Podcasts: Advocate for Pathology

This month we'll review the 2024 Final Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and what it means to you as well as a grant for the CAP's work to promote effective communication in health care. We will also sit down with Dr. Mark Synovec to discuss what happened at the most recent AMA meeting and what it means going forward.

We sat down with the newly inaugurated CAP President Dr. Donald Karcher to discuss the CAP's legislative priorities and how advocacy by CAP members can advance the profession.

This month we'll be looking at the excellence of the CAP's proficiency testing, add-on services responsible for Medicare cuts, Excited Delirium, and more. We'll also sit down with Matthew Foster MD, FCAP, to go over what CAP members advocated for, how it was received in Congress and how members can get involved in the future.

This month we'll discuss efforts to improve Medicare payments for pathologists, advocacy wins with UnitedHealthcare, and name changes for cytotechnologist.

This month we'll examine advocacy to prioritize Medicare payment reform in Congress, efforts to strengthen enforcements of payment decisions under the No Surprises 2Act, the critical research done by the CAP to study pandemic-era laboratory supply shortages, and more. We'll also speak with Dr. Glenn Ramsey of Northwestern medicine about the importance of sickle cell disease awareness and the fight to ensure adequate treatment and care for all those impacted with the condition.

This month we'll look at Senate efforts to strengthen laboratories for future pandemics, the potential burdens of post-market surveillance in AI software, and new digital pathology CPT codes developed by the CAP. Later, we'll hear some highlights from the proposed 2024 Medicare physician fee schedule.

In June 2023 the American Medical Association held its annual meeting in Chicago. Physicians across the nation gathered to discuss issues regarding their specialty and the field of medicine as a whole.

This month, we'll review some of the highlights from the annual AMA meeting in Chicago, look at why the CAP is opposing a name change for cytotechnologists, and more.

This month, we'll talk about the CAP's communication with CMS on surprise billing, efforts to pin Medicare pay to the inflation index, and more.

This month, we'll look at the FDA's newest proposal on blood donations, as well as plans from the CMS to improve hospital equity.

The EAC is largely responsible for health care policy that affects the coverage, payment, and overall value of pathology services.

This month we’ll examine the White House Budget Proposal and what it means for the pathology workforce and pandemic preparedness, why the CAP and other organizations are calling for Congress to pass an inflation-based fix to Medicare payments, and more.

Susan Strate, MD, FCAP, and Tiffani Milless, MD, FCAP, share reasons why pathologists should get involved in advocacy at both the state and federal levels. Their discussion serves as a preview of the Finding Your Place in Organized Medicine course, taking place at the 2023 Pathologists Leadership Summit.

Why Mitigating Risk of Cuts on Capitol Hill is so Important This Year

This month we meet with PathPAC Chair Dr. Kalisha Hill who will update CAP members on the "Back the PAC" competition for the House of Delegates. We will also review advocacy developments during the month of February: congressional efforts to address Medicare cuts, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services hit pause on the independent dispute resolution process, and the CAP's advocacy regarding coverage for special stains.

This month we'll cover the updates from the FDA in regards to breakpoints as well as some of the latest COVID news. We'll also sit down with Dr. Joe Saad to discuss federal policy changes pathologists need to know about in 2023.

This month we'll look at updates for Good Faith Estimate requirements, developments on MIPS, as well as important legislative priorities that were in the year-end legislation passed by Congress.

This month we'll look at remote work practices following the end of the emergency declaration, the finalization of the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, MACRA improvement recommendations, and more.

This month we'll highlight a grant awarded to the CAP to improve diagnostic excellence, key issues from this year's advocacy town hall at the CAP's annual meeting, and we’ll speak with Dr. Thomas Wheeler about findings from this year's Practice Characteristics Survey.

This month we'll look at updates regarding Clinical Laboratory Labor Pricing, the introduction of a bill to support Medicare providers, the dismissal of a federal surprise billing case, and more.