February 24, 2020 The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) submits the following comments on the “Draft Vertical Merger Guidelines” announced on January 10, 2020 by the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission. AAPS is a non-profit membership organization of physicians and surgeons who are mostly in small, independent practices. Founded 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 Ranking Member Greg Walden: We are concerned that Congress is rushing to address the “surprise billing” issue by imposing heavy-handed […]
“If Speaker Pelosi and her fellow Democrats are serious about adopting reforms that lower the cost of medical care while empowering patients to obtain the care and coverage that best meet their needs, they would expedite consideration of Chip Roy’s latest bill HR 5596, the Personalized Care Act,” states Association of American Physicians and Surgeons […]
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 defends and promotes the practice of private, ethical medicine. AAPS has members in virtually every specialty and State, and […]
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. Founded in 1943 (and about to launch our 77th year), AAPS defends and promotes the practice of private, ethical medicine. […]
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 obstacles on Texas patients seeking medical care from independent physicians. Forcing patients to wait at least 10 business days to […]
Dear Members of the Texas Medical Board: We are writing today in opposition to the proposed rule, 22 TAC 165.7, which seeks to impose improper obstacles on Texas patients seeking medical care from independent physicians. Forcing patients to wait at least 10 business days to receive surgical care from an out-of-network physician is not only […]
10/23 Update: The House Ways and Means Committee voted to approve HR 3708 and sent it to the full House for consideration. PLEASE CALL your House Member and ask him or her to VOTE NO on HR 3708 and to support a reintroduction of the original Primary Care Enhancement Act of 2017 (then known as […]
September 26, 2019 Secretary Azar and Administrator Verma, Thank you for this opportunity to comment on the proposed rule, CMS-1715-P, “2020 Revisions to Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment Policies.” The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons continues to strongly object to the Merit-based Incentive Payment System […]
Secretary Azar and Administrator Verma, The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (“AAPS”) is pleased to submit the following comments in support of the provisions in Section XVI of CMS-1717-P, “Proposed Requirements for Hospitals To Make Public a List of Their Standard Charges.” AAPS is a non-profit membership organization of physicians and surgeons who are […]