Dr. Della Valle Quoted in OrthoSpineNews

Dr. Della Valle is quoted in a new article in OrthoSpineNews on the topic of insurance coding and reimbursement concerns, “High-volume total hip and knee surgeries are being placed on a ‘potentially misvalued codes list’ and I would say roughly half of our total joint colleagues are in the dark about this situation. The implications are grave as we are looking not only at big cuts in reimbursement, but the work units of one of the most successful operations in orthopedics are being devalued. We may end up in a situation where the reimbursement drops so low that many surgeons say, ‘This isn’t worth it. I quit.’ The highest volume surgeons are still going to do these surgeries, but not those who only do them occasionally—and with the aging population we cannot afford to lose any total joint surgeons. We must preserve the value of these codes.”

Read the full article at https://www.orthospinenews.com/2019/10/22/50-of-total-joint-surgeons-in-the-dark-about-ruc-codes-controversy/