The latest news, Congressional letters, policy correspondence, press releases, polling, and other important information from OBFA

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

Coalition Grows To Oppose Implementation of the CMS Clinical Labor Policy - Sep 9, 2021

Read our Coalition Letter to Deputy Administrator Seshamani on CY 2022 Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule - Sep 7, 2021 (PDF)

Read the bipartisan letter being led by Rep. Rush (IL-1) and Rep. Bilirakis (FL-12) urging CMS not to finalize the clinical labor policy in the 2022 PFS proposed rule - Sep 1 2021 (PDF)

Patients and Doctors Weigh In On Proposed CMS Cuts (PDF)

Momentum Builds on Capitol Hill to Stop 20% Reimbursement Cuts to Medicare Specialty Providers - Aug 26, 20121

Coalition of Specialty Providers Warns Proposed 20% CMS Cuts To Office-Based Specialists Will Lead To A Surge in Health System Consolidation, Exacerbate Health Inequity and Reduced Patient Choice - July 28, 2021

Avalere: Hospitals and Corporations Own Nearly Half of U.S. Physician Practices - July 2021

Changes in Medicare Physician Spending During the COVID-19 Pandemic - June 2021

Recent Changes in Physician Practice Arrangements: Private Practice Dropped to Less Than 50 Percent of Physicians in 2020 - June 2021

USPA Thanks Congress for Easing Specialty Payment Cuts - Dec 23, 2020

Letter to House of Representatives Leadership from 229 Members of Congress asking Congress to Stop Cuts to Office-Based Specialities - Oct 19 2020 (PDF)

Comment Letter to Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Seema Verma on the CY 2021 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule - Oct 5 2020 (PDF)

October 2020 Morning Consult Poll Highlighting Senior Voters' Concerns with the 2021 Medicare PFS Cuts - PDF