Spine Surgery Procedure RVUs Reviewed as Part of the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule 2022 Final Rule As part of the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule, several sets…

Domagoj Coric, MD, USA Dr. Dom Coric spent 25 years as a neurosurgical spine surgeon at Carolina Neurosurgery and Spine Associates (CNSA) in Charlotte, North Carolina. He served 13…

…codes will undergo extensive revision for implementation in 2021. Code level selection will now either be based solely on medical decision-making or total time on the date of the…

Survey of Health Care Providers on Accuracy of Medicare Payments The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) conducts numerous surveys of hospitals and health care providers that are used…

…E/M visit codes for CY 2021 and the new add-on CPT code for prolonged service time. The AMA RUC-recommended values will increase payment for office/outpatient E/M visits. The RUC…

COVID-19 Vaccine Resources Released CMS and the American Medical Association (AMA) have both developed resources to support efforts to communicate about the COVID-19 vaccine. Please see links and information…

Multi-specialty Relative Value Scale Update Committee Reimbursement Surveys for Spine Surgical Procedures The Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) acts as advisory body to CMS in setting Relative Value…

…on the use of new Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes to capture non–face-to-face work performed by surgeons, including spine surgeons. In the May 2021 issue of AAOS Now, the…

…Society for Advanced Spine Surgery (ISASS) and the Society of Lateral Access Surgery (SOLAS) and has been the Program Chair for CSRS Annual meeting. In 2021 he received the…

…with the parent codes. CMS had previously attempted a similar edit in 2021 but ISASS and other stakeholders succeeded in reversing that attempt. In response to the challenge to…

…with the parent codes. CMS had previously attempted a similar edit in 2021 and ISASS and other stakeholders succeeded in reversing that attempt. In response to the rapid response,…

…recommended that CMS direct Medicare administrative contractors to recover improperly paid facet joint intervention payments. A recent OIG audit found that from August 1 through October 31, 2021, Medicare…