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Teaching Physicians Testimony & Correspondence

 

Correspondence

2009

November 13, 2009
AAMC Letter to Chairman Baucus on Geographic Variations (PDF, 2 pages)

November 13, 2009
Group Letter Supporting the Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act (PDF, 4 page)

November 2, 2009
AAMC Support Letter on Health Care Reform Progress (PDF, 1 page)

November 2, 2009
Group Comment Letter on Section 3114 of "America's Healthy Future Act of 2009" (PDF, 2 Pages)

October 27, 2009
AAMC Comments on Reform Legislation (PDF, 5 Pages)

October 15, 2009
AAMC Support Letter on the Medicare Physician Fairness Act of 2009 (PDF, 1 Page)

October 8, 2009
Group Comment Letter on Wyden-Carper Amendment (PDF, 2 pages)

October 2, 2009
AAMC Support Letter on Healthcare Innovation Zones (HIZ's) (PDF, 1 page)

July 21, 2009
AAMC Letter to Speaker Pelosi on Geographic Variations in Spending (PDF, 2 pages)

July 3, 2009
AAMC Comments on Tri-Committee House Health Care Reform Discussion Draft (PDF, 19 pages)

July 2, 2009
COD-COTH Letter to Congress (PDF, 11 pages)

May 16, 2009
AAMC Comments to the Senate Finance Committee: Health Care Delivery Reform (PDF, 10 pages)

2008

December 16, 2008
Comment letter on Physician Value-Based Purchasing Issues Paper (PDF 5 pages)

October 21, 2008
AAMC Comment Letter to HHS on the "ICD-10" and "5010" Proposed Rules (PDF, 3 pages)

June 23, 2008
AAMC Letter on the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008
(PDF, 1 page)

February 12, 2008
AAMC Letter of Support for Medicare "RAC" Moratorium Legislation (H.R. 4105) (PDF, 1 page)

2007

October 23, 2007
Letter of Support for Sense of the Senate Amendment Maintaining Medicare coverage for Clinical Trials (PDF, 1 page)

September 10, 2007
Physician Payment Sign-On Letter to Senate (PDF)

July 26, 2007
AAMC Letter of Support for the CHAMP Act (HR 3152) (PDF, 2 pages - 39KB)

May 22, 2007
Group SCHIP Letter Supporting Tobacco Tax Increase (PDF, 3 pages)

April 20, 2007
Physician Group Sign-On Letter to Acting CMS Administrator Leslie Norwalk (PDF, 5 pages)

March 14, 2007
AAMC Letter on (S. 588) The "Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2007" (PDF, 2 pages)

February 28, 2007
Physician Group SGR Reform Sign-On Letter and Recommendations (PDF, 5 pages)

2006

November 13, 2006
November 13, 2006 Physician Group Letters to House/Senate Urging Payment Relief (PDF, 4 pages)

September 19, 2006
Group Sign-On Letter in Support of House HIT Provisions (PDF, 3 pages)

August 21, 2006
Sign-On Letter Regarding Budget Neutrality Five-Year Review (PDF, 6 pages)

Letter to Mark McClellan Regarding Five-Year Review of Work RVU under the Physician Fee Schedule and Proposed Changes to the Practice Expense Methodology (PDF, 7 pages)

Comment Letter to Mark McClellan Regarding CY2007 Payment Policy Revisions (PDF, 4 pages)

2005

December 14, 2005
December 14, 2005 Group Letter to Congress on Medicare Physician Payments (PDF, 5 pages - 87 KB)

December 13, 2005
AAMC Letter on Budget Reconciliation (PDF, 4 pages - 44 KB)

October 14, 2005
Group Letter in Support of Mental Health Parity Legislation (PDF, 7 pages - 22KB)

October 3, 2005
Physician Group Letter to House and Senate Leadership (PDF, 4 pages - 16KB)

August 23, 2005
AAMC Letter on Physician Pay for Performance (PDF, 4 pages - 23 KB)

July 15, 2005
July 15, 2005 Physician Group Sign-On Letter to House (PDF, 4 pages - 15 KB)
July 15, 2005 Physician Group Sign-On Letter to Senate (PDF, 5 pages - 15 KB)

June 7, 2005
Group Letter to Congress Urging Action on Patient Safety Legislation (PDF, 6 pages - 128 KB)

May 10, 2005
AAMC Letter of Support for "Community Health Center Volunteer Physician Protection Act" (PDF, 1 page - 62KB)

2004

September 20, 2004
"September 20, 2004 Letter Urging Movement on Patient Safety Legislation" (PDF, 3 pages - 70KB)

April 2, 2004
April 2, 2004 Group Letter of Support for Medical Liability Legislation Vote (S. 2207) (PDF, 2 pages - 186KB)

March 18, 2004
AAMC Letter of Support for Patient Safety Legislation (S.720) Sent to Judd Gregg (R-NH) and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) (PDF, 1 Page - 48 KB)

February 23, 2004
AAMC Letter on Senate Medical Liability Legislation (PDF, 1 page - 71KB)

2003

October 3, 2003
AAMC Letter to Administrator Scully (CMS) on the proposed rule entitled "Medicare Program; Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule for Calendar Year 2004" (PDF, 6pages - 167KB)

August 26, 2003
Physician Group Letter to Medicare Conferees on E-Prescribing (PDF, 3 pages - 11KB)

July 28, 2003
Physician Group Letter to Medicare Conferees on Medicare Physician Payment Update (PDF, 3 pages - 11KB)

June 23, 2003
Comment Letter to CMS Regarding Provider Enrollment (PDF, 6 pages - 41KB)

February 3, 2003
AAMC Comments to OIG on Creating an Exception to the Civil Monetary Penalty Laws for Clinical Trials (PDF, 3 pages - 42KB)

2002

November 15, 2002
CBO Analysis of H.R.5063 (PDF, 2 pages - 116KB)

Grassley & Baucus Letter on H.R.5063 (PDF, 3 pages - 7KB)

September 19, 2002
Letter on Physician Payment Relief Signed by Medical School Deans Sent to Senate Finance Committee and Full Senate

September 9, 2002
Sen. Feinstein Letter: From Senate Democrats to Senate Majority Leader Daschle

August 27, 2002
AAMC Letter to Thomas Scully on Medicare Drug Coverage

AAMC Letter to Thomas Scully on Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule for Calendar Year 2003

May 20, 2002
AAMC Letter to Rep. Greenwood on HEALTH Act

March 11, 2002
Physician Group Letter Opposing User Fees

March 5, 2002
AAMC Letter to HHS Regulatory Reform Committee

2001

December 11, 2001
Medical School Deans Letter of Support for the "Medicare Physician Payment Fairness Act of 2001"

November 13, 2001
Group Letter of Support for Regulatory Reform Legislation (H.R.2768/H.R.3046)

November 13, 2001
AAMC Letter of Support for the "Medicare Physician Payment Fairness Act of 2001"

October 30, 2001
Provider Group Letter to Administration: 2002 Negative Medicare Physician Payment Update

1999

November 21, 1999
AAMC Letter to Congress on Fixing The Sustainable Growth Rate

September 20, 1999
Comment Letter to HCFA on Calendar Year 2000 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule

1998

November 4, 1998
November 4, 1998 Memo on Clarification of Medical Student Documentation (PDF, 1 page - 59 KB)

October 15 ,1998
HCFA Clarification on Primary Care Exception, Oct. 15, 1998 (PDF, 3 pages - 650 KB)

August 25, 1998
Comment Letter to HCFA on Resource-based Practice Expense Proposed Rule

August 21, 1998
MedPAC Letter to HCFA on Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule for Calendar Year 1999

August 21, 1998
Hospital Coalition Letter to Senator Specter Regarding Provider User Fees

July 22, 1998
Letter to Berenson, Dickey, and Harris

April 13, 1998
Letter to McCann, Wooton, and Harris

February 9, 1998
Teaching Physician Payment Regulations Under the Medicare Part B Program; Billing for the Services of Resident and Fellows in Their Own Name

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Testimony

2005

August 22, 2005
2006 Proposed Physician Fee Schedule
(PDF, 6 pages)

May 23, 2005
AAMC PPAC Testimony Physician Pay-for-Performance
(PDF, 4 pages)

2004

May 5, 2004
AAMC Statement on Medicare's Flawed SGR Methodology and the Physician Fee Schedule (PDF, 8 pages)

2003

February 10, 2003
Statement on the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PDF, 7 pages)

2002

September 23-24, 2002
Dr. Albert Bothe's Testimony to PPAC

March 25-26, 2002
Statement on Replacing the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) Methodology Used to Calculate the Update for Medicare Payments Under the Physician Fee Schedule

February 28, 2002
Statement to Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health: Replacing the SGR Methodology Used to Calculate the Medicare Physician Payment Update

February 14, 2002
Statement to Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health: Replacing the SGR Methodology Used to Calculate the Medicare Physician Payment Update

2001

December 10, 2001
Dr. Albert Bothe's Testimony to PPAC (PDF, 3 pages - 101KB)

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