As part of the ongoing efforts to provide health care providers with protections from unfounded lawsuits, the Health Coalition on Liability and Access (HCLA) — of which the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) serve as vice-chair — has joined a chorus of stakeholders in calling on Congress to pass legislation to safeguard medical professionals, and the facilities in which they practice, from COVID-19-related medical liability lawsuits. Examples of increased liability risk that providers are confronting because of COVID-19 include:

Senate Votes to Prevent 2% Medicare Payment Cut

Each year the CNS/AANS Washington Committee sets its legislative and regulatory advocacy priorities for the coming year. To assist with this process, the committee is seeking your input.

On Nov. 9, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) joined the Alliance of Specialty Medicine in a multi-specialty letter urging Congress to extend the Medicare sequestration relief provided in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (P.L. 116-136). Section 3709 provided a temporary suspension

On June 18, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), along with 10 other national surgical associations, officially launched the Surgical Care Coalition (SCC).