Reimbursement and Practice Management
On April 14, 2015, Congress repealed the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula. The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) permanently eliminates SGR and provides positive annual payment updates lasting through 2019. Since MACRA significantly changes the way Medicare pays physicians, we have developed a MACRA Resource Page to help educate neurosurgeons about this topic. In addition to our efforts on MACRA, the Coding and Reimbursement Committee is actively involved in bringing or reviewing new or revised CPT codes, is a strong advocate for appropriate valuation of neurosurgical services and neurosurgery’s Rapid Response Team works tirelessly to ensure that third party payors cover necessary neurosurgical services.
Key Resources
Letters
Published: August 12, 2025
RE: Opposition to Implementation of the WISeR Model in Medicare Fee-for-Service Dear Dr. Oz and Mr. Sutton: On behalf of the Regulatory Relief Coalition (RRC), we write to express our […]
Letters
Published: August 4, 2025
Juliet HodgkinsActing Inspector GeneralOffice of Inspector GeneralUS Department of Health and Human Services330 Independence Avenue, SWWashington, DC 20201(sent electronically) RE: Request for HHS OIG Study on the Impacts of Step […]
Letters
RE: Subcommittee Hearing on Medicare Advantage: Past Lessons, Present Insights, Future Opportunities on July 22, 2025 Dear Chairmen Smith, Buchanan, and Schweikert and Ranking Members Neal, Doggett, and Sewell: On […]
Letters
Mehmet C. Oz, MD, MBAAdministratorCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesDepartment of Health and Human Services7500 Security BoulevardBaltimore, MD 21244 RE: WISeR Model in Medicare Fee-for-Service Dear Administrator Oz, On behalf […]
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RE: Support of S. 1105, the No Unreasonable Payments, Coding, or Diagnoses for the Elderly (NoUPCODE) Act Dear Senators Cassidy and Merkley: As the Alliance of Specialty Medicine (“the Alliance”), […]
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VIA ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION Dear Leader Thune and Majority Whip Barrasso: On behalf of the undersigned clinician and other professional organizations, we respectfully urge the Senate to include the Medicare payment […]
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June 10, 2024 Mehmet Oz, MDAdministratorCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesU.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesATTN: CMS-1833-PP.O. Box 8013 Baltimore, MD 21244-1850 Submitted electronically via www.regulations.gov Subject: CMS-1833-P Hospital […]
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The Honorable Mehmet OzAdministratorCenter for Medicare and Medicaid ServicesU.S. Department of Health and Human Services7500 Security BoulevardBaltimore, MD 21244 Re: Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation of the Medicare Program Request for […]
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June 9, 2025 Dear Majority Leader Thune and Majority Whip Barrasso, On behalf of America’s healthcare professionals, we write to voice our urgent concern regardinga tax provision in H.R. 1, […]
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The Honorable Pamela Bondi, JDAttorney GeneralU.S. Department of Justice950 Pennsylvania Avenue NWWashington, DC 20530 Re: Anticompetitive Regulations Task Force Public Inquiry (Docket No. ATR-2025-0001) Dear Attorney General Bondi: The Alliance […]
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Dear Speaker Johnson and Majority Leader Scalise, On behalf of America’s healthcare professionals, we write to voice our urgent concern regarding a tax provision in the budget reconciliation bill that […]
Letters
VIA ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION Dear Speaker Johnson, Minority Leader Jeffries, Majority Leader Thune, and Minority Leader Schumer: On behalf of the undersigned physician organizations, we thank you for your previous bipartisan […]
Letters
Published: April 28, 2025
Dear Senators Cramer and Blumenthal and Representatives Steube and Larson: The undersigned medical professional organizations write to you in strong opposition to S. 106/H.R. 539, the “Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization […]
Letters
The health care system has changed dramatically in recent years and the compounding effects are negatively impacting patient access to care and the patient-physician relationship. These changes include significant consolidation […]
Article
Published: March 28, 2025
RE: Support of H.R. 2433, the Reducing Medically Unnecessary Delays in Care Act Dear Representatives Green and Schrier: As patient and physician advocates, the Alliance of Specialty Medicine (the “Alliance”) […]
Letters
Published: March 10, 2025
The undersigned physician organizations urge Members of the House of Representatives to insist to their leadership that language addressing the 2025 Medicare physician payment cut be added to the full […]
Letters
Published: February 10, 2025
Dear Speaker Johnson, Majority Leader Thune, Leader Schumer, and Leader Jeffries: The undersigned national medical societies and state medical associations write to collectively urge Congress to include in the forthcoming […]
Letters
Published: January 27, 2025
Jeff WuActing AdministratorCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services7500 Security BoulevardBaltimore, MD 21244-1850 Re: CY 2026 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription DrugBenefit Programs Proposed Rule […]
Letters
Published: November 21, 2024
Dear Majority Leader Schumer and Minority Leader McConnell: We write to request that you urgently address the 2.8 percent cut to Medicare payments that will go into effect on January […]
Position Statement
Published: November 20, 2024
OverviewOn Nov. 1, 2024, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) final rule. CMS finalized a CY 2025 PFS conversion […]
Letters
Published: November 15, 2024
Dear Speaker Johnson, Majority Leader Schumer, Minority Leader McConnell, and Minority Leader Jeffries: The undersigned national medical societies and state medical associations write to urgently request that Congress pass legislation […]
Letters
Published: November 13, 2024
Re: Support of H.R. 10073, the Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2024 Dear Representatives Murphy, Panetta, Miller-Meeks, Bera, Bucshon, Ruiz, Joyce, and Schrier: As patient and physician […]
Letters
Published: November 13, 2024
RE: Physician Payment Reform Outline Dear Chair Rodgers and Chair Guthrie: The Alliance of Specialty Medicine (the “Alliance”) represents more than 100,000 specialty physicians and surgeons across 16 specialty and […]
Article
Published: October 14, 2024
Subject: Request to Pass the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act (H.R. 8702/S. 4532) Speaker Johnson, Leaders Schumer, Jeffries, and McConnell: On behalf of the Regulatory Relief Coalition (RRC), […]
Letters
Published: October 11, 2024
Dear Speaker Johnson and Minority Leader Jeffries: The undersigned bipartisan members of Congress write to urge you to expeditiously pass legislative fixes that not only stop another damaging round of […]
