Here are seven things for spine surgeons to know...
Budget bill would stall Medicare pay cut, raise physician pay 0.5%.
The House of Representatives passed a bipartisan budget last week that would impact Medicare payment cuts to physicians if passed by the Senate. Under the sustainable growth rate, Medicare announced it would cut physician pay 20.1 percent in 2014. The budget would postpone that pay cut rate until April 1, 2014 and give physicians a 0.5 percent raise during the interim period.
AAOS supports SGR repeal efforts.
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons supports the recent legislative efforts to repeal the sustainable growth rate. AAOS encouraged Congress to continue to repeal and replace the SGR formula as soon as possible.
Orthopedist compensation decreased by 10% from 2011 to 2012.
Compensation decreased by 10 percent or more than 10 percent for orthopedists from 2011 to 2012. Of the respondents, about 20 percent saw a 10 percent or more decrease and 32 percent saw compensation remain the same.
Spinal fusion survival rates for adult scoliosis as high as 89.8%.
An article recently published in The Spine Journal found the survival rate for primary spinal fusion in adult scoliosis patients was 89.8 percent at one year postoperatively.
Survival rate at three years was 73.4 percent and 64 percent at five years. Over the entire follow-up period, 35.6 percent of patients underwent revision surgery.
FDA committee called for Class 3 device designation on spinal sphere devices.
After meeting recently, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration committee agreed spinal sphere devices should be classified as Class 3 devices, which require premarket approval.
NuVasive announced US launch of ALIF column realignment device.
San Diego-based NuVasive's anterior column realignment device for anterior lumbar interbody fusion launched in the U.S. The ALIF ACR is tasked with correcting the sagittal plane imbalance that advanced degeneration can cause.
Dr. Richard Wohns among first to perform two-level cervical disc replacement using Mobi-C.
Richard Wohns, MD, JD, MBA, performed the first two-level cervical artificial disc replacement surgery in the Northwest and one of the first in the nation, using Mobi-C Cervical Disc Prosthesis.
Source : Becker's Spine Review , 17th Dec 2013
The House of Representatives passed a bipartisan budget last week that would impact Medicare payment cuts to physicians if passed by the Senate. Under the sustainable growth rate, Medicare announced it would cut physician pay 20.1 percent in 2014. The budget would postpone that pay cut rate until April 1, 2014 and give physicians a 0.5 percent raise during the interim period.
AAOS supports SGR repeal efforts.
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons supports the recent legislative efforts to repeal the sustainable growth rate. AAOS encouraged Congress to continue to repeal and replace the SGR formula as soon as possible.
Orthopedist compensation decreased by 10% from 2011 to 2012.
Compensation decreased by 10 percent or more than 10 percent for orthopedists from 2011 to 2012. Of the respondents, about 20 percent saw a 10 percent or more decrease and 32 percent saw compensation remain the same.
Spinal fusion survival rates for adult scoliosis as high as 89.8%.
An article recently published in The Spine Journal found the survival rate for primary spinal fusion in adult scoliosis patients was 89.8 percent at one year postoperatively.
Survival rate at three years was 73.4 percent and 64 percent at five years. Over the entire follow-up period, 35.6 percent of patients underwent revision surgery.
FDA committee called for Class 3 device designation on spinal sphere devices.
After meeting recently, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration committee agreed spinal sphere devices should be classified as Class 3 devices, which require premarket approval.
NuVasive announced US launch of ALIF column realignment device.
San Diego-based NuVasive's anterior column realignment device for anterior lumbar interbody fusion launched in the U.S. The ALIF ACR is tasked with correcting the sagittal plane imbalance that advanced degeneration can cause.
Dr. Richard Wohns among first to perform two-level cervical disc replacement using Mobi-C.
Richard Wohns, MD, JD, MBA, performed the first two-level cervical artificial disc replacement surgery in the Northwest and one of the first in the nation, using Mobi-C Cervical Disc Prosthesis.
Source : Becker's Spine Review , 17th Dec 2013
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