- Brian Kane
Executive Vice President and President
Aetna
151 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, CT 06156 - Cathy Moffitt, MD, FAAP, CHIE
Chief Medical Officer
Aetna
151 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, CT 06156 - Robert McDonough, MD
Senior Director, Clinical Policy Research and Development
Aetna
151 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, CT 06156
Via email: ExecutiveResponseTeam@aetna.com
SUBJECT: Medical Policy Number 0016 “Back Pain – Invasive Procedures”
Dear Mr. Kane and Drs. Moffitt and McDonough,
On behalf of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) and the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves (DSPN), we write to express our grave concerns regarding Aetna’s coverage policy for CPT code 22853, which governs the use of spine cages in anterior cervical diskectomy and fusion (ACDF) surgery.
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