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- CAP Applauds House Committee Efforts to Stop Medicare Cuts and Stabilize Pathology Payments
The CAP posted a statement and sent messages to members of Congress last week commending the House Energy and Commerce Committee for holding hearings on the Saving Access to Laboratory Services Act legislation to extend incentive payments for participation in eligible alternative payment models, Provider Reimbursement Stability Act of 2023, and the Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2023. The CAP urged Congress to take up and pass these bills to improve patient care, stabilize physician payments, and reduce burdens on pathologists and laboratories.
“These important pieces of legislation will not only reduce undue burdens on pathologists and cut down on administrative obstacles to the timely diagnoses that patients deserve, they will help stabilize the physician payment system and provide much needed stability for medical laboratories and the patients they serve,” said CAP President Donald S. Karcher, MD, FCAP. “It is imperative, for patients and physicians, that Congress provide much needed relief in the form of crucial financial stability, reducing reporting burdens, and shortening prior authorization decisions for the future of health care in our nation. As the Committee continues to discuss and develop policies to reform the physician fee schedule and improve patient outcomes, the CAP asks that the Committee pass legislation to mitigate the impact of the impending Medicare cuts for 2024, and beyond, until long-term relief is enacted into law.”