On Oct. 15, the AANS and the CNS joined the Alliance of Specialty Medicine (Alliance) and Regulatory Relief Coalition (RRC) in responding to a House Budget Committee Health Care Task Force Request for Information seeking input on solutions to improve outcomes and reduce federal health care spending. The groups recommended that Congress:
- Provide an annual inflationary update for Medicare physician payment tied to the Medicare Economic Index;
- Adopt prior authorization reforms in the Medicare Advantage program and address overpayments to Medicare Advantage plans;
- Require physicians practicing in the same specialty or sub-specialty review Medicare denials;
- Ensure that the Quality Payment Program offers physicians more clinically relevant participation pathways and streamlines the program to reduce reporting burdens;
- Recognize that specialists provide procedures and services that save lives and reduce health care costs; and
- Modernize the way the Congressional Budget Office estimates the cost of legislation.
Click here to read the Alliance letter and here for the RRC letter.
