…labor update over 4 years to transition from the current prices to the final updated prices in 2025. Clinical labor rates were last updated in 2002 using Bureau of…

…On December 13, 2016, ISASS was informed by CMS and the National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) that CMS will finalize and implement coding edits effective April 1, 2017 to…

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…markup to lower cost services, which has the result of undervaluing high-cost items and overvaluing low-cost items. CMS has taken a series of steps to create additional hospital cost…

…to the most advanced spine therapies and technologies and an extensive network of specialists in physiatry, neurology, pain management, nursing and physical therapy. Possessing a broad knowledge of both…

…a package of Medicare legislative proposals that will save a net $419.4 billion over ten years through delivery system reform, improving beneficiary access to care, addressing the rising cost…

…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…

…continues to cost the health-care system five years after the fracture occurs. On the other hand, balloon kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty are proven cost-effective in terms of cost-per-quality year gained…

CMS Announces Revisions to Quality Payment Program On May 20, 2021, CMS announced that the 2020 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Cost Performance Category under the Medicare Quality Payment…

…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…

…was, then, appointed a member of President George W. Bush’s cabinet. While he served in two positions on the Bush Cabinet, Leavitt views his primary task in both jobs…