…Quality Reporting Program for fiscal year 2020. CMS is continuing ts efforts toward the eventual transition to a unified post-acute care system through updates to the data used for…

…under administrations of both parties. She served in the White House budget office during the Republican administration of George W. Bush and worked in Congress and at the CMS…

…Physician Fee Schedule. As part of their valuation process, the RUC works with specialty societies like ISASS to survey specialty society members on their relative resource use in providing…

…In the proposed rule, CMS proposed an 11% reduction in the Medicare conversion factor used to calculate physician payments. ISASS pointed out the unfairness of imposing a substantial payment…

…and Human Services (HHS) will offer a 10-week series of courses on telemedicine implementation and integration. Although telemedicine use has grown exponentially during the COVID-19 pandemic, many ambulatory providers…

…Authority (HCA) regarding their sacroiliac joint fusion coverage policy, which is used by the state’s Medicaid and workers’ compensation program for coverage. The ISASS letter asked that the Washington…

On May 26, 2020, ISASS sent a comment letter to Anthem regarding their Sacroiliac Joint Fusion Coverage Policy, which is used in many states/regions by Anthem for fee schedule…

…Fusion Practice Guideline which is used in many states/regions by Anthem for fee schedule and coverage policies. The ISASS letter asked that Anthem revise their policy guidelines to consider…

On March 6, ISASS sent a comment letter to the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicare (ACOEM) regarding their Sacroiliac Joint Fusion Practice Guideline that is used in…

On March 6, ISASS sent a comment letter to the policy guideline entity, MCG on its Sacroiliac Joint Fusion coverage policy. MCG provides research and policy guidelines used by…

…of service on or after February 4, 2020. HCPCS is a standardized coding system that Medicare and other health insurers use to submit claims for services provided to patients….

…2020 Quality Benchmarks provides a listing of the 2020 benchmarks and explains how they are used to assess performance in the Quality performance category. Click on this hyperlink to…