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Advocacy & Health Policy News

• BCBSM Policy on Minimally Invasive Lumbar Interbody Fusion (PDF)
  
  
• Coverage of Bone Morphogenic Proteins for use in Lumbar Fusion (PDF)
  
  
• A letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regarding the Medicare Program; Reporting and Returning of Overpayments [CMS-6037-P] (PDF)
  
  
• A letter to Marilyn B. Tavenner regarding Medicare Program; Reporting and Returning of Overpayments [CMS-6037-P] (PDF)
  
  
• A letter to urge CMS to re-evaluate the penalty timelines and urge CMS to use its discretionary authority provided by Congress under these programs to develop solutions (PDF)
  
  
• AANS/CNS Comments to Washington State on BMP for Spine Fusion (PDF)
  
  
• AANS/CNS Comments to the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Regarding its Research Agenda and Priorities (PDF)
  
  
• AANS/CNS Led Coalition Urges House Subcommittee to Repeal IPAB (PDF)
  
  
• AANS/CNS Support CMS’ Decision Not to Expand EMTALA Rules to Inpatients (PDF)
  
  
• AANS and CNS Unveil 2012 Legislative Agenda (PDF)
  
  
• AANS-CNS Comments on 2012 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) (PDF)
  
  
• AANS-CNS Urge Medicare to Fix Accuracy of Physician Compare (PDF)
  
  
• AANS Statement on Mark Levin Radio Show (PDF)
  
  
• AANS/CNS Oppose Proposal Penalizing Physicians in Medicare Fee-for-Service (PDF)
  
  
• Summary of 2012 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PDF)
  
  
• AANS/CNS led coalition urges deficit supercommittee to repeal IPAB (PDF)
  
  
• AANS/CNS press for medical liability reform (PDF)
  
  
• AANS/CNS join AMA in rejecting MedPAC’s SGR repeal proposal (PDF)
  
  
• Alliance of Specialty Medicine rejects MedPAC's proposal to cut specialty pay (PDF)
  
  
• AANS/CNS send letter to deficit supercommittee urging repeal of the SGR. (PDF)
  
  
• Neurosurgery Testifies before Congress: Urges Repeal of Medicare Board, July 13, 2011 (PDF)
  
  
Letter to House (PDF) Letter to Senate (PDF)


• Neurosurgery Opposes Tax Break for Trial Lawyers: Click here to read letter organized medicine sent to U.S. Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner objecting to this proposed new tax policy.
  
  
• Organized Neurosurgery Applauds the Election of Pediatric Neurosurgeon Peter W. Carmel to the Position of AMA President-Elect.
  
  
• Survey Report on Medicare Participation Among Neurosurgeons
  
  

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