Advocacy News

December

Congressional Push for Lame Duck Medicare SGR Repeal

Illinois Fails to Pass State Health Exchange

Update: 21st Century Cures Reported Out of Committee

NAIC Considers Network Adequacy Standards

114th Congress Leadership and Committee Chairmen Announced

Ways and Means Propose Site Neutral Hospital Prospective Payment System

November

2014 Midterm Election Results and Impact

California Prop 46 Defeated by 2-to-1 Margin

GOP Wave Stuns State Democrats in 2014 Midterms

New Interstate Compact Hoping to Ease Bureaucratic Requirements

August

ASPS Opposes Proposed Open Payments Changes for CME

ASPS Comments on Medicare Waste, Fraud and Abuse Language

2014 California Session Draws to an End

Optometrist Scope of Practice Legislation Threatens Patient Safety in California

July

IOM Releases Much Anticipated GME Report

ASPS Joins Effort for Sunshine Act Reforms

Phase 2 of Open Payments Registration Now Open

2015 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed

Cosmetic Tax Sunsets in New Jersey

New Office-Based Surgery Regulations in Arkansas

June

Truth-in-Advertising Legislation in Pennsylvania Advances

California Truth-in-Advertising Bill Sidelined for Remainder of Session

Legislation Introduced to Protect Physicians and Patients in Medicare Advantage

May

Private Payers Will Publish Healthcare Prices

Medicare Releases Billing Data for Physicians

Breast Cancer Patient Education a Growing Trend Among State Legislatures

Clinical Guideline Protection Legislation Introduced

Legislation to Protect Physician in Negotiations with Insurers Introduced

March

Legislation to Expand Trauma Definition Passed Through Subcommittee

February

Mandated Insurance Coverage for Treatment of Transgender Individuals in DC

January

CMS Unveils Open Payments Search Tool

Georgia Legislation to Address Physician Profiling

ASPS Working to Make Arizona Truth-in-Advertising Bill More Substantive