…should not advance the proprietary interests of any commercial company Any unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or products discussed in the content must be disclosed to the audience in either…

…Coalition. They have invited all physicians to complete the online Telehealth Impact Study—Provider Survey. The study has been approved by the Mayo Clinic Institutional Review Board and is part…

…an out-of-network payment agreement, a provider, facility, and health plan or issuer can use the online portal to initiate the Federal IDR process. To start a dispute via the…

…the Inspector General’s List of Excluded Individuals and Entities at http://oig.hhs.gov/exclusions/index.asp). Are debarred by the FDA. See FDA Debarment List at http://www.fda.gov/ICECI/EnforcementActions/FDADebarmentList/default.htm. How to Apply Download and complete the…

ISASS has partnered with mymedicalimages.com to provide members with a better way to obtain images from patients. To get started: 1.Go to https://www.mymedicalimages.com/isass/ 2.Click “Get Started for Free” 3.Choose…

…to ISASS members is CMS’ decision to assign a valuation (‘relative value units’) to a recently approved Category I CPT® code 22586: pre-sacral interbody fusion at L5-S1. Earlier this…

…payment policies. This rule would provide more choices for beneficiaries with diabetes while streamlining the process for innovators in getting their technologies approved for coverage, payment, and coding by…

…new technologies and new devices that are used in outpatient settings such as the Barricaid Implant system. If approved, C-codes only apply to the facility payments, and physician payment…

…blood products, which were not the subject of an approved biologics license application nor an investigational new drug (IND) application—thereby violating the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and…

…US I 344 coflex Direct decompres- sion via laminecto- my w/ subsequent implantation coflex ILS OR Decompres- sion via laminecto- my w/ subsequent posterolateral instru- mented fusion Age coflex:…

…physicians and physician groups will be eligible for the program.   Senate HELP Committee Action On March 9, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP Committee) approved…

…as a DEXA bone density measured T score < -2.5. Paget’s disease, osteomalacia or anything other metabolic bone disease (excluding osteoporosis which is addressed above) Morbid obesity defined as…