The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has opened the data submission period for Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)-eligible clinicians who participated in the 2019 performance period of…

…and iPad: Users that have already downloaded the app will either automatically receive the update (iOS 7+) or receive notification to download the updated version (earlier versions of iOS)….

…of January 28, 2019. The potential for another shutdown still exists if Congress and the White House cannot agree on terms by February 15, 2019. 1548780448:6 6 1 1…

…in the first presentation; it was used to determine costs as well as outcomes. The more data you collect, the more it can be sliced into fascinating findings. A…

…Recommendations and Coverage Criteria for Bone Graft Substitutes used in Spinal Surgery (January 2019) ISASS Policy Statement – Decompression with Interlaminar Stabilization (November 2016) Update: ISASS Policy Statement –…

Thank you! It was a great meeting! This meeting was the way NASS used to be in the 1990s. 1640126065:7 7 default Steven Wolf, MD 1 Mount Sinai…

…sacral augmentation (0200T and 0201T) Proposed non-coverage of prophylactic use of percutaneous vertebroplasty Proposed non-coverage of treatment for more than two vertebral levels ISASS asked Novitas to revisit these…

…to take ICBG?” there were laughs to be had as well as useful perspectives from both established leaders like ISASS President Dr. Jeffrey Goldstein and Dr. Isador Lieberman and…

…second level, cervical (list separately in addition to code for primary procedure) to the list of ASC-covered procedures. ISASS also provided comments on CMS’ proposed new a all-cause ASC…

…was addressed to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and also went to chairs and ranking members of the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance committees. MACRA was…

…means of participation in MIPS through virtual groups Continuing to allow use of the 2014 Edition of Certified Electronic Health Record Technology (CEHRT) without penalty Creating a new hardship…

Legislation was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives which – if enacted – would narrow the “Stark” law’s exceptions and have a direct impact on the services provided…