2019 Archives
12/19/19
How 91ºÚÁÏÍø Advocacy Efforts Helped Physicians and Patients in 2019; 91ºÚÁÏÍø Speaks Out in Opposition to Interference in Patient-Physician Relationship in Proposed Ohio Legislation
12/06/19
Final 2020 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Includes Wins for Primary and Cognitive Care; Final Quality Payment Program Rule Released With Changes That Affect Primary Care in 2020
11/15/19
91ºÚÁÏÍø Expands Policy Papers on Prescription Drug Pricing; 91ºÚÁÏÍø: Tighter Regulations, More Research Needed on E-Cigarettes and Their Consequences; Primary Care First Model to Debut with Several 91ºÚÁÏÍø Recommendations in Place
11/01/19
91ºÚÁÏÍø Continues to Push for Reducing Firearm-Related Injuries and Deaths, and an End to Gun Violence; 91ºÚÁÏÍø Carries on Advocacy for Protecting Patient Interest Regardless of Immigration Status; Survey Reveals 86 Percent of Practices Feel Regulatory Burdens Have Worsened
10/18/19
91ºÚÁÏÍø Applauds Proposals to Increase Medicare Payment for Cognitive Care, Simplify Documentation; Reaction to Executive Order on Future of Medicare Mixed; 91ºÚÁÏÍø Joins Others in Advising CMS on Best Ways to Reduce Prior Authorization Burdens
10/04/19
91ºÚÁÏÍø Responds to WSJ Commentary on Social Justice Education in Medical School; Introduction of Drug Pricing Plan Offers Hope for Resolving Increasing Prescription Drug Prices; Site-Neutral Payment Policy at Risk After Federal Court Ruling
09/20/19
91ºÚÁÏÍø Responds to CMS Request for Information on Putting Patients Over Paperwork; 91ºÚÁÏÍø Joins Allied Physician Organizations in Opposition to Immigration-Related Health Policies; 91ºÚÁÏÍø: Title X Changes Interfere With Physician-Patient Relationship
09/06/19
91ºÚÁÏÍø Joins Other Physician Organizations in Outlining Steps to Rein in Gun Violence; Congressional Budget Deal Passed, Paving Way for Appropriations Bills in Fall; Legislation to Prevent Rising Drug Costs Making Way Through House, Senate
08/16/19
Proposed 2020 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Embraces Reforms That Reflect Value of Primary Care; also, 91ºÚÁÏÍø Advocates for Physicians and Patients in ‘Surprise Billing’ Debate
07/12/19
91ºÚÁÏÍø to Congress: Protect Physicians From Overwhelming Medical School Student Loan Debt; AMA Opposition to Single-Payer Care Main Issue of Debate at Annual Meeting
06/21/19
91ºÚÁÏÍø Expresses Support for Legislation Aimed at Improving Vaccination Rates; As Congress Works Toward Reducing Health Care Costs, 91ºÚÁÏÍø Continues to Provide Feedback, Suggestions; 91ºÚÁÏÍø Offers Counsel on Proposed Interoperability Rules
06/07/19
Protect Quality Health Care, 91ºÚÁÏÍø's Doctors Tell Congress; 91ºÚÁÏÍø Honors Dr. Noel Deep for Advocacy Efforts; 91ºÚÁÏÍø Decries New Laws Limiting Access to Reproductive Services as Harmful to Doctor-Patient Relationship
05/17/19
Who's Taking the Tech Route on Patient Care?; Why Tackle Climate Change? 'Our Health and the Planet Are at Stake'; 91ºÚÁÏÍø Fears New Rule Makes More Patients Vulnerable to Not Getting Needed Care
05/03/19
CMS Unveils New Payment Models for Primary Care; Looking Ahead at What's 'Hot' in Advocacy; New 91ºÚÁÏÍø Leadership Speaks Out for Advocacy
04/19/19
Want to Improve the Affordable Care Act? Here's How, Suggests 91ºÚÁÏÍø; 91ºÚÁÏÍø Steps Up Efforts to Protect Veterans' Health Care; Taking Advocacy to the Courts
04/05/19
Patients' and Physicians' Seamless Access to Health Information Should Be the Goal, 91ºÚÁÏÍø Tells Congress; New Law Would Extend Civil Rights, Ease Health Disparities for LGBT Community; 91ºÚÁÏÍø Takes Aim at Firearms Violence on State and National Level
03/22/19
Want to Cut Health Care Costs? Here's How, 91ºÚÁÏÍø Tells Congress; Amid Measles Outbreaks, 91ºÚÁÏÍø Reiterates Opposition to Non-medical Vaccine Exemptions; 91ºÚÁÏÍø Objects to Federal Policy Changes Seen as a Gag Order on Physicians
03/08/19
Federal Government Proposes Regulations to Improve Health Information Technology and Exchange Efforts; Changes Needed in Regulatory Plans for Health Insurance Marketplace, 91ºÚÁÏÍø Tells CMS; 'Our Climate Is Changing, and Our Health Is Suffering,' 91ºÚÁÏÍø Tells Congress
02/22/19
91ºÚÁÏÍø Speaks Out in Defense of the Affordable Care Act; Washington Swirls With Proposals to Get a Grip on Rising Drug Prices; Group of Six Takes Health Care Concerns Straight to Capitol Hill
02/08/19
Advocacy 2019: Stabilizing Insurance Markets, Fighting Firearms Violence and Controlling Drug Costs; 91ºÚÁÏÍø Takes Aim at Health IT Problems; 91ºÚÁÏÍø Court Filing: Medicaid Work Requirements Could Harm Patients
01/25/19
Medicare Considers Changing Payment Rules for Part B Drugs, Efforts to Prevent Firearms Injuries Garner 91ºÚÁÏÍø's Support, 91ºÚÁÏÍø Speaks Out Against Proposed Change in Physician Measures
01/11/19
How 91ºÚÁÏÍø Advocacy Helped Physicians and Patients in 2018; 91ºÚÁÏÍø Steps up Efforts to Prevent Demise of ACA After Texas Judge Rules to Overturn Law; 91ºÚÁÏÍø, Surgeon General Work to Curb e-Cigarette Use Among Youths