Special Session

(SPECBUS) Special Session: Business Tips, Pearls, & Tactics (co-brand with CSNS/CSNS faculty)

Sunday, March 19, 2023

11:15 AM – 12:10 PM EST

Moderator(s)

Identify the changes in coding and reimbursement that impacts a neurosurgery spine practice
Manage cost and quality in spine surgery
Discuss the importance of ortho and neuro collaboration to improve payor response strategies

Disclosure(s):

Kurt M. Eichholz, MD, FACS, FAANS: No relevant disclosure to display

Yi Lu, MD, PhD, FAANS: No relevant disclosure to display

11:17 AM – 11:24 AM EST

Balance Between Cost and Quality
Speaker: Joseph Cheng, MD, MS – University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
11:25 AM – 11:32 AM EST

Defending Our Codes: What Have We Won, and What Codes are At-Risk?
Speaker: Cheerag Upadhyaya, MD, MBA (he/him/his) – University of North Carolina
11:33 AM – 11:40 AM EST

Coding Strategies for Spine Surgeons: Ways to Optimize Reimbursement
Speaker: Justin Slavin, MD (he/him/his) – Centers for Neurosurgery, Spine, and Orthopedics
11:41 AM – 11:48 AM EST

Managing Conflict of Interest in Day to Day Practice
Speaker: Michael P. Steinmetz, MD – Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
11:49 AM – 11:56 AM EST

How to Teach Residents Without Compromising Efficiency
Speaker: Gregory Trost, MD, FAANS – University of Wisconsin-Madison
11:57 AM – 12:04 PM EST

Payor Response Strategies, Opportunity for Ortho Neuro Collaboration
Speaker: Luis M. Tumialan, MD – Barrow Brain and Spine
12:05 PM – 12:10 PM EST

Panel Discussion