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…
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Guest Post from Deborah L. Benzil, MD, FACS, FAANS Member, AANS Board of Directors Chair, AANS/CNS Communications and Public Relations Committee MKMG Columbia University Medical Center Mt Kisco, New York…
Last year, Congress made significant progress toward a permanent repeal of Medicare’s sustainable growth rate (SGR) payment system. Unless Congress acts, physicians face a 21 percent Medicare pay cut on…
Guest Post from Maya A. Babu, MD Neurosurgical Resident, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN Representing the American Medical Association (and neurosurgery) I participated in an important panel session on the Sunshine Act…
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…
It’s highly unlikely that you have read through the thousand-plus pages of the 2015 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) final rule, but have no fear because we have you covered….
Despite the problems associated with the Physician Sunshine Open Payments system, including inaccurate data and computer system problems, on Sept. 30, 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)…
Guest post from Mary R. Grealy President, Healthcare Leadership Council Washington, D.C. There are not high expectations for this lame duck session of Congress. We may see passage of a…
Earlier this month, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) submitted comments concerning several aspects of the 2015 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule…
Guest Post from Maya A. Babu, MD (left) Neurosurgical Resident, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN and Brian V. Nahed, MD (right) Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical…