Guest Post from Alliance’s spokesperson Alex Valadka, MD Chief Executive Officer of the Seton Brain and Spine Institute Austin, Texas Earlier this month, I attended the Alliance of Specialty Medicine…
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As one neurosurgeon put it, “After finishing my last day of seven, 24-hour days, on-call, removing a brain tumor, stabilizing a fractured spine, and finally spending hours with a grieving…
Last week, the talk of the town (amongst healthcare stakeholders) was about the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s draft legislative proposal for repealing Medicare’s sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula. While…
On April 30, 2013, in a letter to acting CMS administrator, Marilyn Tavenner, Medicare’s acting chief actuary, Paul Spitalnic, wrote that the spending triggers for the Independent Payment Advisory Board…
Seeing that it’s Music Monday we wanted to show you a video released by the U.S. House GOP Doctors Caucus which features Rep. Phil Gingrey, M.D. (GA-11); Rep. Andy Harris,…
Year after year, because of Medicare’s flawed sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula, physicians face significant cuts in Medicare reimbursement. And time and time again, Congress intervenes with a short term…
We all know that Medicare is very important to seniors, and we know that seniors are worried about its future and financial security. Seniors have paid into the system for…
On April 2, 2013, President Obama announced the new Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies, or BRAIN, initiative. Yet even as he did this, patients suffering from brain cancer and…
Guest Post From Ann R. Stroink, MD, FAANS Central Illinois Neuro Health Sciences Bloomington, Illinois Like other neurosurgeons, I maintain a busy practice, take call, train residents and work with…
For today’s post we thought you might be interested in this profile of the National Neurosurgery Quality and Outcomes Database (N2QOD) that was published in Becker’s Spine Review. The article…