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- Pathologists: Get Ready to Tweet for SALSA Day of Action on September 21
The CAP is encouraging pathologists to post messages to their social media accounts tagging their local members of Congress on Thursday, September 21, to support the Saving Access to Laboratory Services Act (SALSA) Day of Action urging Congress to enact the legislation this year. To help you get started, use the sample language and graphics included here.
SALSA is bipartisan legislation that would strengthen clinical laboratory infrastructure that protects public health and innovation while providing access to improve patient health. The CAP has urged Congress to pass legislation to reduce the administrative burden on laboratories and ensure accurate collection of private market data through statistically valid sampling from all laboratory segments while avoiding drastic cuts to clinical laboratory payment rates.
It is necessary to improve how data is collected and validated under the Protecting Access to Medicare Act, to ensure an accurate, market-based payment system for laboratories paid through the Medicare clinical laboratory fee schedule (CLFS). This legislation would allow laboratories to focus on providing timely, high quality clinical laboratory services for patients, continuing to innovate, and building the infrastructure necessary to protect public health.
Last year more than 100,000 messages flooded Capitol Hill in support of SALSA. It is vital that your local representatives hear from you about this important piece of legislation on Thursday.