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Fantastic discussion and great turn out for the Facial pain symposium #2024CNS CNS AANS/CNS Joint Section on Pain Ashwin Viswanathan Shervin Rahimpour Dr. Ausaf Bari Hamid Borghei-Razavi, MD, FACS

“We still don’t know the mechanism of spinal cord stimulation.” Be critical of the data, be critical of the hardware, be informed when you choose a device for your patient. Succinctly presented by @ChenWuMD Jefferson Health #CNS2024 CNS

Congrats to Eric Mong Corewell Health for presenting our work on #spinalcordstimulator paddle revisions for misplaced electrodes. Thoughtful and careful revision can restore lasting pain relief. #CNS2024 CNS AANS/CNS Joint Section on Pain University Hospitals University Hospitals of Cleveland Neurosurgery

Prior authorization is a tactic insurance companies use to reduce costs of what they believe to be potentially unnecessary treatments. However, 1 In 4 physicians say #PriorAuth harms patients. Read #neurosurgeon Richard Menger MD MPA’s article in Forbes on how to #FixPiorAuth:

📢Legislation to #FixPriorAuth has enough sponsors to pass the House of Reps! 👏👏👏Thanks to Rep. Mike Kelly, Rep. Suzan DelBene, Larry Bucshon, MD & Ami Bera, M.D. for advancing #HR8702. #Medicare patients need Congress to pass this bill THIS YEAR ! The press release 👇bit.ly/3U2FNM2

More middlemen supporting abusive #priorauthorization tactics that prevent patients from getting necessary care. Read about the latest black mark on @cigna (which owns EviCore By Evernorth) as exposed by a ProPublica investigation. #FixPriorAuth The article👇 bit.ly/4dYtZS6

NEW! AANS, CNS, and AANS/CNS Peds Section issued a Position Statement on Intracranial Neuromodulation for Drug-Resistant Epilepsy in Pediatric Patients. The statement urges government, private payers, and health systems to support the use of intracranial neuromodulation

NEW! PRESS RELEASE: Neurosurgery Joins Medical Societies to Urge Congress to Protect Medicare Patients and Physician Practices Before Year-End. #HR10073 would halt the scheduled 2.83% #Medicare physician payment cut and provide a 1.8% positive payment update for 2025, ensuring

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@Neurosurgery and their partners are leading the way in supporting bipartisan efforts to address the illegal #fentanyl crisis. Read our press release quoting Alexander Khalessi, MD, MBA on the Senate Judiciary’s hearing and the letter here-> newswise.com/articles/neuro…

In this month’s Waves of Discovery installment, AANS President Dr. Jacques Morcos MD FRCS FAANS highlights the innovations that have transformed intraoperative spinal navigation. From Hounsfield’s breakthroughs in computerized imaging to Brown’s mastery of intracranial navigation, each

Great interview w/Alexander Khalessi, MD, MBA highlighting concerns w/capping @nih funding. Kudos to the AANS/CNS Wash. Committee for advocating to ensure the USA continues to lead in medical research. ✔️The interview👉bit.ly/4btsbkc ✔️The press release👉 bit.ly/4i6zyAG

The HALT Fentanyl Act passed cloture ✅ in the Senate with strong bipartisan support. 👏 TY to Judiciary Committee leaders, Dr. Roger Marshall and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen for engaging #physicians on our clinical perspective as DEA HQ registrants. Looking forward to full chamber passage and

#Neurosurgery is committed to the responsible stewardship of controlled substances, ensuring patients have access to evidence-based pain management. #Neurosurgeons take care of some of the sickest patients with advanced cancer, complex surgeries, and neurological disorders.

We urge Congress to address regulatory barriers that limit access to certain FDA-approved opioid therapies—often the last line of relief for patients. TY to Joshua Rosenow and Alexander Khalessi, MD, MBA for your leadership! Read more in #neurosurgery’s press release 👉

#thankyou to Senator Dick Durbin Sen. Jeanne Shaheen Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 Senate Judiciary Republicans for the bipartisan support of this bill. Congress should also facilitate access to proven non-opioid surgical therapies such as #neuromodulation

The AANS/CNS Joint Section on Pain is seeking interested residents to build its inaugural Resident Committee. Please contact me if interested! AANS CNS CNSResidents

He will be missed. Mike was a great friend of the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Pain. He was a frequent lecturer and debater in our sessions on Neuromodulation vs structural surgery for spinal pain

#Neurosurgeon Brian R. Gantwerker, MD of Brian Gantwerker, MD, FAANS, FACS 🟧🇮🇱, calls for increased #Medicare reimbursement for spine procedures. For over twenty years, reimbursements have been on the decline despite the technical difficulty of these operations and the extensive postoperative, unreimbursed

ICYMI: #fixpriorauth in #MedicareAdvantage is back on the table thanks to Dr. Roger Marshall Mark Warner Suzan DelBene Rep. Mike Kelly Ami Bera, M.D. and John Joyce, M.D.! Congress: No need for complex navigation. This one’s a straight shot! ✅ Bipartisan support ✅ Zero cost ✅ 500+ orgs