ACP Recommendations to Congressional Leadership for COVID 4 Legislation

ACP letter to congressional leadership with recommendations for legislation to sustain the health care and economic needs of the nation and steps to support physicians and their practices during the COVID pandemic.

Jonni McCrann

SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; Coronavirus; virus; U.S. House of Representatives; House; United States House of Representatives; House; United States Senate; U.S, Senate; Senate; Pelosi; McCarthy; McConnell; Schumer; public health; prevention; infectious diseases; surveillance; flu; pandemic; outbreaks; epidemics; emergency preparedness; 116th Congress; national emergency; physicians; internal medicine specialists; crisis; outbreak; virus; national disaster; stimulus, CARES Act, H.R. 748; Families First Coronavirus Response Act; H.R. 6201; Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020; H.R. 6074; Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act; H.R. 266; stimulus 3.5; Phase 3.5; grants; loans; practices; loan forgiveness; virtual consultations; Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund, PHSSEF, revenue loss, Personal Protective Equipment, PPE, strategic national stockpile, ventilators, masks, telephone consultations; graduate medical education; GME; diagnostic testing, cost-sharing; public health emergency; student debt; student loans; medical students; residents; telehealth; health workforce; funding; appropriations; supplemental; emergency funding; FY2020; Phase 4; stimulus 4; Provider Relief Fund; PRF; Medicare Advance Payment Program; interest rate; expand coverage; underserved rural and urban communities; small practices; testing; contact tracing; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; CMS; Medicaid; Medicaid parity; physician workforce; Conrad State 30 J-1 visa; immigrant visas; International Medical Graduates; IMGs; Partial Resumption of Economic, Health Care and Other Activities While Mitigating COVID-19 Risk and Expanding System Capacity; Department of Health and Human Services; HHS; per-patient per-month payments; PPPM; fee-for-service; FFS; Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation; CMMI; Comprehensive Primary Care Plus; CPC+; Primary Care First; Kids Access to Primary Care Act; H.R. 6159; Frontline Health

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