Surgeons who are treat Medicare patients are required to submit information under the CMS Open Payment system. Medicare Reporting entities are currently submitting Program Year 2019 data. In order…

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…books, 123 book chapters, 255 peer-reviewed journal articles, and 132 abstracts. Additionally, Dr. Garfin has written five reviews, one magazine article, and was editor of eight focus journals. Currently,…

…pain at 1 (-2.7 points on 0-10 scale vs. -6.2 points) and 2-year (-2.0 vs. -5.6 points) follow-up (all differences are statistically significant.).26 Finally, two published studies report that…

…to the pharmaceutical industry and to publicly pressure the FDA to take action on prescription drug prices and to address the opioid epidemic. Earlier in the week, the Senate…

…Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System. Price Transparency Beginning January 1, 2022, CMS will increase the penalty for some hospitals that do not comply with…

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…can be found at the following link: https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2015/09/21/2015-23521/establishment-of-the-patient-engagement-advisory-committee-establishment-of-a-public-docket-request   ICD-10 News On August 31, ISASS staff participated on a National Provider Call hosted by the Centers for Medicare &…

…distributing an additional $20 billion of the General Distribution to providers to augment their initial allocation so that $50 billion is allocated proportional to providers’ share of 2018 net…

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