The Alliance of Specialty Medicine is hosting a Legislative Fly-In on December 8, 2022. During this “virtual” fly-in, we will meet with several members of the US House and Senate on two critical end-of-the-year issues: Physician Reimbursement and Prior Authorization.
Physician Reimbursement
The Alliance of Specialty Medicine calls on Congress to act before the year’s end to prevent the entire pending Medicare physician payment cut scheduled to take effect in January 2023. We also urge Congress to begin the process of exploring more permanent solutions to fix the broken Medicare physician payment system, stabilize Medicare physician payments, and improve Medicare physician performance programs beyond calendar year (CY) 2023. Further information can be found by clicking on the link to the issue brief below.
Issue Brief Medicare Physician Reimbursement Dec 2022
Prior Authorization
The Alliance of Specialty Medicine urges members of Congress to support and advance the bipartisan Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act (H.R. 3173/S. 3018) in year-end, must-pass legislation. H.R. 3173 was introduced by Representatives Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Ami Bera, MD (D-CA), and Larry Bucshon, MD (R-IN) and passed the U.S. House of Representatives by voice vote in September. S. 3018 was introduced by Senators Roger Marshall, MD (R-KS), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), and John Thune (R-SD). Further information can be found by clicking on the link to the issue brief below.
Issue Brief Prior Authorization Dec 2022
