More than 80 Percent of Medical Specialists Responding to a Poll Say Physician Quality Measure Law Must Be Fixed To Improve Patient Care
Nearly 2,000 of the nation’s medical specialists expressed concerns about a 2006 law that rushes the process of reporting on quality measures and... MORE›› |
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Medical Specialties Urge Improved Timeline for Medicare Physician Quality Reporting Program
The Alliance of Specialty Medicine, which has called for a voluntary Medicare quality reporting system to have an effective phase-in period, lauds... MORE›› |
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Medicare Physician Payments: 2007 and Beyond
The Alliance of Specialty Medicine recognizes the challenges that lawmakers face in creating an equitable Medicare physician payment system that... MORE›› |
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Statement on Behalf of the Alliance of Specialty Medicine
Good morning, I am Stuart Weinstein, the Ignacio V. Ponseti Chair and Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Iowa and immediate Past... MORE›› |
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Seniors’ Access to Specialty Care May be in Jeopardy
If Congress does not stop the physician payment cuts under Medicare, seniors’ access to health care and to specialty care in particular could be jeopardized... MORE›› |
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Is Gun Liability More Important than Medical Liability Reform?
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Patient Safety Bill Passes!!
Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed a patient safety bill. The bill passed the Senate last week and is expected to be signed into law... MORE›› |
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Senators Send Letter to Administration
Almost 90 U.S. Senators sent a letter to the Bush Administration urging action to prevent the scheduled Medicare physician payment cuts. Under the current ... MORE›› |
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Alliance Ad Runs in Roll Call
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W&M Sends Letter to CMS Urging Changes in Physician Payment Formula
The House Ways & Means Committee sent a letter to CMS Administrator Mark McClellan urging the adminstration to remove outpatient drugs from the physician pa... MORE›› |
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Alliance Urges Support for Medicare Bills
The Alliance of Specialty Medicine urges support for bills recently introduced in the Senate and House that would stop the Medicare physician reimbursement... MORE›› |
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Alliance Testifies at Small Business Hearing
The Alliance of Specialty Medicine testified on the devastating impact of the medical liability crisis during a House Small Business Committee hearing. MORE›› |
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Alliance Calls On Congress to Prevent Medicare Cuts
The Alliance of Specialty Medicine called on Congress to prevent cuts in physician reimbursement during its testimony at the House Ways & Means Committee.... MORE›› |
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Alliance Testifies at E&C Hearing on Liability
On February 10, 2005, the Alliance of Specialty Medicine testified to the effects the medical liability crisis is having on patient access to specialty... MORE›› |
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Senator Frist Announces 2005 Priorities
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist announced the Senate's 2005 legislative priorities. Included in S.B. 4, the Healthy America Act, are provisions on medical... MORE›› |
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Alliance Supports Leavitt for HHS Secretary
The Alliance of Specialty Medicine sent official letters of endorsement in support of Governor Mike Leavitt to the Senate HELP and Finance Committees. MORE›› |
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Alliance Issues 2005 Agenda
The Alliance of Specialty Medicine issued its 2005 legislative agenda today. The top priorities for the Alliance include: medical liability reform, Medicare... MORE›› |
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Alliance Commends Congressman Dingell for Work On PBR
The Alliance of Specialty Medicine commended Congressman John Dingell for his leadership on the Patient Bill of Rights. After a recent Supreme Court decisi... MORE›› |
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Senate Passes Patient Safety Bill
After a year long roadblock, the Senate unanimously passed a patient safety bill. The bill calls for voluntary reporting of medical errors and treats such ... MORE›› |
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Supreme Court Prevents Patients From Suing HMOs
The United States Supreme Court released an opinion today preventing patients from sueing their HMOs for malpractice in state court for denying coverage for... MORE›› |
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Senator Frist Urges Action on Liability Reform
Senator Bill Frist took the Senate floor on June 17, 2004 to urge his colleagues to take action and debate medical liability reform. Earlier in... MORE›› |
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Read This Week's Health Policy Brief
Read the latest Health Policy Brief by Hart Health Strategies, an Alliance consultant. MORE›› |
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Lawmakers Urge CMS to Take Action
Both Democrat and Republican Senators and Representatives have recently sent letters to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mark B.... MORE›› |
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House Passes Medical Liability Reform - Again
The House voted 229-197 to approve H.R. 4280, which would cap noneconomic/pain and suffering damage awards at $250,000 in medical liability suits;... MORE›› |
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Energy and Commerce Committee Holds Hearing on Physician Payment Formula
The House Energy and Commerce Committee began the process of examining the problems with the Medicare physician payment system by holding a hearing... MORE›› |
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Senate Republicans Unable to Break Medical Liability Reform Impasse
On April 7, Senate lawmakers, for the second time this year, defeated legislation that would have provided some relief to physicians from skyrocketing... MORE›› |
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