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Comment Letter

AANS and CNS Recommend Reforms to ERISA Plans

Submitted electronically to EdandWorkforceRFI@mail.house.gov RE: Reforms to Increase Affordability and Quality in Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage Dear Chairwoman Foxx, Ranking Member Scott, and members of the House Committee on Education and Workforce: The Alliance of Specialty Medicine (Alliance) represents more than 100,000 specialty physicians and surgeons across 16 specialty and subspecialty societies. The Alliance is deeply […]
  • Reimbursement and Practice Management
Agenda

AANS/CNS 2024 Legislative and Regulatory Agenda

PROTECT PATIENTS’ TIMELY ACCESS TO CARE Prior authorization is a cumbersome process that requires physicians to obtain pre-approval for medical treatments or tests before rendering care to their patients. The process for obtaining this approval is lengthy, typically requiring physicians or their staff to spend the equivalent of two or more days each week negotiating […]
Letter of Support

Neurosurgery Supports GME Funding Legislation

Dear Representatives Schneider, Kuster, Valadao, Carey, and Kelly: On behalf of the Graduate Medical Education (GME) Advocacy Coalition, the over 40 undersigned organizations offer our support for the Substance Use Disorder Workforce Act of 2024 (H.R. 7050). This thoughtful, bipartisan legislation would provide Medicare support for an additional 1,000 new graduate medical education (GME) positions […]
  • Graduate Medical Education
Comment Letter

AANS and CNS Comment on Cost Measures for Movement Disorders

Acumen, LLC500 Airport Blvd. Suite 365Burlingame, CA 94010 Submitted via macra-clinical-committee-support@acumenllc.com Subject: 2024 Cost Measure Field Testing-Wave 6 Movement Disorders Cost Measure To whom it may concern: On behalf of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), representing more than 4,000 neurosurgeons in the United States, we appreciate […]
  • Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Comment Letter

Neurosurgery Comment on Benefits of Registry Data for FDA Regulatory Purposes

VIA ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION Robert M. Califf M.D.Commissioner of Food and DrugsFood and Drug Administration10903 New Hampshire Ave.Silver Spring, MD 20993 Re: Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff—Use of Real World Evidence to Support Regulatory Decision-Making for Medical Devices (Docket No. FDA-2023-D-4395) Dear Commissioner Califf: The undersigned members of the Physician Clinical […]
  • Drugs and Devices
Comment Letter

Neurosurgery Urges Permanent Telehealth Expansion

Dear Senate Majority Leader Schumer, Minority Leader McConnell, and Speaker Johnson, and House Minority Leader Jeffries: Thank you for your ongoing leadership in ensuring access to health care delivered virtually, and for your commitment to considering permanent telehealth policies. We write today to urge Congress to make permanent important telehealth flexibilities well in advance of […]
  • Reimbursement and Practice Management
Comment Letter

Neurosurgery Urges VA to Respect State Scope of Practice Laws

The Honorable Denis McDonoughSecretaryU.S. Department of Veterans Affairs810 Vermont Avenue NWWashington, DC 20420 Dear Secretary McDonough: The undersigned medical societies are writing to convey our ongoing concerns with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) effort to develop National Standards of Practice (NSP) through the Federal Supremacy Project. We urge the VA to address flaws in […]
  • Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Washington E-Newsletter

AANS and CNS Call on Congress to Hold Hearings on Medicare Fee Schedule

On Feb. 7, the AANS and the CNS joined more than 20 surgical organizations in calling on Congress to hold hearings on the future of the Medicare physician fee schedule and the status of other policies included in the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, including the Quality Payment Program (QPP). The letter […]
Washington E-Newsletter

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