Every year, Congress is forced to try and mitigate significant Medicare cuts to physician reimbursement. This constant patchwork of mitigating cuts is unsustainable for independent practices. The system must be fundamentally reformed to tie Medicare reimbursement to increasing practice costs by linking Medicare reimbursement to the Medicare Economic Index (MEI).
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Advocacy
Protecting the Integrated Model of Care
High-quality, integrated care delivered in the independent medical practice setting is worthy of protection as an alternative to care that is often more costly when furnished in the hospital setting. Read more...
Saving the In Office Ancillary Service Exception (IOASE)
Integrated models of care allow for better coordination across specialties, translating into higher quality, lower cost and more accessible care for patients. Read more...
Pathology Services Utilization
Recent data, including 2009-2013 Medicare data relating to the cost and utilization of anatomic pathology (AP) services, demonstrates that the GAO report fails to tell the full story about cost and utilization. Read more...
Recent Advocacy
Site-Neutral Payment Policies Protect Patient Access and Support Independent GI Practices
Site-neutral payment policies ensure Medicare pays the same rate for services, promoting cost-effectiveness, competition, and patient choice. Site neutrality also removes financial incentives for hospitals to acquire physician practices and outpatient facilities by making them hospital-based services. Implementing site neutrality improves healthcare cost control, access to care, and affordability for patients.
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Colorectal Cancer Screening Disparities & the Value of Colonoscopy (Infographic)
Colonoscopy is the gold standard, as it’s the best screening for finding precancerous polyps and the only test that detects and prevents cancer by removing polyps before they can turn into cancer.
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Protect Access to Colorectal Cancer Screening (Infographic)
Plaintiffs in Kennedy v. Braidwood, pending in the Supreme Court, are challenging existing law that insurers cover important cancer screening tests and procedures such as colonoscopy. This case could eliminate access to life-saving colorectal cancer screening coverage for millions of Americans and drive up colorectal cancer treatment costs.
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Tell Congress: Support MPFS Reform to Protect Patient Access
Every year, Congress is forced to try and mitigate significant Medicare cuts to physician reimbursement. Tell your Member of Congress that the system must be fundamentally reformed to tie Medicare reimbursement to increasing practice costs by linking Medicare reimbursement to the Medicare Economic Index (MEI).
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