…notification (510(k)). In 2011, the Orthopedic Surgical Manufacturers Association submitted a petition to the FDA to classify posterior cervical screw systems as a Class II device. In September 2012,…

ISASS Policy & Advocacy News – September 2016   News and noteworthy information for September 2016: MACRA Update: Pick Your Pace Novitas Draft LCD: Percutaneous Vertebroplasty and Vertebral Augmentation…

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…Innovation in Medicine, and the National Leadership Coalition on Health Care. In addition, this Princeton professor is a member of numerous editorial boards. Professor Reinhardt is the James Madison…

…June 2022, CMS issued CMP notices to two hospitals for failure to comply with the final rule. The House Committee on Energy and Commerce is calling on the government…

…to report insertion of lumbar interlaminar/interspinous process stabilization/distraction devices, without fusion, with open decompression. Development of this policy statement and others in the ISASS policy portfolio are intended to…

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…fusion, or not. ICD-9 codes that support medical necessity are shown in Table 2. ICD-9 CodeDescription 720.2Sacroiliitis not elsewhere classified; inflammation of sacroiliac joint NOS 721.3Lumbosacral spondylosis without myelopathy…

…comparing optimal clinical strategies that both do and do not include spinal fusion surgery. PCORI is an independent, non-profit organization authorized by Congress in 2010. Its mission is to…

FDA Approves Spine Surgery Robot for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery On August 11, 2022, a notice was posted that Point Robotics MedTech’s Point Kinguide system received FDA 510(k) clearance….

…for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (Innovation Center) hosted the 90-minute virtual Listening Session to inform development of an opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment demonstration program created through the Substance…

Drug Enforcement Administration Extends Telehealth Flexibilities for Controlled Substance Prescriptions On May 10, 2023, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a rule that extends the rules allowing telehealth prescription…