Guest post from Anand Veeravagu, MD (left) Chief Neurosurgery Resident Department of Neurosurgery Stanford University Medical Center Former White House Fellow Stanford, CA and John Ratliff, MD, FAANS, FACS (right)…
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Today’s post originally appeared on the AdvaMed’s Life Changing Innovation website. The post addresses the all-important topic of the how recent clinical trials have shown conclusive evidence that endovascular stroke…
Guest Post from Kenneth Stein, MD, FACC, FHRS Chief Medical Officer Rhythm Management Division at Boston Scientific Corporation, a global medical technology company which manufactures the Watchman LAAC Device. Atrial…
Guest Post from Richard N.W. Wohns, MD Associate Clinical Professor of Neurological Surgery University of Washington Founder and President, Neospine Seattle, WA It is well known that ambulatory surgery centers…
Stick a fork in it, it’s finally done; Senate Passes SGR Repeal Bill Preventing 21% Medicare Pay Cut
After nearly 14 years of lobbying and 17 temporary “patches,” on April 14, 2015 — by an overwhelming margin of 92-8 — the U.S. Senate passed H.R. 2, the “Medicare…
After 14 years and 17 temporary “patches” to prevent steep Medicare cuts, Congress is finally poised to vote on legislation that will permanently repeal Medicare’s sustainable growth rate (SGR) physician…
The AANS and CNS applaud the efforts of leaders in the House of Representatives to pass legislation to repeal and replace Medicare’s flawed sustainable growth rate (SGR) payment formula before…
Today, Morning Consult published a Guest Opinion piece featuring our own John A. Wilson, MD, a neurosurgeon from Winston-Salem, NC and chairman of the AANS/CNS Washington Committee. The article, “Stop the…
Today, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) released its 2015 legislative agenda, which includes action items such as abolishing the Independent Payment…
From time to time on Neurosurgery Blog you will see us cross-posting or linking to pieces from other health blogs when we believe they really hit the mark on an…