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Oregon ACC Members - Call to Action |
Dear Oregon ACC Members:
Within the past several weeks, the House and the Senate approved separate legislation preventing a 21.2 percent Medicare physician payment cut from taking effect on June 1. However each Chamber has been unable or unwilling to consider the other's legislation to stop the Medicare payment cuts. As a result of Congress's rancor, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) began processing payments with the 21.2 percent cut last Friday.
Enough is enough, Congress!
Physicians across the country are tired of Congress's short term budgetary solutions to this ongoing physician payment crisis. This year alone, Congress has approved and allowed to expire three short term freezes in Medicare payment without addressing the growing problem. If allowed to continue, the cuts that went in to effect last Friday will impact your patients the most --- leading to less access, higher fees, longer waits, impersonal care.
All ACC members are encouraged to call their lawmakers today and yet again urge them to enact a permanent replacement of the flawed Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula. Tell them that you are fed up with their irresponsible short term solutions and want a real, permanent solution to the SGR crisis.
Call your members of Congress at (800) 210-7193!
We know that you are tired of contacting Congress on this issue, however please know that you are not alone and your calls are needed now more than ever. The entire House of Medicine is united in its fight for a permanent repeal of this flawed payment formula.
Thank you for taking the time to speak on behalf of your patients and your profession.
P.S. Please let us know how your patients and practice will be harmed as a result of Congress's continued inaction. mnichels@acc.org (Molly Nichelson of ACC's Advocacy Department) or sandral@nw-ci.com (Sandy Lewis - ACC Oregon Governor)
For more information, contact Molly Nichelson (800) 253-4636 x 6470
You may also visit www.cardiosource.org/advocacy.
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Chapter Contact Info
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Alan Morasch, CAE
Chapter Administrator
Oregon Chapter of the ACC
PO Box 55424
Portland, OR 97238
503-345-9294
www.cardiologyinoregon.org
alan@cardiologyinoregon.org
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