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Academy Rallies Congressional Advocates as Legislators Head Home

Major Medicare Physician Pay Cut Hits Dec. 1

The Academy is mobilizing congressional advocates to lead the push for a permanent Medicare physician pay fix. As Congress heads home, advocates will meet with representatives and senators during the next five weeks to push for a permanent fix to the flawed sustainable growth rate. Without a fix, physicians face a 23 percent Medicare pay cut on Dec. 1. Distribute a flyer to your patients (in color and B/W) and ask them to sign the Texas Medical Association's online million-signature campaign calling for a permanent solution.

Sustainable Growth Rate
What the Academy's been doing to fight for a long-term fix and how you can help.

2011 Fee Schedule
CMS' proposed 2011 Medicare Fee Schedule takes aim at fraudulent billing of injectable drugs.

‘Red Flags’ Rule Update

FTC Delays Enforcement of Identity-Theft Rule Until 2011

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced today – just days short of the June 1 deadline – that it is further delaying enforcement of the "Red Flags" Rule through Dec. 31, 2010. The delay comes on the heels of an AMA lawsuit and ongoing Congressional consideration of legislation that would exempt several business types, including physicians and dentists. Several members of Congress had requested that the FTC halt implementation so that the legislation passed in the House last year could be acted on by the Senate.

The Academy has worked with a coalition of health care associations to try to persuade the FTC that physicians are not "creditors" and therefore should not be subject to the rule. More information can be found on an FTC website dedicated specifically to the rule and its implementationn an rule and its implementation. For more information, e-mail aaoe@aao.org.


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