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Office-Based Providers Ask New Senate Medicare Working Group to Include H.R. 3674 - Feb 27
Office-Based Doctors, Patients, and Medical Device Manufacturers Call For Passage of H.R. 3674 - Jan 29
Momentum Builds Behind H.R. 3674 - Nov 20, 2023
USPA: Congress Must Mitigate Forthcoming Medicare Reimbursement Cuts - Nov 9
Doctors and Patients React To House Legislative Hearing on H.R. 3674 - Oct 31
Legislation to Strengthen Community and Office-Based Providers Highlighted by Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee - Oct 19
This Thursday: Legislative Hearing on the Providing Relief and Stability for Medicare Patients Act (H.R.3674) - Oct 17, 2023
Day of Action: Office-Based Specialists Rally Support for H.R. 3674 On Capitol Hill - Sep 21, 2023
USPA Files Comment Letter on Proposed MPFS Cuts - Sep 20, 2023
USPA Comment Letter to CMS on the CY 2024 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule - Sep 11, 2023
USPA Supports Call From Broad Cross-section of Medical Device Manufacturers to Pass H.R. 3674 - Aug 16, 2023
Multi-Societal Survey on the Impact of Medicare Cuts to Physician Reimbursement (PDF) - Aug 3, 2023
USPA Says Perfect Storm Is Here Due to New Cuts Contained in Medicare Physician Fee Schedule - Jul 19, 2023
Op-Ed: Protecting Access to Life-Sustaining Care Must Be Congressional Priority - Jul 14, 2023
USPA Backs The Providing Relief and Stability for Medicare Patients Act of 2023 - Jun 3, 2023
A Primer on Office-Based Specialty Care, Other Major Ambulatory Care Settings, and Medicare Reimbursement (PDF) - May 2023
USPA Reacts to the Washington Post’s Editorial On Medicare - Apr 28, 2023
USPA Urges MedPAC to Make Medicare Payment Reform a Priority - Feb 15, 2023
USPA Letter to MedPac: Viability of Office-Based Specialty Care under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule - Feb 7, 2023
Op-Ed New Clinical Labor Cuts Weaken Healthcare System, Endanger Chronically Ill Americans - Feb 6, 2023
The Impact of Clinical Labor Cuts: Providers Forced to Close Doors and Reduce Services - Jan 11, 2023
The Clinical Labor Coalition’s Statement on the Omnibus Appropriations Package (PDF) - Dec 20, 2022
Congress Fails To Address Clinical Labor Cuts, Leaving Patients and Providers Exposed - Dec 20, 2022
USPA Applauds Letter from Medical Device Industry to Stop Upcoming Clinical Labor Cuts - Dec 16, 2022
Time is Running Out for Congress To Reverse Clinical Labor Cuts - Dec 12, 2022
USPA Joins the Clinical Labor Coalition in Urging Congress to Take Action and Stop Cuts to Specialists - Nov 29, 2022
Momentum Grows Around Stopping Clinical Labor Cuts - Oct 7, 2022
Vulnerable Patients Are Back on the Chopping Block (MedPage Today) - Oct 4, 2022
Day of Action: USPA Members Discuss Clinical Labor and EM Cuts With Congress - Sep 14, 2022
USPA Calls for Freeze to MPFS Updates and Fundamental Reform - Sep 9, 2022
22 Stakeholders Call On Congress To Mitigate 2023 MPFS Cuts - Jul 21, 2022
USPA Applauds Broad Stakeholder Letter Urging Relief From Ongoing Clinical Labor Cuts (PDF) - Jul 19, 2022
92 Lawmakers and 36 Stakeholders Agree: Clinical Cuts Must be Addressed (PDF) - Jul 20, 2022
USPA Objects to New Cuts Included in Medicare Physician Fee Schedule - Jul 14, 2022
Please Stop Clinical Labor Cuts in Upcoming Medicare Legislation (PDF) - May 2022
Budget-Neutrality Cuts to Office-Based Specialists Must Stop (PDF) - May 2022
Medicare Cuts Threaten Specialty Practices Nationwide - Feb 28, 2022
USPA Supports Call From Broad Cross-section of
Medical Device Manufacturers to Halt CMS Cuts - Feb 22, 2022
USPA Applauds Bipartisan Letter To Reverse Clinical Labor Cuts - Feb 8, 2022
Stakeholders Representing Office-based Specialists Ask
Congress For Relief In Upcoming Omnibus Package - Feb 2, 2022
Providers and Patients Speak Out on Health Inequity Caused By CMS-Directed Cuts - Jan 26, 2022
USPA Backs Rush-Bilirakis Letter To Reverse Clinical Labor Cuts - Jan 11, 2022
Latest COVID-19 Surge Highlights Need to Stop CMS-directed Cuts and To Keep Office-Based Specialists Viable - Jan 5, 2022
Health equity could get worse unless Congress acts - The Hill
Tri-Caucus Congressional Letter to Speaker Pelosi - Dec 6, 2021
Clinical Labor Policy Fact Sheet - Dec 6, 2021
Congress: Stop 2022 Medicare Cuts To Speciality Care: Protect Access For Our Medicare Seniors - Dec 3, 2021
USPA Calls For Speedy Passage of Rush-Bilirakis Bill (H.R. 6048) To Protect Patients and Providers - Nov 30, 2021
USPA Supports Tri-Caucus Push To Stop 20% Payment Cuts - Nov 19, 2021
USPA Calls For Congressional Action To Restore CMS Cuts That Hurt Patients and Office-based Providers - Nov 3, 2021
USPA Thanks Congressman Davis For Leadership On Combating CMS Cuts - Oct 28, 2021
Op-Ed: CMS must eliminate cuts and reform the Physician Fee Schedule by Dr. Mark Garcia - Sep 21, 2021
Rush, Bilirakis Lead 73 Members in Letter Opposing Medicare Pay Cuts to Critical Services - Sep 13, 2021