VA Responds to Stakeholder Input Regarding Effort to Streamline Reporting/Coding On July 29, 2021, ISASS and other organizations representing state medical associations and medical specialty societies raised several concerns…

…and Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) to the Doctors and Clinicians section of Medicare Care Compare and in the Provider Data Catalog (PDC). CMS is required to report eligible clinicians’…

…of more than 70 leading health care provider and patient advocacy organizations and has 280 congressional cosponsors. The legislation will now be assigned to a House committee. Some of…

…from Altarum, a private research organization that focuses on health policy. Health spending was 17.7% of GDP in 2019 and increased by 4.6% from 2018 spending to $3.8 trillion…

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…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…

…tribal nation colleges. Black, Latino, Native, and Indigenous people have been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus. Earlier on Monday, the World Health Organization announced a global partnership to make…

…and Children’s Health Insurance Program physicians and organizations to submit information and apply for funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Provider Relief Fund from…

…following link, ama-assn.org/join-renew and help us, and all of medicine continue to shape health policy throughout the world. Thank you, Morgan Lorio, MD Chair, ISASS Coding and Reimbursement Task…

…meantime, stay tuned to what the Society is up to by signing up for our email blasts at isass.org, following the Society’s newsletter at vertebralcolumns.com, and reading the great…

…York Price: Members-$300, Non-members-$550 To view the full agenda, click here. Register here. The AMA Executive Center is sharing its discounts at area hotels; you can access the links…

…as part of a Medicare shared savings program or accountable care organization; (3) services provided under a CMS Innovation Center model; or (4) services provided by an integrated multi-specialty…