AMERICAN COLLEGE OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

Medicare physician reimbursement and the importance of long-term structural reform to the reimbursement system, including the Provider Reimbursement Stability Act (H.R. 8163), the Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act (H.R. 6160) and the Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act (H.R. 7520).

The Safe Step Act (H.R. 5509/S. 2093) requires group health plans regulated by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) to provide a clear exception process for any medication step therapy protocol.

Medicare physician reimbursement and the importance of long-term structural reform to the reimbursement system, including the Provider Reimbursement Stability Act (H.R. 8163), the Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act (H.R. 6160) and the Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act (H.R. 7520) The Safe Step Act (H.R. 5509/S. 2903) requires group health plans regulated by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) to provide a clear exception process for any medication step therapy protocol. The Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act (S. 1380; H.R. 4681), a bill designed to increase access to specialty care services in rural areas. Expanding the definition of a preventive service to surveillance colonoscopy. Efforts to secure appropriations language that guides action at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Opposing National Institutes of Health (NIH) research cuts.

Opposing National Institutes of Health (NIH) research cuts