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.
Contact us at AdvocacyCouncil@acaai.org or 847-427-1200.
Will drug pricing reform affect your patients or practice?
Democrats in Congress are beginning to piece together their $3.5 trillion domestic reform bill called the Build Back Better (BBB) Act. Individual Congressional…
College advocacy makes a difference
The College’s advocacy work had an impact last week! On Wednesday, the Advocacy Council notified College members after becoming aware of a United HealthCare (U…
Do the surprise billing requirements apply to your practice?
Often, insurers do not cover the full cost of out-of-network services. In these situations, individuals are sometimes billed for the difference between the amo…
De-identify personal patient info
The College’s Advocacy Council encourages members to keep the council abreast of coverage and coding issues they experience with CMS and commercial payers. Whe…
HHS announces new relief funding for physicians
New Relief FundingLast Friday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced it will make $25.5 billion in COVID-19 relief funding available to p…
CMS proposes to rescind ‘most favored nation’ pricing rule
On August 10th, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule that would rescind a previously finalized regulation that implem…
More proposed changes to the QPP
Last July the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule recommending a number of change…
How will the proposed MIPS changes affect you?
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule recommending a number of changes to the Q…
FDA Issues Memorandum of Understanding on compounded drugs
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) related to the interstate distribution of compounded drugs. If a sta…
College advocates for asthma APM
Last July, the College joined American Medical Association (AMA) President-elect Jack Resneck, Jr., MD, and a few other specialty society physician leaders in …
