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Neurosurgery Joins the Alliance in Sending a Letter of Support for the HEALTH Act

Last updated: May 28, 2025

RE: Support for H.R. 4771, the “Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2016” Dear Chairman Goodlatte and Ranking Member Conyers: As the Alliance of Specialty Medicine (Alliance), […]

• Medical Liability Reform

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Neurosurgery Joins Alliance in Sending Letter of Support to Rep. Castor for “Training Tomorrow’s Doctors Today Act”

Last updated: May 28, 2025

Dear Representative Castor: As the Alliance of Specialty Medicine (Alliance), our mission is to advocate for sound federal health care policythat fosters patient access to the highest quality specialty care. […]

• Graduate Medical Education

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Neurosurgery and HCLA Congratulate Rep. Kevin Brady for Being Named to the Health Care Reform Task Force

Last updated: May 14, 2025

Dear Chairman Brady: We, as the leadership of the Health Coalition on Liability and Access (HCLA), would like to congratulateyou on being named to the Health Care Reform Task Force, […]

• Medical Liability Reform

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Neurosurgery and HCLA Congratulate Rep. Tom Price for Being Named to the Health Care Reform Task Force

Last updated: May 14, 2025

Dear Chairman Price: We, as the leadership of the Health Coalition on Liability and Access (HCLA), would like to congratulateyou on being named to the Health Care Reform Task Force, […]

• Medical Liability Reform

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Congressional Sign-on Letter Supporting the Appointment of a Specialty Physician for a Position on MedPAC

Last updated: May 14, 2025

Dear Mr. Dodaro: The undersigned Members of Congress write to express our support for the appointment of aspecialty physician, particularly a surgeon, for a position on the Medicare Payment AdvisoryCommission […]

• Reimbursement and Practice Management

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Neurosurgery Joins Coalition in Commenting on the Physician Self-Referral Law (“Stark Law”)

Last updated: May 14, 2025

Dear Chairmen Hatch and Brady: On behalf of the undersigned organizations, we would like to thank you for requesting ourviews on how the Physician Self-Referral law (“Stark Law”) can be […]

• Fraud and Abuse

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Neurosurgery Comments on CDC’s Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain

Last updated: May 29, 2025

Subject: CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain Dear Dr. Frieden, On behalf of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), Congress of NeurologicalSurgeons (CNS), the AANS/CNS Section on […]

• Guidelines

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Neurosurgery Sends Comments to CMS on Proposed 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

Last updated: May 29, 2025

Re: CMS-1631-FC Medicare Program; Payment Policies Under the Medicare PhysicianFee Schedule (MPFS) and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2016 Final Rule Dear Mr. Slavitt: On behalf the American […]

• Reimbursement and Practice Management

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AANS and CNS Join other Societies in Sending Comments to CMS on Proposed 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

Last updated: May 29, 2025

Re: CMS-1631-FC Medicare Program; Payment Policies Under the Medicare PhysicianFee Schedule (MPFS) and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2016 Final Rule Dear Mr. Slavitt: On behalf of 4,000 […]

• Reimbursement and Practice Management

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Organized Neurosurgery Objects to Non-coverage Policy for Lumbar Spinal Fusion for DDD

Last updated: May 29, 2025

Josiah Morse, MPHProgram DirectorWashington State Healthcare AuthorityHealth Technology Assessment ProgramP.O. Box 42712Olympia, WA 98504-2712 SUBJECT: Non-coverage Decision for Washington State HTA Re-review of LumbarSpinal Fusion for Degenerative Disc Disease: 20151120A […]

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