August 21, 2019 The Honorable Charles GrassleyChairman, United States Senate Committee on Finance219 Dirksen Senate Office BuildingWashington DC, 20510 Dear Chairman Grassley: We are grateful for your work to find market-based solutions to lower the […]
Are you a small practice stuck in Medicare’s Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and anticipating penalties for not using a certified EHR or perhaps not having an EHR at all? AAPS would suggest investigating opting […]
Secretary Azar and Administrator Verma, Thank you for this opportunity to comment on the Request for Information concerning “Reducing Administrative Burden To Put Patients Over Paperwork,” CMS-6082-NC. We appreciate your efforts to reduce unnecessary paperwork […]
In the give and take of politics, the Democratic debaters emphasize the “give”—the “take” not so much. To get to universal healthcare, what would you have to give up? Your employer-provided, tax-free medical insurance—right away […]
In the second round of Democratic presidential debates, all the candidates were passionate about “universal healthcare.” But the moderators’ probing went no further than private insurance benefits negotiated by labor unions. Additional questions should be […]
In this month that we celebrate Independence Day, there are two anti-freedom bills winding through Congress that especially need your attention. 1) S. 1895, the so-called Lower Health Care Costs Act, contains a number of counterproductive and unconstitutional provisions. One of the […]
President Donald J. TrumpThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, D.C. 20500 Dear Mr. President: The end of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would be a great benefit to Americans. The best outcome in Texas v. […]
The first Democratic presidential debate could barely scratch the surface. All 10 candidates say they favor universal health care as a human right, but what does this mean? Follow-up questions to ask: 1. How many […]
The House of Representatives has hidden inside a trillion dollar “must pass” spending bill, a provision that eliminates the prohibition on the use of federal funding to assign all Americans a unique medical identifier. Former […]
In response to the rising rate of drug overdose deaths, 49 states had a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) by 2014. By requiring physicians to report all prescriptions for controlled drugs, and to consult the […]
