Advocacy News

December

STATE | The ASPS State Advocacy Grant Program Enters Its Second Year

STATE | ASPS Opposes BCBS of Rhode Island's Arbitrary Reduction of Codes Utilizing Modifier -25

FEDERAL | Trump Nominates Price for Dept. of Health

FEDERAL | 21st Century Cures is Signed into Law

November

STATE | The New York State Society of Plastic Surgeons Strongly Supports ASPS's Statement on Out-of-Network Billing

FEDERAL | The FY17 HOPPS/ACS Final Rule and Its Effect on Plastic Surgeons

FEDERAL | CMS to Require Reporting of Post-Op Care Under Global Surgery Codes

FEDERAL | What to expect during the Lame Duck?

The 2016 Election and the Impact on Healthcare

October

FEDERAL | CMS Releases the MACRA Final Rule

FEDERAL | HHS Launches BCPEA Implementation on BRA Day 2016

STATE | Massachusetts Looks to Lift its Moratorium on New ASCs, but with a Catch

FEDERAL | ASPS Responds to FDA’s Pharmaceutical Compounding Draft Guidance

FEDERAL | Congress Sets Enactment of the 21st Century Cures Act as a Post-Election Priority

September

FEDERAL | ASPS Engages Congress on CMS’s Changes to Global Surgical Codes

FEDERAL | New CMS Guidance Indicates Physicians Will Have More MACRA Participation Options

FEDERAL | ASPS and PSF Physician Leaders Testify Before the FDA on Fat Grafting

FEDERAL | ASPS Supports Common Sense Reforms to the Sunshine Act

August

FEDERAL | Changes to the 2017 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule - A Plastic Surgery Perspective

STATE | ASPS Brings State Plastic Surgery Leaders Together to Work to Defend the Specialty

STATE | ASPS and CSPS Work to Amend CA Balance-Billing Legislation

FEDERAL | ASPS Members Urge Congress to Oppose Burdensome Proposed Changes to Global Surgical Code Reporting

STATE | ASPS and OVSPS Coordinate to Protect Plastic Surgeons’ Right to Reconstitute Drugs In-Office

July

FEDERAL | Essentials of Leadership Heads to Capitol Hill

FEDERAL | Congress Intensifies Oversight of the MACRA Implementation Process

June

The New ASPS State Advocacy Grant Program: A Successful Inaugural Year

AMA | Lynn Jeffers, MD, FACS Wins Election to the AMA’s Council on Medical Service

STATE | ASPS & NYSSPS Help Defeat Date of Discovery Bill

May

STATE | State Boards of Pharmacy Turn their Attention to Physician In-Office Compounding

STATE | ASPS and the New York State Society of Plastic Surgeons (NYSSPS) Coordinate to Oppose Single Payer Legislation & Negative Medical Malpractice Reforms

STATE | LA Governor Signs Breast Reconstruction Rights Bill into Law

FEDERAL | Song Presents on Breast Reconstruction & BCPEA at the Capitol

April

FEDERAL | ASPS Urges Congress to Ask CMS to Withdraw New Rule on Part B Payment Models

FEDERAL | Specialty Medicine Expresses Concerns Over New CMS Requirements for Part B Drugs

FEDERAL | Senate Wrapping Up Work on Innovations Legislation

STATE | ASPS State Advocacy Grants Update

FEDERAL | ASPS Continues to Advocate for Provider Friendly MACRA Rules

PlastyPAC | PlastyPAC Sees Unprecedented Success During the First Quarter

March

STATE | Connecticut Legislature Looks at Repealing ASC Tax

FEDERAL | ASPS’s Role in the MACRA Rulemaking Process

ASPS Pushes HHS to Implement the BCPEA

Maryland Works to Improve Facility Accreditation Standards for Cosmetic Procedures

ASPS’s State Partnership Program Supports Plastic Surgery Societies Throughout the Country

February

STATE | ASPS Works to Ensure Appropriate Esthetician Scope of Practice in Arizona

STATE | ASPS Takes a Strong Stance Against APRN Independent Practice

STATE | ASPS Fights Optometric Scope Expansion

FEDERAL | GOP Refuses to Appoint Scalia’s Replacement

FEDERAL | Senate Focuses on Medical Innovation and Health IT

January

STATE | ASPS Launches New State Advocacy Grant Program

FEDERAL | ACA Repeal Passes Congress, Vetoed by President

STATE | ASPS and FSPS Work Together to Protect Hair Restoration Patients

STATE | ASPS Supports Plastic Surgery Societies Through New Program