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, […]
How Repealing the Medical Device Tax Can Lessen the Pain
Scott Whitaker President and CEO of AdvaMed (the Advanced Medical Technology Association) Nearly 50 million adults have significant chronic pain or severe pain, according to a 2015 study by the National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health. That is why the medical technology industry is continually advancing and developing new innovations […]
ACA: Cost, Coverage, Choice and Change
Guest Post from Deborah L. Benzil, MD, FACS, FAANS Chair, AANS/CNS Communications and Public Relations Committee Mount Kismo Medical Group Columbia University Medical Center Mt Kisco, New York “Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos.” – Mary Shelly Memory can trick us all but […]
Medicare Expenditures Variation after Implementation of the Affordable Care Act
Kimon Bekelis, MD Department of Neurosurgery, Thomas Jefferson University Instructor, the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice A major goal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was to curb the rising cost of health care and rationalize Medicare spending across different areas of the US.1 For this to be achieved, the law integrated […]
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 […]
The ACA’s Seven Year Itch: Repeal, Replace or Repair?
Guest Post from Deborah L. Benzil, MD, FACS, FAANS (left) Vice President, AANS Chair, AANS/CNS Communications and Public Relations Committee Mount Kismo Medical Group Columbia University Medical Center Mt Kisco, New York Clemens M. Schirmer, MD, PhD, FAANS, FAHA (right) Vice-Chair, AANS/CNS Communications and Public Relations Committee Geisinger Health System Wilkes Barre, PA On March […]
AANS Spotlight: AANS Neurosurgeon Reveals Neurosurgery from the Patient’s Perspective
The 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 September 2015 issue of AANS Neurosurgeon explores the theme “Neurosurgery: […]
Five Unanswered Questions About Health Reform
Now that the days awaiting the Supreme Court’s initial decision on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are long over, we wanted to take time to remind everyone about the many unanswered questions which remain. Will all the states now move forward to implement insurance exchanges? Will some states refuse to expand Medicaid coverage? Will most […]