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Newsletter 2025 July Issue Inside This Issue Kissel Blue Cross I am sharing a recent experience regarding Blue Cross of California denial
Newsletter 2025 July Issue Inside This Issue Kissel Blue Cross I am sharing a recent experience regarding Blue Cross of California denial
Newsletter 2025 May Issue Inside This Issue President’s Message Reflections on Medicaid: Balancing Compassion, Responsibility, and Neurosurgical Autonomy As physicians, compassion and
Newsletter 2025 April Issue Inside This Issue Private Practice Column Private Practice Issue 36: FAKE PLASTIC TREES: Creating Uncertainty Where Certainty is
Newsletter 2025 March Issue Volume 51, Number 12 Inside This Issue President’s Letter Dear Colleagues, Today was César Chávez Day, a holiday
Newsletter 2025 February Issue Volume 51, Number 12 Inside This Issue President’s Letter As I enter my second month as President of
Newsletter 2025 January Issue Volume 51, Number 12 Inside This Issue President’s Letter As I step into the presidency of CANS, I
Newsletter 2024 December Issue Volume 51, Number 12 Inside This Issue Brain Waves December 2024 I celebrated my 65th birthday earlier this
Newsletter 2023 December Issue Volume 51, Number 12 Inside This Issue President’s Message The practice of medicine continues to change apace with
Newsletter 2023 November Issue Volume 51, Number 10 Inside This Issue President’s Message As my term as your CANS President nears its
Newsletter 2023 October Issue Volume 51, Number 10 Inside This Issue President’s Message Final preparations are underway for the 2024 meeting of
Newsletter 2023 September Issue Volume 51, Number 9 Inside This Issue President’s Message On September 8 and 9, a delegation from your
Newsletter 2023 August Issue Volume 51, Number 8 Inside This Issue President’s Message I’m writing this after having concluded presiding over the
Newsletter 2023 July Issue Volume 51, Number 5 Inside This Issue President’s Message August is upon us, and school will start again.
Newsletter 2023 June Issue Volume 51, Number 5 Inside This Issue President’s Message I’m pleased to announce that the next California Association
Newsletter 2023 May Issue Volume 51, Number 5 Inside This Issue President’s Message May is the month of graduation, and I want
Newsletter 2023 April Issue Volume 51, Number 4 Inside This Issue President’s Message April has been an eventful month for your Association.
Newsletter 2023 March Issue Volume 51, Number 3 Inside This Issue President’s Message As April arrives, it appears clear that California’s drought-fed
Newsletter 2023 February Issue Volume 50, Number 12 Inside This Issue President’s Message That COVID has been front and center of our
Newsletter 2023 January Issue Volume 50, Number 12 Inside This Issue President’s Message I’m honored to serve you this year as CANS
Newsletter 2022 December Issue Volume 50, Number 12 Inside This Issue President’s Message While we all believe that social upheavals in one
Newsletter 2022 November Issue Volume 50, Number 10 Inside This Issue President’s Message For several years now, even before he passed away,
Newsletter 2022 October Issue Volume 50, Number 10 Inside This Issue President’s Message Destiny has smiled on me yet again!—as the President
Newsletter 2022 September Issue Volume 50, Number 8 Inside This Issue President’s Message The 14th Amendment to our constitution was ratified in
Newsletter 2022 August Issue Volume 50, Number 8 Inside This Issue President’s Message – The Importance of Our Nurses American hospitals are
Newsletter 2022 July Issue Volume 50, Number 8 Inside This Issue President’s Message – Our Future is Bright! Another class of neurosurgery
Newsletter 2022 June Issue Volume 50, Number 6 Inside This Issue President’s Message – Overturning “Precedent on Precedent” Since the recent overruling
Newsletter 2022 May Issue Volume 50, Number 5 Inside This Issue President’s Message – Medice, cura te ipsum! The Vulgate, a IVth
Newsletter 2022 April Issue Volume 50, Number 4 Inside This Issue President’s Message – The Great Abdication My last book, “Neurosurgical Intensive
Newsletter March 2022 Issue Volume 50, Number 3 Inside This Issue President’s Message | CANS Annual Meeting 2023: An Invitation to the
Newsletter February 2022 Issue Volume 50, Number 2 Inside This Issue President’s Message | Changing Needs of an Evolving Profession In the
Newsletter Special Newsletter – Dr. Smith 2021 Issue Inside This Issue Back to Top A Special Thank You To Our Sponsors CANS
Newsletter November 2021 Issue Volume 49, Number 11 Inside This Issue President’s Message This will be my penultimate newsletter message as President
Newsletter July 2021 Issue Volume 49, Number 7 Inside This Issue President’s Message Over the last decade, there has been an inexorable
Newsletter May 2021 Issue Volume 49, Number 5 Inside This Issue President’s Message Wow! What a change in only four weeks! Whatever
Newsletter April 2021 Issue Volume 49, Number 4 Inside This Issue President’s Message It has been an eventful month since my last
Newsletter March 2021 Issue Volume 49, Number 3 Inside This Issue President’s Message Since the end of February, a lot has happened
Newsletter February 2021 Issue Volume 49, Number 2 Inside This Issue President’s Message I certainly hope that this newsletter finds all our
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Newsletter December 2020 Issue Volume 48, Number 11 Inside This Issue President’s Message Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday. It is
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CANS NewsletterJune 2020 Volume 48, Number 6
Work Comp Medical Provider Network (MPN) Contracts The new Comp laws that went into effect 1/1/05 allow employers and Comp insurers to
1. CANS to employ lobbyist 2. Annual Meeting Topics Pertinent 3. AMA Guide for Work Comp disability now the law 1. CANS
1. CANS on the brink 2. Surgical fees legislation 3. Medical malpractice offence 4. Work Comp impairment guide 1. Dues, CANS lobbyist
1. CANS Board Meeting a zinger 2. Legislation of note 3. CMA House of Delegates actions 4. Agenda for Board Meeting 5.
1. CANS Board takes pivotal actions 2. EMTALA wars 3. Lobbyist interview 1. CANS Board meeting notes At the CANS Board meeting
1. Work Comp fees—on the wane 2. Can CANS Do More? 3. Free ED Call—also on the wane 1. CANS members face
1. Medical Provider Networks—getting on them 2. New Comp Law—getting used to it 3. EMTALA TAG—getting defensive 4. CMA and MICRA—getting serious
1. No News is Probably Good News 2. Work Comp Report Writing 3. A Time to be Heard/ A Time to Plan
CANS BOARD MEETING 9/17/2005 1. The Few, the Proud, the Members 2. What Are You Worth? 3. Annual Meeting Stuff 4. Do
1. Lobbying: next chapter 2. Artificial Disc 3. Annual Meeting Info 4. Guidelines: next chapter 5. Follow Ups 6. ED Coverage 1.
1. Our Friend the Hospital 2. Our Friend the JCAHO 3. Our Friends the Insurers 4. Our Friends the CMA and the
1. Our Friend the Hospital 2. Our Friend the JCAHO 3. Our Friends the Insurers 4. Our Friends the CMA and the
1. Comp fees go up—good for some 2. Annual meeting—good for all 3. Personal note—not very good but what the heck 1.
1. CANS—round 1—Board meeting 2. CANS—round 2—Annual meeting 3. CANS—round 3—President’s Message 4. CANS—round 4—Officers for 2006 1. CANS in San Diego
1. State Comp goes Blue 2. President’s Message 3. Report from Executive Secretary 4. An Apology and a Goodbye 1. SCIF dumps
1. All is well on Work Comp provider scene—for now. 2. President’s Message 3. Report from Executive Secretary 4. CSNS Resolutions 1.
1. All is well on Work Comp provider scene-for now. 2. President’s Message 3. Report from Executive Secretary 4. CSNS Resolutions 1.
1. CANS Board Meeting Notes 2. President’s Message 3. Report from Executive Secretary 4. CSNS and AANS actions in San Francisco 1.
1. Malpractice Insurance Premiums 2. President’s Message 3. Report from Executive Secretary 4. Work Comp Goings On 1. Med mal premiums; just
1. Injured Worker Kills Attorney 2. President’s Message 3. Report from Executive Secretary 4. CANS at the Crossroads 1. The Doc at
1. CANS Board Pow-Wow 2. President’s Message 3. Report from Executive Secretary 4. News Briefs 1. Board Lowers Dues; Future Focus on
1. Your Position of Office Manager 2. President’s Message 3. Report from Executive Secretary 4. News Briefs 1. Harassment Risk CANS members
1. The Board Meeting 2. President’s Message 3. Report from Executive Secretary 4. Other News 1. Prop. 86 dominates Board Meeting. The
1. New Work Comp Surgeon’s Fee Schedule 2. President’s Message 3. Report from Executive Secretary 4. Other News 1. Work Comp Fee
1. New Workers’ Comp Fee Schedule 2. President’s Message 3. Report from Executive Secretary 4. Other News 1. Med Mal—What You Can
1. New Workers’ Comp Fee Schedule2. President’s Message3. Report from Executive Secretary4. Other News 1. DWC Plans E&M Codes Increase—Surgery Fees Changes
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Newsletter 2025 July Issue Inside This Issue Kissel Blue Cross I am sharing a recent experience regarding Blue Cross of California denial
Newsletter 2025 May Issue Inside This Issue President’s Message Reflections on Medicaid: Balancing Compassion, Responsibility, and Neurosurgical Autonomy As physicians, compassion and
Newsletter 2025 April Issue Inside This Issue Private Practice Column Private Practice Issue 36: FAKE PLASTIC TREES: Creating Uncertainty Where Certainty is
Newsletter 2025 March Issue Volume 51, Number 12 Inside This Issue President’s Letter Dear Colleagues, Today was César Chávez Day, a holiday
Newsletter 2025 February Issue Volume 51, Number 12 Inside This Issue President’s Letter As I enter my second month as President of
Newsletter 2025 January Issue Volume 51, Number 12 Inside This Issue President’s Letter As I step into the presidency of CANS, I
Newsletter 2024 December Issue Volume 51, Number 12 Inside This Issue Brain Waves December 2024 I celebrated my 65th birthday earlier this
Newsletter 2023 December Issue Volume 51, Number 12 Inside This Issue President’s Message The practice of medicine continues to change apace with
Newsletter 2023 November Issue Volume 51, Number 10 Inside This Issue President’s Message As my term as your CANS President nears its
Newsletter 2023 October Issue Volume 51, Number 10 Inside This Issue President’s Message Final preparations are underway for the 2024 meeting of
Newsletter 2023 September Issue Volume 51, Number 9 Inside This Issue President’s Message On September 8 and 9, a delegation from your
Newsletter 2023 August Issue Volume 51, Number 8 Inside This Issue President’s Message I’m writing this after having concluded presiding over the
Newsletter 2023 July Issue Volume 51, Number 5 Inside This Issue President’s Message August is upon us, and school will start again.
Newsletter 2023 June Issue Volume 51, Number 5 Inside This Issue President’s Message I’m pleased to announce that the next California Association
Newsletter 2023 May Issue Volume 51, Number 5 Inside This Issue President’s Message May is the month of graduation, and I want
Newsletter 2023 April Issue Volume 51, Number 4 Inside This Issue President’s Message April has been an eventful month for your Association.
Newsletter 2023 March Issue Volume 51, Number 3 Inside This Issue President’s Message As April arrives, it appears clear that California’s drought-fed
Newsletter 2023 February Issue Volume 50, Number 12 Inside This Issue President’s Message That COVID has been front and center of our
Newsletter 2023 January Issue Volume 50, Number 12 Inside This Issue President’s Message I’m honored to serve you this year as CANS
Newsletter 2022 December Issue Volume 50, Number 12 Inside This Issue President’s Message While we all believe that social upheavals in one
Newsletter 2022 November Issue Volume 50, Number 10 Inside This Issue President’s Message For several years now, even before he passed away,
Newsletter 2022 October Issue Volume 50, Number 10 Inside This Issue President’s Message Destiny has smiled on me yet again!—as the President
Newsletter 2022 September Issue Volume 50, Number 8 Inside This Issue President’s Message The 14th Amendment to our constitution was ratified in
Newsletter 2022 August Issue Volume 50, Number 8 Inside This Issue President’s Message – The Importance of Our Nurses American hospitals are
Newsletter 2022 July Issue Volume 50, Number 8 Inside This Issue President’s Message – Our Future is Bright! Another class of neurosurgery
Newsletter 2022 June Issue Volume 50, Number 6 Inside This Issue President’s Message – Overturning “Precedent on Precedent” Since the recent overruling
Newsletter 2022 May Issue Volume 50, Number 5 Inside This Issue President’s Message – Medice, cura te ipsum! The Vulgate, a IVth
Newsletter 2022 April Issue Volume 50, Number 4 Inside This Issue President’s Message – The Great Abdication My last book, “Neurosurgical Intensive
Newsletter March 2022 Issue Volume 50, Number 3 Inside This Issue President’s Message | CANS Annual Meeting 2023: An Invitation to the
Newsletter February 2022 Issue Volume 50, Number 2 Inside This Issue President’s Message | Changing Needs of an Evolving Profession In the
Newsletter Special Newsletter – Dr. Smith 2021 Issue Inside This Issue Back to Top A Special Thank You To Our Sponsors CANS
Newsletter November 2021 Issue Volume 49, Number 11 Inside This Issue President’s Message This will be my penultimate newsletter message as President
Newsletter July 2021 Issue Volume 49, Number 7 Inside This Issue President’s Message Over the last decade, there has been an inexorable
Newsletter May 2021 Issue Volume 49, Number 5 Inside This Issue President’s Message Wow! What a change in only four weeks! Whatever
Newsletter April 2021 Issue Volume 49, Number 4 Inside This Issue President’s Message It has been an eventful month since my last
Newsletter March 2021 Issue Volume 49, Number 3 Inside This Issue President’s Message Since the end of February, a lot has happened
Newsletter February 2021 Issue Volume 49, Number 2 Inside This Issue President’s Message I certainly hope that this newsletter finds all our
Newsletter Archive January 2021 Issue
Newsletter December 2020 Issue Volume 48, Number 11 Inside This Issue President’s Message Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday. It is
Newsletter Archive November 2020 Issue
Newsletter Archive October 2020 Issue
Newsletter Archive September 2020 Issue
CANS NewsletterJune 2020 Volume 48, Number 6
Work Comp Medical Provider Network (MPN) Contracts The new Comp laws that went into effect 1/1/05 allow employers and Comp insurers to
1. CANS to employ lobbyist 2. Annual Meeting Topics Pertinent 3. AMA Guide for Work Comp disability now the law 1. CANS
1. CANS on the brink 2. Surgical fees legislation 3. Medical malpractice offence 4. Work Comp impairment guide 1. Dues, CANS lobbyist
1. CANS Board Meeting a zinger 2. Legislation of note 3. CMA House of Delegates actions 4. Agenda for Board Meeting 5.
1. CANS Board takes pivotal actions 2. EMTALA wars 3. Lobbyist interview 1. CANS Board meeting notes At the CANS Board meeting
1. Work Comp fees—on the wane 2. Can CANS Do More? 3. Free ED Call—also on the wane 1. CANS members face
1. Medical Provider Networks—getting on them 2. New Comp Law—getting used to it 3. EMTALA TAG—getting defensive 4. CMA and MICRA—getting serious
1. No News is Probably Good News 2. Work Comp Report Writing 3. A Time to be Heard/ A Time to Plan
CANS BOARD MEETING 9/17/2005 1. The Few, the Proud, the Members 2. What Are You Worth? 3. Annual Meeting Stuff 4. Do
1. Lobbying: next chapter 2. Artificial Disc 3. Annual Meeting Info 4. Guidelines: next chapter 5. Follow Ups 6. ED Coverage 1.
1. Our Friend the Hospital 2. Our Friend the JCAHO 3. Our Friends the Insurers 4. Our Friends the CMA and the
1. Our Friend the Hospital 2. Our Friend the JCAHO 3. Our Friends the Insurers 4. Our Friends the CMA and the
1. Comp fees go up—good for some 2. Annual meeting—good for all 3. Personal note—not very good but what the heck 1.
1. CANS—round 1—Board meeting 2. CANS—round 2—Annual meeting 3. CANS—round 3—President’s Message 4. CANS—round 4—Officers for 2006 1. CANS in San Diego
1. State Comp goes Blue 2. President’s Message 3. Report from Executive Secretary 4. An Apology and a Goodbye 1. SCIF dumps
1. All is well on Work Comp provider scene—for now. 2. President’s Message 3. Report from Executive Secretary 4. CSNS Resolutions 1.
1. All is well on Work Comp provider scene-for now. 2. President’s Message 3. Report from Executive Secretary 4. CSNS Resolutions 1.
1. CANS Board Meeting Notes 2. President’s Message 3. Report from Executive Secretary 4. CSNS and AANS actions in San Francisco 1.
1. Malpractice Insurance Premiums 2. President’s Message 3. Report from Executive Secretary 4. Work Comp Goings On 1. Med mal premiums; just
1. Injured Worker Kills Attorney 2. President’s Message 3. Report from Executive Secretary 4. CANS at the Crossroads 1. The Doc at
1. CANS Board Pow-Wow 2. President’s Message 3. Report from Executive Secretary 4. News Briefs 1. Board Lowers Dues; Future Focus on
1. Your Position of Office Manager 2. President’s Message 3. Report from Executive Secretary 4. News Briefs 1. Harassment Risk CANS members
1. The Board Meeting 2. President’s Message 3. Report from Executive Secretary 4. Other News 1. Prop. 86 dominates Board Meeting. The
1. New Work Comp Surgeon’s Fee Schedule 2. President’s Message 3. Report from Executive Secretary 4. Other News 1. Work Comp Fee
1. New Workers’ Comp Fee Schedule 2. President’s Message 3. Report from Executive Secretary 4. Other News 1. Med Mal—What You Can
1. New Workers’ Comp Fee Schedule2. President’s Message3. Report from Executive Secretary4. Other News 1. DWC Plans E&M Codes Increase—Surgery Fees Changes
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