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
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 […]
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House Ways and Means Committee Takes Important Step to Further Medical Innovation Neurosurgeons Applaud the Committee for Approving Legislation to Repeal the Medical Device Tax Washington, DC – The American […]
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Dear Member of Congress: The undersigned organizations – representing Medicare beneficiaries and patients, all sectorsof the healthcare industry as well as employers and other purchasers of care – believe stronglythat […]
Letters
Published: March 16, 2015
Dear Representatives Roe and Sanchez, As the Alliance of Specialty Medicine (Alliance), our mission is to advocate for sound federal health care policy thatfosters patient access to the highest quality […]
Letters
Published: March 16, 2015
The Honorable John Cornyn517 Hart Senate Office Bldg.Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator Cornyn: As the Alliance of Specialty Medicine (Alliance), our mission is to advocate for sound federal health policy […]
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Published: February 15, 2015
Dear Senator Cornyn: As the Alliance of Specialty Medicine (Alliance), our mission is to advocate for sound federal health care policythat fosters patient access to the highest quality specialty care. […]
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: February 12, 2015
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. 836, the […]
Letters
Published: February 12, 2015
Dear Representatives Blackburn and Scott: On behalf of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and Congress of NeurologicalSurgeons (CNS), we are pleased to support H.R. 865, the “Good Samaritan […]
Letters
Published: February 6, 2015
RE: Medicare Program; Medicare Shared Savings Program: Accountable Care Organizations Administrator Tavenner, The Alliance of Specialty Medicine and its member organizations thank you for the opportunity to provide inputon proposed […]
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: January 22, 2015
Re: AANS/CNS Comments on Washington State HTA Review of Novocure andPharmacogenetics Dear Mr. Morse: On behalf of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), the Congress of NeurologicalSurgeons (CNS), and […]
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: October 31, 2014
Dear Mr. Nickel: The Alliance of Specialty Medicine and its member organizations thank you for theopportunity to provide input on the Draft Individual Market Health Insurance CoverageModel Regulation and the […]
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Re: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; CommentRequest [Document Identifier: CMS–10495] Dear Ms. Tavenner: On behalf of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and the Congress ofNeurological […]
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Dear Speaker Boehner, Leader Pelosi, Leader Reid and Leader McConnell: On behalf of the Alliance of Specialty Medicine (the Alliance), a coalition of medical specialtysocieties representing more than 100,000 physicians […]
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Published: March 31, 2014
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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: January 21, 2014
Dear Leader Reid, Leader McConnell, Speaker Boehner, Leader Cantor, LeaderPelosi, and Whip Hoyer: On behalf of the Alliance of Specialty Medicine (the Alliance), a coalition of medicalspecialty societies representing more […]
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Alliance of Specialty MedicineTestimony for the RecordBefore the House Energy and Commerce CommitteeSubcommittee on HealthHearing Entitled“Reforming SGR: Prioritizing Quality in a Modernized Physician Payment System” Wednesday, June 5, 2013 Chairman […]
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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 […]
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
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 14, 2013
Subject: Protecting Seniors’ Access to Medicare Act Endorsement Dear Senator Cornyn, On behalf of the undersigned medical organizations, representing over 350,000 physicians and thepatients they serve, we are pleased to […]
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Published: February 12, 2013
Dear Speaker Boehner: We, as members of the Health Coalition on Liability and Access (HCLA), request that you includecomprehensive medical liability reforms in any proposal to address our nation’s debt […]
