…three categories of resources: work, practice expense and malpractice expense. The Act also requires CMS to establish by regulation each year’s payment amounts for all physicians’ services paid under…

Contact: Patti Minglin FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Telephone: 630-209-2524 Email: patti@gogirlcommunications.com Aurora IL USA/Mar 11 2013—ISASS13, a multi-professional spine industry event hosted by ISASS – International Society for the Advancement…

…overpayments language from the portal last week. Unfortunately, in some cases, the appearing and disappearing of the formulas from the website heightened rather than allayed concerns. Currently, HHS has…

…Surgery Health Center – Spine-health.com Lumbar Decompression Back Surgery – Spine-health.com article Microdecompression Spine Surgery Video – Spine-health.com In this ISASS Guide for Patients: Common Spinal Conditions Non-Surgical Spine…

…B, increasing access to drug infusion therapy services in the home. The proposed rule also drastically reduces administrative burdens—such as complicated government coverage, payment, and coding processes—that block innovators…

…equal to the increase in the Medicare Economic Index, allowing physicians to invest in their practices and implement new strategies to provide high-value care. One new spine surgery code…

CBS recently highlighted the fact that spinal fusions are increasingly common procedures and that indications in some cases are controversial. Their highlighting of “surgeons they looked into” presents a…

…priority to transform the health care delivery system through competition and innovation while providing patients with better value and results. The proposed rule would update Medicare payment policies for…

Luiz Pimenta, MD, PhD, Brazil Past President 2013-2014 Luiz Pimenta, born in 1947, completed all of his education in his homeland, Brazil. He had graduated in Medicine at the…

…University and a leader in the field of Italian medicine. Dr. Balsano continued to complete his residency at the Orthopedic University Trust of Padova, where he focused on spinal…

On June 18, a key Senate committee held hearings and says it is ready to start marking up a bill next week designed to contain healthcare costs. The wide-ranging…

…the management of the condition is unusually complex due to comorbidities ongoing communication and care coordination between relevant practitioners furnishing care; first 30 minutes provided personally by a physician…