CMS Finalized Changes for 2024 Medicare Payment Systems

Courtney Ihaza, MPH; Shreyasi Deb, PhD, MBA

Late in 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services finalized changes for the 2024 Inpatient Prospective Payment System, Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, and Outpatient Prospective Payment System/Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System.

Surgeons across the United States Advance AAOS Policy Priorities during Orthopaedic Advocacy Week

Brian Doty

The third annual Orthopaedic Advocacy Week took place July 24 to 28, 2023, and gave all AAOS members based in the United States the opportunity to help amplify year-round advocacy efforts to advance musculoskeletal care.

Are Procedure-Based Bundled Payments Leading to the Commoditization of Elective Orthopaedic Care?

Tanmaya D. Sambare, MD; John Andrawis, MD, MBA; Nicholas J. Giori, MD, PhD, FAAOS; Karl M. Koenig, MD, MS, FAAOS

With the increasing economic burden of the healthcare system, healthcare payment reform has been a primary topic of academic and political discus-sion for the past decade, and newer models of reimbursement are steadily being implemented.

Learn How OrthoInfo Can Transform Your Patient Education Program

Thomas W. (Quin) Throckmorton, MD, FAAOS

Capital One asks, “What’s in your wallet?” AAOS asks, “What’s in your patient education library?”.

Coding for Magnetically Controlled Spinal-Lengthening Device Procedures

Kevin M. Neal, MD, MBA; R. Dale Blasier, MD, FAAOS, FACS; Matthew Hepler, MD, FAAOS; Christopher Kauffman, MD, FAAOS

Growing rod constructs have been used for decades to treat early-onset scoliosis (EOS) without creating a definitive posterior spinal fusion that would limit growth.

Get a Sneak Peek of CPT Coding Updates for 2024

Joanne S. Willer

This article previews relevant changes to the musculoskeletal section of the American Medical Association’s Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Manual for 2024.