UPDATE: For your convenience, we have created a petition for you, your staff, and patients to sign. We will compile the signatures and send the letter to all Medicare Directors. […]
This afternoon, CMS released the below updated guidance, directing all Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) to lift the claims hold and process claims with dates of service October 1, 2025, and
A revised CMS notice issued on October 15, 2025, stated that claims under the physician fee schedule and other payment programs will continue to be processed and paid on time.
CMS proposes a 3.8% payment increase for physicians, the first in 5 years, along with a 2.6% increase for ASC payments and an 8%–10% increase for office-based services. However, payments
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It is with profound sadness and a deep sense of loss that we share the passing of our beloved teacher, mentor, friend, and colleague, Gabor Bela Racz, MD, who passed
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As was posted on Friday, CMS released its CY2024 proposed rules for physician fee schedule, ambulatory surgery center, and hospital outpatient prospective payment systems schedules. We provided you with our
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Controversies on the effectiveness of spinal cord stimulation continue. Recently Drs. Manchikanti, Sanapati, and Hirsch wrote a response to the JAMA article (read the response here), JAMA Randomized Controlled Trial
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February 8, 2023 CGS (L39383), Palmetto (L39402), WPS (L39475), NGS (39455), and Noridian (L39462 and L39464) jurisdictions, have issued SI joint injection policies: Novitas and First Coast Services have not
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Update October 14, 2022: A letter has been sent today to the Medical Directors of multiple MACs regarding Proposed LCD-Sacroiliac Joint Injections and Procedures. Please look over the letter here.
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