Advocacy News

December

STATE | ASPS Recommendations Adopted in National Model Out of Network Bill

STATE | State Advocacy Grant Program Accepts FY2018 Applications

FEDERAL | ASPS Urges Congress to Ease EHR Burden

FEDERAL | ASPS Cautions Shifts in Medicare Funding

FEDERAL | ASPS Comments on APM for Wound Care

AMA | Plastic surgery societies come together at AMA House of Delegates

November

STATE | ASPS Engages Mass. on Out of Network & Surgical Scope

STATE | ASPS Influences National Model Out of Network Legislation

FEDERAL | Azar Nominated to Lead HHS

October

FEDERAL | ACA Repeals Die in Congress, While Trump Takes Action into His Own Hands

FEDERAL | ASPS Joins Call for Measured Approach to MACRA Implementation

FEDERAL | IPAB Advances in the House, Senate Budgets

STATE | ASPS Fights Maintenance of Certification Repeal Efforts in the States

STATE | ASPS Calls on Utah to Maintain Medicaid Coverage for Breast Cancer Reconstruction

FEDERAL | ASPS asks CMS and FDA to Reconsider the Sharing of Unique Device Identifier Information

September

FEDERAL | Cassidy & Graham Unveil the Final Repeal/Replace Effort

FEDERAL | ASPS Comments on 2018 Physician Fee Schedule Proposal

FEDERAL | Congressional Committees Work to Stabilize ACA Market

STATE | ASPS Backs Wisconsin ASC Tax Repeal Legislation

STATE | ASPS to Montana: Maintain Direct Supervision of Nurses

FEDERAL | ASPS Submits Comments on HOPPS Proposed Rule

August

STATE | Plastic surgeons come together through State Partnership Program

FEDERAL | Physician leaders represent ASPS at Alliance of Specialty Medicine Fly-In

FEDERAL | ASPS comments on CMS proposed rule for 2018 Quality Payment Program

STATE | ASPS engages Maryland on new network adequacy proposal

July

FEDERAL | Uncertainty in the Senate Over which ACA Repeal Bill to Move Forward

FEDERAL | CMS Released 2018 Quality Payment Program Proposed Rule

FEDERAL | ASPS Asks Price to Improve Quality of Care

STATE | NV Gov. Sandoval Vetoes Out-of-Network Billing Legislation

June

FEDERAL | Senate Releases Health Care Reform Draft

FEDERAL | ASPS Engages in Senate Health Care Reform Effort

STATE | ASPS and NYSSPS fight against date of discovery change

FEDERAL | ASPS Attends AMA House of Delegates Annual Meeting

FEDERAL | ASPS asks CMS to delay Social Security Number Removal Initiative

FEDERAL | ASPS Comments on 2018 Inpatient Proposed Rule

PLASTYPAC | I'm hearing a lot about PlastyPAC, but what is it?

May

STATE | Louisiana Society Sustains State Laws on Physician Advertising

FEDERAL | ASPS Asks CMS to Delay Changes to the Physician Compare Website

FEDERAL | ASPS Responds to CMS Call for Feedback on MIPS Cost Measures

FEDERAL | Federal Medical Liability Reform Gains Momentum in Congress

FEDERAL | ASPS Partners with Office on Women's Health for National Women's Health Week

FEDERAL | ASPS Asks Sec. Price to Delay Global Surgery Data Capture

April

FEDERAL | AHCA Amendments Leaked Before Congress Returns from Recess

STATE | ASPS Battles Well-Funded Optometrist Scope Expansion Efforts

FEDERAL | ASPS Influences Advocacy Priorities for the Surgical Coalition

STATE | ASPS Subject Matter Expert Teams Comment on "Right to Shop" Legislation

March

FEDERAL | ASPS Announces Its Principles for Health Care Reform

FEDERAL | ASPS Comments on ACA Insurance Market Stabilization Rule

FEDERAL | ASPS Requests Relief for Surgeons under PQRS and Meaningful Use

STATE | Concurrent Surgery Triggers Changes to Surgical Informed Consent

February

FEDERAL | Bipartisan Support for IPAB Repeal Grows in Congress

STATE | ASPS Opposes Optometrist Scope Expansion Efforts

STATE | Out of Network Billing Advocacy Update

FEDERAL | ASPS Advocates for Appropriate Quality Metrics

STATE | ASPS Activates Ohio Members in Opposition to Cosmetic Tax Proposal

January

FEDERAL | ASPS Defends the Medicare Payment Rates for the Myocutaneous Flap Family

FEDERAL | Making MACRA Work for Plastic Surgeons – Working to Develop Alternative Payment Models

FEDERAL | UPDATE: Hearings for HHS Nominee Congressman Tom Price's

FEDERAL | Senate Takes First Step in ACA Repeal