2009-05-19
ASH submitted comments
to the Senate Finance Committee in response to health reform proposals
the Committee is currently considering. ASH’s Committees on Practice
and Government Affairs helped develop feedback. The Society’s comments
focused on the following concerns:
Maintain policies that ensure patients have direct
access to hematologists, allowing for the provision of high quality and
effective care for blood-related disorders.
Recognize the value of cognitive services and improve Medicare payment for these services.
Do not establish policies that increase payment to primary care services by reducing payment for other cognitive services.
Eliminate the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate formula and provide physicians with an adequate annual update in fees.
ASH’s comments and additional information about the Society’s efforts related to health reform can be found on the ASH Web site.
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