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ACA: Cost, Coverage, Choice and Change

By Neurosurgery BlogAccess to Care, Congress, Health, Health Reform, Healthcare Costs, IPAB, Medicaid, Medical Innovation, Medical Liability, Medicare, PediatricsNo Comments

Guest Post from Deborah L. Benzil, MD, FACS, FAANS Chair, AANS/CNS Communications and Public Relations Committee Mount Kismo Medical Group Columbia University Medical Center Mt Kisco, New York “Invention, it...

May 30, 2017

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A History of #HealthReform

By Neurosurgery BlogAccess to Care, Antitrust, Coding and Reimbursement, Congress, GME, Health, Health Reform, Healthcare Costs, IPAB, MACRA, MedEd, Medical Liability, Medicare, Quality Improvement, SGRNo Comments

Kurt A. Yaeger, MD (left) Neurosurgical Resident, Mt. Sinai Hospital New York, NY Clemens M. Schirmer, MD, PhD, FAANS, FAHA (right) Vice-Chair, AANS/CNS Communications and Public Relations Committee Geisinger Health...

May 25, 2017

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AANS and CNS Release 2017 Legislative and Regulatory Agenda

By Neurosurgery BlogAccess to Care, Antitrust, Coding and Reimbursement, Congress, Drugs and Devices, Emergency Care, GME, Health, Health Reform, Healthcare Costs, HIT, IPAB, MACRA, MedEd, Medical Innovation, Medical Liability, Medicare, Quality ImprovementNo Comments

On February 14, 2017 the AANS and CNS released their 2017 legislative and regulatory agenda, which includes action items such as improving the health care delivery system, abolishing the Independent...

February 14, 2017

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Neurosurgery and 600 Other Groups Urge Congress to Repeal IPAB

By Neurosurgery BlogAccess to Care, Congress, Cross Post, Health Reform, Healthcare Costs, IPAB, MedicareNo Comments

Today’s post originally appeared on the Protect My Doctor and Me website. It addresses a key element of the Affordable Care Act — the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) —...

January 31, 2017

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Neurosurgeons Descend on Capitol Hill to Fight for Patient Access to Specialty Care

By Neurosurgery BlogAccess to Care, Congress, Cross Post, GME, Health, HIT, IPABNo Comments

Dr. Valadka (left) visiting Rep. Dave Brat (R-Va.) Today, Morning Consult published a Guest Opinion piece featuring our own, Alex B. Valadka, MD, a neurosurgeon from Richmond, VA and executive board member of the...

July 15, 2015

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Neurosurgeons Urge Congress to Adopt Changes to Improve Health Reform Law

By Neurosurgery BlogAccess to Care, Congress, GME, Health, Health Reform, Healthcare Costs, HIT, IPAB, Medical Innovation, Medicare, Quality Improvement, Workforce ShortageOne Comment

By now it is old news that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Obama Administration in the King v. Burwell case. At issue was the lawfulness of...

July 6, 2015

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Neurosurgery and 500 Other Groups Urge Congress to Repeal IPAB

By Neurosurgery BlogAccess to Care, Congress, Cross Post, Health, Health Reform, Healthcare Costs, IPAB, MedicareNo Comments

Today’s post originally appeared on HLC’s Prognosis Blog. It addresses a key element of the Affordable Care Act — the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) — which is a board of...

June 8, 2015

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Stick a fork in it, it’s finally done; Senate Passes SGR Repeal Bill Preventing 21% Medicare Pay Cut

By Neurosurgery BlogAccess to Care, Coding and Reimbursement, Congress, IPAB, Medical Liability, Medicare, Quality ImprovementNo Comments

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...

April 15, 2015

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AANS and CNS Release 2015 Legislative Agenda

By Neurosurgery BlogAccess to Care, Coding and Reimbursement, Congress, Emergency Care, GME, Health, HIT, IPAB, Medical Innovation, Medical Liability, Medical Research, Medicare, Patient Safety, Quality Improvement, SGR, Workforce ShortageNo Comments

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...

January 26, 2015

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Neurosurgery Meets with Congress during Alliance of Specialty Medicine’s Legislative Conference

By Neurosurgery BlogAccess to Care, Congress, GME, Guest Post, Health, Health Reform, Healthcare Costs, IPAB, Medical Innovation, Medical Liability, Medicare, Quality Improvement, SGR, Workforce ShortageNo Comments

Guest Post from Alliance of Specialty Medicine spokesperson, Alex B. Valadka, MD Chief Executive Officer, Seton Brain and Spine Institute Austin, Texas Dr. Valadka (left) visiting Rep. Roger Williams (R-Texas)....

July 11, 2014

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