Randall Smith Keynote Address and The Power of Optum Health in American Health Care

Moderator(s)

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  Nitin Agarwal, MD

  Associate Professor
  University of Pittsburgh Department of Neurosurgery
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  Sarah Bick, MD

  Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
  Vanderbilt University Medical Center

2024 CSNS Randall Smith Award for Meritorious Service recipient Dr. Patrick Wade will reflect on his neurosurgical career in an address entitled "Giving Back." A panel of private practice and employed neurosurgeons will discuss the market power of Optum Health as demonstrated by their suspension of claims processing during their recent data breach.

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:34 PM EDT

  Welcome and Introduction
  

  Speaker: Sarah K. Bick, MD – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
• 1:35 PM – 1:45 PM EDT

  2024 Randall Smith Award: Dr. Wade’s Commitment to Giving Back
  

  Speaker: Deborah L. Benzil, MD, FACS, FAANS – Cleveland Clinic
• 1:46 PM – 1:56 PM EDT

  CSNS Presidential Address
  

  Speaker: John Ratliff, MD, FACS – Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine
• 1:57 PM – 2:02 PM EDT

  Panel: The Power of Optum Health
  

  Speaker: Catherine A. Mazzola, MD, FAANS – New Jersey Pediatric Neuroscience Institute
• 2:03 PM – 2:08 PM EDT

  Optum Panel: Private Practice
  

  Interviewee: Barry Prystowski, MD
• 2:09 PM – 2:14 PM EDT

  Optum Panel: Neurosurgery Practice
  

  Speaker: Jacob Rodman, MBA, CMPE – Raleigh Neurosurgical Clinic, Inc.
• 2:15 PM – 2:20 PM EDT

  Optum Panel: Hospital Practice
  

  Speaker: Robert E. Harbaugh, MD – Penn State Health
• 2:21 PM – 2:26 PM EDT

  Optum Panel: Why is Optum Not Treated as Monopoly?
  

  Speaker: Charlotte Pineda
• 2:27 PM – 2:33 PM EDT

  Cone Pevehouse Young Neurosurgeon Award: The Impact of Socioeconomic Status on Short-term and Long-term Outcomes Following Surgery for Malignant Brain Neoplasms: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis
  

  Presenting Author: Gabrielle Dituri, BS – Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA
• 2:34 PM – 2:36 PM EDT

  Trends and Disparities in Reported Industry Payments to Neurosurgeons (2017-2023)
  

  Presenting Author: Bhav Jain, BS – Stanford University
• 2:37 PM – 2:39 PM EDT

  Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Molecularly-Defined Primary Brain Tumors: Analysis of 53,675 Cases from the Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United States (2018-2021)
  

  Presenting Author: David Gomez, BS – Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC
• 2:40 PM – 2:42 PM EDT

  Trends in Medicare Reimbursement for Critical Care and Non-Critical Care Services Billed by Neurosurgeons
  

  Presenting Author: Vasanth Raja, BS – UCSF Department of Neurosurgery
• 2:43 PM – 2:45 PM EDT

  The Impact of Non-Beta-Lactam Antibiotic Use and Beta-Lactam Allergy Status on Surgical Site Infections: An Analysis of 49,279 Surgical Procedures
  

  Presenting Author: Prateek Agarwal, MD, MBA – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
• 2:46 PM – 2:48 PM EDT

  Decreased Race Reporting in Clinical Trials After 2016: Analysis of 10,384 Participants Across 162 Studies
  

  Presenting Author: Ethan Wetzel, BS – Harvard Medical School
• 2:49 PM – 2:51 PM EDT

  Barriers to the Utilization of Telemedicine in Neurosurgery in Low and Middle-Income Countries: A Scoping Review
  

  Presenting Author: Prabhat Poudel, MD – Boston Medical Center
• 2:52 PM – 2:54 PM EDT

  Bridging the Gap: NGO Stakeholder Mapping in Global Neurosurgery
  

  Presenting Author: Felix Toussaint, MD – American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine
• 2:55 PM – 2:57 PM EDT

  Socioeconomic Disparities in Surgical Costs and Outcomes for Refractory Epilepsy
  

  Presenting Author: Paul Serrato, MS – Yale School of Medicine
• 2:58 PM – 3:00 PM EDT

  Uncovering the Patient Perspective: An Analysis of 38,609 Social Media Posts Reveals Critical Gaps in Neurosurgical Communication
  

  Presenting Author: Daniel Schneider, MD – Northwell Health
• 3:01 PM – 3:03 PM EDT

  Analyzing Crowdfunding Reliance and Unmet Needs in Brain Cancer
  

  Presenting Author: Aafreen Azmi, BA – Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
• 3:04 PM – 3:06 PM EDT

  Validation of Social Vulnerability Index as a Risk Factor for Poor Outcomes Following Lumbar Spine Surgery
  

  Presenting Author: Yifei Sun, BS – Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham