A Year in review: Making Progress on Neurosurgery’s Legislative and Regulatory Agenda
As we come to the end of a decade and head into 2020, it is fitting to reflect on the progress that the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) have made in advancing organized neurosurgery’s legislative and regulatory agenda to ensure that neurosurgical patients have timely access to […]
Congress Gets to Work Following Historical Swearing-In Day for the 116th Congress
With the U.S. House of Representatives switching to Democratic control for the first time since 2010, and the Republicans gaining seats in the Senate, the voters in the 2018 midterm elections pulled the lever for divided government. While on election day it was more purple rain, than a blue wave, as more races were called, […]
Faces of Neurosurgery: Dr. Ann Stroink, a Tireless Advocate
Guest post from Kristopher T. Kimmell, MD (left) Neurosurgeon at North Kansas City Hospital/Meritas Health North Kansas City, MO Tyler Martin Schmidt, DO (middle) Neurosurgical Resident at University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, NY Gabrielle Santangelo (right) Medical Student at University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, NY Patients often face difficult decisions regarding their health, […]
The Nation’s Opioid Epidemic — Continued Advocacy Needed to Turn the Tide
Guest Post from Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA Chair, AMA Opioid Task Force Atlanta, GA It is a basic tenet of physician leadership that we run toward an emergency. We evaluate the situation, make an initial diagnosis, and pursue interventions consistent with our education and training. This is as true for clinical practice as it […]
Medical Student Reflections: My Health Policy Journey
Guest post from Michael J. Strong, MD, PhD Neurosurgery Resident, University of Michigan Health policy has been an interest of mine even before medical school. With my acceptance letter to Tulane Medical School in one hand and my diploma from the Master of Public Health program at Tufts University in the other, I began my […]
Cross Post – New Health Policy Sourcebook Helps You Navigate 2017
From time to time on Neurosurgery Blog, you will see us cross-posting or linking to items from other places when we believe they hit the mark on an issue. Since we are smack dab in the middle of our focus-month on topics related to health care reform, we wanted to bring attention to a new […]
Thank You and Happy New Year!
As 2016 draws to a close, we’d like to take a moment to thank you. Whether you read Neurosurgery Blog, share our content or contribute awesome articles for us to post, we are extremely grateful for what you do. As we all know, health care is central to our daily lives and policymakers in Washington, […]
AMA Honors Katie O. Orrico with Lifetime Achievement Award
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 individuals who work on behalf of organized neurosurgery. For our post today we would like to highlight that earlier this week, the American Medical Association awarded Katie O. […]
Want Lower Healthcare Costs? Consider Medical Liability Reform
Guest post written on behalf of the Council of State Neurosurgical Societies’ (CSNS) Communications and Education Committee Maya A. Babu, MD, MBA (left) Neurosurgical Resident, Mayo Clinic Vice-Chair, CSNS Communications and Education Committee Rochester, MN Brian V. Nahed, MD, MSC (right) Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School Chair, CSNS Communications […]