TEXAS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

- Enact comprehensive legislation to 1) ensure physicians receive inflationary updates tied to the Medicare Economic Index (pursuant to MedPAC recommendations); and 2) eliminate budget neutrality requirements. - Cosponsor and enact H.R. 3514/S. 1816, the Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act, which would streamline and standardize electronic prior authorization processes in Medicare Advantage and increase health plan oversight. - Cosponsor and enact H.R. 2433, the Reducing Medically Unnecessary Delays in Care Act, which would require Medicare coverage decisions, including prior authorization, to be based on written clinical criteria developed in consultation with physicians.