…patients. The letter refers to research on differences in quality of care and other patient outcomes between care provided by physicians and mid-level providers and emphasizes that a wholistic,…

ISASS Submits Request for New Diagnostic Codes for Low Back Pain On December 2, 2022, ISASS submitted a request to the ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance Committee for new ICD-10…

…at Hospital Ruber Juan Bravo Quirón in Madrid, Spain. He studied Medicine at Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, PhD program at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain, Residency in Neurosurgery…

Senate Narrowly Confirms Robert Califf to Lead the FDA On February 15, 2022, the US Senate narrowly confirmed Dr. Robert Califf as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration…

ISASS has evolved into one of the premiere spine surgery meetings. The quality of research, presentations and symposia is outstanding. Great to attend a spine surgery focused meeting with…

The agenda of clinical research presentations at this year’s ISASS annual meeting was as strong as we’ve ever seen. 1640126413:7 7 default Matt Miksic, Sr Reseach Analyst Piper Jaffray…

…purposes of the Interim Meeting, advocacy is defined as “Active use of communication and influence with public and private sector entities responsible for making decisions that directly affect physician…

…Research Society). This arrangement increases our resources and capabilities without major capital investments. We believe this new arrangement will present ISASS with added opportunities to grow. This management service…

ISASS is looking for leading-edge research and thought-provoking symposia formats–debates, discussions, case studies–for ISASS20, which will take place Feb. 26-28, 2020 at the Puerto Rico Convention Center in San…

…improved their quality of care. Compared to peer hospitals that were not acquired, the acquired hospitals actually performed worse on patient experience measures after the merger and did not…

…from Altarum, a private research organization that focuses on health policy. Health spending was 17.7% of GDP in 2019 and increased by 4.6% from 2018 spending to $3.8 trillion…

…in a bid to cut health care spending. Peer-to-peer (P2P) discussions between physicians and insurance company doctors are too often just another barrier to care, according to an AMA…