…rule for the inpatient hospital setting. A number of changes are proposed with regard to spinal surgery, including the following: The ICD-10 Coding Committee released a new set of…

…of the public comment period on regulations expected to go into effect in January 2014. The first letter “Comments on CMS Proposed Rule (CMS-1601-P) Section III(A) Regarding Changes to…

…identify the procedure as misvalued under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule in the 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule. ISASS argued that the recent Medicare valuations of 22867…

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…is free to make valuation decisions without having to provide compelling rationale when rejecting value recommendations from stakeholders. View the letter to CMS here. 1474487032:3 3 default 1 1…

…with respect to upcoming measure reporting and data submission for those programs. The action comes as part of the Trump Administration’s response to COVID-19. CMS is implementing policy exceptions…

…insufficient to provide reasonable assurance of safety and effectiveness, but for which there is sufficient information to establish special controls to provide such assurance, including the issue of performance…

2023 Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery, Asia-Pacific Section     Click here for the official ISASS AP 2023 Website 1701976709:11 11 default…

…file and new requirements governing how hospitals must publicly post those files on their websites. CMS proposes to compensate hospitals for the increased cost of acquiring certain personal protective…

…published in the International Journal of Spine Surgery, the official ISASS journal, in February 2019. Links to the policy statements can be found on the ISASS website. Bone Graft…

…criteria on December 14, 2023. According to the ONC website, here is a summary of the key relevant provisions: Algorithm Transparency: Establishes first of its kind transparency requirements for…