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On April 14, 2015, Congress repealed the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula.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.

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Neurosurgery Joins Alliance in Sending Comments to CMS Regarding MACRA RFI

Published: November 17, 2015
Andrew M. SlavittActing Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesDepartment of Health and Human ServicesAttention: CMS-3321-NCSubmitted electronically via http://www.regulations.gov RE: Request for Information Regarding Implementation of the Merit-Based Incentive PaymentSystem, […]
  • Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
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AANS and CNS Comment on Proposed CCJR Bundled Payment Program

Published: September 8, 2015
Re: Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Payment Model for Acute CareHospitals Furnishing Lower Extremity Joint Replacement Services; Proposed Rule[CMS-5516-P] Dear Mr. Slavitt and Dr. Conway: On behalf of the American […]
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CMS Declines to Rescind CCI Edit for Arthrodesis with Laminectomy

Published: September 1, 2015
Joseph Cheng, MDAmerican Association of Neurological Surgeons /Congress of Neurological Surgeons725 15th Street, NW, Suite 500Washington, DC 20005 Dear Dr. Cheng: I thank you and your colleagues for meeting by […]
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Neurosurgery Joins Alliance to Send Letter to Rep. Price Regarding H.R. 2300

Published: June 26, 2015
The Honorable Tom Price, MD100 Cannon House Office BuildingWashington, DC 20515 RE: H.R. 2300, Empowering Patients First Act of 2015 Dear Representative Price: As the Alliance of Specialty Medicine (Alliance), […]
  • Medical Liability Reform
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Neurosurgeons Commend Senate for Passing Historic Medicare Legislation

Published: April 14, 2015
Neurosurgeons Commend Senate for Passing Historic Medicare LegislationCongress Finally Sends Medicare’s Flawed Physician Payment System to the Trash Heap Washington, DC – The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and […]
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AANS and CNS Join 750 Organizations in Calling for Repeal of SGR

Published: March 16, 2015
Dear Speaker Boehner: The undersigned state and national medical associations strongly urge you to repeal the failedMedicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula before the expiration of the current paymentpatch. During […]
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AANS and CNS Send Letter to CMS Concerning ICD-10 implementation

Published: March 4, 2015
Dear Acting Administrator Slavitt: The undersigned organizations are writing to you concerning the agency’s implementation plansfor moving to ICD-10, a code set named under the Health Insurance Portability andAccountability Act […]
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Response from NCCI to Neurosurgery’s CCI Edit Letter

Published: February 24, 2015
Joseph Cheng, MDHenry Woo, MDCongress of Neurological Surgeons / American Association of Neurological Surgeons725 15th Street, NW, Suite 500Washington, DC 20005 Dear Drs. Cheng and Woo: I thank you for […]
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Global Surgery Talking Points

Published: February 12, 2015
GLOBAL SURGICAL CODES Legislative Request Regarding Transition of 10- and 90-day Global Codes Request: Congress should rescind the policy in the 2015 Final Medicare Physician Fee ScheduleRule to transition 10– […]
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Summary of the 2014 Medicare Provider Enrollment Final

Published: January 1, 2015
Background On Friday, December 5, 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final rule onMedicare provider enrollment requirements. The provisions of the final rule, Requirements for […]
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