NeurosurgeryPAC2019 Annual Report

Thank you, 2019 NeurosurgeryPAC contributor!

Your support was vital to ensure that neurosurgery

had the resources needed to have a voice in many

crucial debates in Washington, D.C. this year. These

issues included, but are not limited to: prior

authorization reform, graduate medical education

funding, medical liability reform, and surprise

medical bills. I hope you will continue to support

this vital tool in our advocacy arsenal.

Please see this 2019 Annual Report for a more

detailed look at NeurosurgeryPAC activities.

Thank you,

Mark A. Spatola, MD, FAANS

NeurosurgeryPAC Board Chair

N O T E F R O M P A CB O A R D C H A I R

W H A T I S N E U R O S U R G E R Y P A C ?

NeurosurgeryPAC is the political action committee of the American

Association of Neurological Surgeons. NeurosurgeryPAC's mission is simple: solicit

voluntary contributions from neurosurgeons to support candidates for federal office

who support neurosurgeons.

NeurosurgeryPAC does this by making direct campaign contributions to candidates

for the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives who are supportive of the

issues important to neurosurgery. NeurosurgeryPAC is nonpartisan and does not

base its decisions on party affiliation but instead focuses on the voting records and

campaign pledges of the candidates.

2005ESTABLISHED IN

POLIT ICAL ACTIONCOMMITTEE OF AANS

DIRECT CAMPAIGN

CONTRIBUTIONS

NONPARTISAN

CREATED IN 2005,

N E U R O S U R G E R Y PAC B O A R D O F D I R E C T O R S

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Mark A. Spatola, MD, Chair

Robert F. Heary, MD, Vice-chair

Anthony L. Asher, MD, Treasurer

Dennis J. Rizzo, Assistant Treasurer

John D. Davis, IV, MD, Past-chair

Anil Nanda, MD

Christopher I. Shaffrey, MD

Shelly D. Timmons, MD, PhD

John A. Wilson, MD

MEMBERS-AT-LARGE

Nitin Agarwal, MD

Hooman Azmi-Ghadimi, MD

Maya A. Babu, MD

Kenneth S. Blumenfeld, MD

William L. Caton, MD

Fernando G. Diaz, MD

Kevin T. Foley, MD

Brian R Gantwerker, MD

Brian L. Hoh, MD

Steven N. Kalkanis, MD

Catherine A. Mazzola, MD

Ian E. McCutcheon, MD

Jean-Pierre Mobasser, MD

Peter Nakaji, MD

Daniel M. Oberer, MD

J. Adair Prall, MD

Ganesh Rao, MD

Benjamin J. Remington, MD

Stephen S. Scibelli, MD

Mark E. Shaffrey, MD

Jason D. Stacy, MD

Frederick D. Todd II, MD

Anand Veeravagu, MD

Andrew E. Wakefield, MD

Henry H. Woo, MD

EX OFFICIO

Michael P. Steinmetz, MD

Ann R. Stroink, MD

Kathleen T. Craig

Katie O. Orrico, Esq.

by reforming utilization review practices, such as priorauthorization, step-therapy and Medicare’s appropriate usecriteria program for advanced diagnostic imaging.

by adopting proven reforms that are in place in Californiaand Texas.

including maintaining existing insurance market reforms andadvancing solutions that will lower costs and expand choice,including out-of-network options, with appropriate patientprotections for unanticipated medical bills.

by increasing the number of Medicare-funded residencypositions and preserving the ability of surgeons to maximizeeducation and training opportunities within the profession’scurrent regulatory structures.

including promoting interoperability, reducing unnecessarydata entry and improving the functionality of EHR systems toenhance, not hinder, the delivery of medical care.

by implementing the 21st Century Cures Act and provideadditional funding for medical research.

by implementing the Substance Use-Disorder Preventionthat Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment or Patientsand Communities Act (SUPPORT Act).

by maintaining a viable fee-for-service option in Medicare andby empowering patients and physicians to privately contractfee arrangements. Additionally, Medicare must maintain the10- and 90-day global surgery payment package and minimizethe burdens associated with the global surgery code datacollection initiative.

PROTECT PATIENTS’TIMELY ACCESS TO CARE

FIX THE BROKEN MEDICALLIABILITY SYSTEM

IMPROVE THE HEALTHCARE DELIVERY SYSTEM

SUPPORT QUALITYRESIDENT TRAINING AND

EDUCATION

ALLEVIATE THE BURDENSOF ELECTRONIC HEALTH

RECORDS

CONTINUE PROGRESSWITH MEDICAL

INNOVATION

END THE OPIOIDEPIDEMIC

CHAMPION FAIRREIMBURSEMENT

L E G I S L A T I V E H I G H L I G H T S

M E M B E R G I V I N G H I G H L I G H T S

$229,922

$194,000

95 individuals

$1,008

87%

93%

94%

97%

73%

81%

Part ic ipat ion

63%

37%

Breakdown ofg iv ing by party

GOP

DEMDemocrat

Republ ican

37%

63%

MEMBER GIVING HIGHLIGHTS

Tota l Ra ised in 2019

Money d isbursed in 2019

LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE MEMBER

Leadership Committee Member (PAC Board , AANS, CNS, CSNS, & WC)

PAC Board

AANS Execut ive Committee

CNS Execut ive Committee

CSNS Execut ive Committee

Washington Committee

NOTABLE CONTRIBUTIONS

People who contr ibuted $1 ,000 or more

Average Contr ibut ion

B R E A K D O W N O F G I V I N G B Y P A R T Y

5 4 C A N D I D A T E S F O R O F F I C E

Winner

Winner

CALIFORNIA

INDIANA

with

with

$26,510

21.5%

T O P S T A T E S B Y M O N E Y R A I S E D I N C O N T R I B U T I O N S :

T O P S T A T E S B Y P E R C E N T A G E O F P A R T I C I P A T I O N :

Runner Up

Runner Up

FLORIDA

WYOMING

W I N N E R S O F L E I B R O C K S T A T EL E A D E R S H I P A W A R D

P E R C E N T A G E G I V I N G B Y S T A T E

$20,877

12.5%

with

with

M E M B E R G I V I N G H I G H L I G H T S

12.5%

CA FL

1ST

1ST

2ND

2ND

$ ra ised in contr ibut ions :

% of part ic ipat ion:

IN WY

$26,510

21.5%

$20,877

Top states by :

0-2%3-5%6-8%9-11%12% +

PercentageBreakdown

C O M P E T I T I V E C O M P A R I S O N SN E U R O S U R G E R Y P A C C O M P A R E D T O O T H E R P H Y S I C I A N P A C S

Tota l Rece ipts

Tota l Rece ipts

Tota l Rece ipts

Tota l Rece ipts

Tota l Rece ipts

Tota l Rece ipts

Tota l Rece ipts

Tota l D isbursements

Tota l D isbursements

Tota l D isbursements

Tota l D isbursements

Tota l D isbursements

Tota l D isbursements

Tota l D isbursements

$626,944.19

$90,997.00

$302,163.95

$143,690.00

$201,322.02

$3,016,682.24

$1,228,654.98

$571,386.00

$32,000.00

$187,543.98

$139,500.00

$188,728.58

$2,116,868.06

$1,127,878.95

N E U R O S U R G E R Y P A C

A M E R I C A N S O C I E T Y O F A N E S T H E S I O L O G I S T S

A M E R I C A N A S S O C I A T I O N O F O R T H O P A E D I C S U R G E O N S

A M E R I C A N C O L L E G E O F S U R G E O N S

S O C I E T Y F O R V A S C U L A R S U R G E R Y

A M E R I C A N A C A D E M Y O F N E U R O L O G Y

N A T I O N A L A S S O C I A T I O N O F S P I N E S P E C I A L I S T S

Coverage Dates : 01/01/2019 to 12/31/2019

C O M P E T I T I V E C O M P A R I S O N SN E U R O S U R G E R Y P A C C O M P A R E D T O O T H E R P H Y S I C I A N P A C S

TOTAL RECEIPTS

TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS

in Millions

in Millions

N E U R O S U R G E O N S I N A C T I O N

Neurosurgical resident, Laura StoneMcGuire, MD, meets with Rep.Danny K. Davis, MD (D-Ill.) while sheis in town for the Alliance ofSpecialty Medicine’s legislativeconference.

Rep. Trent Kelly (R-Miss.) withNeurosurgeryPAC Board member, Jason D.Stacy, MD. Dr. Stacy was in Washington toattend the Alliance of Specialty Medicine’slegislative conference.

NeurosurgeryPAC Board member, GaneshRao, MD, on route back home fromWashington, DC, with Rep. Lizzie Fletcher (D-Texas).

Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) with AANSPresident-elect, John A. Wilson, MD. Dr. Wilson introduced Rep. Kelly ata legislative conference inWashington, DC.

Rep. Ami Bera, MD, (D-Calif.) withAANS/CNS Washington Committeemember, Alexander A. Khalessi,MD, at neurosurgery-sponsoredlegislative conference inWashington, DC.

T A K I N G N E U R O S U R G E R Y ' S M E S S A G E T O C O N G R E S S

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.)and AANS/CNS WashingtonCommittee chair, Ann R. Stroink, MD,at a breakfast fundraiser.

NeurosurgeryPAC Board member, Kenneth S.Blumenfeld, MD, with Rep. Raul Ruiz, MD, (D-Calif.), ata NeurosurgeryPAC-sponsored campaign event.

Senate Pro Tempore, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa)with Stephen S. Scibelli, MD, at a NationalRepublican Senatorial Committee event.

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) andNeurosurgeryPAC Boardmember, Stephen S. Scibelli,MD, at a National RepublicanSenatorial Committee event.

NeurosurgeryPAC staff and Rep.Raul Ruiz, MD (D-Calif.) at a PACevent.

N E U R O S U R G E O N S I N A C T I O NT A K I N G N E U R O S U R G E R Y ' S M E S S A G E T O C O N G R E S S

T H A N K Y O U T O O U R C O N T R I B U T O R S

Capital Club - $5,000President’s Circle - $2,500 to $4,999Platinum Circle Club - $1,000 to $2,499Gold Circle Club - $500 to $999Silver Circle Club – Up to $499

CONTRIBUTION LEVELS

CAPITAL CLUB – $5,000 DONORS

PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE – $2,500 TO $4,999

PLATINUM CIRCLE CLUB – $1,000 TO $2,499

Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine PACAssociation PACWilliam Caton, MDJohn Davis, MDKevin Foley, MDRobert Heary, MDBenjamin Remington, MD Stephen Scibelli, MDMark Shaffrey, MDMark Spatola, MDFrederick Todd, MD Andrew Wakefield, MD

Hooman Azmi-Ghadimi, MDKenneth Blumenfeld, MDFrederick Boop, MDDrs. Michael and Teresa CaronFernando Diaz, MDRegis Haid, MDRobert Harbaugh, MDMark Iantosca, MDN. Ross Jenkins, MDCatherine Mazzola, MDIan McCutcheon, MDJean-Pierre Mobasser, MDPraveen Mummaneni, MDJ. Adair Prall, MDJohn Ratliff, MDChristopher Shaffrey, MDJason Stacy, MDAnn Stroink, MDDaryoush Tavanaiepour, MDShelly Timmons, MDAlex Valadka, MD

P. David Adelson, MDEric Amundson, MDAnthony Asher, MDNicholas Barbaro. MDGarni Barkhoudarian, MDJames Bean, MDGary Bloomgarden, MDDaniel Boedecker, MDMichael Brisman, MDJoe Cheng, MDE. Antonio Chiocca, MDDaniel Couture, MDJeffrey Cozzens, MDAnthony D’Ambrosio, MDJames Ecklund, MDRichard Ellenbogen, MDJ. Brett Fleming, MDHolly Gilmer, MDJohn Golfinos, MDBernard Guiot, MDBharat Guthikonda, MDBrian Holmes, MDEric Horn, MDRobert Johnson, MDAlexander Khalessi, MDJohn Knightly, MDCharles Kulwin, MDMark Linskey, MDAndrew Little, MDShannon McCanna, MDScott Meyer, MDDaniel Michael, MDJacques Morcos, MDKarin Muraszko, MDPeter Nakaji, MDAnil Nanda, MD

Shaun O’Leary, MDThomas Origitano, MDKatie Orrico, JDMick Perez-Cruet, MDGlen Poffenbarger, MDNizam Razack, MDRalph Reeder, Jr., MDKenneth Renkens, MDJoshua Rosenow, MDDavid Sachs, MDMichael Schulder, MDJason Schwalb, MDKhalid Sethi, MDScott Simon, MDGregory Smith, DOKarin Swartz, MDKevin Teal, MDLee Tessler, MDLuis Tumialan, MDMarc Vanefsky, MDG. Edward Vates, MDJohn Wilson, MDChristopher Winfree, MDRichard Wohns, MDStacey Wolfe, MDOmar Zalatimo, MD

T H A N K Y O U T O O U R C O N T R I B U T O R SGOLD CIRCLE CLUB – $500 TO $999

Owoicho Adogwa, MDSepideh Amin-Hanjani, MDKrishna Amuluru, MDAlan Appley, MDJohn Atkinson, MDRandy Bell, MDRajesh Bindal, MDRichard Boyer, MDRobert Bradley, MDByron Branch, MDJohn Caruso, MDMichael Chabraja, JDJoseph Chen, MDMary CloningerJeffrey Crecelius, MDScott Cutler, MDFernando Delasotta, MDJohn DePowell, MDJose Dones-Vazquez, MDChristopher Doran, MDRichard Fessler, MDJeremy Fogelson, MDThomas Forget, MDRichard George, MDJonathan Grossberg, MDCiara Harraher, MDDouglas Hershkowitz, MDBrian Hoh, MDAndrew Jea, MDSteven Kalkanis, MDF. Donovan Kendrick, MDSaad Khairi, MDEsther Kim, MDJohn Kusske, MDAlbert E. Lee, MDAlbert S. Lee, MDJames Lindley, MDMichael McDermott, MDJohn McGregor, MDChristopher McPherson, MDChaz Miller, MDJ Mocco, MDGregory Murad, MDEric Nottmeier, MD

Daniel Oberer, MDJohn O’Toole, MDSusan Pannullo, MDAnn Parr, MDJeremy Phelps, MDEric Potts, MDNader Pouratian, MDGanesh Rao, MDEric Rhoton, MDRichard Rodgers, MDCarl Sartorius, MDTodd Schmidt, MDCara Sedney, MDJodi Smith, MDWilliam Snyder, Jr., MDMichael Steinmetz, MDDavid Stockwell, MDSherry Taylor, MDWilliam Thorell, MDKrystal Tomei, MDGregory Trost, MDDante Vacca, MDJeremy Wang, MDMarjorie Wang, MDWilliam Welch, MDDerron Wilson, MDPeter Yoon, MDEdie Zusman, MD

SILVER CIRCLE CLUB – UP TO $499

Nitin Agarwal, MDEllen Air, MDGrant Arzumanov, DOAshok Asthagiri, MDMaya Babu, MDLissa Baird, MDMichael Benko, DOAlejandro Betancourt, MDEmanuela Binello, MDMohammad Bydon, MDAaron Cohen-Gadol, MDRandy D’Amico, MDChristopher Demers, MDDarian Esfahani, MDKai-Ming Fu, MDDavid Fusco, MDBrian Gantwerker, MDSarah Gaskill, MDAndrew Grande, MDJ. Frederick Harrington, Jr., MDCarl Heilman, MDDaniel Hoh, MDJeremy Hosein, MDMatthew Howard, MDJohn Jane, MDStephen Kalhorn, MDKristopher Kimmell, MDPhillip Kissel, MDElad Levy, MDKevin Lillehei, MD Joseph Linzey, MD Thomas Loftus, MD Michael McDowell, MD Laura McGuire, MD Adrienne Mortimer Jay Nathan, MDEdjah Nduom, MDM. Ellen Nichols, MD Joel Passer, MD Akash Patel, MD Brenton Pennicooke, M Cynthia Piccirilli, MD Maryam Rahman, MD Robert Richardson, MD

Cara Rogers, DODaniel Sahlein, MDKarl Schultz, Jr., MDMagdy Shady, MDMark Silver, MDJustin Singer, MDSteven Tenny, MDMichael Tobias, MDAnand Veeravagu, MDClarence Watridge, MDRichard Westmark, MDElbert White, MDRobert Whitmore, MDRobert Wienecke, MDDaniel Yanni, MDBrett Youngerman, MDBrad Zacharia, MDMateo Ziu, MD

D I S C L A I M E RAANS members who are citizens of the United

States and pay dues or have voting privileges

may contribute to NeurosurgeryPAC, as may

AANS candidate members. All contributions must

be drawn on personal accounts and any

corporate contributions to NeurosurgeryPAC will

be used for administrative expenses and other

activities permissible under federal law.

Contributions are not tax-deductible. Federal law

requires NeurosurgeryPAC to use its best efforts

to collect and report the name, mailing address,

occupation and the name of the employer of

every individual whose contributions exceed

$200 in a calendar year.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON NEUROSURGERYPAC, PLEASE VISIT:

https://www.aans.org/en/Advocacy/NeurosurgeryPAC

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