Vertebral Augmentation: Coverage Indications, Limitations, and/or Medical Necessity OLIVIER CLERK-LAMALICE,1 DOUGLAS P. BEALL,2 KEVIN ONG,3 MORGAN P. LORIO4 1Western Canada Pain Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 2Clinical Radiology of Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma,3Exponent, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 4Hughston Clinic Orthopaedics—Centennial, Nashville, Tennessee ABSTRACT The ISASS Policy...

News and noteworthy information for October 2018 CMS conducts field tests of outcomes for musculoskeletal conditions and procedures, including Lumbar Spinal Fusion ISASS meets with The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to review physician reimbursement for minimally invasive spine surgical procedures Leapfrog Group Expands Performance Ratings to Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgery...