On March 22, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced it is granting exceptions from reporting requirements and extensions for clinicians and providers participating in Medicare quality reporting…

…on volume to stable, monthly payments. In addition to supporting these 15 rural communities, CMS is also looking for 20 rural accountable care organizations (ACOs) to participate in the…

ISASS is an active participant in several AMA bodies through its seat on the AMA House of Delegates: AMA CPT Editorial Panel AMA/Multi-Specialty Relativity Update Committee (RUC) AMA Federal…

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…Thoracolumbar Degeneration, moderated by former ISASS President Dr. Gunnar Andersson and Dr. Michael Gerling. We explored Oblique Lateral fusions (OLIF), considered several different pain measures, discussed predictors of instability…

…L5-S1 in individuals with CLBP24. Figure 1 – MC1 and MC2 changes illustrated. A) and B) demonstrate decreased signal intensity on T1-wighted images, and increased signal intensity on T2-weighted…

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…cost indices (GPCIs). With the budget neutrality adjustment to account for changes in RVUs, as required by law, the finalized CY 2020 PFS conversion factor is $36.09, a slight…

Surgical Spine Care: Removing Barriers to Patient Access An ISASS Symposium ISASS invites you to participate in this new educational opportunity, to bring the spine care community together to…

…not in their insurance network or because a doctor at their in-network hospital doesn’t take the patient’s plan should not have to pay more than they would for an…

…associations, sections and groups. ISASS is considered a national medical specialty society in the House of Delegates and participates in the Specialty and Service Society (SSS) Caucus, the largest…

…in a number of areas, including: Approaches to acute and chronic pain management; Clinical best practices/Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs); Provider and patient education; Non-opioid/Innovative solutions to pain management; Improved…