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The CAP issued several recommendations to the House Budget Committee Health Task Force to reduce health care spending, encourage innovation, and ensure patients receive quality, affordable health care on October 13. The CAP’s advocacy with the task force aims to protect the value of pathology services and ensure access to pathologists in communities across the United States.
In August, House Budget Committee Chair Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-TX) established the Health Care Task Force, led by Chair Rep. Michael Burgess, MD, (R-TX) to broadly examine solutions to improve patient outcomes and reduce health care spending. To help inform the panel’s work, the Health Care Task Force released a request for information (RFI) to solicit feedback from independent experts and stakeholders on solutions to improve outcomes and reduce federal health care spending in the budget.
The CAP made recommendations in a comment letter sent October 13. The recommendations focused on:
Passing legislation before the end of the year to provide relief from the Medicare cuts scheduled to take effect in 2024, Improving the Quality Payment Program by passing legislation to maintain quality measures and extending and increasing the Advanced APM Incentive Payment Reforming the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS)’s Budget Neutrality Requirement Passing bills that will place a larger investment on training future pathologists to keep up with the rising demand in the field.