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Thursday, June 1, 2023 Support Prior Authorization Reform » Please click here to insist that your Congressional Representative co-sign a “Dear Colleague” letter to the Cente...
Friday, May 26, 2023 Cigna Modifier 25 Policy Update » In the face of overwhelming opposition from IPSIS and over 100 other medical societies, Cigna will delay implementing...
Tuesday, May 9, 2023 IPSIS Represented at AMA Current Procedural Terminology Editorial Panel Meeting » The International Pain and Spine Intervention Society was represented at the May 2023, American Medical Association (AMA)...
Friday, May 5, 2023 Vertebral Augmentation Coverage » The International Pain and Spine Intervention Society has joined with the Multisociety Pain Workgroup (MPW) in submitt...
Saturday, April 29, 2023 IPSIS Represented at April 2023 San Diego AMA RUC Meeting » The International Pain and Spine Intervention Society was represented at the April 2023, American Medical Association (AMA...
Monday, April 24, 2023 Opposing Cigna Modifier 25 Policy » On April 18, 2023, IPSIS joined over 100 other medical societies in requesting that Cigna immediately rescind a new poli...
Friday, April 14, 2023 ALERT: Act Now to Support Medicare Payment Rates Tied to Inflation » Contact your legislators today to urge them to support critical legislation: Strengthening Medicare for Patients and...
Thursday, April 13, 2023 Patient Letter Templates for SI Joint RF Ablation Non-Coverage Decisions🔒 » Looking for assistance with informing your patients that their sacroiliac joint radiofrequency ablation (SIJ RFA) treatmen...
Tuesday, April 11, 2023 Medicare Advantage and Prior Authorization Improvements » On April 5, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized an IPSIS-supported rule that wil...
Wednesday, April 5, 2023 Verify the Accuracy of Your Industry-Reported Open Payments Data » Pre-publication review and dispute for the Program Year 2022 Open Payments data is available now through May 15, 2023 IP...
Thursday, March 30, 2023 Facet Joint Intervention Payment Clawback » On March 22, 2023, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recommended that...
Friday, March 24, 2023 Seeking Medicare Physician Payment Increases » IPSIS and 134 other health organizations requested an annual inflation-based payment update based on the total Medica...
Friday, March 24, 2023 New SIJ LCD FAQ » Confused about the new Local Coverage Determination on Sacroiliac Joint Injections and Procedures and how it applies to co...
Tuesday, March 21, 2023 Improving Prior Authorization » On March 13, 2023, IPSIS submitted comments in response to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Adv...
Wednesday, March 15, 2023 OIG Epidural Steroid Injections Payment Audit » The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) audit report recommends that Medicar...
Wednesday, March 8, 2023 Oklahoma Physicians: Act Now to Protect Your Patients » The "Oklahoma Interventional Pain Management and Treatment Act" ( Oklahoma House Bill 2168 ) seeks to authorize Cer...
Tuesday, March 7, 2023 Non-Coverage for SIJ RFN » IPSIS convened the Multisociety Pain Workgroup to respond to the recent local coverage determinations (LCDs) fr...
Tuesday, February 14, 2023 IPSIS Represented at AMA Current Procedural Terminology Editorial Panel Meeting » The International Pain and Spine Intervention Society was represented at the February 2023, American Medical Association (...
Tuesday, February 14, 2023 IPSIS Voices Support for Proposed Prior Authorization Reforms » IPSIS joined 118 other medical societies in submitting a letter voicing support for meaningful prior authorization ref...
Friday, February 10, 2023 Non-Coverage Decisions for SIJ RFN » Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) — CGS, Palmetto, WPS, NGS, and Noridian — released their final Sacroiliac Joi...
Thursday, January 12, 2023 Incorrect Coding and Documentation Errors for CPT code 63685 » In 2021 CPT code 63685; Insertion or replacement of spinal neurostimulator pulse generator or receiver requiring pocket cr...
Thursday, January 12, 2023 Wesley R. Ibazebo, MD, Represents IPSIS at AMA RUC Meeting » The International Pain and Spine Intervention Society’s Wesley R. Ibazebo, MD, is representing IPSIS members at the Januar...
Tuesday, January 10, 2023 Proposed Drastic Medicare Payment Cut Reduced » In response to concerted advocacy by IPSIS and organized medicine, the 4.5% physician Medicare payments cut proposed b...
Monday, December 12, 2022 New Medicare Prior Authorization Rule: Preliminary Analysis » On December 6, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its Advancing Interoperability and Im...
Tuesday, December 6, 2022 Halt Medicare Payment Cuts » On January 1, 2023, physicians will face devastating Medicare payment cuts from regulatory changes enacted by the Centers...
Wednesday, November 16, 2022 Drs. W. David Mauck and Kate Sayeed Represent IPSIS at the November AMA House of Delegates » IPSIS was represented at the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates (HOD) Interim Meeting November 12-15, 2...
Wednesday, November 16, 2022 Verify the Accuracy of Your Industry-Reported Open Payments Data » Review and dispute for the Program Year 2021 Open Payments data is available now through December 31, 2022 IPSIS urges y...
Monday, November 7, 2022 Opposing Scope of Practice Expansion » On November 02, 2022, IPSIS joined the American Medical Association along with other medical specialty societies in submit...
Friday, November 4, 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Analysis 🔒 » On November 1, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released its CY 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule...
Thursday, November 3, 2022 Help Defend SIJ RFA Coverage » IPSIS and the Multisociety Pain Workgroup (MPW) are continuing to propose coverage criteria and present supporting e...
Wednesday, November 2, 2022 NGS Adjusting Claims for RFA Services » National Government Services (NGS) is currently denying anesthesia when reported with radiofrequency ablation (RFA) servic...
Friday, October 28, 2022 Resources for Proper Payment and Appeals » With recent major changes that were made to the evaluation and management (E/M) services Current Procedural Terminology CP...
Friday, October 14, 2022 Defending SIJ RFA Coverage » IPSIS is urgently working to reverse Palmetto GBA’s proposed classification of SIJ radiofrequency ablation as medically un...
Thursday, September 29, 2022 Congress Must Reform Medicare Physician Payment by End of 2022 » On September 22, 2022, IPSIS joined the American Medical Association (AMA) and other medical societies in submitting a l...
Monday, September 19, 2022 IPSIS Climate Change, Sustainability, and Human Health Survey » Help guide IPSIS educational and advocacy efforts by completing an anonymous, 5-minute survey exploring perspectives o...
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