CAP members are calling for passage of the “Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act” (S 1816, HR 3514) to streamline prior authorization processes in Medicare Advantage insurance plans.
It’s a bipartisan bill: There’s broad consensus across political parties that enacting these prior authorization reforms into law would increase transparency, require real-time decisions for routine services, and expand patient protections.
- The bill has 53 cosponsors in the Senate and 152 cosponsors in the House.
- It’s backed by over 150 organizations, including the CAP.
Action alert: Pathologists can easily contact their lawmakers and ask them to support the bill, too.