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Neurosurgery Blog Features Article on Medicare Payment Cuts

On Jan. 12, the Neurosurgery Blog cross-posted a recent op-ed in the Washington Times by Reps. Greg Murphy, MD, (R-N.C.), Brad Wenstrup, DPM, (R-Ohio) and Michael Burgess, MD, (R-Texas). Titled “Medicare cuts ensure disaster to doctor-patient relationship,” the op-ed states that the nearly 3.4% CMS payment cuts to physicians for services rendered to Medicare patients that went into effect on Jan. 1 will cripple independent […]
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Neurosurgery Blog Announces the Retirement of Ann R. Stroink, MD, FAANS

AANS past president and interim CEO Ann R. Stroink, MD, FAANS, retired from neurosurgery practice at Carle BroMenn Medical Center on Nov. 22, 2023. Throughout her career, Dr. Stroink has been an indefatigable force in advocating — in the halls of Congress, before the Illinois state legislature, with health plans and within organized medicine — for […]
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Neurosurgery Issues Position Statement on Firearms

In 2023, the Washington Committee Firearms Task Force conducted a survey of AANS and CNS members regarding their views and experience with firearms and opinions regarding the involvement of organized neurosurgery in advocacy efforts to reduce firearm injury and death and to make firearm ownership as safe as possible. On Jan. 2, the AANS and the CNS […]
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CMS Updates Open Payment Data

In January, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released updated Open Payments data to reflect changes since the last publication in June 2023. Open Payments collects and publishes information about financial relationships between drug and medical device companies. The data is “refreshed” each January to include updates from disputes and other data corrections […]
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Neurosurgery Comments on FDA Off-Label Guidance

On Dec. 21, 2023, the AANS and the CNS joined the Alliance of Specialty Medicine in sending a letter commenting on a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) notice regarding a revised draft industry guidance titled “Communications From Firms to Health Care Providers Regarding Scientific Information on Unapproved Uses of Approved/Cleared Medical Products: Questions and Answers.” The revised draft guidance, […]
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Neurosurgery Expresses Concerns about EHR Information Blocking

On Jan. 2, the AANS and the CNS joined the Physician Clinical Registry Coalition in sending a comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) expressing concerns about the proposed rule to enforce the information […]
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Utilization Data Now Available on Medicare.gov Compare Tool

CMS has added utilization data on the volume of procedures for the first time on the Medicare.gov compare tool’s profile pages for doctors and clinicians. The procedures initially added to profile pages were performed by physicians and clinicians for Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage patients in the last 12 months, after allowing a three-month claim processing period […]
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CMS Provides Guidance on Reporting of New G2211 Complexity Add-on Code

On Jan. 18, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) posted guidance for using the new G2211 complexity add-on code. Effective Jan. 1, the new code may be reported with new and established patient office/outpatient evaluation and management services. The CMS guidance provides instructions and examples for using this new code. Click here for the guidance […]
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Neurosurgery Asks CMS for Additional Prior Authorization Reforms

On Jan. 5, the AANS and the CNS joined the Regulatory Relief Coalition in commenting on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 2025 Medicare Advantage proposed rule. The comment letter offers several reforms to prior authorization in the Medicare Advantage program, including improvements to ensure health equity and prior authorization reporting requirements. Click here to […]