Legislative

2013 ASCRS Legislative Priorities

2013 ASCRS Legislative Priorities

2012 Alliance of Specialty Medicine Issue Papers

2012 Alliance Issue Papers

Medicare Physician Payment/Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) Formula

2013: 113th Congress SGR News and Repeal Proposals

• House Energy and Commerce Draft Legislative Proposal June 2013
• ASCRS Response to Draft Legislative Propsal - June 10, 2013
• House Ways & Means and Energy & Commerce Committees Joint SGR Repeal Proposal. (April 2013)
• ASCRS Response to Joint SGR Proposal. 

• Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Releases Reduced Cost Estimate of SGR Repeal, now pegged at $138 billion. 
• H.R. 574, the Medicare Physician Payment  Innovation Act, sponsored by Reps. Joe Heck, (R-NV) and Allyson Schwartz, (D-PA).

Private Contracting Legislation

• S. 236 The Medicare Patient Empowerment Act. Sponsored by Sen. Lisa Murkowski, (R-AK), Sen. Tom Coburn, MD, (R-OK), Sen. John Barrasso, (R-WY), and Sen. Rand Paul, (R-KY).
• H.R. 1310, the Medicare Patient Empowerment Act, sponsored by Rep. Tom Price, MD (R-GA)
• Alliance of Specialty Medicine Letter in Support of S. 236

Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) Repeal

• H.R. 351 Sponsored by Reps. Phil Roe, MD (R-TN) and Allyson Schwartz (D-PA)
• S. 351 Sponsored by Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
• Alliance of Specialty Medicine Letter in Support of IPAB Repeal.
• ASCRS Joins with over 500 Health Organizations Opposing IPAB.

UPDATED: 2013 SGR Crisis Kit

Alliance Letter on SGR - December 18, 2012 

Senate Letter to HHS Secretary Sebelius on Meaningful Use Program 

Senate Letter to CMS on Fraud Prevention System

Reps. Bill Cassidy, M.D., (R- LA) and Jim Matheson (D-UT) Congressional "Dear Colleage Letter" asking Representatives to sign onto a letter to HHS Secretary Sebelius Requesting a Delay to the Value-Based Payment Modifier.

Letter to Senate Finance Committee from Physicians Community on Principles for SGR Replacement Proposal

AMA "Gap Chart" on Possible 27.4% SGR Cut

Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Revised Estimate following Supreme Court ruling

CBO Revised Estimate to Repeal Obamacare

Access to Physician's Medicare Act

Summary of Health-Related Provisions in the“Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012”

Private Contracting

ASCRS Issue Brief on Medicare Private Contracting

The Seniors Choice Act Proposal

Seniors’ Choice Act: Better Benefit for Seniors

Seniors’ Choice Act: Questions & Answers

Seniors’ Choice Act: Illustrative Patient Scenarios

Medicare by the Numbers

MCPA vs. IPAB

How Seniors’ Choice Act Builds on Bipartisan Proposals

H.R. 1700 Medicare Patient Empowerment Act

S.1042 Medicare Patient Empowerment Act

ASCRS Letter to Senator Murkowski (R-AK) in Support of S. 1042

Senator Murkowski Press Release on S. 1042

Letter to Rep. Boehner from Specialty Medical Societies about support for H.R. 1700

Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB)

H.R. 351, Protecting Seniors Access to Medicare Act of 2013

Medical Community Letter with over 500 Signers Opposing IPAB April, 2013

Rep. Phil Roe, MD (R-TN) "Dear Colleage" letter on H.R. 351

Alliance of Specialty Medicine letter in support of H.R. 351

Alliance New York Times Letter to the Editor supporting repeal of IPAB.

Medical Liability Reform

S. 1099, the “Help, Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011

FDA Reform

“Food & Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act”(FDASIA)

Summary of the FDA Innovation Act

Joint Guideline on Femtosecond Laser

Joint ASCRS/AAO Guidelines on Femtosecond Laser