Brian R. Gantwerker, MD, FAANS, was quoted in a Sept. 19 Becker’s Spine Review article titled “The state of spine surgeon advocacy.” In the article, Dr. Gantwerker discusses post-approval denials, “It is beyond me why HHS and Congress have not mandated that authorization be a guarantee of payment, especially in terms of clean claims submitted with the same exact CPT codes that were authorized. One must wonder what motivation those in government would have for not advocating for physicians to be paid for the work they do.”
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