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Washington E-Newsletter

Neurosurgical Resident Picked for White House Fellow Program

Jeffrey Nadel, MD, a neurosurgical resident from the University of Utah, has been named to the 2022-2023 White House Fellows class and is working at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. He joins 14 other individuals selected to participate in this prestigious program and follows in the footsteps of neurosurgeons Jeremy Hosein, MD (2018-2019); Lindsey B. Ross, MD (2016-2017); Anand […]
Washington E-Newsletter

Neurosurgeon Appointed to AMA CPT® Editorial Panel

Joseph S. Cheng, MD, FAANS, has been appointed to serve on the American Medical Association’s CPT Editorial Panel. The CPT Editorial Panel is tasked with ensuring that CPT codes remain up to date and reflect the latest medical care provided to patients.
Washington E-Newsletter

CDC Updates Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released updated and expanded recommendations for clinicians providing pain care for adults with short- and long-term pain. These clinical recommendations, published in the CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain, replace and addresses the agency’s 2016 guideline that caused some patients to experience abrupt loss […]
Comment Letter

Neurosurgery Submits Comments to Congress on Medicare Payment and Quality Program Improvements

Submitted via: macra.rfi@mail.house.gov Subject: Request for Information (RFI) on the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015 Dear Representatives Bera, Bucshon, Schrier, Burgess, Blumenauer, Wenstrup, Schneider and Miller-Meeks: On behalf of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), representing more than 4,000 practicing neurosurgeons in the United […]
  • Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
  • Reimbursement and Practice Management
Letter of Support

Neurosurgery Joins Trauma Coalition to Urge House Funding for MISSION Zero Program

Dear Chairwoman DeLauro and Ranking Members Granger and Cole: As you prepare to conference the final Fiscal Year 2023 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill with the Senate, we respectfully urge you to retain the funding level of $10 million for the Military and Civilian Partnership for the TraumaReadiness Grant […]
  • Emergency/Trauma Care and Stroke
Letter of Support

Neurosurgery Joins Trauma Coalition to Urge Senate Funding for MISSION Zero Program

Dear Chairmen Lahey and Murray and Ranking Members Shelby and Blunt: As you prepare to conference the final Fiscal Year 2023 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill with the House of Representatives, we respectfully urge you to retain the funding level of $10 million for the Military and Civilian Partnership […]
  • Emergency/Trauma Care and Stroke
Comment Letter

Neurosurgery Comments on NASS Cervical Fusion Coverage Policy

Edward Dohring, MD, PresidentNorth American Spine Society7075 Veterans Blvd.Burr Ridge, IL 60527 SUBJECT: NASS Draft Cervical Fusion Coverage Policy Recommendations Dear Dr. Dohring: 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, we appreciate the […]
  • Reimbursement and Practice Management
Comment Letter

AANS CNS Submit Comments on MS-DRG Assignment for LITT

Ms. Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, AdministratorCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesU.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesATTN: CMS-1771-FP.O. Box 8013 Baltimore, MD 21244-1850 Submitted electronically via https://www.mearis.cms.gov SUBJECT: Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule (CMS-1771-F). Additional Comments on MR-DRGs 025—027 for Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy (LITT) procedures Dear Administrator Brooks-LaSure: […]
  • Reimbursement and Practice Management
Amicus Brief

AANS and CNS Lead Amicus Brief in Surprise Billing Litigation

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS TYLER DIVISION TEXAS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION,et al.,Plaintiffs,v.UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OFHEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, et al.,Defendants. Civil Action No. 6:22-cv-00372-JDK AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF BY PHYSICIANS ADVOCACY INSTITUTE, 14 STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONS, AND 16 MEDICAL SPECIALTY SOCIETIES IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT Pursuant […]
  • Reimbursement and Practice Management