Washington E-Newsletter

Neurosurgery Urges VA to Respect State Scope of Practice Laws

  • Reimbursement and Practice Management

On Feb. 21, the AANS and the CNS joined the American Medical Association in writing a letter to convey ongoing concerns with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) effort to develop National Standards of Practice (NSP) through the Federal Supremacy Project. The letter urged the VA to address flaws in the NSP development process, including halting efforts to supersede well-established state scope of practice laws.

Click here to read the letter.