The AANS and CNS support legislation to provide common sense, proven, comprehensive medical liability reform. Federal legislation modeled after the laws in California or Texas, which includes reasonable limits on noneconomic damages, represents the "gold standard." The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has shown that comprehensive medical liability reform would provide $54 billion in savings to the federal government. Other solutions should be adopted including: (1) Applying the Federal Tort Claims Act to services mandated by the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act; (2) liability protections for physicians who volunteer their services; (3) liability protections for physicians who follow practice guidelines set by their specialties; and (4) clarifying that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) did not create any new causes of action. Organized neurosurgery, together with coalitions of medical organizations, is leading the charge to tackle medical liability reform.
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Letters
Published: November 30, 2016
RE: 21st Century Cures Act Dear Speaker Ryan and Minority Leader Pelosi: The undersigned members of the Physician Clinical Registry Coalition strongly support theprovisions of the 21st Century Cures Act […]
Letters
Published: March 18, 2016
Dear Chairman Brady: We, as the leadership of the Health Coalition on Liability and Access (HCLA), would like to congratulateyou on being named to the Health Care Reform Task Force, […]
Letters
Published: March 18, 2016
Dear Chairman Price: We, as the leadership of the Health Coalition on Liability and Access (HCLA), would like to congratulateyou on being named to the Health Care Reform Task Force, […]
Letters
Published: December 2, 2015
Dear Member of Congress: The undersigned organizations are writing to express our strong support for H.R. 2513, theProtecting Access, Competition, and Equity Act. This bipartisan legislation was introduced byCongressmen Sam […]
Letters
Published: October 26, 2015
RE: Managed Care Plan Network Adequacy Model Act Dear Commissioners Sevigny, Kreidler, and Members of the Health Insurance and ManagedCare (B) Committee: The undersigned organizations representing health care consumers, physicians, […]
Letters
Subject: H.R. 1190, the “Protecting Seniors’ Access to Medicare Act” Dear Chairman Ryan and Ranking Member Levin, On behalf of the undersigned medical organizations, representing 450,000 physicians and thepatients they […]
Letters
Published: February 12, 2015
Dear Administrator Tavenner: The undersigned organizations are writing to request that the Centers for Medicare & MedicaidServices (CMS) increase patient protections in the Medicare Advantage (MA) plan offerings inthe forthcoming […]
Letters
Published: January 22, 2015
Dear Senator Cornyn: On behalf of the undersigned medical organizations, representing 450,000 physicians and thepatients they serve, we are pleased to endorse S. 141, the Protecting Seniors’ Access to MedicareAct. […]
Letters
Published: November 16, 2014
Dear Commissioners Praeger and Nickel: The undersigned organizations representing hospitals, physicians, and other health care providersserving both children and adults, as well as health care consumers and other stakeholders, wishto […]
Letters
Published: January 31, 2014
Dear Ms. Burwell: On behalf of organizations dedicated to improving the health and well-being of children and adolescents,we write to thank you for your consistent support for the Pediatric Subspecialty […]
Letters
Published: April 16, 2013
Dear Congressmen Gingrey and Cuellar: On behalf of the Health Coalition on Liability and Access (HCLA), we would like to thank you forsponsoring the Standard of Care Protection Act (H.R. […]
Letters
Published: January 1, 2013
Dear Editor: In the June 20 op-ed on p. A-21 by David Rivkin and Elizabeth Foley, “An ObamaCare BoardAnswerable to No One,” the authors hit the nail on the head […]
