Washington Committee Staff

The following grid identifies the Washington Office staff member (and Committee volunteer) who has primary responsibility for management of a given legislative and regulatory issue. All staff members have at least a working knowledge of all issues tracked by the AANS and CNS. Contact information for the Washington Office is:

AANS/CNS Washington Office
725 15th Street, NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005
Office: 202-628-2072
Fax: 202-628-5264

Katie O. Orrico, JD, Director Washington Office
korrico@neurosurgery.org

Alison Dye, Senior Manager, Communications
adye@neurosurgery.org

Catherine J. Hill, Senior Manager Regulatory Affairs
chill@neurosurgery.org

Adrienne Roberts, Senior Manager, Legislative Affairs
aroberts@neurosurgery.org

Koryn Rubin, Senior Manager, Quality Improvement
krubin@neurosurgery.org

Cynthia Spriggs, Administrative Manager and Grassroots Coordinator
cspriggs@neurosurgery.org

Committee	Primary Staff Liaison
AANS/CNS Washington Committee	Katie Orrico
AANS/CNS Coding and Reimbursement Committee	Cathy Hill
AANS/CNS Quality Improvement Workgroup	Koryn Rubin
AANS/CNS Guidelines Committee	Koryn Rubin
AANS/CNS Drugs and Devices Committee	Cathy Hill
AANS/CNS Communications and Public Relations Committee	Alison Dye
AANS/CNS Emergency Neurosurgical Care Regionalization Task Force	Adrienne Roberts
Neurosurgical Summit (AANS, CNS, ABNS, SNS & RRC)	Katie Orrico
NeurosurgeryPAC	Adrienne Roberts

ISSUE	PRIMARY STAFF	SECONDARY STAFF
*CODING AND REIMBURSEMENT*
Medicare Physician Payment
Legislation	Katie Orrico	Adrienne Roberts
CMS Regulations	Cathy Hill	Katie Orrico
Medicare Reform	Katie Orrico	Adrienne Roberts
CPT Coding	Cathy Hill	Katie Orrico
Relative Values	Cathy Hill	Katie Orrico
CCI Edits	Cathy Hill	Katie Orrico
Assistants at Surgery Payment Policy	Cathy Hill	Katie Orrico
Coverage Policy	Cathy Hill	Katie Orrico
Hospital Reimbursement	Cathy Hill	Katie Orrico
Miscellaneous Practice Management Issues	Cathy Hill	Katie Orrico
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission	Cathy Hill	Katie Orrico
Fraud and Abuse	Katie Orrico	Cathy Hill
*QUALITY IMPROVEMENT*
Medicare Physician Quality Improvement Initiative (PQRS)
Legislation	Katie Orrico	Adrienne Roberts
CMS Regulations	Koryn Rubin	Katie Orrico
Value Based Payment Modifier
Legislation	Katie Orrico	Adrienne Roberts
Regulations	Koryn Rubin	Cathy Hill
Clinical Data Collection
Legislation	Katie Orrico	Adrienne Roberts
Litigation	Katie Orrico	Koryn Rubin
CMS/Private Health Plans	Koryn Rubin	Katie Orrico
NeuroPoint Alliance	Koryn Rubin	Katie Orrico
Comparative Effectiveness Research
Legislation	Katie Orrico	Adrienne Roberts
AHRQ Regulations	Koryn Rubin	Katie Orrico
PIPCI (Steering Committee)	Katie Orrico	Koryn Rubin
PIPCI (Other Projects)	Koryn Rubin	Katie Orrico
Health Information Technology (including eRx)
Legislation	Katie Orrico	Adrienne Roberts
Regulations	Koryn Rubin	Katie Orrico

ISSUE	PRIMARY STAFF	SECONDARY STAFF
*GUIDELINES*
All projects	Koryn Rubin	Katie Orrico
*EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES*
Regionalization of Neurosurgical Emergency Care Project	Adrienne Roberts	Katie Orrico
Trauma/Emergency Care	Adrienne Roberts	Katie Orrico
Legislation	Adrienne Roberts	Katie Orrico
Regulations	Adrienne Roberts	Katie Orrico
Injury Prevention	Adrienne Roberts	Katie Orrico
EMTALA
Legislation	Katie Orrico	Adrienne Roberts
Regulations	Katie Orrico	Adrienne Roberts
On-Call Reimbursement/Negotiations	Katie Orrico	Adrienne Roberts
ACS Committee on Trauma	Adrienne Roberts	Katie Orrico
*MEDICAL LIABILITY REFORM*
Legislation	Katie Orrico	Adrienne Roberts
Regulatory/Demonstration Programs	Katie Orrico
Courts	Katie Orrico
*HEALTH SYSTEM REFORM*
Antitrust Relief-Physician Negotiations
Legislation	Katie Orrico	Adrienne Roberts
Regulatory	Katie Orrico
Health Care Reform	Katie Orrico	Adrienne Roberts
Legislation	Katie Orrico	Adrienne Roberts
Regulatory - Quality	Koryn Rubin	Katie Orrico
Regulatory - Coding and Reimbursement	Cathy Hill	Katie Orrico
Regulatory - Public Health Programs	Adrienne Roberts	Katie Orrico
Regulatory - Other	Katie Orrico	Cathy Hill
*DRUGS AND DEVICES*
Physician-Industry Relationships	Katie Orrico	Cathy Hill
Food and Drug Administration
Neurosurgical Devices Forum on Drugs, Devices and Biologics	Cathy Hill	Katie Orrico
Legislation	Cathy Hill	Adrienne Roberts
Regulatory	Cathy Hill	Katie Orrico
*NEUROSURGICAL TRAINING AND EDUCATION*
Resident Work Hours
Legislation	Katie Orrico	Adrienne Roberts
Regulatory	Katie Orrico
ACGME	Katie Orrico
GME—Health Professions Legislation
Legislation	Adrienne Roberts	Katie Orrico
Regulatory	Katie Orrico	Adrienne Roberts
Neurocritical Care Training and Certification	Katie Orrico	Koryn Rubin

ISSUE	PRIMARY STAFF	SECONDARY STAFF
*BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH*
Legislation/Appropriations	Adrienne Roberts	Koryn Rubin
NIH/AHRQ Outreach	Koryn Rubin	Katie Orrico
*COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLIC RELATIONS*
AANS/CNS Publications	Alison Dye	Katie Orrico
External Public Relations	Alison Dye	Katie Orrico
Website Management	Cynthia Spriggs	Alison Dye
*OTHER*
Key Connection Program/Grassroots	Cynthia Spriggs	Adrienne Roberts
NeurosurgeryPAC	Adrienne Roberts	Katie Orrico
Leibrock Leadership Development Conference	Katie Orrico	Adrienne Roberts
*MEDICAL SOCIETY REPRESENTATION*
Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research	Katie Orrico	Adrienne Roberts
Advancing Patient Safety Coalition (FDA UDI)	Cathy Hill	Katie Orrico
Alliance of Specialty Medicine
Steering Committee	Katie Orrico	Adrienne Roberts
Regulatory Workgroup	Cathy Hill	Katie Orrico
HIT Workgroup	Koryn Rubin	Katie Orrico
Quality Workgroup	Koryn Rubin	Katie Orrico
Drugs and Devices Workgroup	Cathy Hill	Katie Orrico
Communications Workgroup	Alison Dye	Katie Orrico

ISSUE	PRIMARY STAFF	SECONDARY STAFF
American College of Surgeons/Surgical Coalition	Katie Orrico	Adrienne Roberts
AMA House of Delegates	Katie Orrico
AMA/Specialty Society Relative Value Update Committee	Cathy Hill	Katie Orrico
AQA	Koryn Rubin	Katie Orrico
Brain Attack Coalition	Alison Dye	Katie Orrico
Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research	Katie Orrico	Adrienne Roberts
Coalition of American Trauma Care	Adrienne Roberts	Katie Orrico
Coalition of Patient Centered Imaging	Katie Orrico	Adrienne Roberts
Coalition of State Medial and National Specialty Societies	Katie Orrico
Council of Medical Specialty Services	Koryn Rubin	Katie Orrico
Healthy Coalition on Liability and Access	Katie Orrico	Adrienne Roberts
National Commission for Quality Assurance	Koryn Rubin	Katie Orrico
National Quality Forum	Koryn Rubin	Katie Orrico
Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement	Koryn Rubin	Katie Orrico
Spine Summit/COSS	Katie Orrico
STOP Stroke Coalition	Adrienne Roberts	Katie Orrico
Surgical Quality Alliance	Koryn Rubin	Katie Orrico
Veteran's Health Council	Adrienne Roberts	Katie Orrico

December 2011