AAOS and Other Physician Groups Denounce Regulators’ Implementation of No Surprises Act

AAOS and other organizations representing more than 140,000 physicians on the front lines of healthcare delivery strongly oppose the Biden administration’s giveaway to insurance companies in its rule to define the independent dispute-resolution (IDR) process established in the No Surprises Act.

New Podcast Episode Dives into the Economic Effects of Medicare Pay Cuts

Orthopaedic surgery is set to face as much as a 10 percent reduction in Medicare reimbursement beginning in 2022.

CPT Code 73580, Knee Arthrography, Is Often Misused

Hussein Elkousy, MD; Michelle Abraham, MHA, CCS-P

The American Medical Association (AMA) Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) routinely assesses the appropriate use and value of Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes.

New OnDemand Webinar Focuses on RVU System and Code-X Software

The AAOS coding webinar Relative Value Unit System and Code-X Software, presented on Oct. 14 by Brian Galinat, MD, MBA, FAAOS; Peter Mangone, MD, FAAOS; and Tye Ouzounian, MD, FAAOS, is now available on the AAOS website under OnDemand.

Coding Alert Update: Telehealth Place of Service Codes

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published new guidance on the reporting of telehealth/telemedicine Place of Service (POS) codes.