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Neurosurgery Joins the Alliance in Sending a Letter of Support to Chairman Brady and Ranking Member Neal Regarding the HEALTHY KIDS Act

Last updated: May 3, 2025

RE: Helping Ensure Access for Little ones, Toddlers, and Hopeful Youth by Keeping InsuranceDelivery Stable (HEALTHY KIDS) Act Dear Chairman Walden and Ranking Member Pallone: As the Alliance of Specialty […]

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Neurosurgery Sends Letter to Chairman Brady and Ranking Member Neal Urging for IPAB Repeal

Last updated: May 3, 2025

SUBJECT: Repeal IPAB, Pass H.R. 849, the Protecting Seniors’ Accessto Medicare Act Dear Chairman Brady and Ranking Member Neal: On behalf of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and […]

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Neurosurgery Sends Letter to Chairman Walden and Ranking Member Pallone Urging for IPAB Repeal

Last updated: May 3, 2025

SUBJECT: Repeal IPAB, Pass H.R. 849, the Protecting Seniors’ Accessto Medicare Act Dear Chairman Walden and Ranking Member Pallone: On behalf of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and […]

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Neurosurgery Joins AMA in Sending a Letter to Congress Urging for Legislation to Ensure CMS has Flexibility on the Implementation of QPP

Last updated: May 3, 2025

Dear Chairman Walden and Ranking Member Pallone: The undersigned state and national specialty medical organizations share a common interest in ensuringsuccessful implementation of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act […]

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Neurosurgery Joins Other Medical Groups in Sending a Letter of Support to Chairman Alexander and Ranking Member Murray Supporting S.808, the Sports Medicine Licensure Charity Act

Last updated: May 3, 2025

Dear Chairman Alexander and Ranking Member Murray, We, the undersigned organizations, would like to express our strong support for S.808, the SportsMedicine Licensure Clarity Act, and we respectfully request that […]

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Neurosurgery and Other Medical Groups Send Letter to Sec. Tom Price, MD Regarding Malpractice RVUs

Last updated: May 5, 2025

Dear Secretary Price and Administrator Verma: On behalf of the 21 undersigned medical organizations, we are writing to express our deepconcerns with the new methodology for updating malpractice (MP) relative […]

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Neurosurgery Joins Other Organizations in Sending a Letter to CMS and FDA Regarding UDI Recommendations

Last updated: May 4, 2025

Dear Administrator Verma and Commissioner Gottlieb: The following organizations strongly support the implementation of the Unique Device Identifier(UDI) through electronic health records (EHRs) and clinical registries in order to achieve […]

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Neurosurgery Sends Sen. Rubio a Letter of Support for Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month

Last updated: May 4, 2025

SUBJECT: S. Res. 252, Designating September 2017 as “National Spinal Cord InjuryAwareness Month” Dear Senator Rubio, On behalf of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and Congress of NeurologicalSurgeons […]

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Neurosurgery Joins the Alliance in Sending Comments on the Proposed 2018 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

Last updated: May 5, 2025

RE: Medicare Program; Revisions to Payment Policies under the Physician FeeSchedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2018; Medicare Shared Savings ProgramRequirements; and Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program (CMS-1676-P) […]

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Neurosurgery Comments on the Proposed 2018 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

Last updated: May 5, 2025

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