…under the Advancing Care Information performance category Creating a small practice bonus Creating a complex patient bonus Automatically weighting the Quality, Advancing Care Information, and Improvement Activities performance categories…

…before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP Committee) on January 18 and before the Senate Finance Committee on January 24. Price faced questions from both…

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…

On March 6, ISASS sent a comment letter to the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicare (ACOEM) regarding their Sacroiliac Joint Fusion Practice Guideline that is used in…

…comments are being accepted by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) between now and 5pm Eastern on October 5. Comments may be submitted electronically via this link. ISASS…

…(http://connect.bcbsnc.com/lets-talk-cost-2013/the-cost-problem/). This site is troubling for several reasons: First, although the website touches upon the very real problem of unsustainable increases in the overall cost of healthcare and enumerates…

…presentations and summary documents. Please see the following links for more information and resources from the AMA: https://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/2019-06/cpt-office-prolonged-svs-code-changes.pdf https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/cpt/em-prep-your-house-practice-checklist-2021-transition…

…sleeping, pain in the peri- or post-partum period or pain after lumbar spinal fusion. Specific physical examination tests that stress the SI joint (e.g., distraction test, compression test, thigh…

…Morgenthau, District Attorney of New York, as well as awards for Best Overall Paper, Best Basic Science Paper and Best Clinical Paper. There were 41 exhibitor booths and registration…

News and noteworthy information for June 2016: ISASS Convenes Payment Models Subcommittee ISASS Submits Comments to MACRA/Quality Payment Program Proposed Rule ISASS Submits Comments to 2017 Hospital Inpatient Proposed…

…maintain the opportunity for community input on any requests for exceptions to the expansion process submitted by “high Medicaid facilities.” Pass-Through Time Extension Because of COVID-19 CMS is requesting…

…founded several medical-related companies, including Back Systems, Inc., a risk management company in Dallas; and CompTain, Inc., a worker’s compensation PPO. He also served on the advisory boards of…