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On April 14, 2015, Congress repealed the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula.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
SUBJECT: Affordable Health Insurance for the Middle Class Act Dear Senator Feinstein: The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and Congress of Neurological Surgeons(CNS) support your efforts to expand access […]
Letters
Dear Mr. Chairman, Thank you for inviting the Alliance of Specialty Medicine to provide comments and recommendations related tothe Senate Finance Committee’s effort to produce patient-focused health care legislation. The […]
Letters
When insured patients are treated in the hospital, they should be confident in the knowledge that their healthinsurance will cover them. Unfortunately, a growing number of these patients are finding […]
Article
Background In 1996, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) published the report “Telemedicine: A Guide to AssessingTelecommunications for Health Care,” where telemedicine was defined as “the use of electronicinformation and communications […]
Letters
Re: Social Security Number Removal Initiative Dear Administrator Verma: The undersigned organizations are writing to express concern over the Centers for Medicare & MedicaidServices’ (CMS) planned enactment of the Social […]
Letters
Published: February 13, 2013
The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure AdministratorCenters for Medicare and Medicaid ServicesDepartment of Health and Human Services7500 Security BoulevardBaltimore, MD 21244-1850 Via Electronic Delivery Re: Step Therapy for Part B Drugs in […]
