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Comment Letter

Neurosurgery Joins Alliance in Commenting on National Provider Directory

Ms. Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, AdministratorCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesDepartment of Health and Human ServicesAttention: CMS-0058-NCP.O. Box 8013Baltimore, MD 21244-8016 Submitted electronically via www.regulations.gov RE: Request for Information; National Directory of Healthcare Providers & Services Dear Administrator Brooks-LaSure, The Alliance of Specialty Medicine (the “Alliance”) represents more than 100,000 specialty physicians across 15 specialty and subspecialty […]
  • Reimbursement and Practice Management
Comment Letter

AANS and CNS Comment on MedPAC’s Ideas for Improving Primary Care Reimbursement

Chairman Michael Chernew, PhDMedicare Payment Advisory Commission425 I Street, Suite 701Washington, DC 20001 RE: Options for Increasing Medicare Payment for Primary Care Dear Chairman Chernew, The Alliance of Specialty Medicine (the “Alliance”) represents more than 100,000 specialty physicians from 15 specialty and subspecialty societies who are dedicated to the development of sound federal health care […]
  • Reimbursement and Practice Management
Comment Letter

Neurosurgeons Push for Legislation to Prevent Medicare Cuts

Dear Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader Schumer, Leader McConnell and Leader McCarthy, The undersigned organizations, representing over one million physicians and non-physicians health care clinicians and the patients they serve, strongly urge Congressional action to prevent the entire 4.5% reduction to Medicare payment rates from being implemented on January 1, 2023. This desperately needed relief will […]
  • Reimbursement and Practice Management
Comment Letter

Neurosurgery Urges Congressional Leaders to Include Prior Authorization Reform in Year-End Spending Bill

Speaker Pelosi, Leader McCarthy, and Leaders Schumer and McConnell: We strongly urge you to advance the “Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act” (H.R. 3173/S. 3018) in any year-end legislative package under development by the House and Senate. This legislation would establish an electric prior authorization program in Medicare Advantage (MA) and would require MA […]
  • Reimbursement and Practice Management
Comment Letter

Senators Urge Action to Mitigate Medicare Payment Cuts

Dear Leader Schumer and Leader McConnell, We write to express our serious concerns regarding the stability of Medicare payments to health care providers. Congress must address these vital payment challenges before the end of 2022 to ensure seniors continue to have access to care through a wide network of providers. Multiple changes to physician and […]
  • Reimbursement and Practice Management
Washington E-Newsletter

Evaluation and Management Coding Resources

Effective Jan. 1, 2021, changes were made to the evaluation and management (E/M) Current Procedural Terminology® code set and reporting guidelines to reduce documentation burdens and simplify coding. However, some health plans are disputing E/M levels for submitted claims and implementing E/M “downcoding” programs that inappropriately — and often automatically, through claim editing algorithms — reduce […]
Washington E-Newsletter

CMS Releases 2023 Medicare Hospital OPPS and ASC Final Rule

On Nov. 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2023 Changes to Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System final rule. In 2023, payment rates will increase by 3.8% for hospitals and ASCs that meet applicable quality reporting requirements. CMS also adopted neurosurgery-supported changes, including: Click here for a CMS press […]
Washington E-Newsletter

CMS Releases Final 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final

On Nov. 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule. Overall, neurosurgeons face a 4% decrease, due primarily to the expiration of temporary financial relief provided by Congress last year to mitigate steep payment cuts in 2022. In addition, neurosurgeons face a 4% Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act […]
Washington E-Newsletter

Contribute to NeurosurgeryPAC to Advance Neurosurgery’s Advocacy Agenda

As of Nov. 1, NeurosurgeryPAC has raised $202,155 from neurosurgeons across the country. Thank you to all our contributors! These funds will allow NeurosurgeryPAC to support those candidates who support neurosurgery’s policy agenda. It’s not too late to help your PAC reach its $250,000 annual fundraising goal, so please make your contribution today. NeurosurgeryPAC is a […]
Washington E-Newsletter

Neurosurgery Opposes Bill to Expand Non-Physician Scope of Practice

On Nov. 3, the AANS and the CNS joined the American Medical Association (AMA) in a letter to House Energy and Commerce Committee and Ways and Means Committee leaders opposing H.R. 8812, the “Improving Care and Access to Nurses Act.” Known as the “I CAN Act,” the legislation would allow non-physician practitioners to perform tasks and […]