…vs. 1.3 days) as well as improved relief of pain (using 0-10 VAS) at 1- (-2.7 vs. -6.2 points, p<.001) and 2-year (-2.0 vs. -5.6 points, p<.001) follow-up.42 The…

…split on the use of allograft versus cages for cervical arthrodesis. Structural allograft, CPT code 20931, is reported once per same surgical session, regardless of the number of allografts…

…at multiple sites, in and out of the investigational setting and with short-, intermediate- and long-term follow-up. cTDR is a viable alternative to ACDF in select patients with symptomatic…

…the baseline at 3 months post treatment was -30.07 ± 14.52 points (P < .0001). The mean reduction in VAS pain score from the baseline was -3.50 ± 2.33…

…2017 Hospital Inpatient Proposed Rule On April 18, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the proposed 2017 Hospital Inpatient and Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) payment and…

…and other organizations because they are expected to reduce burden, support a focus on beneficiaries with complex, chronic conditions, and encourage participation from organizations that have not typically participated…

…specialists, groups or organizations, including government or industry, whose common cause is the advancement of spine surgery. The specific focus to become a global organization that concentrates on the…

…information and resources from the AMA. https://bit.ly/2TiBjSb. https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/cpt/10-tips-prepare-your-practice-em-office-visit-changes https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/cpt/em-prep-your-house-practice-checklist-2021-transition https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/cpt/implementing-cpt-evaluation-and-management-em-revisions In addition, CMS has…

…systems. The Coordinating Center would act as a long-term and broad-based strategic coordinator of efforts to bring together, organize, evaluate, and secure medical device data through the NMDES.  …

…1/1 photo_box 1/1 https://www.isass.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/ISASS_Insights_Banner_-Final-1920×875-1.png story_box 1/1 https://www.isass.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/bar.jpg Upcoming Webinar info_box 3/4 Arthroplasty vs. Fusion in Cervical Spine Surgery: When and Why Date: Saturday, 13th March, 2021 Time: 10:00 am…

…presentations and summary documents. Please see the following links for more information and resources from the AMA: https://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/2019-06/cpt-office-prolonged-svs-code-changes.pdf https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/cpt/em-prep-your-house-practice-checklist-2021-transition…

…uncertainties. Spine surgery is already far ahead of most other medical specialties in this game, because most of our best research has been comparative all along – we don’t…