March 20, 2020 Dear Majority Leader McConnell, Thank you for your leadership in these challenging times. We are writing today to ask you to consider removing Section 4403, “Treatment of direct primary care service arrangements,” […]
Update 3/22/2020: It appears that the flawed language has been removed from consideration! Now it is time to ask the Senate to ADD good language from S. 3112, the Personalized Care Act. Please contact your […]
Dear AAPS Members and Friends, The Maine legislature is considering a bill, LD 2117, that would significantly expand the state’s Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program into a database of EVERY prescription dispensed to EVERY patient in […]
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Minority Leader Charles Schumer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Ways and Means Committee Chair Richard Neal and Ranking Member Kevin Brady, Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Frank Pallone and […]
The American College of Physicians (ACP), which claims to represent 159,000 physicians, has released its detailed plan to achieve “universal coverage.” Before Medicare, the American Medical Association proclaimed that “the voluntary way is the American […]
Because you helped speak out — and in spite of fierce opposition by those in the health care swamp who benefit from opacity — the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized rules […]
December 28, 2019 The Association of American Physicians & Surgeons (“AAPS”) is a non-profit membership organization of physicians and surgeons who are mostly in small, independent practices. Founded in 1943 (and celebrating our 75th year), […]
AAPS filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in one of the biggest cases of the year, June Medical Services v. Gee, No. 18-1323, which challenges a Louisiana law requiring abortionists to have […]
Note: similar comments may be submitted by December 31 at https://www.regulations.gov/comment?D=CMS-2018-0082-0394 The Association of American Physicians & Surgeons (“AAPS”) is a non-profit membership organization of physicians and surgeons who are mostly in small, independent practices. […]
Commissioner Kent SullivanTexas Department of InsuranceP.O. Box 149104Austin, Texas 78714 December 19, 2019 Dear Commissioner Sullivan: We are writing today in opposition to the emergency rule, 28 TAC §§21.4901 -21.4904, which seeks to impose improper […]
