…be able to choose to complete prior authorizations online, reducing burden for providers through a more streamlined process. Clinicians who select the electronic option will typically be able to…

The abstract submission system is now open for ISASS18 being held April 11-13, 2018. Dear Colleagues, The ISASS18 online abstract submission system is now open! Click to submit your…

…have been completed. The hospital operating room just went online recently and is receiving a flood of cases. King’s Hospital has 300 beds to treat the most seriously injured…

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…procedure reimbursements to hospitals for outpatient procedures; 3. Hospital Outpatient Ambulatory Payment Classifications (APCs). CMS is accepting comments on the final rule through December 31, 2016. Comments should be…

ISASS attended the American Medical Association (AMA) annual meeting June 6-10 in Chicago. After a three-year process to obtain a voting seat, ISASS became a voting member of the…

…North Carolina (BCBS-NC) to discuss the spine community’s concerns with a newly published BCBS-NC policy on lumbar fusions. The posting of the policy by BCBS-NC last fall prompted an…

…one of only four specialty societies with a primary focus on spine. ISASS has been a prominent voice on all spine-related issues that come before the CPT Editorial Panel…

…Senators Stabenow and Barrasso: • Provide relief from the scheduled -4.42% budget neutrality cut in Medicare physician fee schedule payments. • End the statutory annual freeze and provide a…

…not official, CMS believes implementation of this plan is within its existing authority. This comes after the Biden administration in 2021 repealed the rule that had provided expedited coverage…

New ICD-10 Diagnosis Codes for Discogenic Pain As we noted in our last Advocacy Alert, the ICD-10 Coding Committee released a new set of diagnosis codes created specifically to…