicare Dependent Hospital program, low-volume hospital payment…

CMS Extends 2022 MIPS EUC Deadline to March 3 On December 29, 2022, as a result of medical associations’ (including ISASS’s) advocacy and outreach, CMS has extended the deadline…

…to address the scheduled budget neutrality cuts on January 1, 2023, in Medicare physician fee schedule payments to ensure seniors continue to have access to care. Although the letter…

…ideas in the clinical and basic sciences related to spine surgery to enhance patient care. Overall, we are very concerned with the proposal to cap payment rates for over…

…despite ranking number 19 for orthopedic ASCs per capita, comes in next to last for orthopedic surgeons per capita. All 50 states and Washington, D.C., ranked by orthopedic surgeons…

…imaging prior authorization requirement. Therefore, the considerable logistical issues involved with an imaging prior authorization requirement will result in additional practice burdens and delays in care. 1657555269:11 11 default…

…Y. Chen1, Q. Ahmed2, V. Lee2, R.W.M. Lam1, H.K. Wong1) Best Basic Science Paper Award Intervertebral Disc Repair and Regeneration Using Neonatal Human Dermal Fibroblasts in the Rabbit Model…

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