Neurosurgery Blog
  • No menu assigned

What Drives U.S. Healthcare Spending?

By Neurosurgery BlogCoding and Reimbursement, Health, Health Reform, Healthcare Costs, Medical LiabilityNo Comments

Recently the Bipartisan Policy Center released a report entitled “What Is Driving U.S. Health Care Spending? America’s Unsustainable Health Care Cost Growth.” The paper highlights the items that the group…

Read More
October 22, 2012
Love0

CNS Spotlight – Lots in Store for the CNS Annual Meeting in Chicago

By Neurosurgery BlogCNS Spotlight, Health, Healthcare CostsNo Comments

This week, we are blogging from Chicago where the 2012 Congress of Neurological Surgeons annual meeting is being held.  The meeting is where neurosurgeons convene to explore the most significant…

Read More
October 8, 2012
Love0

What’s this Sequester Mumbo-jumbo? Turns Out, Not Mumbo-jumbo at All.

By Neurosurgery BlogHealth, Health Reform, Healthcare Costs, Medicaid, Medicare, SGRNo Comments

So you may be asking yourself what’s this budget sequester mumbo-jumbo all about?  Turns out, it’s not mumbo-jumbo at all; rather a pretty serious issue.  As you may recall (or…

Read More
October 4, 2012
Love0

Five Unanswered Questions About Health Reform

By Neurosurgery BlogHealth, Health Reform, Healthcare Costs, IPAB, Medicaid, Medical Liability, Medicare, SGRNo Comments

Now that the days awaiting the Supreme Court’s initial decision on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are long over, we wanted to take time to remind everyone about the many…

Read More
October 1, 2012
Love0

AANS/CNS Spine Section’s Rapid Response to Coverage Policy

By Neurosurgery BlogCoding and Reimbursement, Health, Medicare, Quality ImprovementNo Comments

From time to time you will see us promote items on Neurosurgery Blog in order to spotlight some great things which are born out of the many members who work…

Read More
September 27, 2012
Love0

The Unaccountable Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB)

By Neurosurgery BlogHealth, Healthcare Costs, IPAB, MedicareNo Comments

Recently Rep. Michael Burgess, MD (R-TX), took on CNN’s Soledad O’Brien on Medicare reform and the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) in particular.  Before we show you the video here’s…

Read More
September 25, 2012
Love0

Mark Levin, Jeff the “Brain Surgeon” and the Big Lie

By Neurosurgery BlogHealth, Health ReformNo Comments

It’s easy to understand why we have to write a post like this since information travels far and wide (often repeating itself many times over) in today’s digital world —…

Read More
September 20, 2012
Love0
« Previous 1 … 65 66 67 68 Next »

    Healthcare is a central to our daily lives and policymakers in Washington, DC have an enormous influence and control over this vital aspect of society. Yet despite this, most people cannot see what goes on behind the scenes of health policy circles in our Nation’s capital. The mission of Neurosurgery Blog is to investigate and report on how healthcare policy affects patients, physicians and medical practice and to illustrate that the art and science of neurosurgery encompasses much more than brain surgery.

    RECENT POSTS

    • Connecting with the Neurosurgery Community in the COVID-19 Era: Lessons Learned at the University of Miami
    • Virtual Sub-internships and Remote Interviews: A Sudden Paradigm Shift in the Neurosurgical Residency Application Process Due to COVID-19
    • Cross-Post: Overlapping Surgery: A Safe and Smart Way to Fix COVID-Related Backlogs
    • ThinkFirst About Brain Injury: A Call to Action
    • Highlighting the Global Influence of Women in Neurosurgery

    SEARCH POSTS

    CATEGORIES

    ARCHIVES

    Address:
    American Association of Neurological Surgeons
    Congress of Neurological Surgeons
    25 Mass. Avenue, NW, Suite 610 Washington, DC 20001

    Telephone:
    202-628-2072

    © 2019 Neurosurgery Blog: More Than Brain Surgery. All rights reserved.

    This blog is a product of The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS). The material on this site is for informational purposes only, and is not a substitute for medical advice and is not intended to replace consultation with a qualified neurosurgical professional.
    Privacy Policy
    Terms of Use