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Your Academy is grateful for the advocacy of our many members who engaged in the comment process via our letter-writing campaign on these LCDs. We’d like to highlight several members who helped draft our Academy comments and worked collaboratively with leadership at the MACs to review evidence and discuss the needs of the spasticity patient population. Thank you to John Baratta, MD, MBA, FAAPMR; Zachary Bohart, MD, MS, FAAPMR; Kimberly Heckert, MD, FAAPMR; Christina Kwasnica, MD, FAAPMR; and Lauren Shapiro, MD, MPH, FAAPMR for more than a year of advocacy!
“Without the direct educational and advocacy efforts of AAPM&R, these policies to decrease the dose of botulinum toxins we can give our patients surely would have passed. The Academy deserves all of our thanks for mounting such a concerted and well-planned effort, and they’ve gained an involved, active member for life.”
—Zachary W. Bohart, MD, MS, FAAPMR
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Coding Article: Article – Billing and Coding: Botulinum Toxin Injections (A59714)
As a reminder, members in First Coast and Novitas jurisdictions should review our recent announcement about the botulinum toxin injection LCDs finalized by those MACs. Members with questions can contact Academy staff at healthpolicy@aapmr.org.