11/15/2018    

AT THE COLLEGES

The Kiss That Helped Avoid CMS' Proposed E/M Changes 

 

This Summer, CMS proposed changes to the E/M codes, which would adversely affect podiatry. In August, Rock G. Positano, DPM, MSc, MPH, the Founder and Director of the Non-Surgical Foot and Ankle Service and the Joe DiMaggio Sports Medicine Center at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, and Deputy Board Chairman of the New York College of Podiatric Medicine took podiatrists’ grave concerns directly to Washington.

 

(L-R) Dr. Rock Positano presents Larry Kudlow with APMA fact sheet.

 

Dr. Positano was able to make the case for retaining podiatry’s status at CMS with his contacts, presenting the APMA fact sheet about the threat posed by the proposal to Larry Kudlow, the chief White House economic advisor. Mr. Kudlow told Dr. Positano he would bring the issue to the attention of Alex Azar, Secretary of HHS, and he did -- he made a direct personal call to the Secretary to exclusively discuss the matter.