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Quality and Process Improvement Projects on Best Practices in Epilepsy Care Travel Award Announcement for 2026
Quality and Process Improvement Projects on Best Practices in Epilepsy Care Travel Award Announcement for 2026 NAEC is interested in furthering quality (QI) and process improvement (PI) projects with its members through an annual travel award program and [...]
New Physician Specialty Code for Epileptologists
We are pleased to announce the implementation of a new physician specialty code, F6, used to indicate the specialty designation for an epileptologist. The new code, created by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) is the result of [...]
New Guidelines for Centers
NAEC is thrilled to announce the publication of its 2023 Guidelines for epilepsy centers! An Executive Summary of the 2023 Guidelines for Specialized Epilepsy Centers: Report of the National Association of Epilepsy Centers Guideline Panel was published online on February 2, 2024, in Neurology®, [...]
Epilepsy Monitoring Unit Practices and Safety Among NAEC Epilepsy Centers
A Census Survey (January 2024)https://www.epilepsybehavior.com/article/S1525-5050(23)00490-0/fulltext
CMS Approves New Subspecialty Code for Epileptologists
As a result of a collaborative request from the American Epilepsy Society (AES), the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (ACNS), and the National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) has approved a new specialty [...]
CMS Releases Medicare Proposed Regulations for 2024
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released proposed rules for 2024 on the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS). Both rules are open for comments until mid-September and the final rules [...]
