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AANS and CNS Request Funding for Gun Violence Prevention Research

On April 19, the AANS, CNS, AANS/CNS Joint Section on Neurotrauma & Critical Care, AANS/CNS Section on Pediatric Neurological Surgery and the American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons joined more than 400 organizations in a letter to Congressional appropriations urging them to allocate $61 million to conduct public health research into forearm morbidity and mortality prevention. These investments […]
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Neurosurgery Asks Congress to Fund Pediatric Device Consortium

On April 4, the AANS and the CNS signed a letter urging Congressional appropriators to fund the Food and Drug Administration’s Pediatric Device Consortia (PDC) Grant Program. Medical devices for children often lag five to ten years behind those for adults. To address the need for improved pediatric medical devices, Congress created the PDC program […]
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AANS and CNS Call for Increased Funding for NIH

The AANS and the CNS joined the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research Funding and more than 370 organizations requesting increased funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Fiscal Year 2024. The $50.924 billion request is a nearly 5% increase over current funding levels and would allow continued vital investment in the NIH to improve […]
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Neurosurgery Supports Bill to Fund Brain Aneurysm Research

The AANS and the CNS have endorsed Ellie’s Law (S. 895/H.R. 902), legislation that would authorize $10 million in funding for the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to further knowledge and understanding of brain aneurysms and how to manage and treat this condition effectively. The legislation is sponsored by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Rep. Yvette […]
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Alliance Comments on Health Care Workforce Shortages

On March 20, the AANS and the CNS joined the Alliance of Specialty Medicine in responding to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions request for information about health care workforce shortages. The Association of American Medical Colleges estimates that the U.S. will face a shortage of specialty care physicians between 21,000 and 77,100 by […]
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AANS and CNS Endorse Safe Step Act

Once again, the AANS and the CNS endorsed the Safe Step Act (S. 652/H.R. 2630). Health insurers often use step therapy — also called “fail first” — to control costs. Step therapy occurs when insurers require patients to fail the first step of treatment — typically a generic or low-cost drug — before moving on […]
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Neurosurgery Endorses Legislation to Improve Medicare Payment System

On April 3, 2023, bipartisan legislation to improve the Medicare physician payment system was introduced. Sponsored by Raul Ruiz, MD, (D-Calif.); Larry Bucshon, MD, (R-Ind.); Ami Bera, MD, (D-Calif.) and Mariannette Miller-Meeks, MD, (R-Iowa), the Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act (H.R. 2474) would put in place an annual physician payment update starting in 2024 based on the Medicare economic […]
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Apply for the Washington Committee Fellowship Today

Applications are now being accepted for the 2024-25 AANS/CNS Washington Committee/American Medical Association (AMA) Fellowship. This program offers an eligible neurosurgical resident or fellow an opportunity to participate in the Washington Committee and its five subcommittees and to serve as the AANS/CNS delegate to the AMA’s Resident and Fellow Section. This two-year fellowship provides a full […]
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Please Complete the Washington Committee’s Firearms Survey

The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) Washington Committee Firearms Task Force is conducting a brief survey of AANS/CNS members regarding their views and experience with firearms and member’s opinions regarding the involvement of organized neurosurgery in advocacy efforts to reduce firearm injury and death and to make firearm […]
Letter of Support

Neurosurgery Joins Coalition Supporting Good Samaritan Liability Legislation

Subject: “Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2023” Dear Congressmen Bucshon and Ruiz: We, the undersigned members of the Health Coalition on Liability and Access (HCLA), wish to express our sincere thanks for your leadership in introducing the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2023. This much needed legislation will ensure that victims of federally […]
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