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Neurosurgery Supports Legislation Allowing Residents to Defer Student Loan Interest

Last updated: April 9, 2025

Dear Representatives Babin and Houlahan: On behalf of our organizations, we thank you for reintroducing the “Resident Education Deferred Interest(REDI) Act” (HR 4122) that, if passed, will allow borrowers to […]

• Graduate Medical Education

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Neurosurgery Joins Alliance in Objecting to United Healthcare’s Emergency Care Coverage Rule

Last updated: April 9, 2025

Re: Retroactive reviews of emergency care by UnitedHealthcare Mr. Thompson: The Alliance of Specialty Medicine represents more than 100,000 specialty physicians and isdedicated to the development of sound federal health […]

• Emergency/Trauma Care and Stroke

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AANS and CNS Join AAMC in Commenting on Distribution of new GME Slots

Last updated: April 9, 2025

Re: FY 2022 Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems Proposed Rule Graduate MedicalEducation Proposals (CMS-1752-P) Dear Administrator Brooks-LaSure: On behalf of the Graduate Medical Education (GME) Advocacy Coalition, which consists ofhospital groups, […]

• Graduate Medical Education

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Members of the Senate Urge Appropriations to Fund MISSION Zero Program

Last updated: April 9, 2025

Dear Chair Murray and Ranking Member Blunt: We are contacting you today to respectfully request that the Subcommittee include $11.5 millionin funding for the Military and Civilian Partnership for the […]

• Emergency/Trauma Care and Stroke

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Neurosurgery Joins Effort Against United Healthcare’s Emergency Care Policy

Last updated: April 9, 2025

Dear Mr. Thompson: The undersigned organizations write to express deep concerns about UnitedHealthcare’s (UHC) newpolicy to allow for the retroactive denial of coverage for emergency care, which will have serious […]

• Emergency/Trauma Care and Stroke

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Neurosurgery Provides Comment on NASS Percutaneous SI Joint Fusion Coverage Policy

Last updated: April 9, 2025

SUBJECT: NASS Draft Model Coverage Policy on Percutaneous Sacroiliac Joint Fusion Dear Dr. Truumees: On behalf of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), the Congress of NeurologicalSurgeons (CNS) and […]

• Reimbursement and Practice Management

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AANS and CNS Join Alliance in Urging CMS to Improve Quality Payment Programs

Last updated: April 9, 2025

Subject: Implementation of MACRA and Physician-focused Value-based Care Initiatives Dear Administrator Brooks-LaSure: The undersigned members of the Alliance of Specialty Medicine (Alliance) are writing to express our concernsabout the implementation […]

• Quality Improvement and Patient Safety

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Neurosurgeons Join Alliance in Supporting Medicare Private Contracting Bill HR 3322  

Last updated: April 9, 2025

RE: Medicare Patient Empowerment Act (H.R. 3322) Dear Representative Sessions and Senator Paul: As the Alliance of Specialty Medicine (Alliance), our mission is to advocate for sound federal health carepolicy […]

• Reimbursement and Practice Management

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Neurosurgeons Join Alliance in Supporting Medicare Private Contracting Bill S 826

Last updated: April 9, 2025

RE: Medicare Patient Empowerment Act (S. 826) Dear Senators Paul and Murkowski: As the Alliance of Specialty Medicine (Alliance), our mission is to advocate for sound federal health carepolicy that […]

• Reimbursement and Practice Management

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CMS Rejects Neurosurgery’s Request to Scrap Prior Auth for Spine Procedures

Last updated: April 9, 2025

Dear Mr. Leahey, Thank you for your letter on behalf of the Medical Devices Manufacturing Association andother healthcare stakeholders requesting that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services(CMS) suspend or […]

• Medical Liability Reform