The specialty’s leading advocate, the Advocacy Council, is committed to bringing you news and insights on billing, coding and policy reform that directly affect your practice. Advocacy Insider, a recurring column in College Insider, keeps you in the loop.
ACAAI scores on surprise billing
After a two-year stalemate, Congress passed bipartisan legislation to protect patients from unexpected out-of-network (OON) “surprise” medical bills as part of…
Advocacy Council scores a win for a member practice
The Advocacy Council stepped in to help a member whose provider’s agreement was terminated. The member and his entire group of allergists were notified b…
Surprise billing advances to Senate
The Lower Health Care Costs Act has advanced to the full Senate. This legislation is intended to address the surprise billing issue that has captured the atten…
Make your voice heard
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) is slated to consider a DRAFT bill, entitled the “Lower Health Care Costs Act”…
New requirements for Medicare drug plans
In a final rule issued May 16, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) created new requirements for Medicare Part D and Part C drug plans. They ar…
Strike Force advocates in Washington
The 2019 Advocacy Council Strike Force trip to Washington, DC last week was, once again, a great success. We spent two days meeting with congressional leaders …
Surprise medical bills – why allergists should care
Hardly a week goes by when the popular media or a health-oriented publication tells the story of a patient who has been victimized by a surprise medical bill. …
ACA Repeal and Replace: Now what?
As you know, the Senate has been going through the Budget Reconciliation process with the objective of adopting legislation that would effectively repeal and r…
The “skinny” on narrow networks…
The Advocacy Council continues to hear from practicing allergists about limited (also called narrow or “skinny”) managed care networks. These are p…
Skinny networks – Are they in your patient’s best interest?
The Advocacy Council of ACCAI (formerly JCAAI) knows that you are concerned about skinny (or narrow) provider networks. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) (“O…
