All Articles

Print
Advanced Search
Article Type
Year
Issue Area

Show oldest first Showing newest first
Comment Letter

Neurosurgery Joins AMA in Urging Congress to Prevent Medicare Cuts

Dear Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader Schumer, Leader McConnell, and Leader McCarthy: The American Medical Association (AMA) and undersigned national specialty and state medical societies representing the vast majority of physicians practicing in the United States continue to be deeply alarmed about the mounting financial instability of the Medicare physician payment system. This instability is being […]
  • Reimbursement and Practice Management
Comment Letter

Neurosurgery Urges Senate to Act on Telehealth legislation

Dear Senators Schumer and McConnell: Thank you for your continued leadership in expanding access to virtual care during the COVID19 public health emergency (PHE). This access has been transformational – patients now expect and often prefer telehealth as a key component of our health care system and providers have beenable to reach many patients who […]
  • Reimbursement and Practice Management
Comment Letter

Neurosurgery Led Coalition Urges CMS to Drop Prior Auth Requirement for Spine Procedures

The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSureAdministratorCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesDepartment of Health and Human ServicesAttention: CMS-1751-PMail Stop C4-26-057500 Security BoulevardBaltimore, MD 21244-1850 Subject: Medicare Program: 2023 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs etc. (“OPPS Proposed Rule” or “Proposed Rule”) Dear Administrator Brooks-LaSure: The undersigned members of the Regulatory […]
  • Reimbursement and Practice Management
Comment Letter

AANS and CNS Comment on 2023 Medicare OPPS and ASC Proposed Rule

Ms. Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, AdministratorCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesU.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesATTN: CMS-1751-PP.O. Box 8013 Baltimore, MD 21244-1850 Submitted electronically via www.regulations.gov Subject: CMS-1772-P Medicare Program: Calendar Year (CY) 2023 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs; Organ Acquisition; Rural Emergency Hospitals: Payment Policies, Conditions […]
  • Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
  • Reimbursement and Practice Management
Comment Letter

Neurosurgery Leads Coalition Effort Urging CMS to Increase Global Surgery Codes

Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, AdministratorCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesDepartment of Health and Human ServicesAttention: CMS–1770–PPO Box 8016Baltimore, MD 21244–8016 Subject: CMS-1770-P; Medicare Program; CY 2023 Payment Policies Under the Physician Payment Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment Policies— Global Surgical Packages Dear Administrator Brooks-LaSure: On behalf of the undersigned national surgical professional organizations and […]
  • Reimbursement and Practice Management
Comment Letter

Neurosurgery Joins the Alliance in Comments on 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule

Ms. Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, AdministratorCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesDepartment of Health and Human ServicesAttention: CMS-1770-PP.O. Box 8013Baltimore, MD 21244-8016 Submitted electronically via www.regulations.gov RE: Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2023 Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment Policies; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; Medicare and Medicaid Provider Enrollment […]
  • Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
  • Reimbursement and Practice Management
Comment Letter

AANS and CNS Comment on 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule

Ms. Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, AdministratorCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesU.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesATTN: CMS-1751-PP.O. Box 8013 Baltimore, MD 21244-1850 Submitted electronically via www.regulations.gov Subject: CMS-1770-P Medicare Program; CY 2023 Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment Policies; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; Provider Enrollment Regulation Updates; […]
  • Reimbursement and Practice Management
Comment Letter

Neurosurgery Urges CMS to Improve Prior Authorization in Medicare Advantage

The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSureAdministratorCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesDepartment of Health and Human ServicesAttention: CMS-1751-PMail Stop C4-26-057500 Security BoulevardBaltimore, MD 21244-1850 Re: [CMS–4203–NC] RIN 0938–AV01 Medicare Program; Request for Information on Medicare Advantage (MA RFI) Dear Administrator Brooks-LaSure: The Regulatory Relief Coalition (RRC) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the MA RFI referenced above. The […]
  • Reimbursement and Practice Management
Comment Letter

AANS and CNS Comment on 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule

Ms. Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, AdministratorCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesU.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesATTN: CMS-1751-PP.O. Box 8013 Baltimore, MD 21244-1850 Submitted electronically via www.regulations.gov Subject: CMS-1770-P Medicare Program; CY 2023 Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment Policies; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; Provider Enrollment Regulation Updates; […]
  • Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Comment Letter

Neurosurgery Joins Alliance in Commenting on HHS Primary Care Initiative

Admiral Rachel L. Levine, MDOffice of the Assistant Secretary for HealthOffice of the SecretaryU.S. Department of Health and Human Services200 Independence Avenue, S.W.Washington, D.C. 20201 Sent electronically to OASHPrimaryHealthCare@hhs.gov RE: Primary Health Care RFI Dear Admiral Levine, The Alliance of Specialty Medicine (Alliance) represents more than 100,000 specialty physicians across 15 specialty and subspecialty societies. […]
  • Reimbursement and Practice Management