…level of payment errors and limited audit recoveries to payment errors above that level. The rule is less strict than the initial 2018 proposed draft. At that time, CMS…

…COVID-19 treatments have improved, physicians are still struggling with new challenges.” These challenges “have all contributed to a significant spike in the overall rate of physician burnout compared to…

…and regulations in a more expedient fashion than in non-PHE times and allows for certain grants and waivers to stay in effect until the PHE is no longer recognized…

Attending ISASS as part of the cadaver lab was a great experience, not to mention our brief time with you and some of the participants. We would like to…

…to include facet joint interventions. To provide participants additional time to prepare for this change, CMS has finalized the July 1, 2023, implementation date (rather than the proposed implementation…

…that in previous communications to NCCI at the time the edits were proposed ISASS, along with the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), the Congress of Neurosurgeons (CNS), the…

Specialty Societies Submit Letter in Support of CMS Prior Authorization Proposals On February 13, 2023, ISASS submitted comments to CMS on proposed changes released on January 30, 2023, regarding…

Portions of No Surprises Act IDR Rule Procedures Set Aside by Federal Court Again On February 8, 2023, for the second time in 12 months, a federal district court…

…comment to ISASS about either issue, please reach out to the ISASS Policy & Advocacy Committee through our consultant, Kim Norton: knorton@isass.org. For those wishing to register to observe…

…CMS of the problem with inappropriate denials and stated that in previous communications to NCCI—at the time the edits were proposed—that ISASS, along with the American Association of Neurological…

…CPT codes 22842-22845. ISASS wrote the letter to inform NCCI and CMS of the problem with inappropriate denials and stated that in previous communications to NCCI at the time…

…effort, CMS is looking for data on PA. They are particularly interested in the following data points in advance of taking meaningful action: Practice costs to complete PA tasks,…