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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 […]
  • Reimbursement and Practice Management
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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 […]
  • Reimbursement and Practice Management
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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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AANS and CNS Issue Response to the IOM’s GME Report

Published: February 17, 2015
Institute of Medicine’s Report: Graduate MedicalEducation That Meets the Nation’s Health NeedsOrganized Neurosurgery’sResponse On July 29, 2014, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a report, Graduate Medical EducationThat Meets the […]
  • Graduate Medical Education
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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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