Statements and Releases

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.