Medicare/Medicaid

Dear Senators Cramer and Blumenthal and Representatives Steube and Larson: The undersigned medical professional organizations write to you in strong opposition to S. 106/H.R. 539, the “Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025,” which would amend the Social Security Act’s definition of physician to extend Medicare coverage for services furnished by chiropractors beyond the manual […]

Dear Chairman Crapo, Ranking Member Wyden, Chairman Guthrie and Ranking Member Pallone: We are organizations strongly committed to improving the nation’s health by strengthening primary care, and we are deeply concerned that Medicaid proposals now under consideration could set back our efforts as well as those of Congress and the Administration to address chronic illness. […]

Dear Speaker Johnson, Majority Leader Thune, Leader Schumer, and Leader Jeffries: The undersigned national medical societies and state medical associations write to collectively urge Congress to include in the forthcoming March 2025 appropriations bill, provisions that both reverse the latest round of Medicare payment cuts and provide physicians with a meaningful payment increase that reflects […]

Dear Speaker Johnson, Majority Leader Schumer, Minority Leader McConnell, and Minority Leader Jeffries: The undersigned national medical societies and state medical associations write to urgently request that Congress pass legislation to both prevent the scheduled 2.83 percent Medicare physician payment cut and, critically, provide a positive payment update for 2025. Absent Congressional intervention, this most […]

Dear Speaker Johnson, Majority Leader Schumer, Minority Leader McConnell, and Minority Leader Jeffries: The undersigned national medical societies and state medical associations write to collectively urge Congress to prioritize and advance several key bills and legislative proposals that provide greater fiscal stability for physicians and reform key elements of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization […]

Dear Speaker Johnson, Leader Schumer, Leader McConnell, and Leader Jeffries: The undersigned national medical organizations and state medical societies write to strongly urge Congress to quickly pass legislation to reverse the 3.37 percent Medicare physician payment cuts that took effect on January 1, 2024. Failure to reverse these cuts will be harmful to the continued […]

Dear Majority Leader Schumer, Minority Leader McConnell, Speaker Johnson, and Minority Leader Jeffries: The undersigned national medical organizations and state medical societies write to strongly urge Congress to quickly pass legislation to stop another impending round of Medicare payment cuts. Absent Congressional intervention, physicians are facing a 3.37 percent payment reduction on January 1, 2024. […]

Dear Majority Leader Schumer, Minority Leader McConnell, Speaker Johnson, and Minority Leader Jeffries: On behalf of the 54 organizations representing physicians and other health care providers across the United States, we write to urge Congress to stop the 3.4% cut in Medicare physician payment that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently finalized […]

Dear Deputy Administrator and Director Montz: As the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), working on behalf of the Department of Health and Human Services and together with the Departments of Labor and Treasury (collectively “the Departments”), continues to refine federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) processes required under the No Surprises Act (NSA), the […]

Dear Senators Booker and Scott and Representatives Davis and Burgess: The undersigned organizations, all committed to improving outcomes for individuals with sickle cell disease (SCD), look to you for needed leadership in addressing the needs of this community. As we recognize the SCD patient and provider communities during Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month, we remain […]

Vicki Norton MD FAAEM, AAEM Board of DirectorsSaba Rizvi, MD FAAEM AAEM recognizes UnitedHealthcare’s deferment of their dangerous and ill-advised policy to limit patients seeking emergency care. Patients who fear they are having a true emergency should not be deterred from going to the emergency department. They should not be concerned about their insurance later […]

Dear Committee Leaders: The undersigned medical professional organizations write to you with an urgent request that impacts the quality of care that our nation’s patients receive. H.R. 884 / S. 2772, the “Medicare Mental Health Access Act,” would change the definition of “physician” under the Medicare program to include clinical psychologists. This proposal jeopardizes the […]