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ACR Leads Provider Letter with 61 Signors Asking Congress to Support Implementing Evaluation & Management Code Improvements and H.R. 8505 to Offset Budget Neutrality Cuts - 11/16/2020
ACR Comments on ICE Proposed Rule on Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic Students - 10/26/2020
ACR Comments on CMS CY21 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program Proposed Rule - 9/30/2020
ACR Joins Coalition Letter Asking Congress to Fund the Pediatric Subspecialty Loan Repayment Program Included in CARES Act - 8/25/2020
ACR Joins Coalition Letter Urging Emergency Supplemental Funding for NIH - 8/6/2020
ACR Joins Coalition Letter on Part B Drug Access in Medicare Advantage - 7/29/2020
ACR Joins AMA Letter Asking Congress to Address Surprise Billing Separately from COVID-19 Recovery Legislation - 7/20/2020
ACR Joins Coalition Letter Asking Congress to Include the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act (HR 1763/S 348) in Next COVID-19 Package - 7/9/2020
ACR Joins Coalition Letter Urging CMS to Follow Through with E/M Increases, Documentation Improvements - 6/30/2020
ACR Writes to Thank House and Senate Leaders for Introducing the Workforce Resilience Act (HR 6788/S 3599) - 6/15/2020
ACR Joins AMA to Ask House and Senate Leaders for Liability Protections for Healthcare Providers in Next COVID-19 Legislative Package - 6/9/2020
ACR Signs Coalition letter to CMS Asking for Guardrails on the Use of Step Therapy - 5/29/2020
Coalition Open Letter to All Health Plans Calling for Suspension of Prior Authorization - 5/18/2020
ACR Signs Coalition letter Requesting Funding for Pediatric Subspecialty Loan Repayment Program in COVID Relief Legislation - 5/13/2020
ACR Comments on CMS Interim Final Rule on Policies Related to COVID-19 Public Health Emergency - 4/27/2020
ACR Signs Coalition Letter to Congress to Restrict Step Therapy Use During COVID-19 - 4/20/2020
ACR Signs Coalition Letter Requesting Inclusion of Support for Physician Practices in any Economic Stimulus Package - 3/25/2020
Joint Statement on Hydroxychloroquine Access During COVID-19 Crisis - 3/23/2020
32 Veterans Service Organizations Join ACR to Urge Congress to Dedicate DoD Funding to Researching Arthritis in the Military - 3/12/2020
ACR Signs Coalition Letter Requesting Labor-HHS Report Language on Researching Musculoskeletal Disease in Intersectional Populations - 3/11/2020
ACR Comments to Congress Supporting HR-5741 - Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act - 3/11/2020
More Than 140 Patient, Provider, Retiree Organizations Urge Congress to Erect Safeguards Around Medicare, Medicaid Demonstration Projects - 3/10/2020
ACR Signs Coalition Letter to Congress to Support Safe Step Act - 3/6/2020
ACR Comments on 2021 HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters - 3/2/2020
ACR Signs Coalition Letter to CMS Supporting E/M Valuation and Complexity Code Policies - 2/10/2020
ACR Comments to CMS on CY2020 Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program Final Rule - 12/31/19
Coalition Letter to Congress Supporting CMS E/M Updates - 11/21/19
Coalition Letter to House on Surprise Billing - 10/16/19
Coalition Letter to Senate on Surprise Billing - 10/16/19
Coalition Letter to Congress Supporting Pediatric Specialty Workforce, S.2443 - 10/24/19
ACR Comments on Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program 2020 Proposed Rule - 9/16/19
Coalition Letter to Congress Urging Prior Authorization Reform, H.R. 3107 - 9/9/19
ACR Comments on Electronic Prior Authorization Part D Proposed Rule - 8/16/19
ACR Comments on Senate Finance Drug Pricing Proposals - 7/24/19
ACR Support for H.R. 2373 Prescription Pricing for the People Act - 7/9/19
ACR Feedback on Draft Medicare Part D Legislation - 6/6/19
Coalition Letter on Needed MACRA improvements - 6/3/19
ACR Comments to FDA on Nonproprietary Naming of Biological Products - 5/7/19
ACR Comments on Safe Harbor Rebate Rule - 4/8/19
Coalition Letter on Step Therapy - 4/8/19
ACR Comments on Pain Management Best Practices - 4/1/19
ACR Comments on Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2020 Proposed Rule - 2/19/19
ACR Comments on Part D Medicare Advantage Proposed Rule - 1/22/19
ACR Comments on Healthy People 2030 Objectives - 1/17/19
ACR Comments on 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule - 12/31/18
ACR Comments on Medicare Part B Drugs International Pricing Index Model - 12/27/18
Coalition Letter on Medicare Advantage Step Therapy - 10/1/18
ACR Response to CMS on Competitive Acquisition Program Request for Information - 9/24/18
ACR Letter to CMS on 2019 Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program - 9/6/18
ACR Comments in FDA Public Meeting on Biosimilars - 9/5/18
Stakeholder Letter to CMS on E/M Proposals in 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule - 8/28/18
ACR Letter to HHS on Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices and Reduce Out of Pocket Costs - 7/13/18
Coalition Letter to CMS on Shortening the 2018 MIPS Reporting Period - 4/27/18
ACR Letter to CMS on Short-Term Limited Duration Insurance - 4/23/18
Coalition Letter to CMS on Short-Term Limited Duration Insurance - 4/23/18
Coalition Letter to CMS on Prior Authorization under Medicare Advantage and the Patients Over Paperwork Initiative - 4/4/18
Physician Group Letter to HHS on Drug Pricing Proposals - 3/14/18
ACR Comments to CMS on Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments - 3/12/18
ACR Comments to Department of Labor on Association Health Plan Proposed Rule - 3/5/18
ACR Response to HHS Request for Information on Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition - 1/25/18
ACR Letter to FDA: Clarification of Orphan Designation of Drugs and Biologics for Pediatric Subpopulations of Common Diseases - 1/19/18
Coalition Letter to House on MIPS Adjustment to Part B Drugs - 1/18/18
Coalition Letter to Senate on MIPS Adjustment to Part B Drugs - 1/18/18
ACR Letter to CMS on Medicare Advantage Proposed Rule - 1/16/18