Emergency/Trauma Care and Stroke
There are significant gaps in our trauma and emergency health care delivery systems, and trauma is the leading killer of Americans under the age of 44. The AANS and CNS have worked tirelessly to urge Congress to provide the full funding for trauma and emergency care regionalization programs, which will support grants to states to improve critically needed state‐wide trauma care systems and pilot projects to develop models for regionalizing emergency care. As recommended by the National Academy of Medicine (formerly the Institute of Medicine) in its groundbreaking 2006 report, "the objective of regionalization is to improve patient outcomes by directing patients to facilities with optimal capabilities of any given type of illness or injury."
Key Resources
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Position Statement The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), Congress of Neurological Surgeons(CNS), AANS/CNS Section on Neurotrauma and Critical Care and the ThinkFirst National InjuryPrevention Foundation have a core mission […]
Letters
RE: Support for H.R. 1876, the “Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act” Dear Representatives: As the Alliance of Specialty Medicine (Alliance), our mission is to advocate for sound federalhealth care policy […]
Letters
Published: April 11, 2017
SUBJECT: S. 781, the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act Dear Senators Cassidy and King: On behalf of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and Congress of NeurologicalSurgeons (CNS), we […]
Letters
Published: April 11, 2017
SUBJECT: S. 527, the Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act Dear Senator Blunt: On behalf of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and Congress of NeurologicalSurgeons (CNS), we are […]
Letters
Published: April 11, 2017
SUBJECT: H.R. 1876, the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act Dear Representatives Blackburn and Scott: On behalf of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and Congress of NeurologicalSurgeons (CNS), we […]
Letters
Published: March 22, 2017
Dear Speaker Ryan: The organizations listed below are strong supporters of H.R. 548, the “Health Care Safety NetEnhancement Act of 2017,” and we urge you to include these protections in […]
Letters
Published: January 11, 2017
SUBJECT: Funding for Brain Aneurysm Research Dear Chairmen and Ranking Members: On behalf of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), Congress of NeurologicalSurgeons (CNS) and the AANS/CNS Joint Cerebrovascular […]
Letters
Published: January 11, 2017
SUBJECT: Funding for Brain Aneurysm Research Dear Chairmen and Ranking Members: On behalf of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), Congress of NeurologicalSurgeons (CNS) and the AANS/CNS Joint Cerebrovascular […]
Letters
Published: August 3, 2016
Subject: Docket No. CDC-2016-0049 Dear Mr. Richardson, On behalf of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and the Congress ofNeurological Surgeons (CNS), representing more than 4,000 neurosurgeons in the […]
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Dear Senators Cassidy and King: On behalf of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and Congress of NeurologicalSurgeons (CNS), we are pleased to support S. 3101, the “Good Samaritan […]
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Background Paperof theAmerican Association of Neurological SurgeonsCongress of Neurological SurgeonsAANS/CNS Joint Section on Neurotrauma and Critical CareAANS/CNS Joint Section on Pediatric Neurosurgeryon the Subject ofPediatric Trauma in the United StatesChallenges […]
Letters
Published: March 21, 2016
Dear Chairman Cole and Ranking Member Delauro: As Members of Congress who value the critical role trauma centers and systems play in treatingvictims of traumatic injury, including victims of terrorist […]
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Published: March 14, 2016
House Committee Takes Important Step Forward Regarding Concussion Awareness Neurosurgeons Applaud the Energy and Commerce Committee for Hosting Concussion Roundtable Washington, DC—The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and Congress […]
Letters
Published: September 16, 2015
The following letter was sent to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee: September 16, 2015 United States SenateSenate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and EducationWashington, D.C. 20510 Subject: Injury […]
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Published: April 29, 2015
STATEMENTof theAmerican Association of Neurological Surgeonsand theCongress of Neurological Surgeonsto theSubcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related AgenciesCommittee on AppropriationsU.S. House of RepresentativesRE: FY 2016 Funding for […]
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Published: February 3, 2015
Subject: Trauma Systems and Regionalization of Emergency CareReauthorization Act, H.R. 648 Dear Representatives Burgess and Green: On behalf of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and Congress ofNeurological Surgeons […]
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Published: October 24, 2014
Dear Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Lowey: As national health care organizations whose members are on the forefront of providingemergency care to millions of Americans, we are writing to urge […]
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Dear Representatives Tiberi and Neal: On behalf of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), Congress of NeurologicalSurgeons (CNS), and AANS/CNS Joint Cerebrovascular Section, we would like to thank you […]
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Re: Medicare and State Health Care Programs: Fraud and Abuse; Revisions to theOffice of Inspector General’s Civil Monetary Penalty Rules Dear Mr. Levinson, On behalf of the American Association of […]
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Published: February 24, 2014
Dear Representatives Burgess and Green: On behalf of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and Congress of Neurological Surgeons(CNS), we would like to thank you for introducing the “Trauma […]
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Dear Senator Blunt, On behalf of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and Congress of NeurologicalSurgeons (CNS), we are pleased to support your legislation, S. 961, the Health Care […]
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Dear Representatives Blackburn and Matheson: On behalf of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and Congress of NeurologicalSurgeons (CNS), we are pleased to support H.R. 1733, the “Good Samaritan […]
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Dear Representatives Dent and Sessions: On behalf of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and Congress of NeurologicalSurgeons (CNS), we are pleased to support your legislation, H.R. 36, the […]
Letters
Published: February 8, 2013
RE: Support of S. 236, the “Medicare Patient Empowerment Act” Dear Senator Murkowski: As the Alliance of Specialty Medicine (Alliance), our mission is to advocate for soundfederal health care policy […]
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Published: January 1, 2013
REFORMING THE REFORM ABOLISH THE INDEPENDENT PAYMENT ADVISORY BOARD (IPAB)Established by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), the IPAB is a 15-member government board whosemembers are appointed by […]
