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Name: Sonia M. Canaves Nunez on Dec 28, 2012Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Jan 2, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Teri Elise Engelberg, M.D. on Jan 2, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Shane Daniels, MD on Jan 2, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Khalid Malik MD on Jan 4, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Mac Velingker Md on Jan 4, 2013Comments: Please reconsider devastating nerve conduction reimbursement rates of 2013.Flag
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Name: Peter Schmaus on Jan 5, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Denny Battista D.O. on Jan 6, 2013Comments: I am a physiatrist practicing in Syracuse, NY. Due to these cuts, I will have to limit patient access to emg testing. Every year my costs are rising and reimbursement rates keep dropping. Something eventually has to give. Either you limit access or you have a technician do the nerve conductions which will reduce the quality. Either way the patient loses.Flag
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Name: Jeffrey Citara on Jan 8, 2013Comments: With many fewer physicians able to afford to keep emgs as part of their practices, it will severely limit access to patients who will now have to wait several months at times for an appointment for quality emg.Flag
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Name: Eduardo S. Violago on Jan 9, 2013Comments: We need to address this drastic cut in reimbursements for EMG and NCS. These tests are necessary and indispensible in the diagnosis of several neuromuscular diseases and carpal tunnel syndrome.Flag
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Name: FARZAD Sabet on Jan 9, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Jan 9, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Gary DiBlasio, MD on Jan 9, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Joseph Griffin M.D. on Jan 11, 2013Comments: opting out just became a real option for my half time private practice that serves a small communityFlag
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Name: Kris Kisner on Jan 11, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Steven Morganstein,DO on Jan 11, 2013Comments: I will not be able to offset my costs for equipment and personnel needs if these cuts are not overturned.Flag
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Name: Elizardo P. Carandang on Jan 12, 2013Comments: This is misdirected cut. Wrong target for CMS.Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Jan 14, 2013Comments: as R.NCS.T for over 10 years,with new changes I won't be able to support my family. Plse reconsider, a lot of people with loose jobs and families will get affected, not mentioning the patient care.Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Jan 14, 2013Comments: This cut is devastating and misguided for Neurology practices. Better to implement fairness by allowing only trained professionals in this test to perform the study than slash rates for all comers.Flag
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Name: Inna Plotkin on Jan 14, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Sayed Monis on Jan 15, 2013Comments: May be there should be an ammendment preventing chiropractors and non-specialist physicians in performing these test. This may also lessen the burden on the cost for the medicare.Flag
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Name: John Younce on Jan 17, 2013Comments: With the current shortage of neurologists, it is unreasonable to cut the income base of this underserved specialty at the lower end of the physician income scale before massively rolling back reimbursements for things like GI and dermatological procedures.Flag
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Name: K. William Seeto on Jan 18, 2013Comments: cutting emg will hurt neurology patientsFlag
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Name: Tae Hwan Chung on Jan 18, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Kenith Paresa, MD on Jan 21, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Richard D. Karem MD on Jan 21, 2013Comments: These pooly though out rules have caused me to seriously consider closing my solo neurology practice of 27 years and laying off my 4 employees. We have experienced cuts over the last 5 years, which have made running my practice pay less than qutting outpateint medicine and assuming a role as an employee. If you care about outpateint neurology in Redding California these cuts must be retroactively reversed!Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Jan 23, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Samuel P. Brown DO on Jan 23, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Robert Savarese on Jan 29, 2013Comments: As a phyiatrist in the largest orthopedic group in the state if Florida (32 total physicians) Emg's accounted for 1/3 of my practice (approximately 25 a week). My overhead typically runs 50% of my expenses. Therefore it is with deep regret to my patients that I will no longer be able to continue to perform these tests.Flag
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Name: Robert Peretti on Jan 29, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Danell Olivera on Feb 2, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Sudhin Kanabar. Md on Feb 5, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Shari Sanchez on Feb 7, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Anthony Collins on Feb 7, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Dr. Briseida E. Feliciano on Feb 7, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Feb 7, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Peter Connelly on Feb 7, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: JOHN SCHNELL, M.D. on Feb 10, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: HEATHER DAUGHERTY on Feb 11, 2013Comments: PLEASE RECONSIDER THE CHOICES YOU HAVE MADE. WE WILL GO OUT OF BUSINESS SHOULD THIS CONTINUE.Flag
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Name: David C. Marzulo, D.O. on Feb 18, 2013Comments: These studies (EMG/NCV) allow myself, as a neurologist, to continue to see patients in a non-procedural manner. I can no longer pay overhead, which rises and rises, and am simply concerned about survival. The possible lack of access to me as a practitioner will affect multitudes, along with decrease in neurologists in training as a result of these cuts.Flag
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Name: Gilbert J. Toffol, DO,FACN on Feb 18, 2013Comments: Because of the very low reimbursement rates we had to give our NCV technician a mandatory unpaid furlough and no longer can do many patients, especially medicare and medicaidFlag
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Name: Brendan W. Bauer MD on Mar 1, 2013Comments: I came out of fellowship > 10 years ago to join my father who is also a Neurologist and is currently 77 years of age. The EMG's allowed us to maintain a full staff with benefits as well as heath care coverage and 401 K with match for all of our employees. We also take care of a large indigent population for free and did not charge self pay patients. This is all going away. Such a great loss over a decision that was likely rushed and obviosly not thought through. What a wasteFlag
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Name: Leslie Merrell on Mar 2, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: John Stavrakos on Mar 11, 2013Comments: blng. If your goal is to have phFlag
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Name: Anonymous on Mar 11, 2013Comments: The time spent on doing an EMG/ NCS properly now does not correlate with the reimbursement.Flag
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Name: Christopher King on Mar 11, 2013Comments:Flag
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Name: Gus G. Stratton, M.D. on Mar 20, 2013Comments: While the time lag on my accounts receivable from 2012 has been carrying my practice for the first few months of 2013, my expenses now exceed my revenues as a result of these cuts. I am having to meet with office staff this week to announce salary reductions, layoffs, and inability to provide employee benefits going forward in order bring the operating expenses of the practice in balance with the new revenues. Even with that, I don't think I can afford to to continue to pay out of pocket to stay in practice and continue to provide care to patients at a net loss. It is very plain and simple.Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Mar 21, 2013Comments: Please reconsider the devasting unilateral cuts you have made to our livelihood and specialty. I am in a group practice in Seattle WA with 2 other neurologists. We have just met with our CFO and the current CMS cuts will result in a 100 thousand dollar salary reduction. This dramatic cut is unprecedented in medicine. Why you are directly damaging an already struggling field in medicine is beyond my comprehension. If these cuts are not reversed, many neurologists will have to leave clinical medicine for other endeavors. Even more confusing is how CMS projected a 7% salary reduction for neurologists. My personal salary has been reduced by 30% directly due to these cuts, so the impact of these cuts needs to be reassesssed.Flag