While S. 610, the Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act (PL 117-71) provided temporary relief from most of the 3.75 percent cut to the conversion factor which was scheduled to take place on January 1, 2022, there are still extensive cuts for...

Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) and Larry Bucshon, M.D. (R-IN) recently introduced bipartisan legislation to provide critical relief to interventional cardiologists and other physicians responding to the COVID-19 pandemic who are currently scheduled to...

Congress must take action to stop the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) from implementing deep cuts to payments to interventional cardiologists in the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Rule for CY2022. SCAI needs your help! Please contact your Member of...

Senators Roger Marshall, MD (R-KS), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), and John Thune (R-SD) have introduced Senate, S. 3018, that mirrors H.R. 3173, the "Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2021". While prior authorization can play a role in controlling the cost of care,...

Reps. Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.), Mike Kelly (R-Pa.), Ami Bera, MD, (D-Calif.) and Larry Bucshon, MD, (R-Ind.) have reintroduced the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2021 (H.R. 3173).  While prior authorization can play a role in controlling the cost of...

Congressman Donald Payne Jr, Congressman Bobby Rush, and Congressman Ruben Gallego are soliciting original cosponsors for the ARC Act! The ARC Act seeks to reduce the number of avoidable amputations suffered by peripheral artery disease (PAD) patients. Today, nearly 20...

…MORE MEDICARE CUTS EXPECTEDCongress still needs to address the additional 4% Medicare cut, approximately $40B, scheduled to take effect at the end of the year as a result of the PAYGO Act budget rules that require the cost of legislation such as the recently enacted,...