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APA Asks Congress to Reject Flawed MedPAC SGR Proposal
A letter from Medical Director and C.E.O. James H. Scully, Jr., M.D. urging members of Congress to reject the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) proposal to eliminate the SGR by cutting specialist reimbursement 5.9% a year for three years and freezing payment for seven years afterward was sent to the U.S. House. Representatives Michael Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) and Gene Green (D-TX) to block the MedPAC proposal.
-To access our Action Alert and ask your support for efforts by his/her name on the Burgess/Green letter, click here
-To view the Burgess/Green 'Dear Colleague letter', click here
- To view Dr. Scully's letter to Congress, click here
- To view a recent AMA/specialty sign on letter in response to the MedPAC proposal, click here |
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Representative Schwartz Holds Hearing Concerning Reform of SGR
This week Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) held a bipartisan briefing with Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), concerning the urgency for the Supercommittee to address the reform of SGR. Witnesses at the briefing included former CMS head, Mark McClellan, M.D., Ph.D., Joseph Antos, Ph.D., of the American Enterprise Institute, and Stuart Guterman, M.A., Vice President, Payment and System Reform at the Commonwealth Fund. Reps. Schwartz and Roe are urging the Supercommittee to resist another short term fix of the SGR, and begin the process of finding a permanent replacement. |
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APA Submits Testimony to House Hearing on SSI/Kids
On October 27, the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources hearing on the Supplemental Security Income (SSI)program for severely disabled children. The hearing was partially inspired by a Boston Globe series that had alleged diagnoses of mental illness have proved to be easy pathways for families to qualify for SSI benefits. APA has been a participating member of a coalition of over 80 medical, mental health, and disability advocate stakeholders asking Congress and the administration to preserve the SSI program for disabled children including those with severe psychiatric disorders.
To read our statement submitted into the record, click here.
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