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  • Mar 07, 2025
    Washington, DC—Today, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), and seven other leading medical organizations sent a joint letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) ahead of the Committee’s hearing titled, The Poisoning of America: Fentanyl, its Analogues, and the Need for Permanent Class Scheduling, scheduled for February 4, 2025.
    Mar 07, 2025
    WASHINGTON, D.C. – In the last gasp of the 118th Congress, federal policymakers have a choice – to protect Medicare seniors or to allow insurance companies to delay and deny care for some of our nation’s most vulnerable patients.
    Mar 05, 2025
    Washington, DC— Today, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), and over 40 other leading medical organizations sent a joint letter to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), expressing concerns over the agency’s new policy imposing a 15% cap on indirect cost rates for all NIH grants.
    Mar 05, 2025
    We write to express our appreciation for the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) longstanding commitment to funding scientific research that advances medical breakthroughs.
    Jan 31, 2025
    Washington, DC—Today, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) commend members of the U.S. House of Representatives for introducing the Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, critical legislation aimed at halting Medicare payment cuts for physician payments in 2025. This legislation would prospectively, effective April 1 through December 31, 2025, stop, in full, the 2.83% cut physicians received on January 1, 2025.
    Nov 26, 2024
    Today, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons join 76 national medical societies and 51 state medical associations in urging Congress to pass the Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2024 (H.R. 10073) before the conclusion of the 118th Congress.
    Oct 17, 2024
    Washington, DC—Today, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) announced their strong support for a bipartisan letter led by U.S. Representatives Mariannette Miller-Meeks, MD, (R-Iowa), Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.), Greg Murphy, MD, (R-N.C.), Raul Ruiz, MD, (D-Calif.), Larry Bucshon, MD, (R-Ind.), Kim Schrier, MD, (D-Wash.), John Joyce, MD, (R-Pa.), and Ami Bera, MD, (D-Calif.) urging House Leadership to prevent a 2.8% Medicare payment cut.
    Sep 25, 2024
    Washington, DC—Today, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) announced their strong support of the bipartisan Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act (H.R. 9001). Introduced by Michael C. Burgess, MD, (R-Texas), Tony Cárdenas (D-Calif.), Morgan Griffith (R-Va.), and Vicente Gonzalez (D-Texas), this bill would establish exceptions to rules for physician-owned hospitals in rural areas.
    Sep 12, 2024
    Washington, DC—Today, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) urge Congress to take immediate action to reform the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and preserve patient access to surgical care.
    Jun 12, 2024
    Today, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) applauded the introduction of the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act, which would streamline prior authorization in the Medicare Advantage program.

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