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Comment Letter

Neurosurgery Comments on Episode-Based Payment Models

Chiquita Brooks-LaSureAdministratorCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesU.S. Department of Health and Human Services7500 Security BoulevardBaltimore, Maryland 21244 Submitted electronically via www.regulations.gov Subject: Request for Information; Episode-Based Payment Model (CMS-5540-NC) Dear Administrator Brooks-LaSure, On behalf of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), representing more than 4,000 neurosurgeons in […]
  • Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Letter of Support

AANS and CNS Support Telehealth Expansion Act

Dear Chair Smith and Ranking Member Neal: Thank you for your ongoing leadership on expanding access to virtual care and for your commitment to considering a pathway for permanent policy around telehealth beyond the COVID-19 public health emergency. We appreciate that the Committee is bringing the Telehealth Expansion Act of 2023 (H.R.1843/S. 1001) forward as […]
  • Reimbursement and Practice Management
Letter of Support

Neurosurgery Urges Senate Committee to Address Student Loan Debt

Dear Chairman Sanders and Ranking Member Cassidy: On behalf of our organizations, we call on Congress to address high student loan debt levels facing many borrowers, including physicians and dentists. With the Biden Administration expected to reinstate federal student loan payments and interest this summer that were halted at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic […]
  • Graduate Medical Education
Comment Letter

Neurosurgery Cautions Against Expanding Nurses’ Scope of Practice

Dear Chairpersons Smith and McMorris Rodgers and Ranking Members Neal and Pallone: The undersigned medical professional organizations write to you in strong opposition to H.R. 2713, the “Improving Care and Access to Nurses Act,” or the “I CAN Act.” This legislation would endanger the quality of care that Medicare and Medicaid patients receive by expanding […]
  • Reimbursement and Practice Management
Letter of Support

Neurosurgery Supports Legislation to Expand Access to Bleeding Control Kits

Subject: S. 1653, the Prevent Blood Loss with Emergency Equipment Devices (BLEEDing) Act Dear Senators Menendez and Boozman: On behalf of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), representing more than 4,000 practicing neurosurgeons in the United States, we write to support your legislation, S. 1653, the Prevent […]
  • Emergency/Trauma Care and Stroke
Letter of Support

AANS-CNS Letter Supporting Protecting and Continuing Physician Education and Patient Care Act

Subject: Protecting and Continuing Physician Education and Patient Care Act Dear Representatives Burgess and Bera, On behalf of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), representing more than 4,500 practicing neurosurgeons in the United States, we are pleased to endorse your legislation, the Protecting and Continuing Physician Education […]
  • Drugs and Devices
Comment Letter

Neurosurgery Thanks Senate Committee for Holding Hearing on Prior Auth

Dear Chairman Blumenthal and Ranking Member Johnson, We write today to thank you for holding your May 17 hearing titled “Examining Health Care Denials and Delays in Medicare Advantage” and to urge you to continue your oversight of Medicare Advantage plans, particularly regarding their use of prior authorization and other utilization management tools that inappropriately […]
  • Reimbursement and Practice Management
Comment Letter

AANS CNS Comments on NASS Draft Policy on Cervical Laminectomy and Laminoplasty

John G. Finkenberg, MD, PresidentNorth American Spine Society7075 Veterans Blvd.Burr Ridge, IL 60527 SUBJECT: NASS Cervical Laminectomy and Laminoplasty Draft Coverage Policy Dear Dr. Finkenberg: On behalf of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) and the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves (DSPN), […]
  • Reimbursement and Practice Management
Comment Letter

AANS and CNS Support House Pediatric Cancer Bill

Subject: H.R. 3391, the Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act 2.0 Dear Reps. Wexton, Cole, Bilirakis and Dingell: On behalf of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), representing more than 4,000 practicing neurosurgeons in the United States, we write to support your legislation, H.R. 3391, the Gabriella […]
  • Biomedical Research
Letter of Support

AANS and CNS Support Senate Pediatric Cancer Bill

Subject: S. 1624, the Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act 2.0 Dear Senators Kaine and Moran: On behalf of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), representing more than 4,000 practicing neurosurgeons in the United States, we write to support your legislation, S. 1624, the Gabriella Miller Kids […]
  • Biomedical Research