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2-23-10 Coalition Letter on Tort Reform
President Obama’s healthcare reform proposal
02-19-10 American College of Surgeons Letter to Obama
02-19-10 Alliance of Specialty Medicine Letter to Obama
AMA/AARP SGR Letter to Congress
AUA Comments to MedPAC on In-Office Imaging
Broad Coalition Opposing IPAB
Broad Coalition Supporting Inclusion of Specter Amendment
Alliance Letter to Conferees
MedPAC Discussion of Physician Payment Adequacy on December 10, 2009
CMS Comment Letter – 2010 Physician Fee Schedule 12-28-09
CMS Comment Letter – 2010 ASC Rule 12-22-09
12-17-09 Neal IPAB Letter to Pelosi
LCA US Court of Appeals Opinion – 12-22-09
AUA Fights Practice Expense Cuts under Fee Schedule Rule—Urology Slated for 3 Percent Cut in 2010
Coalition Letter – Specter Amendment – Delay the Elimination of Consult Codes
Alliance Letter – Opposition to Warner Amendment
Alliance Letter – Support of Shaheen-Markley CER Amendment
Alliance of Specialty Medicine Opposes Senate Bill
AUA/American College of Surgeons Opposition to Senate Bill
Opposition to Cosmetic Surgery Tax in Senate Bill
MedPAC Discussion of the In-Office Ancillary Exception to the Stark Laws on October 8, 2009
American College of Surgeons' Letter to Senate
(11/04/09)
ACS Letter to House
ACS Letter on Senate Finance Committee Amendments
ACS Letter Addressing Senate Finance Committee Healthcare Reform Bill
Alliance Letter to Finance Committee on IMAC
Alliance Letter to Finance Committee on SGR
Alliance Letter to Finance Committee on Medical Liability Reform
Alliance Letter to Finance Committee on Value-Based Purchasing
Surgeons and Healthcare Reform Document
ACS Letter to the House on Medical Liability Reform (AUA co-signed)
ACS Letter to the Senate on Medical Liability Reform (AUA co-signed)
Preliminary Framework on Senate Finance Healthcare Reform Bill
AUA Comment Letter to CMS on Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule for CY 2010
AUA Comment Letter to CMS on HOPPS/ASC Rule for CY 2010
AUA Talking Points on Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule for CY 2010
August Recess Visits
AUA has NOT Endorsed House Tri-Committee Bill
New Amendments to the Tri-Committee Bill
Letter to Senator Cooper Opposing Expanded Powers for MedPAC
Letter to Senator Rockefeller Opposing Expanded Powers for MedPAC
Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Released for Comment
AUA Offers Support for Patient-Center Outcomes Research Act of 2009
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Seeking Comments to Research Guidelines
AUA Supports AMA Principles on Healthcare Reform
AUA Health Policy Chair Steven Schlossberg, MD, Testifies Before Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
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AUA Statement to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Comparative Effectiveness Research
Legislative Update: AUA Kicks off 2009 with a Brilliant Start
Association Helps Prevent Ban on Physician-Owned Hospitals
Congress Averts Physician Pay Cut for Six Months, Medicare Participation Deadline Extended until February 15
CMS Delays Revised Anti-markup Provisions
Anti-markup Sample Comment Letter
Congress Once Again Stops Physician Medicare Payment Cut
(12/06)
CMS to Use AUA Practice Expense Data to Calculate 2007 Medicare Physician Fees
(11/06)
Join with physicians around the country to tell Congress to stop the SGR cut!
(09/06)
Medicare Cut Caught in Congressional Power Play
(01/06)
Please Ask Your Representative to Support HR 3617 Today!
(01/06)