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Letter of Support

Neurosurgery Joins Alliance in Supporting House Bill to Reform Step Therapy

RE: Support for H.R. 2630, the Safe Step Act Dear Representatives Wenstrup and Ruiz: As patient and physician advocates, the Alliance of Specialty Medicine (Alliance) writes in support of your legislation, H.R. 2630, the Safe Step Act, which would provide patients and providers with a clear and transparent appeals process when subject to step therapy […]
  • Reimbursement and Practice Management
Letter of Support

AANS and CNS Join Alliance in Supporting House Bill to Increase GME Funding

RE: Support of H.R. 2389, the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act Dear Representatives Sewell and Fitzpatrick: As the Alliance of Specialty Medicine (Alliance), our mission is to advocate for sound federal health care policy that fosters patient access to the highest quality specialty care. As patient and physician advocates, the Alliance writes in support of […]
  • Graduate Medical Education
Letter of Support

Neurosurgery Joins Coalition Effort to Improve Medicare Payment System

Dear Representatives Ruiz, Bucshon, Bera and Miller-Meeks: On behalf of the undersigned physician and non-physician organizations, representing more than one million clinicians and the patients they serve, thank you for introducing H.R. 2474, the Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act. The legislation applies a permanent inflation-based update to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) […]
  • Reimbursement and Practice Management
Washington E-Newsletter

Neurosurgery Blog Features Article on Stereotactic Radiosurgery

On May 1, the Neurosurgery Blog cross-posted a recent publication in Neurosurgery, the official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. The article, “Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Vestibular Schwannoma in Neurofibromatosis Type 2: An International Multicenter Case Series of Response and Malignant Transformation Risk” was published as part of Neurosurgery’s High-Impact Manuscript Service (HIMS). Lead author Hussam Abou-Al-Shaar, MD and colleagues reviewed data […]
Washington E-Newsletter

Neurosurgeon Pens Op-Ed on the Health Insurance Monopoly in Alabama

On April 21, 1819 News published an op-ed titled “Ending the health insurance monopoly will make life healthier for Alabamians” by Richard P. Menger, MD, MPA, assistant professor of neurosurgery and political science at the University of South Alabama. The op-ed — the second in a series Dr. Menger is writing — states that Alabama is tied with Alaska as […]
Washington E-Newsletter

Neurosurgery Blog Features Op-Ed Highlighting the Need for Brain Injury Awareness Treatment

On March 6, Roll Call published an op-ed titled, “We need more than brain injury awareness: We need new treatment.” In the op-ed, Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-N.J.), co-chair and founder of the Congressional Traumatic Brain Injury Task Force, and Vishal Bansal, MD, FACS, discuss the need for more than brain injury awareness — the need for new treatment. Each March, Brain […]
Washington E-Newsletter

Neurosurgeon Authors Op-Ed on Border Wall Injuries

On April 13, Los Angeles Times published an op-ed titled, “As a San Diego neurosurgeon, I see the devastating toll of the raised border wall.” In the op-ed, Alexander Tenorio, MD, a neurological surgery resident at the University of California San Diego, poignantly discusses the horrific spinal cord and brain injuries caused by falls from the border wall. Dr. Tenorio […]
Washington E-Newsletter

Neurosurgery Blog Publishes Guest Blog Post from CDC

During Brain Injury Awareness Month in March, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) highlighted the meaningful progress that has been made related to concussion education over the last 20 years. During that time, the CDC’s HEADS UP concussion education initiative started as a small campaign and grew to become an integral part of concussion education. […]
Washington E-Newsletter

Neurosurgeon Pens Op-Ed on Why Alabama Hospitals Need Competition

On March 17, AL.com published an op-ed titled “Guest opinion: Alabama hospitals need competition.” In the op-ed, Richard P. Menger, MD, MPA, assistant professor of neurosurgery and political science at the University of South Alabama, discusses why the “game of Hospital Monopoly needs to end.” Dr. Menger argues that reform needs to break up the large hospital system […]
Washington E-Newsletter

AMA Analyses: Medical Liability Premiums Surge; One in Three Physicians Sued

According to a recent American Medical Association (AMA) analysis, a surge in medical liability premiums has extended into a fourth consecutive year. It suggests a “hard” insurance market has spread across many states, making it difficult for physicians to find affordable coverage. Fifteen states reported double-digit percentage increases in premiums in 2022, and the analysis also […]