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Friday, February 7, 2025 Fentanyl Crisis: Calling for Specific Government Actions » IPSIS has joined ten other medical specialty societies in urging the US Congress to take decisive action against the growi...
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 WA HTCC Rejects Coverage for VKS » On January 31, 2025, Dr. Scott Kreiner represented IPSIS members by testifying before the Washington State Health Tec...
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 URGENT: Zoom Link to 1/31 WA State VKS Coverage Hearing » At 8:00 am on Friday, January 31, 2025, the Washington State Health Technology Clinical Committee (WA HTCC) will meet via...
Friday, January 17, 2025 Drs. Ibazebo & Wagner Represent IPSIS at the AMA RUC Meeting » Wesley R. Ibazebo, MD, and Graham E. Wagner MD, are representing IPSIS members at the January 2025, American Medical Assoc...
Thursday, December 5, 2024 Verify the Accuracy of Your Industry-Reported Open Payments Data » IPSIS urges you to review what industry reported about you before the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (C...
Monday, November 18, 2024 IPSIS Urges Congressional Action to Prevent Medicare Physician Payment Cuts » IPSIS, along with national and state medical organizations, has called on Congress to enact immediate legislative action...
Thursday, November 14, 2024 Washington State VKS Coverage Hearing » REGISTRATION IS OPEN UNTIL 1/16/2025, FOR INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS WISHING TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON 1/31/2025...
Monday, November 11, 2024 Drs. W. David Mauck and Kate Sayeed Represent IPSIS at AMA HOD Meeting » Drs. W. David Mauck and Kate Sayeed are representing IPSIS at the American Medical Association (AMA) Interim Meeting of th...
Thursday, November 7, 2024 Final 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Highlights » Read the new IPSIS members-only highlights summary 🔒of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' CY 2025 Final...
Tuesday, October 15, 2024 IPSIS Advocates for Expanded TPI Coverage » To ensure the safety of Medicare patients undergoing trigger point injections (TPIs) in high-risk anatomical areas, IPSIS...
Tuesday, October 1, 2024 IPSIS Comments on Vertebral Augmentation Technology Assessment » IPSIS submitted comments 🔒 on the draft technology assessment commissioned by the Washington State Health Care Authorit...
Monday, September 23, 2024 IPSIS Representation at the September 2024 AMA CPT Meeting » Dr. Yusef Sayeed represented IPSIS at the September 2024 American Medical Association (AMA) Current Procedural Terminology...
Saturday, September 14, 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Comments » IPSIS submitted comments 🔒 to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in response to the 2025 Medicare Phy...
Friday, August 9, 2024 Seats Available on Carrier Advisory Committees: ACT NOW » Collaborate with IPSIS and other professionals in shaping the future of pain medicine by becoming a nominee for a Carrier...
Monday, August 5, 2024 IPSIS Opposes Pharmacist Scope Expansion » IPSIS has joined the AMA and other medical societies in opposing legislation under consideration in Congress that would ex...
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 IPSIS Urges Congress for Medicare Reforms » IPSIS, along with national and state medical organizations, has called on Congress to enact crucial reforms to the Medicar...
Tuesday, July 16, 2024 CMS Proposes 2025 Payment Rule With 2.6% Increase and Removal of MRI Lumbar Spine Measure » On July 10, 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its proposed 2025 Hospital Outpatient Pro...
Monday, July 15, 2024 Washington State Finalizes SCS Policy » On July 1, 2024, the Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA) officially finalized its policy to expand spinal cord st...
Friday, July 12, 2024 Proposed 2025 Medicare Fee Schedule » IPSIS members — your Calendar Year (CY) 2025 Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MFPS) Preliminary Analysis is...
Tuesday, June 18, 2024 IPSIS Endorses Legislation to Streamline Prior Authorization » IPSIS recently endorsed the Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act , a piece of legislation aimed to address the obs...
Tuesday, June 11, 2024 Drs. W. David Mauck and Kate Sayeed represent IPSIS at the AMA House of Delegates Annual Meeting » Drs. W. David Mauck and Kate Sayeed are representing IPSIS at the American Medical Association (AMA) Annual Meeting of...
Friday, June 7, 2024 SCS Coverage Expands in Washington State » On June 3, 2024, IPSIS and other medical societies expressed support for many of Washington State’s changes to the spina...
Tuesday, May 28, 2024 Earlier Treatment for VCFs for Aetna Patients » On May 21, 2024, IPSIS joined other medical societies in urging Aetna to reconsider their decision not to amend their Ba...
Thursday, May 23, 2024 URGENT: WA State SCS Update » As a result of significant efforts by IPSIS and other interventional pain stakeholders, the Washington State Healt...
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 URGENT: Zoom Link to 5/17 WA State SCS Coverage Hearing » At 8:00 a.m. Pacific, on May 17, 2024, the Washington State Health Care Authority plans to meet online to vote on the...
Thursday, May 9, 2024 Yusef Sayeed, MD, Represented IPSIS at May 2024 AMA CPT Meeting » IPSIS is represented by Dr. Yusef Sayeed, at the May 2024, American Medical Association (AMA) Current Procedural Terminolo...
Tuesday, May 7, 2024 Humana Now Covering PNS for Medicare Advantage » Humana has revised its Medicare Advantage policy , withdrawing their categorical stance against coverage for peripheral n...
Monday, April 29, 2024 Wesley R. Ibazebo, MD, Represents IPSIS at the April 2024 Chicago AMA RUC Meeting » Wesley R. Ibazebo, MD, represented IPSIS members at the April 2024 American Medical Association (AMA) Relative Value Updat...
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 Advocacy Success: Closed-Loop SCS Coverage » Cigna, eviCore, along with Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield plans, have announced coverage for closed-loop spinal cord stim...
Thursday, April 4, 2024 Review and Dispute for Program Year 2023 Open Payments Data Now Available Through May 15, 2024 » IPSIS urges you to review what industry reported about you before the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (C...
Monday, April 1, 2024 Facet LCD Comments » On March 21, 2024, IPSIS suggested two revisions to the draft Local Coverage Determination (LCD) on Facet Joint In...
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 Medicare to Partially Offset Previous Cuts » The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has recently posted significant updates on its website concerning...
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 IPSIS Urges Humana to Cover PNS » On March 18, 2024, IPSIS joined the Multisociety Pain Workgroup (MPW) in submitting a letter to Humana expressing conc...
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 New Coding & Reimbursement FAQs » Do you and your administrative staff have coding and reimbursement questions? IPSIS has developed a new FAQ page 🔒 to h...
Tuesday, March 12, 2024 CMS Assists Physicians After Cyberattack with Advance Medicare Payments » In response to the recent Change Healthcare cyberattack, the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announc...
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