…total disc (Humboldt University/Charité, Berlin, Germany – co-inventor Prof. Dr. Kurt Schellnack). 1984 first patents. 1989 habilitation treatise “The functional intervertebral disc prosthesis SB Charité – development of the…

…ISASS Coding & Reimbursement Task Force continues to evaluate policies that may be detrimental to optimal patient care, and that may unnecessarily or punitively reduce physician reimbursement. Under the…

…in coding spinal procedures and the need for advanced and up to date spine specific education” Cataletto concluded. The Business of Spine also offers the Spine Reimbursement Specialist Series…

…The partial shutdown began on December 22, 2018 and lasted 35 days. Prior to the partial shutdown, Congress had already passed five of its major appropriations bills funding about…

…research awards including Outstanding Oral Paper Award at the 13th annual International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Best Paper Award at the 31st annual Scientific Meeting of the Singapore Orthopaedic…

…Read the IBC Spinal Fusion policy here: https://medpolicy.ibx.com/ibc/Commercial/Pages/Policy/6C6218B5CEC0F18085258588005C4080.aspx ISASS Letter Regarding IBC Medical Policy 11.14.27d default default #ffffff 1 1 position-statement-on-cervical-and-lumbar-disc-replacements-2019 position-statement-on-cervical-and-lumbar-disc-replacements-2019-5 invasive-sacroiliac-joint-fusion…

…Including a payment model that allows MA beneficiaries to share more directly in program savings. Ensuring that fee-for-service Medicare is not promoted over MA. Issuing a report within 180…

…spinal technology. His specialties include cervical spine pathology affecting the upper extremities, artificial discs, motion preservation, advanced biologics, minimally invasive spine surgery (including adult deformity), basivertebral nerve ablation, disc…

On March 18, at the White House Task Force Press Briefing, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced that all elective surgeries, non-essential medical, surgical, and dental procedures…

…cancer, instead of additional chemotherapy or other types of treatment paid for under the IPPS. Currently, CAR-T hospital cases are paid at the same rate as bone marrow transplants…

…privileges for NPPs would lead to savings increases without affecting patient care. By negatively impacting patient care, the proposal, if adopted, would ultimately increase total health care costs by…

…are available for attending, at no cost to participants. For more information, contact c19ECHO@salud.unm.edu. All ambulatory providers (e.g., primary care, surgical, rural/urban, dental, mental health, solo practitioners) are invited…