CONGRESS OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS

H.R. 3391, Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act 2.0: to expand the available funds to support research on pediatric diseases H.R. 4366, Consolidated Appropriations Act: Funding for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Institute of Justice to conduct public health research into firearm morbidity and mortality prevention; funding for the National Institutes of Health for biomedical research.

S. 1001/H.R. 1843, Telehealth Expansion: To permanently extend the exemption for telehealth services from certain high deductible health plan rule. S. 3805/HR 2819, Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act: To limit the liability of health care professionals who volunteer to provide health care services in response to a disaster. H.R. 6487, No Fees for EFTs Act: to prohibit health plans from imposing fees on health care providers for electronic funds transfers, payments and remittance advice transactions No bill: Reintroduction of the Accessible Care by Curbing Excessive lawSuitS (ACCESS) Act: Comprehensive medical liability reform. No bill: Reauthorization of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act

S.470/H.R.977, Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act: To repeal changes made by health care reform laws to the Medicare exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals. H.R.2389, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act: To provide for the distribution of additional residency positions H.R. 2474, Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act: To provide an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index. H.R. 4366, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024: to partially reverse the 3.37% Medicare physician payment cut that went into effect on Jan. 1, 2024. H.R. 4968, the GOLD CARD Act of 2023: Prior authorization reform in Medicare Advantage H.R. 7050, Substance Use Disorder Workforce Act: Medicare funding for 1,000 new GME positions over five years in hospitals with accredited residency programs in addiction medicine, addiction psychiatry or pain medicine and their prerequisite programs No bill: Prior authorization reform legislation in Medicare Advantage.