…family would benefit from a comprehensive review by the RUC, and we welcome comments on a broader understanding of these codes. Additionally, we seek input on current standard billing…

Eric A. Potts, MD Dr. Eric A. Potts is a board-certified neurosurgeon with specialties in numerous spinal surgeries and procedures. Dr. Potts obtained his undergraduate degree from the University…

Seok Woo Kim, MD, PhD Dr. Kim is an orthopedic spine surgeon. He was born in Seoul, South Korea. After completing his spine fellowship at Johns Hopkins University in…

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…

Karin Büttner-Janz, MD, MBA, Germany Past President – 2008-2009 1967-1972: Competitive Sports in Gymnastics: 2 Gold, 3 Silver, 2 Bronze Olympic Medals; 1 Gold, 2 Silver World Championship Medals;…

…Committee (RUC) surveys for the physician office visit code set (99202-99215, 99XXX). Components of the Medicare Physician Payment Schedule are physician work, practice expense and professional liability insurance. These…

SAS/ISASS would like to alert you to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal covering Congressman Darrell Issa’s (incoming chairman of the House’s chief investigative committee) goal of…

…(manual physical therapy). Physical Therapy Health Center – Spine-health.com Physical Therapy for the Spine — Spine-health.com article In this ISASS Guide for Patients: Common Spinal Conditions Non-Surgical Spine Treatments…

…and comments shared, we know that further courses like this are desired by spine surgeons. Planning for future courses is underway. The next ISASS course and lab are being…

…turnaround time on reviews–the average time to first decision is only 6 weeks–but we’ll soon see accepted manuscripts published in a matter of days or weeks, not months. PubMed…

ISASS17 started with a bang—the MIS-1 session was packed to standing! We discussed revision rates on MIS decompression, how to handle analgesia following TLIF, and complication rates for LLIF…

…CO, US. Dr. Albert Telfeian, MD, PhD will be chair. Course description: Course participants will combine didactic and lab learning, spread over two days, to understand the latest techniques…