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AANS and CNS Send Letter to NQF Expressing Concerns with the NQF Measure Endorsement Process

Last updated: May 20, 2025

Re: NQF Measure Endorsement Process Dear Dr. Cassel: The undersigned organizations are writing to share our feedback regarding recent improvementsand changes to the National Quality Forum (NQF) measure endorsement process. […]

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Neurosurgery Urges Congress to Rescind the Global Surgical Payments Transition Policy

Last updated: May 20, 2025

Dear Leader Reid, Leader McConnell, Speaker Boehner, and Leader Pelosi: The undersigned organizations strongly urge Congress to rescind the policy in the 2015 FinalMedicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule to transition […]

• Reimbursement and Practice Management

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Neurosurgery Joins the Healthcare Leadership Council to Send SGR Repeal Letter to Congress

Last updated: June 4, 2025

Dear Speaker Boehner, Majority Leader McCarthy, Majority Leader Reid, Minority LeaderMcConnell and Minority Leader Pelosi: We write to you today urging you to consider and pass bipartisan-bicameral legislation to repealthe […]

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Neurosurgery Joins AMA in Sending Letter to NAIC Regarding Network Issues

Last updated: May 20, 2025

Dear Commissioners Praeger and Nickel: The undersigned organizations representing hospitals, physicians, and other health care providersserving both children and adults, as well as health care consumers and other stakeholders, wishto […]

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Neurosurgery Joins Alliance in Sending Letter to NAIC Regarding Network Issues

Last updated: June 4, 2025

Dear Mr. Nickel: The Alliance of Specialty Medicine and its member organizations thank you for theopportunity to provide input on the Draft Individual Market Health Insurance CoverageModel Regulation and the […]

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Neurosurgery Sends Letters to House and Senate Appropriations Committees on Emergency Care

Last updated: May 20, 2025

Dear Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Lowey: As national health care organizations whose members are on the forefront of providingemergency care to millions of Americans, we are writing to urge […]

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Neurosurgeons Press Congress to Repeal SGR during Lame Duck Session

Last updated: June 4, 2025

Dear Speaker Boehner, Leader Pelosi, Leader Reid and Leader McConnell: On behalf of the Alliance of Specialty Medicine (the Alliance), a coalition of medical specialty societiesrepresenting more than 100,000 physicians […]

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Members of Congress Send Letter to CMS Regarding Qualified Clinical Data Registries (QCDRs)

Last updated: May 20, 2025

Dear Administrator Tavenner, As Members of Congress, we are excited about the potential clinical data registries haveto improve quality and efficiency of health care as well as play an important […]

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U.S. House Members Send Letter to CMS Regarding Global Surgery Policy

Last updated: June 4, 2025

Dear Administrator Tavenner, We are writing to express our concern regarding the provision contained in Centers for Medicareand Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed rule for calendar year(CY) […]

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Neurosurgery Urges CMS to Maintain the Current Open Payments CME Exemption

Last updated: June 4, 2025

Re: Medicare Program; Revisions to Payment Policies under the Physician FeeSchedule, Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule & Other Revisions to Part B for CY2015; CMS-1612-P Dear Ms. Tavenner: On behalf of […]

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