The ACR issues letters in response to actions by various government agencies, including the FDA and CMS. Listed below are comments issued on relevant topics in the past two years, with the most recent items first.
Letter to Acting Deputy Administrator Kuhn on Physician Fee Schedule (Aug. 07)
Letter to Chairman Charles Rangel on SGR (Feb. 07)
Letter to Mark McClellan on IV Ibandronate Sodium issue (Sept. 06)
Letter to Mark McClellan on Proposed 2007 Fee Schedule (Aug. '06)
Letter to Rep. Nathan Deal on Medical Imaging (July '06)
Letter to Senate Opposing Physician Payment Cuts (Nov. '05)
Letter to House Opposing Physician Payment Cuts (Nov. '05)
Letter to CMS Administrator Mark McClellan regarding the Medicare Program; Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule for Calendar Year 2006, Proposed Rule (Sep. '05)
Letter to CMS Administrator Mark McClellan Regarding the Medicare Program; Competitive Acquisition of Outpatient Drugs and Biologicals Under Part B; Interim Rule (Sep. '05)
Letter to CMS Administrator Mark McClellan Regarding the Medicare Program; Competitive Acquisition of Outpatient Drugs and Biologicals Under Part B; Proposed Rule (April '05)
Letter to Acting FDA Commissioner Lester Crawford Regarding NSAIDs (April '05)
Letter to CMS Administrator Mark McClellan Regarding Medicare Program; Proposed 2005 Physician Fee Schedule 2005 (Sept. '04)
Letter to Lynn Lang of US Pharmacopeia Regarding Draft Model Guidelines (Sept. '04)
Letter to CMS Administrator Mark McClellan Regarding Infusion Reimbursement (May '04)
Letter to CMS Administrator Mark McClellan Regarding Special Open Door Forum – Coverage and Beneficiary Selection Issues for Implementing the Replacement Drug Coverage Demonstration of the Medicare Modernization Act (April '04)
Letter to Dennis Smith, Acting Administrator of CMS, Regarding Proposed 2005 Fee Schedule (March '04)
Testimony to the U.S. Senate Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations Subcommittee (March '04)
Letter to CMS Administrator Thomas Scully Regarding Proposed 2004 Fee Schdule (October '03)
