Letters to Policymakers

Updated October 25, 2012

Accountable Care Organizations

• Comments to NCQA on Draft ACO Accreditation Criteria
  (November 19, 2010) (PDF, 17 K)

Autopsy Restrictions

• Letter to Massachusetts State Rep. Godshall on Access to Autopsy Images
  (February 8, 2011) (PDF, 323 K)

Comparative Effectiveness Research

• Joint Letter to U.S. Senate on Comparative Effectiveness Research
  (June 25, 2009) (PDF, 17 K)

Cytology Proficiency Testing

• Letter to Rep. Frank Palone, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Health
  (March 5, 2008) (PDF, 325 K)
• Letter to the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Management and Budget
  (Feb. 28, 2008) (PDF, 107 K)
• Letter to the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee
  (June 13, 2006) (PDF, 807 K)
• Letter to the Secretary of Health and Human Services
  (June 3, 2005) (PDF, 422 K)

Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGRF)

• Joint letter to State Legislators by CAP and the National Kidney Foundation
  (Jan. 2, 2007) (PDF, 105 K)
• Joint Society letter to State Legislators
  (PDF, 67 K)

Genetics

• Comments to FDA on Direct-to-Consumer Tests
  (March 1, 2011) (PDF, 196 K)
• Comments to NIH on Proposed Genetic Testing Registry
  (November 12, 2010) (PDF, 180 K)
• Letter Of Support to Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) for Genomics and Personalized Medicine Act of 2010
  (July 7, 2010) (PDF, 87 K)
• Opposition to New York Senate Bill 5190
  (May 7, 2009) (PDF, 589 K)
• Opposition to California Senate Bill 482
  (May 4, 2009) (PDF, 606 K)
• Letter to Senator Edward Kennedy
  (PDF, 606 K)

Health Care Policy Reform

• Letter to Ways and Means Committee on Reforming Medicare Physician Payment
  (June 20, 2012) (PDF 152 K)
• Letters to House Leaders Urging Repeal of IPAB
  (March, 2012) (PDF 237 K)
• Letter to CMS on Proposed Rule Regarding Transparency Reports and Reporting of Physician Ownership or Investment Interests
  (February 17, 2012) (PDF 44 K)
• Letter to Speaker Pelosi on Health Care Reform Reconciliation
  (March 19, 2010) (Word, 456 K)
• Letter to President Obama on Tort Reform
  (February 23, 2010) (Word, 17 K)
• Rural Healthcare Coalition Letter to Congress Urging Passage of TC-Grandfather Extension, Proposed
  (February 2010) (Word, 36 K)
• Letter to Senate on H.R. 3590
  (December 23, 2009) (PDF, 503 K)
• Letter Supporting H.R. 3962 and H.R. 3961
  (November 6, 2009) (PDF, 777 K)
• Letter to Senate on 14-Day Rule Provision
  (October 29, 2009) (PDF, 100 K)
• Letter to Senate Finance Committee to Modify or Defeat Special Molecular Test Payment Amendment
  (September 23, 2009) (PDF, 45 K)
• Letter Supporting SGR Reform
  (September 18, 2009) (PDF, 33 K)
• Letter Commending President on Recognizing Need for Medical Liability Reform
  (September 9, 2009) (PDF, 9 K)
• Letter to the Senate Finance Committee Seeking Legislative Reform of the Sustainable Growth Rate Formula
  (September 8, 2009) (PDF, 12 K)
• Comments on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Report on Patient-Centered Care and Laboratory Medicine
  (August 15, 2009) (PDF, 1.1 MB)
• Letter from Members of Congress to House Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce Committees in Support of Pathology Demonstration Project
  (August, 2009) (PDF, 594 K)
• Letter to the House Ways and Means Committee on MedPAC/IMAC Proposal
  (July 27, 2009) (PDF, 677 K)
• Letter to the Chairs of the House Tri-Committees on Health Care Reform Proposals
  (July 9, 2009) (PDF, 540 K)
• Letter to the Senate Finance Committee on Health Care Delivery System Reform
  (May 18, 2009) (PDF, 1 MB)

Health Information Technology

• Letter to Sec. Sebelius on National Testing Period for 2011 for Version 5010 of HIPAA (October 28, 2010) (PDF, 30 K)
• Comments to HHS on HIPAA Modifications as Prescribed in the HITECH Act (September 13, 2010) (PDF, 42 K)
• Letter to CMS to Delay Lab PECOS Enrollment Deadline (May 28, 2010)
  (PDF, 64 K)
• Letter to HHS HIT Policy Committee on Meaningful Use of Health Information Technology (June 26, 2009) (PDF, 32 K)

Laboratory Bidding Demonstration Project Demonstration

• Joint letter to Congressman John Dingell
  (Oct. 16, 2007)

Laboratory Developed Tests

• Laboratory Medicine Groups’ Comments on Continuing Engagement with the FDA on a Proposed Oversight Framework
  (September 15, 2010) (PDF, 79 K)

Medical Malpractice

• Letter to House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) Support the HEALTH Act
  (May 11, 2011) (PDF, 38 K)
• Letter on the Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies Rural Access to Care Act
  (December 11, 2007) (PDF, 538 K)

Medicare Cervical Cancer Screening and Detection Coverage

• Letter to Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro
  (December 7, 2007) (PDF, 526 K)

Medicare Extensions

• Letter to Senate and House Leaders on 2010 Medicare Policy Extensions
  (November 1, 2010) (PDF, 30 K)

Out-of-Network Reimbursement

• Memorandum in Opposition to SB 6320-B in New York
  (May 21, 2010) (PDF, 77 K)

Personalized Medicine

• Letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius
  (April 29, 2009) (PDF, 23 K)

Physician Definition Revision

• Letter to The Joint Commission
  (April 14, 2010) (PDF, 95 K)

Physician Self-Referral Restrictions

• Comments to OIG on Excluding Labs from EHR Safe Harbor
  (February 25, 2011) (PDF, 413 K)
• Letter to New York State Assembly Health Committee on Weakening Self Referral Restrictions
  (February 10, 2011) (PDF, 178 K)
• IOAS Coalition Letter to MedPAC Urging Halt of Self-Referral Arrangements
  (September 21, 2010) (PDF, 101 K)
• Memorandum in Opposition New York State Assembly to Repeal of Physician Anti-Self Referral Law Provisions
  (May 3, 2010) (PDF, 95 K)

Proficiency Testing Referral

• Letter to Rep. Pitts in Support of H.R. 6118
  (September 10, 2012) (PDF, 127 K)
• Letter to Sen. Shaheen in Support of H.R. 6118
  (July 17, 2012) (PDF, 98 K)

Regulatory Updates

• Letter to President Barack Obama on Revising the Cytology Proficiency Testing Requirement
  (March 21, 2010) (PDF, 161 K)

Scope of Practice

• Letter on Proposed California Regulations to Restrict Scope of Work for Qualified Cytotechnologists
  (September 23, 2010) (PDF, 54 K)

Sustainable Growth Rate Formula (SGR)/Medicare Physician Payments

• AMA Letter on SGR Transition Principles
  (October 15, 2012) (PDF, 93 K)
• Letter to Senate Committee on Finance on Reforming SGR
  (October 15, 2012) (PDF, 743 K)
• Letter to House Leaders on Reforming SGR
  (October 4, 2012) (PDF, 1 MB)
• Letter to MedPAC Urging Revising SGR Recommendations
  (October 3, 2011) (PDF, 79 K)
• Letter to Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction Urging SGR Repeal
  (September 20, 2011) (PDF, 19 K)
• Letter to House Leader Boehner (R) on “Medicare Physician Payment Transparency and Assessment Act of 2011”
  (April 6, 2011) (PDF, 23 K)
• Letter from Senate Leaders to Delay Signature Requirement
  (February 11, 2011) (PDF, 221 K)
• Letter from House Leaders to Delay Signature Requirement
  (February 10, 2011) (PDF, 1.6 MB)
• Letter to HHS Secretary Sebelius on Reimbursing Physicians for ACA and Related Changes
  (December, 2010) (PDF, 15 K)
• Letter to Representatives Pelosi and Boehner Urging Action Before Nov. 30
  (September 29, 2010) (PDF, 26 K)
• Joint Letter Urging to Congress Pass Medicare Payment Extenders Legislation
  (February 2010) (PDF, 24 K)
• CAP Recommendations on Proposed Revisions to the Medicare Physician Payment Schedule for 2010
  (August 31, 2009) (PDF, 21 K)
• Joint Letter to Congress and the Obama Administration
  (May 20, 2009) (PDF, 48 K)
• Letter to the House of Representatives on H.R. 6331 Override
  (July 15, 2008) (PDF, 286 K)
• Letter to the Senate on H.R. 6331 Override
  (July 15, 2008) (PDF, 285 K)
• Letter to the Senate Majority Leader
  (June 26, 2008) (PDF, 526 K)
• Letter to the Chairmen of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee
  (June 23, 2008) (PDF, 580 K)
• Letter to the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee
  (June 12, 2008) (PDF, 58 K)
• Letter to the House of Representatives on SGR Cuts
  (November 13, 2006)

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