On Halloween, the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means Committees released a bipartisan, bicameral draft proposal to repeal and replace Medicare’s sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula. The proposal would…
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Guest Blog from Julian E. Bailes, MD Bennett-Tarkington Chair Department of Neurosurgery, NorthShore University HealthSystem Co-Director, NorthShore Neurological Institute Recently, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and National Research Council, with…
It is well established that the country faces a severe physician manpower shortage, which will only worsen as health insurance coverage is expanded under the Affordable Care Act and the…
Today, neurosurgery’s very own, Dr. Monica Wehby, announced her campaign for the United States Senate in the state of Oregon. She joins a growing list of Republicans hoping to unseat…
Guest Post From Julie G. Pilitsis, MD, PhD Chair of the AANS/CNS Section on Pain Albany, New York Last week, the AANS and CNS issued a position statement on Hydrocodone…
Recently, neurosurgery’s very own Dr. Robert E. Harbaugh, participated in the 7th Annual Forum on Sunshine and Aggregated Spend conference, where he was a distinguished panelist during the “Creating Awareness…
Some of you may have already seen the following developments related to Graduate Medical Education (GME), but we wanted to pass them on in the event you missed them. COGME…
