Washington E-Newsletter

On May 28, the CNS and the AANS released their 2019 legislative and regulatory agenda, which includes priorities such as prior authorization reform, expanding support for graduate medical education, fixing the broken medical liability system and alleviating the burdens of electronic health records.

Restricting abusive prior authorization tactics is a top issue for organized neurosurgery, as such the AANS and CNS are leading an advocacy effort to reduce the burdens of prior authorization practices for Medicare Advantage (MA) and other health plans.

Dr. Hunt Batjer Speaks at Rep. Roe’s IPAB Press Conference

Accessible Care by Curbing Excessive lawSuitS (ACCESS) Act Introduced

On Feb. 10, 2017, the U.S. Senate voted by a margin of 52 to 47 to confirm Tom Price, MD, to become the next secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).