Neurosurgeons Applaud Efforts Made to Repeal the SGR

The AANS and CNS applaud the efforts of leaders in the House of Representatives to pass legislation to repeal and replace Medicare’s flawed sustainable growth rate (SGR) payment formula before the 21 percent pay cut goes into effect on April 1, 2015. The “SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2015,” reflects many […]

Stop the Madness, #FixSGR Once and For All!

Today, Morning Consult published a Guest Opinion piece featuring our own John A. Wilson, MD, a neurosurgeon from Winston-Salem, NC and chairman of the AANS/CNS Washington Committee. The article, “Stop the Madness, #FixSGR Once and For All!,” addresses the need for Congress to replace the flawed SGR payment formula to preserve seniors’ access to care. As […]