Medical Liability Reform
The AANS and CNS support legislation to provide common sense, proven, comprehensive medical liability reform. Federal legislation modeled after the laws in California or Texas, which includes reasonable limits on noneconomic damages, represents the "gold standard." The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has shown that comprehensive medical liability reform would provide $54 billion in savings to the federal government. Other solutions should be adopted including: (1) Applying the Federal Tort Claims Act to services mandated by the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act; (2) liability protections for physicians who volunteer their services; (3) liability protections for physicians who follow practice guidelines set by their specialties; and (4) clarifying that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) did not create any new causes of action. Organized neurosurgery, together with coalitions of medical organizations, is leading the charge to tackle medical liability reform.
- American Tort Reform Association
- AMA Medical Liability Reform
- Health Coalition on Liability and Access (HCLA)
- Neurosurgery-Led Coalition Urges Senate to Include Good Sam Liability Protections in PAPHA 07.10.23
- Neurosurgery Asks Senate Committee to Incorporate Good Samaritan Liability Protections in PAHPA 07.05.23
- Neurosurgery Joins Coalition Supporting Good Samaritan Liability Legislation 04.24.23
- AANS and CNS Endorse Good Samaritan Legislation 04.18.23
- Neurosurgery Joins Alliance in Support of Good Samaritan Liability Protections 03.29.23
- Neurosurgery-Led Coalition Urges Adoption of Good Samaritan Liability Protections 03.13.23
- Neurosurgery Opposes Bill to Give Trial Lawyers Tax Breaks 12.17.21
- AANS and CNS Join Urge CMS to Ban Step-Therapy in Medicare Advantage 11.23.21
- Neurosurgery Endorses Senate Good Samaritan Legislation 10.06.21
- Neurosurgery Endorses Good Samaritan Legislation in U.S. Senate 09.28.21
- Neurosurgery Endorses Good Samaritan Legislation 09.15.21
- CMS Rejects Neurosurgery’s Request to Scrap Prior Auth for Spine Procedures 06.03.21
- Neurosurgery Endorses Coronavirus Provider Protection Act 05.18.21
- Neurosurgical Practices Write Congress on Surprise Medical Bills 12.05.19
- Neurosurgery Sends Letter of Support to Reps. Flores, Marshall and Babin for H.R. 3984, the Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act 7.29.19
- Neurosurgery Sends Letter of Support to Rep. Beatty Regarding, H.R. 280, The Concussion Awareness and Education Act of 2019 6.17.19
- Neurosurgery Sends Letter of Support to Sens. Bill Cassidy, MD (R-La.) and Angus King (I-Maine) for S. 1350, the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2019 5.8.19
- Neurosurgery Sends Letter to Senator Bill Cassidy Regarding the Protecting Patients from Surprise Medical Bills Act 10.10.18
- Neurosurgery Joins HCLA to Urge for the Inclusion of the “Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act” in the “Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2018” 7.9.18
- Neurosurgery Joins HCLA in Sending Letter to Senate HELP Committee Regarding PAHPA 5.4.18
- Neurosurgery Joins HCLA in Sending a Letter of Support for H.R. 1876, the “Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act” 1.16.18
- Neurosurgery Sends Letter of Support to Sens. Alexander and Murray for Bipartisan Efforts to Develop Health Care Reform Legislation 10.23.17
- 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 10.2.17
- Neurosurgery and Other Medical Groups Send Letter to Sec. Tom Price, MD Regarding Malpractice RVUs 9.28.17
- Neurosurgery and HCLA Send Letter to the Wall Street Journal in Response to its Article on Medical Liability 7.24.17
- Neurosurgery Joins the Alliance in Sending Letter of Support to Rep. King for H.R. 1215, the Protecting Access to Care Act 6.12.17
- Neurosurgery Joins HCLA in Sending Letter to Speaker Ryan Urging for Swift Passage of H.R. 1215, the Protecting Access to Care Act 6.12.17
- Neurosurgery Sends Letter to Speaker Ryan Urging for Swift Passage of H.R. 1215, the Protecting Access to Care Act 6.9.17
- AANS and CNS Join the Alliance in Sending Comments to Sens. Cassidy and Collins Regarding Health Reform 5.26.17
- Neurosurgery joins the Alliance in Sending Comments to Sen. Hatch Regarding Health Reform 5.23.17
- AANS and CNS Send Letter Regarding Health Reform to Sen. Hatch 5.22.17
- Neurosurgery Position Statement on Telemedicine 5.20.17
- AANS-CNS Statement for the Record for Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee Hearing on H.R. 1876, the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act, 5.17.17
- AANS and CNS Send Letter of Support to Rep. Barr for H.R. 1565, the Saving Lives, Saving Costs Act 5.4.17
- Neurosurgery Joins HCLA to Send Letter to Rep. Hudson in Support of H.R. 1704, the ACCESS Act 5.4.17
- Neurosurgery Joins Alliance to Send Letter of Support to Reps. Barr and Cuellar for H.R. 1565, the Saving Lives, Saving Costs Act 5.4.17
- Neurosurgery Joins Alliance to Send Letter of Support to Rep. Hudson for H.R. 1704, the ACCESS Act 5.4.17
- Neurosurgery Joins Alliance to Send Letter to Reps. Roe and Blackburn in Support of H.R. 1766, the Medical Practice Freedom Act 5.4.17
- Neurosurgery Joins Alliance to Send Letter to Lawmakers in Support of H.R. 1876, the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act 5.4.2017
- AANS and CNS Send Letter to Rep. Hudson in Support of H.R. 1704, the Accessible Care by Curbing Excessive lawSuitS Act 4.19.17
- AANS and CNS Send Letter of Support to Sens. Cassidy and King for the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act 4.11.17
- AANS and CNS Send Letter of Support to Sen. Blunt Regarding S.527, the Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act 4.11.17
- AANS and CNS Send Letter of Support to Reps. Blackburn and Scott for the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act 4.11.17
- Neurosurgery Joins HCLA in Sending Letter of Support to Sen. Cassidy Regarding the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act 3.30.17
- Neurosurgery Joins HCLA in Sending Letter of Support to Sen. King Regarding the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act 3.30.17
- Neurosurgery Joins HCLA in Sending Letter of Support to Rep. Blackburn on the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act 3.30.17
- Neurosurgery Joins HCLA in Sending Letter of Support to Rep. Scott on the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act 3.30.17
- Neurosurgery Joins Other Medical Groups in Sending Letter to Speaker Ryan Regarding H.R. 548, Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act 3.22.17
- Neurosurgery Joins HCLA in Sending Letter to Rep. Goodlatte Urging for Swift Passage of the Protecting Access to Care Act (H.R. 1215) 2.27.17
- Neurosurgery Joins Alliance of Specialty Medicine to Create 2017 Health Policy Principles 2.21.17
- AANS-CNS Send Letter of Support for HR 548, the Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017, 2.3.17
- AANS and CNS Join HCLA in sending a Thank You Letter for Sponsorship of the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2016 (S. 3101) 8.5.16
- AANS-CNS Letter of Support for S. 3101, the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2016 7.6.16
- AANS and CNS Joins HCLA in Endorsing the HEALTH Act 3.21.16
- Neurosurgery Joins the Alliance in Sending a Letter of Support for the HEALTH Act 3.21.16
- Neurosurgery Joins Alliance in Sending Letter of Support for H.R. 2653, the American Health Care Reform Act of 2015 7.20.15
- Neurosurgery Joins Alliance to Send Letter to Rep. Price Regarding H.R. 2300 6.26.15
- AANS and CNS Send Letter of Support to Reps. Dent and Sessions for the Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2015 - 2.12.15
- AANS and CNS Send Letter of Support to Reps. Blackburn and Scott for the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2015 - 2.12.15
- AANS and CNS Unveil 2015 Legislative Agenda
- AANS/CNS Letter of Support to Sen. Roy Blunt for the Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2013 - 05/22/13 (PDF)
- Neurosurgery Endorses the Standards of Care Protection Act (PDF)
- AANS/CNS Letter of Support for the Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2013 (H.R. 36) (PDF)
- AANS/CNS and HCLA Send Letter to Congress Urging For Inclusion of Medical Liability Reform in Debt Proposals (PDF)
- Neurosurgery Joins the HCLA to Send a LTE to the WSJ on Defensive Medicine (PDF)
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Letter to Senator Murkowski discussing the Medicare Patient Empowerment Act
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AANS/CNS 2013 Legislative Agenda