Spotlighting Medical Resident Training and Education: GME Month
Deborah L. Benzil, MD, FACS, FAANS, AANS (right) Chair, AANS/CNS Communications and Public Relations Committee Mount Kismo Medical Group Columbia University Medical Center Mt Kisco, New York Graduate medical education (GME) provides the essential foundation for the future of medicine, including neurosurgery. As such, Neurosurgery Blog will devote the month of March to a comprehensive […]
Cross Post – Why Doctors Quit
From time to time on Neurosurgery Blog you will see us cross-posting or linking to pieces from other places when we believe they really hit the mark on an issue. Today’s post originally appeared in the Opinion section of The Washington Post and is authored by Charles Krauthammer, the American Association of Neurological Surgeon’s 2015 […]
Congress on the Verge of Historic Medicare Vote
After 14 years and 17 temporary “patches” to prevent steep Medicare cuts, Congress is finally poised to vote on legislation that will permanently repeal Medicare’s sustainable growth rate (SGR) physician payment formula. If Congress fails to act, physicians face a 21 percent pay cut on April 1, 2015. The problems with the SGR payment system […]
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 […]
AANS Spotlight: Healthcare Reform and Neurosurgical Education
AANS Neurosurgeon is the official socioeconomic publication of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), and features information and analysis for contemporary neurosurgical practice. It focuses on topics related to legislation, workforce issues and practice management as they affect the specialty of neurosurgery. The December 2014 edition of AANS Neurosurgeon considers what may lay in […]
Welcome to the World of Meaningless Abuse
From time-to-time on Neurosurgery Blog, you will see us cross-posting or linking to pieces from other health blogs when we believe they hit the mark on an issue. Today’s post originally appeared on the KevinMD.com, and it details the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program and how CMS has established a multitude of measures and […]
Put This on the End-of-Year To-Do List
Guest post from Mary R. Grealy President, Healthcare Leadership Council Washington, D.C. There are not high expectations for this lame duck session of Congress. We may see passage of a bill to authorize the Keystone XL pipeline and there will have to be action on a spending bill to keep the government operating as well […]
Faces of Neurosurgery: AMA Honors Neurosurgeons Karin Muraszko and Shelly Timmons
Guest post from Ann R. Stroink, MD, FAANS (left) Central Illinois Neuro Health Sciences Bloomington, Illinois and Maya A. Babu, MD (right) Neurosurgical Resident, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN September is the month that the American Medical Association (AMA) celebrates and honors influential women physician leaders in conjunction with their program entitled, “Women in Medicine.” As […]
How Should Congress Pay for Repealing the Sustainable Growth Rate?
Guest post from Harold D. Miller President and CEO, Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform Pittsburgh, PA A bipartisan, bicameral bill was announced earlier this month as the result of a joint effort by the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, House Ways and Means Committee, and Senate Finance Committee to repeal and replace […]