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Thursday, May 30, 2019 IPSIS Urges BCBS Association’s Evidence Street to Review RF Ablation of Peripheral Nerves Evidence » On March 19, 2019, the International Pain and Spine Intervention Society (IPSIS) submitted a comment letter to Blue Cr...
Wednesday, May 15, 2019 IPSIS Members Represented at AMA CPT Editorial Panel Meeting » The International Pain and Spine Intervention Society’s Scott Horn, DO, attended the American Medical Association (AMA) Cu...
Thursday, May 9, 2019 BCBSRI’s SI Joint Pain Policy Inappropriately Classifies LBRFN as Investigational » The draft Diagnosis and Treatment of Sacroiliac Joint Pain coverage policy of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island exclu...
Thursday, May 9, 2019 IPSIS Summarizes and Presents RFA Evidence to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana » In a May 7, 2019 comment letter , the International Pain and Spine Intervention Society (IPSIS) informed Blue Cross and...
Friday, April 26, 2019 IPSIS Suggest Changes to UnitedHealthcare Epidural Steroid & Facet Injections for Spinal Pain Policy » On April 18, 2019, IPSIS suggested revisions to UnitedHealthcare’s coverage policy on Epidural Steroid and Facet Injection...
Friday, April 26, 2019 IPSIS Encourages Aetna to Cover Lateral Branch RF Neurotomy for SI Pain » On April 17, 2019, IPSIS provided comments to Aetna regarding their coverage policy on Back Pain—Invasive Procedures w...
Monday, April 22, 2019 Help California Workers’ Comp Division See the Value of RF Neurotomy and SCS » California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) is currently soliciting public comments on the proposed adoption of g...
Friday, April 5, 2019 IPSIS Comments on Inter-Agency Task Force’s Draft Report on Pain Management Best Practices » On March 21, 2019, the International Pain and Spine Intervention Society (IPSIS) submitted comments to the Department of H...
Wednesday, April 3, 2019 IPSIS Offers Evidence to BCBS in 5 States in Support of Coverage for RF Procedures » On April 2, 2019, IPSIS offered evidence to BlueCross Blue Shield in 5 states ( Illinois , Montana , New Mexic...
Tuesday, March 19, 2019 IPSIS Comments on Proposed NASS Coverage Policy Recommendations on Epidural Steroid Injections » The International Pain and Spine Intervention Society (IPSIS) recently reviewed the North American Spine Society’s (NASS)...
Thursday, March 7, 2019 Empire BlueCross BlueShield’s Genicular Nerve RFA Policy Ignores Safety and Effectiveness Evidence » The International Pain and Spine Intervention Society (IPSIS) is concerned that Empire BlueCross BlueShield’s genicular...
Wednesday, March 6, 2019 IPSIS and Many Others Urge CMS to Provide Prior Authorization Guidance to Medicare Advantage Plans » IPSIS, along with nearly 100 national and state medical specialty societies, joined the American Medical Association (AMA)...
Friday, February 15, 2019 IPSIS Again Shares Concerns with California Workers' Comp Division Over Adoption of ACOEM Guidelines » On February 11, 2019, IPSIS again attempted to open a dialogue with the State of California’s Division of Workers’ Compens...
Friday, February 8, 2019 Help Convince Washington State to Cover Genicular Nerve RFA » While nearly half of the Washington State Health Care Authority’s Health Technology Clinical Committee (HTCC) members ackn...
Wednesday, February 6, 2019 IPSIS Urges Excellus BlueCross BlueShield to Cover Lateral Branch RF Neurotomy for SI Pain » The Radiofrequency Joint Ablation/Denervation coverage policy of Excellus BlueCross BlueShield excludes coverage for...
Wednesday, January 30, 2019 IPSIS Encourages Highmark West Virginia to Cover RFA for Knee Osteoarthritis » On January 29, 2019, IPSIS submitted a comment letter to Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield West Virginia in support of r...
Friday, January 11, 2019 IPSIS Supports Coverage of Radiofrequency Ablation of Genicular Nerves » In early January 2019, IPSIS submitted comment letters to 10 payers nationwide in support of radiofrequency ablation of...
Friday, January 11, 2019 IPSIS Suggests Coverage of Sacroiliac Joint Denervation to Humana, Florida Blue, and BCBS of NJ » On January 7, 2019, the International Pain and Spine Intervention Society (IPSIS) issued comment letters to Florid...
Friday, January 11, 2019 IPSIS Urges California and New Jersey Plans to Cover Third Occipital Nerve RF » On January 7, 2019, IPSIS presented evidence to Blue Shield of California and Horizon Blue Cross Bl...
Tuesday, June 12, 2018 SIS Suggests Changes to BCBS of South Carolina SI Joint Pain Diagnosis and Treatment Policy » On June 7, 2018 SIS submitted comments to BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina addressing their policy on the diagno...
Thursday, June 7, 2018 SIS Suggests Changes to BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Facet Joint Pain Policy » On June 7, 2018, SIS addressed BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee’s draft coverage policy on the Diagnosis and...
Tuesday, May 15, 2018 SIS Recommends Revisions to BCBS of South Carolina Policy on Third Occipital Nerve RFN » On May 15, 2018, the Spine Intervention Society (SIS) recommended changes to the BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina me...
Tuesday, May 15, 2018 SIS Represented at Coding and Reimbursement Meeting » On April 25-28, 2018, Dr. Wesley Ibazebo represented the SIS membership at the AMA/Specialty Society Relative Va...
Tuesday, May 15, 2018 SIS Joins the Call to Stop U.S. Interstate Compacts from Expanding the Scope of Practice for APRNs » On May 10, 2018, SIS and dozens of U.S. medical societies called on the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN...
Tuesday, May 15, 2018 SIS Submits Comments on BCBS MA Policy on Epidural Steroid Injections for Neck and Back Pain » On May 14, 2018, the Spine Intervention Society (SIS) submitted a comment letter to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachu...
Tuesday, May 15, 2018 SIS Continues to Comment on Humana’s Injections for Chronic Pain Conditions Coverage Policy » Humana’s Injections for Chronic Pain Conditions coverage policy (effective April 26, 2018) includes coverage criteria that...
Tuesday, May 15, 2018 SIS Addresses UnitedHealthcare Policy on Occipital Neuralgia and Headache Treatment Coverage » On May 10, 2018, the Spine Intervention Society (SIS) recommended changes to the UnitedHealthcare medical coverage policy...
Tuesday, May 15, 2018 SIS Urges Blue Cross of ID to Cover Lateral Branch RF Neurotomy for Sacroiliac Joint Pain » The Diagnosis and Treatment of Sacroiliac Joint Pain coverage policy of Blue Cross of Idaho excludes coverage for lateral...
Tuesday, May 15, 2018 May 16 Webinar on CMS Quality Payment Program FAQs » C MS will host a webinar on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 to answer frequently asked questions about the Quality Payment Program...
Tuesday, May 15, 2018 CMS Look-Up Tool for 2018 QPP/MIPS Group Eligibility Status Now Available » The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that physician practices/groups may now log into the C...
Friday, April 20, 2018 SIS Joins Many Medical Organizations in Suggesting Medicare Changes » SIS, along with 43 U.S. national specialty medical organizations, signed on to a letter urging the Centers for Medicar...
Thursday, April 19, 2018 Multisociety Support for SIS Member Nominee to Committee of the Washington Health Care Authority » T he Spine Intervention Society, with the support of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the...
Monday, April 16, 2018 Review Applies Evidence-Based Medicine Principles to Illustrate Critical Concerns with Mint Trials » Pain Medicine has published via advance access a critique of the flawed Mint Trials. The review was completed by member...
Monday, April 16, 2018 SIS Nominations to New MACRA Episode-Based Cost Measure Clinical Spine Subcommittee Accepted » The Spine Intervention Society (SIS) congratulates Drs. Allen Chen, Byron Schneider, and Virtaj Singh on their appointment...
Monday, April 16, 2018 US Physicians: Use the MIPS Participation Lookup Tool & Check your 2018 MIPS Eligibility » You can now use the updated CMS MIPS Participation Lookup Tool to check on your 2018 eligibility for the Merit-ba...
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