Advocacy News

December

ASPS Secures Passage of the Breast Cancer Patient Education Act

ASPS Prepares to Launch New State Advocacy Grant Program

ASPS Launches New Program with State, Regional and Local Societies

ASPS Acts in Massachusetts to Protect Plastic Surgeons

Congress Adjourns for 2015 Following Passage of the 2016 Omnibus Package

ASPS Strongly Supported MU Hardship Exemption Signed by President Obama

Congress Approves Bill Repealing Much of the ACA

November

ASPS and Louisiana Society of Plastic Surgeons Testify on Board Certification

Massachusetts Considers TIA, Definition of Surgery and APN Independent Practice Bills

Price Increases for ASCs, But No Decrease in Hospital Outpatient Prices

Number of Medical School Students Increases

Congress Considers Repeal of the ACA through Reconciliation

Brady to Assume Ways and Means Chairmanship

October

House Works to Find Next Speaker

Obama Signs First ACA Repeal Through Small Employer Legislation

Agreement in Principle Reached on Biologic Drug Patents

Meaningful Use Final Rules Released

Reconciliation Advanced by House Budget Committee

Congress Passes Continuing Resolution to Avoid Government Shutdown

September

Biosimilar Update: Senate Hearing With FDA & Legislation in California

ASPS Stops Harmful Louisiana Board Equivalency Regulation

Senate Urges Stage 3 Delay

August

Examining the Doctor Shortage Across the Country

Legislation Providing Meaningful Use Relief to ASC-based Providers Passes Senate

ASPS Efforts on BCPEA are Generating Record Support

July

ASPS Successful in Reducing Negative Effects in Oregon Esthetician Scope of Practice Bill

21st Century Cures Heads to the Senate

ACA Repeal Would Cost $353 Billion

Update: New Tax on Cosmetic Medical Procedures Removed From Maine’s Budget Proposals

June

Fly-In Gains 4 New BCPEA Cosponsors

Truth-in-Advertising and “Surgery by Surgeons” Legislation Introduced in Pennsylvania

May

New York Legislature Considers Changes to Licensing and Advertising Rules

UPDATE: IPAB Repeal Passes the House

Senate Introduces ASPS Breast Cancer Awareness Bill

April

Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) Bill Signed Into Law by President Obama

Oregon House Health Care Committee Passes Dangerous Esthetician Scope Expansion Bill

Onerous OBS Rules Removed From New York State Budget

PlastyPac Thanks Contributors for Strong First Quarter

ASPS Supports Legislation for Graduate Medical Education

ASPS Supports Ambulatory Surgery Center Legislation

March

Mastectomy Coverage Bills Trending

Provision in New York Legislation Could Adversely Affect Office-Based Surgery Practices

Supreme Court Ruling Affects How State Licensing Board Operate

FDA Approves First Biosimilar

February

Estheticians Look to Expand Scope in Oregon

Connecticut Seeks to Define Surgery via Legislation

Indiana Truth-in-Advertising Bill Moves Forward

Washington Dentistry Scope of Practice Expansion Thwarted

CMS Administrator Tavenner and FDA Commissioner Hamburg to Step Down

President’s FY 2016 Budget Released

Affordable Care Act Legislative Updates

Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Hold SGR Hearing

OMB Announces No Sequester This Year

ASPS Comments on 21st Century Cures Discussion Draft

CMS Moves to Eliminate 10- and 90-Day Surgical Global Periods in Medicare

ASPS Comments on NAIC’s Model Regulation

ASPS Responds to Congressional Open Letter on GME

January

California Limits Application of Medical Liability Damage Cap

ASPS Comments on FDA Same Surgical Procedure Guidance

FY 2015 Cromnibus Paves the Way for the 114th Congress

House and Senate Pass Cromnibus Spending Bill

Senate Closes Out 113th Congress With Passage of Tax Extenders

Health Care Issues to Follow in 2015