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REVERSE MEDICARE PAYMENT CUTS FOR OSTEOPOROSIS TESTING!
AACE seeks passage of the “Medicare Fracture Prevention and Osteoporosis Testing Act" (S. 2702/H.R. 4206) to ensure continued patient access to osteoporosis testing, diagnosis and treatment...More

CALL ON CONGRESS TO BLOCK ACROSS-THE-BOARD MEDICARE PHYSICIAN PAYMENT CUTS!
Unless Congress acts by June 30th, physicians will receive a 10.6% Medicare payment cut on July 1, 2008...More

STOP MEDICARE IMAGING CUTS!
ACTION REQUEST: CONTACT YOUR MEMBER OF CONGRESS TO CO-SPONSOR THE ACCESS TO MEDICARE IMAGING ACT OF 2007 (H.R. 1293/S.1338)
"The Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007" calls for a two-year moratorium on the Medicare physician payment reductions for imaging services that were enacted under the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005. The legislation directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to evaluate the impact of the DRA payment reductions on patient access and service issues, with a focus on seniors living in rural and medically underserved areas...More

U.S. House of Representatives Approves the Children's Health and Medicare Protection (CHAMP) Act of 2007 - The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation to reauthorize and expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) on August 1st. The CHAMP Act also contains a Medicare package that includes Medicare physician payment and other program provisions. The House bill blocks the 10% SGR payment cut scheduled to take place in 2008 and the projected 5% SGR payment cut scheduled for 2009 by providing an annual positive 0.5% update for those two years. The legislation also contains provisions of concern, including new payment cuts for imaging services...More