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Neurosurgery Urges Action on Prior Authorization

  • Reimbursement and Practice Management
  • The Honorable Frank Pallone, Jr., Chairman
    Committee on Energy and Commerce
    U.S. House of Representatives
    2125 Rayburn House Office Building
    Washington, DC 20515
  • The Honorable Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Ranking Member
    Committee on Energy and Commerce
    U.S. House of Representatives
    2322 Rayburn House Office Building
    Washington, DC 20515
  • The Honorable Diana DeGette, Chair
    Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee
    Committee on Energy and Commerce
    U.S. House of Representatives
    2125 Rayburn House Office Building
    Washington, DC 20515
  • The Honorable H. Morgan Griffith, Ranking Member
    Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee
    Committee on Energy and Commerce
    U.S. House of Representatives
    2322 Rayburn House Office Building
    Washington, DC 20515

Subject: Advancing Prior Authorization Legislation

Dear Chairman Pallone, Ranking Member McMorris Rodgers, Chair DeGette and Ranking Member Guthrie:

The Regulatory Relief Coalition (RRC) — a group of national physician specialty organizations advocating for regulatory burden reduction in Medicare so that physicians can spend more time treating patients — applauds the Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the for holding the hearing “Protecting America’s Seniors: Oversight of Private Sector Medicare Advantage Plans.”

RRC is the leading organization promoting the passage of H.R. 3173, the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act. This bipartisan, bicameral legislation — championed by Reps. Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Mike Kelly (RPA), Ami Bera, MD (D-CA), and Larry Bucshon, MD (R-IN) — would help protect patients from unnecessary delays in care by streamlining and standardizing prior authorization in the Medicare Advantage (MA) program.

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