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Neurosurgeons ask Congress to intervene in CMS' 'ill-informed and dangerous' Medicare payment cuts

By Admin | August 07, 2020

The American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons announced their opposition to CMS' Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule for 2021, which would reduce neurosurgeon reimbursement rates by at least 7 percent. 

"Now is not the time to reduce payments for surgical care," Ann Stroink, MD, neurosurgeon and chair of the AANS/CNS Washington Committee, said in an Aug. 4 statement. "The Medicare payment rule will challenge an already...(More)

For more information please read, Neurosurgeons ask Congress to intervene in CMS' 'ill-informed and dangerous' Medicare payment cuts, by Becker's Spine Review

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