…important cost drivers in our system- including unnecessary care, medical errors and inefficient delivery- the content conspicuously avoids describing the substantive value created by many novel devices and procedures….

…the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Past President of The North American Spine Society, and the Scoliosis Research Society. Many of these societies have honored Dr. Yuan’s research and…

…American Spine Society (NASS) Contributor, American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS) Self-Assessment Examination/Adult Spine Representative, Council of Musculoskeletal Specialty Societies (COMSS) of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons American…

…the Research Committee at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and a member of three Institute of Medicine committees. He is a member of 15 Editorial Boards, a Deputy…

…to attend an educational event or materials at an educational event. More than 105 state and specialty societies signed on to the letter in support of the legislation.  …

…become a member of the FOSA- Federation of Spine Associations which includes CSRS- Cervical Spine Research Society, NASS (North American Spine Society) SRS ( Scoliosis Research Society) ASIA (American…

…comments to rulemakings that inform and shape the payment landscape for spine surgery going forward; educate the U.S.-based ISASS membership on payment and quality reporting changes coming down the…

…participate in upcoming Open Payments program activities, physicians and teaching hospitals must be registered in the Open Payments system: If you registered last year, you do not need to…

…per the guidelines. For example, CPT 99213 would now have a low number/complexity of problem(s), medically appropriate history/examination, limited review of data, and low MDM or time (20-29 minutes)….

…F. Heary, MD heary@umdnj.edu Immediate Past-President Steve Reich, MD spinedad@yahoo.com Mitchell Reiter, MD mreiter@njss.net Roy Vingan, MD endoftheinnocence@hotmail.com James Dwyer, MD jnd5@earthlink.net Dante Implicito, MD dantemd@optonline.net Jack Knightly, MD…

…Interpore Cross, Acromed. Computer Motion, Endius, Orthologic, Spine Next, Raymedica, SpineVision and Paradigm Spine Research / Inventions / Surgical Techniques Dual Ph.D. (one in Pharmacology and one in Nutrition)…

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