Neurosurgeons Release 2017 Legislative and Regulatory Agenda
IPAB Repeal and Expanding Support for GME Remain at the Top of Organized Neurosurgery’s Priority List
Washington, DC—Today, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and Congress of
Neurological Surgeons (CNS) released their 2017 legislative and regulatory agenda, which includes health policy
action items that neurosurgeons plan to advance with Congress and the Trump Administration. Organized
neurosurgery will be pursuing the following priorities:
- Improving the health care delivery system, including maintaining existing insurance market reforms and advancing solutions that will lower costs and expand choice. Additionally, to ensure that our nation’s children have continuous health insurance coverage, Congress should reauthorize the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
- Supporting quality resident training and education by increasing the number of Medicare-funded residency positions and preserving the ability of surgeons to maximize education and training opportunities within the profession’s current regulatory structures.
- Abolishing the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) because Medicare payment decisions in the hands of an unelected, unaccountable governmental body with minimal congressional oversight will negatively affect timely access to quality neurosurgical care for our nation’s senior citizens and those with disabilities.
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