What Neurosurgeons are Learning from the Quality Outcomes Database – Spine
Guest post written by multiple members from the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves. Anthony L. Asher, MD, FAANS, FACS; Erica F. Bisson, MD, MPH, FAANS; Mohammed Bydon MD; Catherine Ann Miller, MD and Praveen V. Mummaneni, MD, FAANS. The NeuroPoint Alliance (NPA) was established in 2008 by the American […]
PQRS and Neurosurgery: The Need to Know
Guest post from Anand Veeravagu, MD (left) Chief Neurosurgery Resident Department of Neurosurgery Stanford University Medical Center Former White House Fellow Stanford, CA and John Ratliff, MD, FAANS, FACS (right) Co-Director, Division of Spine and Peripheral Nerve Surgery Department of Neurosurgery Stanford University Medical Center Stanford, CA It is changing, yet again. The 2015 Medicare […]
Neurosurgeons Respond to CMS on Proposed 2014 Medicare Payment Policies
Earlier this month, the AANS and CNS submitted several comment letters to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding a number of issues contained in the proposed 2014 Medicare physician fee schedule and hospital outpatient department rules, which affect neurosurgeons and their patients. Of particular concern to neurosurgeons, are the proposals related to […]