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Letter of Support

Neurosurgery Joins Trauma Coalition in Urging Funding for MISSION ZERO Program

Dear Chairs Leahy and Murray and Ranking Members Shelby and Blunt: We are contacting you today to respectfully request that the Subcommittee include $11.5 million in funding for the Military and Civilian Partnership for the Trauma Readiness Grant program in the FY22 Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations bill. As you know, this program was established by […]
  • Emergency/Trauma Care and Stroke
Comment Letter

Neurosurgery Raises Concern with Consolidation of PBMs

RE: Solicitation for Public Comments on the Business Practices of Pharmacy Benefit Managers and Their Impact on Independent Pharmacies and Consumers (FTC-2022-0015-0001) To Whom It May Concern: The Alliance of Specialty Medicine (the “Alliance”) represents more than 100,000 specialty physicians and is deeply committed to improving access to specialty medical care through the advancement of […]
  • Drugs and Devices
Letter of Support

Neurosurgery Asks Congress to Fund Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program

Dear Chair DeLauro, Ranking Member Granger, and Ranking Member Cole: On behalf of organizations dedicated to improving the health and well-being of children and adolescents, we write to thank you for the inclusion of first-time funding for the Pediatric Subspecialty Loan Repayment Program (PSLRP) in Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 and request $30 million in funding […]
  • Graduate Medical Education
Washington E-Newsletter

AANS and CNS Comment on Updated CDC Opioid Guidelines

On April 4, the AANS and the CNS submitted comments to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) regarding its updated draft Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids. The letter notes that while the document addresses many of the misinterpretations of the 2016 version and devotes significant discussion regarding nonpharmacologic treatments for pain as alternatives to opioid […]
Washington E-Newsletter

Neurosurgery Urges CMS to Reconsider Shared Visit Policy

On March 29, the AANS and the CNS joined the AMA and more than 30 national medical societies in urging the CMS to rescind its shared visit policy. The policy, finalized in the 2022 Medicare Physician Payment Fee Schedule, outlines how providers should bill for split or shared visits when elements of the visit are performed […]
Washington E-Newsletter

CMS Issues Proposed 2023 Medicare Inpatient Payment Rule

On April 18, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment proposed rule. Among other things, CMS proposes to return laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) procedures to open craniotomy Medicare Severity Diagnosis-Related Group (MS-DRG) Classifications. Last year neurosurgery joined other stakeholders in objecting to the […]
Washington E-Newsletter

AMA Issues Updated Guidance on No Surprises Act

The American Medical Association has released additional guidance to help physicians comply with the requirements of the No Surprises Act (NSA). The NSA prohibits surprise medical billing for emergency care and some non-emergency care at in-network facilities. The document provides information on the process and rules related to disputing out-of-network payments using the independent payment dispute […]
Washington E-Newsletter

Federal Watchdog Agency Raises Concerns about Prior Authorization in Medicare

On April 28, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector (OIG) General released a report criticizing prior authorization in the Medicare Advantage program. According to the report titled “Some Medicare Advantage Organization Denials of Prior Authorization Requests Raise Concerns About Beneficiary Access to Medically Necessary Care,” an estimated 13% of denied […]
Washington E-Newsletter

NeurosurgeryPAC Supports Additional Congressional Candidates

During the first quarter of 2022, NeurosurgeryPAC made additional bipartisan contributions to candidates for the U.S. Congress who support organized neurosurgery’s policy priorities. Candidates for the House of Representatives included Reps. Ami Bera, MD, (D-Calif.); Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.); Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.); Larry Bucshon, MD, (R-Ind.); Michael Burgess, MD (R-Texas); Diana DeGette (D-Colo.); Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.); Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.); Drew Ferguson, DDS, (R-Ga.); Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.); Lizzie Fletcher (D-Texas); Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.); Morgan Griffith (R-Va.); Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.); Richard Hudson (R-N.C.); John […]
Washington E-Newsletter

Congratulations to NeurosurgeryPAC Raffle Winners

Congratulations to three lucky NeurosurgeryPAC donors whose names were randomly drawn in the PAC’s raffle during the AANS Annual Meeting! Paul M. Arnold, MD, FAANS, FACS; William C. Welch, MD, FAANS, FACS and Christopher P. Cifarelli, MD, PhD, FAANS won reMarkable 2® tablets in recognition of their generous support of NeurosurgeryPAC.