  Find out if your spine program is a Center of Excellence with our FREE Spine COE Survey™ – the industry’s only tool that benchmarks your clinical and research programs, staffing, facility and technology, and business support against other programs across the nation. Each participating center receives a FREE customized report card and Executive Edition white paper. Our clinical advisors will assess the survey data to identify key performance criteria for 2008 Spine COE designation. |
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 At the end of March, the MS-DRGs will have been in effect for six months. The importance of documentation and coding has never been more critical to safeguarding against underpayment for patient care services.  Within neuroscience and orthopedics, an analysis shows the greatest Medicare MS-DRG payment increase [$3,884] occurred in orthopedic surgery and the greatest payment reduction [$1,304] occurred in neurology and stroke. |
 NeuStrategy’s The State of Stroke white paper explores national trends in stroke program development. To date, more than 75 organizations have tapped the Stroke COE Survey to measure program performance, assess infrastructure gaps and evaluate practice patterns. Our Comprehensive Edition white paper (available for $395) includes FULL survey results to provide a first-hand perspective of how certified primary stroke centers compare to programs planning to apply for certification. |
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