AANS

Neurosurgery and Healthcare Reform

Items Concerning the World of Neurosurgery and Healthcare Reform

• AANS/CNS led coalition urges deficit supercommittee to repeal IPAB -- 10-4-2011
  
  
• AANS/CNS Join over 130 medical groups in urging Congress to repeal the SGR, March 10, 2011.
  Letter to House (PDF) Letter to Senate (PDF)
  
  
• Specialty Physicians Support Senate Bill to Repeal the IPAB -- 7-27-10



• Statement of the State and Specialty Medical Societies on the Medicare Physician Payment Crisis - 6-16-10
  



• Surgical Coalition Letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Fixing the Flawed Medicare Physician Payment Formula. - 5-26-10



• Surgical Coalition Letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Fixing the Flawed Medicare Physician Payment Formula. - 5-26-10



• Congress Investigates the Impact of Concussions on High School Athletes
  Neurosurgeons Weigh-In on this Important Topic - 5-20-10



• Surgical Coalition Letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Medicare Physician Payment Reform - 5-11-10



• Alliance of Specialty Medicine Letter in Support of H.R. 4985 to Repeal the IPAB - 4-6-10
  



• Survey on Medicare Participation Among Surgeons Prepared by the Surgical Coalition - 3-25-10
  Click Here to Read the Press Release



• Letter to AMA Opposing House Passage of Senate Bill - 3-17-10



• Grassroots Action Alert: Healthcare Reform Moves Closer to Finish Line: CONTACT CONGRESS TODAY AND URGE THEM TO VOTE NO! - 3-16-10


• Alliance Letter to House Leaders on Health Reform - 3-10-10



• State and National Specialty Medical Societies Letter to House Leaders on Health Reform - 3-10-10



• Neurosurgeons Join National Coalition That's Focused on Preserving the Practice of Medicine and the Patient-Physician Relationship - 3-10-10



• Coalition of State Medical and National Specialty Societies Letter to the U.S. Senate on Medicare Physician Payment System and Private Contracting - 3-4-10



• Coalition of State Medical and National Specialty Societies Letter to the U.S. House of Representatives on Medicare Physician Payment System and Private Contracting - 3-4-10



• Healthcare Reform's Long and Winding Road: Neurosurgeons Provide Direction - 03-01-10



• Sample Letter on SGR Payment Formula - 2-24-10



• Alliance Letter to President Obama on Health Reform Efforts - 2-19-10



• Surgical Coalition Letter to President Obama on Health Reform Efforts – 2-19-10



• Survey Report on Medicare Participation Among Neurosurgeons - 2-9-10



• Alliance Members Sign Letter of Opposition on Establishment of Independent Payment Advisory Board - 01-15-10



• Learn More about New Ad Campaign by Physicians United for Patients - 12-17-09


• Nation's Neurosurgeons Launch Ad Campaign Opposing Senate Health Reform Bill - 12-17-09



• Physician Organizations that Oppose Senate's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - 12-9-09


• State and National Medical Societies Join Forces to Oppose Senator Reid’s Health Reform Bill - 12-8-09



• Letter Opposing Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - 12-8-09



• Neurosurgeons Join Prominent Surgical Coalition Opposing Senator Reid's Health Reform Bill - 12-1-09



• Surgical Coalition Letter Opposing Senate Health Reform Bill



• Summary of 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule



• Neurosurgeons Announce Opposition to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 11-20-09



• Coalition Letter to Speaker Pelosi Urging SGR Reform 11-13-09



• New House Healthcare Reform Bill, H.R. 3962, Missing Key Ingredients for True Reform 11-05-09



• The Neurosurgeon's View of Healthcare Reform: 11-09



• Medical Liability Reform News Release 10-09



• Sample Letter on Healthcare Reform 10-09



• AANS-CNS Healthcare Reform Grassroots Alert 10-09



• AANS-CNS Letter to ACS re Healthcare Reform 9-09



• AANS-CNS Letter to AMA re Healthcare Reform 9-09



• CHART: House (HR 3200) Healthcare Reform: Rules, Regulations, Liability and Payment Policies Standing Between Patients and Doctors 9-29-09



• AANS/CNS Baucus Bill Press Release 9-21-09



• Surgical Coalition Health Care Reform Principles 9-21-09



• AANS/CNS Medical Liability Reform Press Release-9-09-09



• AANS-CNS Letter to American Medical Association re Healthcare Reform 8-7-09



• AANS-CNS Letter to American College of Surgeons re Healthcare Reform 8-7-09



• AANS-CNS Health Reform Press Release-HR3400 8-04-09



• State-Specialty Medical Society Coalition Statement 7-28-09



• Alliance Imaging letter - Rep. Speier 7-22-09



• Alliance Imaging letter - Rep. Rangel 7-22-09



• Alliance Imaging letter - Rep. Waxman 7-22-09



• Surgical Coalition MedPAC IMAC Letter 7-21-09


• Coalition Letter Opposing Weiner Imaging Amendment 7-20-09



• Coalition Letter to Waxman Opposing Weiner Imaging Amendment 7-20-09


• AANS-CNS Health Reform Press Release-HR3200 7-17-09



• Alliance of Specialty Medicine Health Care Reform Advertisement 7-14-09



• Coalition Letter to Energy and Commerce Opposing GAO GME Study 7-14-09



• Coalition Letter to Ways and Means Opposing GAO GME Study 7-14-09



• Coalition Letter Supporting Medical Liability Reform in Health Reform 7-10-09



• Alliance Letter Supporting Rep Gordon Medical Liability Reform - 7-10-09



• Alliance Letter to House Tri-Committees -- Healthcare Reform Feedback - 7-08-09



• Alliance Letter to Rockefeller Opposing MedPAC -- 7-06-09



• Alliance Letter to House Opposing MedPAC -- 7-06-09



• Alliance Letter to Finance Opposing MedPAC -- 7-06-09



• Alliance Letter to Cooper Opposing MedPAC -- 7-06-09



• Surgical Coalition Letter to House Tri Committee -- Healthcare Reform Feedback -- 6-30-09



• Coalition Letter to House and Senate Opposing RBM -- 6-15-09



• Surgical Coalition Letter to Finance re Healthcare Reform Options Papers 2 and 3 -- 5-29-09



• Alliance Letter to Finance re Healthcare Reform Options Papers 2 and 3 -- 5-29-09



• Alliance Letter to Finance re Healthcare Reform Options Paper 1 -- 5-15-09



• Surgical Coalition Letter to Finance re Healthcare Reform Options Paper 1 -- 5-14-09

Healthcare Reform Resources

There is a vast list of resources related to healthcare reform on the internet. The following offer key information on the policy options under consideration from a variety of perspectives:

CNS: http://www.cns.org/advocacy/wc/nsHealthcareReform.aspx

Kaiser Family Foundation: http://healthreform.kff.org/

New England Journal of Medicine: http://healthcarereform.nejm.org/?query=rthome

American Medical Association: http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/advocacy/health-system-reform.shtml

The White House: http://www.healthreform.gov/

House of Representatives’ Majority Leader: http://www.majorityleader.gov/members/health_care.cfm

House of Representatives Republicans: http://www.gop.gov/solutions/healthcare/resources

Senate Finance Committee: http://finance.senate.gov

Senate Republicans: http://src.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Issues.Home&Issue_id=e2a4adda-fa79-47c0-b7a9-090b98439cfb

Congressional Budget Office: http://www.cbo.gov/