Did you know that Congress has employed 16 temporary fixes to override sustainable growth rate (SGR) pay cuts over the last 10 years? The time for a permanent, workable and…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
