…F. Heary, MD heary@umdnj.edu Immediate Past-President Steve Reich, MD spinedad@yahoo.com Mitchell Reiter, MD mreiter@njss.net Roy Vingan, MD endoftheinnocence@hotmail.com James Dwyer, MD jnd5@earthlink.net Dante Implicito, MD dantemd@optonline.net Jack Knightly, MD…

…of December 18, 2012. A draft report and report appendix can be found here: Comment on Draft Reports and White Papers ISASS is encouraging our members to provide comments…

…states for State Workers Compensation fee schedule and coverage policies. The ISASS letter asked the ACOEM Low Back Disorder Guideline committee overseen by ACOEM Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Kurt Hegmann, to…

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…is making a list publicly available of the providers who have received and accepted money from the Provider Relief Fund here: https://data.cdc.gov/Administrative/HHS-Provider-Relief-Fund/kh8y-3es6 Read the updated FAQs here: [https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/provider-relief-fund-general-distribution-faqs.pdf} default…

…are to make policy changes. Access the ISASS Spine Codes Comparison 2020 vs. Proposed 2020 Background Payment is made under the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) for services furnished by…

…similarly undervalued. In addition to the extensive comments on 27279, ISASS also commented on proposed malpractice RVUs and proposed updates to the definitions and payments for Evaluation and Management…

ISASS Provides Comments to Anthem on Sacroiliac Joint Fusion Practice Guidelines for Workers Compensation Coverage On April 21, 2020, ISASS sent a comment letter to Anthem regarding their Sacroiliac…

…submit comments on both rules by the deadline, but for individual members and practices interested in submitting comments, please see links below to submit comments. You can read the…

…in the CY2019 OPPS/ASC final rule, CMS completed the implementation of the 2-year phase-in of applying the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) rate for the clinic visit service (G0463…

…about this topic. ISASS has put together a sample comment letter, which you can access by clicking DRAFT ISASS Member Comment letter to CMS 8-19, which can downloaded, with…

…research, providing about 10,000 new and competing NIH grants.   Senate HELP Committee Action On February 9, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) advanced its…