…111%-119%) greater life expectancy than patients treated conservatively. On the other hand, vertebroplasty has a 44% (P < .001; 95% CI: 42%-47%) increase compared with conservatively treated patients. Direct…

…VAS 4 Mean 47.4 (27-69) 6-12 months – 5%, 1-2 years -11%, 2-3 years – 6%, 3-5 years -14%, > 5 years – 64% 89% Previously discussed. No additional…

AMA House of Delegates Addresses Several Issues in June 2021 House of Delegates Annual Meeting Nearly 700 physicians, residents and medical students gathered for the June 2021 American Medical…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…for the Advancement of Spine Surgery (ISASS) Jean Charles LeHuec, MD, PhD – President 2323 Cheshire Drive, Suite 101 Aurora, IL 60502 630-995-9994 www.isass.org Introductory Statement ISASS is an…

…important cost drivers in our system- including unnecessary care, medical errors and inefficient delivery- the content conspicuously avoids describing the substantive value created by many novel devices and procedures….

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…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…

ISASS and other Physician Specialty Societies met in Chicago from June 8-12, as part of the annual AMA House of Delegates convention. The AMA House of Delegates is the…