Payer policies, surgical technology ,CPT code guidelines, and medical necessity requirements can change at a dizzying rate, presenting a significant challenge to ASC administrators hoping to maintain ...

The Business of Spine‘s new webinar in its educational series about 2013 CPT spine coding updates is now available for purchase. The webinar provides insight into the new CPT coding changes for 2013 ...

CPT codes for spine surgery may not always fit circumstances, and in some cases this prompts calls for reforms. One of those codes, CPT 62380 has the attention of some spine surgeons. The code, for ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The increase in less invasive spine procedures has resulted in some confusion, among surgeons and payers alike, ...

Lynn Anderanin CPC, CPMA, CPPM, CPC-I, COSC, senior director of coding education at Healthcare Information Services, shares common decompressive procedures and CPT codes used to report them. A version ...

SpineLine, Medtronic’s coding and reimbursement support line, receives thousands of queries each year, and Leigh Evans, MBA, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, the senior coding and reimbursement analyst at ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . This article will focus on answers to questions related to the most common coding conundrums that spine surgeons ...

Congress should enact legislation to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to evaluate transitioning to a ...