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Neurosurgery Joins other Multispecialty Groups in Sending a Letter to ONC on Assessing Interoperability for the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA)

Published: June 3, 2016
Dear Dr. DeSalvo and Acting Administrator Slavitt: The undersigned medical societies are writing in response to your request for information (RFI) assessinginteroperability for the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act […]
  • Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
  • Reimbursement and Practice Management
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White Paper on Pediatric Trauma in the United States

Published: May 24, 2016
Background Paperof theAmerican Association of Neurological SurgeonsCongress of Neurological SurgeonsAANS/CNS Joint Section on Neurotrauma and Critical CareAANS/CNS Joint Section on Pediatric Neurosurgeryon the Subject ofPediatric Trauma in the United StatesChallenges […]
  • Emergency/Trauma Care and Stroke
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AANS and CNS Sign on to Reducing Opioid Abuse Advertisement

Published: May 18, 2016
Help save lives:Increase access to naloxone For more than 40 years, naloxone has beensaving the lives of people who overdose onan opioid. With the United States in the midstof an […]
  • Drugs and Devices
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Physician Value-Based Payment Modifier: What Neurosurgeons Need to Know

Published: May 18, 2016
Physician Value-Based Payment Modifier What Neurosurgeons Need to Know for 2016 The Affordable Care Act required CMS to begin applying a value-based modifier (VM) toMedicare physician fee schedule payments for […]
  • Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
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PQRS 2016 What Neurosurgeons Need to Know

Published: May 15, 2016
Physician Quality Reporting System What Neurosurgeons Need to Know for 2016 The Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) is a federal program that requires physicians andother eligible professionals (EPs) to report […]
  • Quality Improvement and Patient Safety