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Neurosurgery Naloxone Fact Sheet

Published: September 21, 2017
Help save lives: Co-prescribe naloxone to patients at risk of overdose Naloxone saves lives The nation’s opioid epidemic claimed more than 33,000lives in 2015, but that figure would have been […]
  • Drugs and Devices
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Neurosurgery Comments on the Proposed 2018 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

Published: September 11, 2017
Subject: CMS-1676-P Medicare Program; Revisions to Payment Policies Under thePhysician Fee Schedule (PFS) and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2018 Dear Administrator Verma: On behalf of the American […]
  • Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
  • Reimbursement and Practice Management
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Neurosurgery Sends Comments on Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) for Imaging to the House Ways and Means Committee for its Medicare Red Tape Relief Project

Published: August 25, 2017
Please describe the submitting organization’s interaction with the Medicare program: The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), founded in 1931, and the Congress ofNeurological Surgeons (CNS), founded in 1951, are […]
  • Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
  • Reimbursement and Practice Management
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MIPS Exemption and Special Status Resource Guide (prepared by Hart Health Strategies)

Published: August 24, 2017
The following tables provide information on exemptions and “special status” determinations under the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). This guide does not provide details regarding treatment under the Advanced Alternative […]
  • Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
  • Reimbursement and Practice Management