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As End of Year Approaches, ACP Urges Congress to Pass Prior Authorization Reform Legislation
The Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act enhances elements of a final rule mandating Medicare Advantage plans expedite the prior authorization process.
ACP and the AMA
ACP Achieves Win at AMA House of Delegates Meeting With Passage of Report to Initiate Reform of RVS Update Committee
The RUC makes recommendations to CMS on how to value a physician's work.
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Action Alert: Urge Congress to Pass Prior Authorization Legislation
ACP is calling on you to contact your members of Congress to ask them to support and pass the Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act. This legislation would streamline the prior authorization approval processes in Medicare Advantage (MA), providing greater transparency within the MA program and consequently protecting patients from unnecessary delays in care and easing administrative burden on physicians.
Visit ACP's Legislative Action Center to learn more and take action. A sample email message is provided for you that includes space for you to personalize the letter. Join the Advocates for Internal Medicine network to receive ACP's action alerts directly and advocate for the interests of internal medicine in Washington.
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