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• Joint Letter Urging MedPAC to Recommend a Full Inflation Update for 2010 (5-Jan-09)
• Thank you letter to Senator Edward Kennedy for His "Yea" Vote on Cloture on the "Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008," H.R. 6331; Letter from: Jeffrey Harris, MD, FACP, president of ACP (28-Jul-08)
• Thank you letter to Senator John Warner for His "Yea" Vote on Cloture on the "Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008," H.R. 6331; Letter from: Jeffrey Harris, MD, FACP, president of ACP (28-Jul-08)
• Thank You Letter to Senator Max Baucus for His Leadership In The Passage and Veto Override Of The "Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008," H.R. 6331; Letter from: Jeffrey Harris, MD, FACP, president of ACP (24-Jul-08)
• Thank you letter to U.S. Representatives Who Switched Their Vote to Override Veto of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, H.R. 6331; Letter from: Jeffrey Harris, MD, FACP, president of ACP (24-Jul-08)
• Thank you letter to U.S. Senators Who Switched Their Vote to Override Veto of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, H.R. 6331; Letter from: Jeffrey Harris, MD, FACP, president of ACP (24-Jul-08)
• Thank you letter to US Representatives Who Twice Voted Yes for the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, H.R. 6331; Letter from: Jeffrey Harris, MD, FACP, president of ACP (24-Jul-08)
• Thank you letter to US Senators Who Twice Voted Yes for the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, H.R. 6331; Letter from: Jeffrey Harris, MD, FACP, president of ACP (24-Jul-08)
• ACP joins other groups in opposition to proposed anti-markup rules: Letter to CMS acting Administrator Kerry Weems (29-Aug-08)
• ACP Comments on Proposed 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule; Letter to: Kerry Weams, acting administrator of CMS (29-Aug-08)
• ACP Expresses Disappointment over Failed Legislative Process Regarding July 1 Medicare Payments Cuts Letter to: ACP Members from Jeffrey P. Harris, MD, FACP, president of ACP (27-Jun-08)
• ACP Supports Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (H.R. 6331) Letter to: Representative Charles Rangel. Similar personalized letters to House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell and to all other members of the House of Representatives (22-Jun-08)
• ACP thanks Sen. Grassley for including policies that are important to internists and their patients in the "Preserving Access to Medicare Act of 2008," S. 3118 (12-Jun-08)
• ACP Supports "Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008," S. 3101, and pledges support for its enactment (9-Jun-08)
• ACP Urges Members to Ask their Congressional Representatives to Support the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, S. 3101; Letter from Jeffrey P. Harris, MD, FACP, president of ACP (9-Jun-08)
• ACP Supports Legislation to Provide 18 months of Positive Updates for Medicare Fee Schedule and Promote Payment Policies to Support Primary Care; Joint Letter to Senator Max Baucus (17-Apr-08)
• ACP releases results of questionnaire to membership about the impact of pending Medicare cuts (7-Apr-08)
• ACP Supports the Save Medicare Act, S. 2785, to Provide 18 Months of Positive Updates for the Medicare Fee Schedule; Sign-On Letter to All U.S. Senators Urging Cosponsorship (28-Mar-08)
• "Medicare's Reimbursement Cuts: The Potential Impact on Solo and Small Group Practitioners and the Businesses They Run" (8-Nov-07)
• ACP Expresses Concern to Congressional Leaders over Medicare Provisions Being Dropped from the SCHIP Bill, Urges Congress to Act Promptly to Preserve and Improve Access for America's Seniors Letter To: House and Senate Leaders (20-Sept-07)
• ACP Urges Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, to Include Two Years of Positive Medicare Physician Payment Updates in a Final SCHIP Conference Agreement Letter To: Sign-On Letter to Senator Harry Reid, Senate Majority Leader (10-Sept-07)
• ACP Comments On Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule for 2008 Letter To: Herb Kuhn, CMS Acting Deputy Administrator (30-Aug-07)
• "ACP signs-on to letter advocating policy changes to Medicare fee schedule calculations" Letter To: Leslie Norwalk, CMS Administrator (20-April-07)
• ACP Provides Comments on MedPAC SGR Report; Letter To: Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee; the House Ways and Means Committee and Health Subcommittee; and the House Energy and Commerce Committee and Health Subcomittee (01-Mar-07)
• ACP Comments on 2007 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule; Letter To: CMS Acting Administrator Leslie V. Norwalk, Esq. (21-Dec-06)
• Letter to ACP Members from ACP President, Lynne M. Kirk, MD, FACP, regarding the "Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006" (14-Dec-06)
• Frequently Asked Questions About 2007 Medicare Payments (14-Dec-06)
• ACP Comments on 2007 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule Letter To: CMS Administrator, Mark McClellan, MD, PhD (09-Oct-06)
• ACP Chair of the Board of Regents, William E. Golden, MD, FACP, Testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Health about "Medicare Physician Payment: 2007 and Beyond" (28-Sept-06)
• ACP Supports Advocating Against Achieving Budget Neutrality in the Physician Fee Schedule by Adjusting the Work RVUs; Sign-On Letter to CMS Administrator, Mark B. McClellan, MD, PhD (21-Aug-06)
• 2007 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (SGR) Letter To: ACP Members from ACP President, Lynne Kirk, MD, FACP (28-Aug-06)
• Statement of the American College of Physicians to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Health, Hearing on "Medicare Physician Payment: How to Build a Payment System that Provides Quality, Efficient Care for Medicare Beneficiares." [Testimony] [Press Release]
• Statement on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, March 2006 Report to Congress; Testimony to the House Ways and Means Committee, Subcommittee on Health (1-Mar-06)
• ACP Urges Congress to Replace Medicare Physician Pay Cuts with Two Years of Positive Updates with an Opportunity for Additional Payments in 2007 for Physicians Who Voluntarily Participate in Pay-for-Reporting; Sign-On Letter to All U.S. Senators and Representatives (14-Dec-05)
• Statement on "Medicare Physician Payment: How to Build a More Efficient Payment System" and Testimony on The Impact of Medicare Payment Cuts on Access to Primary Care (17-Nov-05)
• Senate Urged to Avert the 4.4% Medicare Cut Scheduled for 2006 Resulting from the Flawed SGR Formula; Letter To: Coalition Letter to Senate Majority Leader Frist (10-Oct-05)
• House Urged to Avert the 4.4% Medicare Cut Scheduled for 2006 Resulting from the Flawed SGR Formula; Letter To: Coalition Letter to House Speaker Hastert (10-Oct-05)
• ACP Requests That Physician-Administered Drugs Be Removed From SGR Formula; Letter To: Joshua Bolton, Director, Office of Management and Budget and Roy Ranthum, Senior Health Policy Advisor, The White House (30-Sept-05)
• ACP Comments on the CMS Proposed Rule "Medicare Program; Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physcian Fee Schedule for Calendar Year 2006"; Letter To: CMS Administrator Mark B. McClellan, MD (30-Sept-05)
• ACP Proposes a Conceptual Framework for Phasing In Pay for Performance for Physicians in Medicare Coupled with Repeal of the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR); Sign-On Letter with Attachment to the Congressional Committees of Jurisdiction - Chairs, Ranking Members and Subcommittee Chairs and Ranking Members (23-Aug-05)
• ACP Urges Senators to Enact Legislation to Halt Medicare Physician Payment Cuts and Cosponsor S. 1081; Letter To: Sign-On Letter to the Honorable William H. Frist, MD, United States Senate Majority Leader (15-July-05)
• ACP Urges Representatives to Enact Legislation to Halt Medicare Physician Payment Cuts and Cosponsor H.R. 2356; Letter To: Sign-On Letter to the Honorable J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives (15-July-05)
• ACP Recommendations for Improving the Dysfunctional Payment System and Enhancing the Patient-physician Relationship; Statement for the Record of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Hearing on Medicare Payments to Physicians (10-Feb-05)
• ACP Recommendations to Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) on Fixing Dysfunctional Payment System (6-Dec-04)
• ACP Recommendations on CMS 2005 Physician Fee Schedule Proposal (24-Sep-04)
• ACP Urges CMS to Make Administrative Changes to the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) Formula for Updating the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, Sign on Letter to Administrator Mark McClellan, MD (16-July-04)
• ACP Supports Sense of the Senate Amendment to FY 2005 Budget Mark for the FY 2005 Congressional Budget; Letter To: Senate Budget Committee (03-Mar-04)

• Request to include health care reform in the economic stimulus package; Letter to: Tom Daschle, secretary-designee HHS (17-Dec-08)
• Hearing on "Aligning Incentives: The Case for Delivery System Reform"; Statement to: The Senate Finance Committee (16-Sept-08)
• ACP Provides Comments to CMS on Proposed Inpatient Hospital Rule; Letter to: Kerry N. Weems, Acting Administrator for CMS (13-Jun-08)
• Coalition Letter Urging Congress to Improve Vaccine Coverage and Payment (07-Feb-08)
• ACP expresses concern regarding CMS plans for releasing physician-specific performance information; Letter To: Privacy Officer, Division of Privacy Compliance, Enterprise Architecture and Strategy Group, Office of Information Services, CMS (22-Jan-08)
• ACP Comments on 2008 Medicare Prospective Payment System for Long-Term Care Hospitals Proposed Rule; Letter To: Leslie V. Norwalk, Acting Administrator, CMS (26-Mar-07)
• ACP Advocates for Increased Payment for Office-Based A1C Tests; Letter To : Amy Bassano, Director, CMS Division of Ambulatory Services and Center for Medicare Management (12-Sept-06)
• Statement of the American College of Physicians on Price Transparency to the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee for the Record of the July 18, 2006 Subcommittee Hearing (18-Jul-06)
• ACP Comments on the Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment Proposed Rule Letter To: CMS Administrator Mark B. McClellan (06-12-06)
• Letter to the White House opposing Medicare and Medicaid Budget Caps jointly sponsored by the American Hospital Association and ACP (16-Dec-04)
• ACP strongly urges all Members of Congress to oppose any inflexible and arbitrary spending caps for Medicare, Medicaid and other vital health care programs, Letter to: The House of Representatives (14-June-04)

• ACP Supports the Comparative Effectiveness Research Act of 2008, S. 3408; Letter to the bill sponsors, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus and Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (26-Aug-08)
• ACP commends MedPAC on recommendations to Congress on primary care; Letter to: Glen Hackbarth, J.D., chairman of MedPAC (18-June-08)
• ACP expresses concern regarding CMS plans for releasing physician-specific performance information; Letter To: Privacy Officer, Division of Privacy Compliance, Enterprise Architecture and Strategy Group, Office of Information Services, CMS (22-Jan-08)
• ACP Supports Urge to CMS to Ask QIOs to Work on Promotion of Preventive Care Services; Letter To: Sign-On Letter to Barry Straube, MD, CMS Chief Medical Officer (14-June-07)
• Strategies to Increase Research and Information on Comparative Clinical Effectiveness (12-June-07)
• Options to Improve Quality and Efficiency Among Medicare Physicians ; Testimony to: The House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health (10-May-07)
• Hearing on the Future of Medicare : Recognizing the Need for Chronic Care Coordination; Testimony to: The Senate Special Committee on Aging (9-May-07)
• ACP Provides Suggestions to CMS on QIOs 9th Scope of Work; Letter To : Jacqueline Harley, CMS Office of Clinical Standards and Quality (01-Nov-06)
• ACP Comments on Institute of Medicine Report "Rewarding Provider Performance: Aligning Incentives in Medicare" Letter To: Institute of Medicine, Washington, DC (25-Sept-06)
• ACP Supports the "Medicare Value-Based Purchasing for Physician Services Act of 2005," H.R. 3617 Letter (with Attachment) To: Bill Sponsor, Rep. Nancy L. Johnson (27-July-05)
• ACP Describes Activities of the College to Promote Quality Improvement in the Medicare Program; Letter To: Response Letter to Mark McClellan, MD, PhD, Administrator, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, from ACP Senior Vice President Robert B. Doherty (26-July-05)
• ACP's written statement for the July 21, 2005 Subcommittee on Health hearing on Value-Based Purchasing for Physicians under Medicare
• Attachment 1—Recommended Starter Set Clinical Performance Measures for Ambulatory Care
• Attachment 2—ACP letter to Congressional Leaders on Medicare Quality Improvement
• ACP Urges Support for a Number of Provisions of the 21st Century Health Information Act of 2005, H.R. 2234; Letter To: Sign-On Letter to Representatives Timothy Murphy and Patrick Kennedy, Sponsors of the Bill (11-May-05)
• ACP Comments to CMS on Final Draft of the Quality Improvement Organization Program's 8th Statement of Work (28-Dec-04)
• Coalition Letter to Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) on Payment for Performance (8-Dec-04)
• ACP Comments to CMS on Draft Proposed Quality Improvement Organization Program's 8th Statement of Work (20-Sept-04)
• ACP Statement to Practicing Physicians Advisory Council on: Enrollment; Customer Service; and Chronic Care Improvement Program (30-Aug-04)
• ACP Recommendations to CMS on Implementing its Doctors' Office Quality-Information Technology Demonstration Program (7-July-04)
• ACP Letter to Senators Lincoln, Graham, Mikulski, Reed, Sarbanes, Collins, Landrieu, Murray, Clinton on the Geriatric and Chronic Care Management Act of 2004 endorsement (24-June-04)
• ACP Letter to CMS Administrator Dr. McClellan on the Medicare Chronic Care Improvement Demonstration (23-June-04)
• ACP Comments to Congress on the Medicare Chronic Care Improvement Program (May 25, 2004)
• ACP Comments on CMS Framework for its QIO Program's 8th Scope of Work (SoW); Letter To: Stephen F. Jencks, CMS Director of Quality Improvement Group, OCSQ (23-Jan-04)

• ACP provides comment letter to HHS Secretary on ICD-10 proposed rule; Letter to: Secretary of HHS, Michael O. Leavitt; (21-Oct-08)
• ACP Recommends Improvements in Medicare's Medically Unlikely Edits (MUE) Program; Joint Letter To: Niles R. Rosen, MD, Correct Coding Solutions, LLC (25-Sept-07)
• ACP Advocates for Medicare Payment for Anticoagulation Management Letter To: CMS Acting Administrator Leslie V. Norwalk, Esq. (25-May-07)
• ACP Advocates Against Implementation of ICD-10 Diagnosis Coding; Letter To: CMS Acting Administrator Leslie V. Norwalk, Esq. (29-Jan-07)
• ACP Urges Congress to (1) Support Increasing Relative Value Units for Undervalued E/M Services on Jan. 1, 2007 as Called For by CMS' Medicare Fee Schedule Final Rule for 2007 and (2) Take Action Immediately Upon Reconvening After Election Day to Halt the 5.0% Cut in Medicare Payments That Will Otherwise Result from the Flawed SGR Formula; Letter To : Chairmen and Ranking Members of Medicare Committees and Subcommittees in the U.S. Senate and House and to House and Senate Leaders (02-Nov-06)
• ACP sign-on letter to CMS on Five Year Review of Relative Value Units and Practice Expense Methodology Changes Proposed Rule, Letter to: CMS Administrator, Mark B. McClellan, MD, PhD (18-Aug-06)
• ACP Comments to CMS on Five Year Review of Relative Value Units and Practice Expense Methodology Changes Proposed Rule, Letter to: CMS Administrator, Mark B. McClellan, MD, PhD (15-Aug-06)
• Letter to ACP members from ACP President, Lynne Kirk, MD, FACP, regarding CMS proposal to increase work relative value units (RVUs)
• Cognitive Organization Coalition Letter Urging Medicare to Review Undervalued E/M Service Codes (3-Jan-05)

• ACP Provides Comments to CMS on Proposed Part D Regulatory Changes; Letter to: CMS Acting Administrator, Kerry N. Weems (10-Jul-08)
• Protecting Beneficiaries in Medicare Part D Plans (21-June-07)
• ACP Comments on Proposed Medicare Part D Vaccine Administration Payments Letter To: Cynthia Tudor, PhD, CMS Director of the Medicare Drug Benefit Group (03-Apr-07)
• ACP Advocates for Improved Information Regarding the Delivery of and Payment for Part D Vaccines; Letter To: CMS Acting Administrator Leslie V. Norwalk, Esq. (February 2007)
• ACP Comments to Proposed Medicare Part D Data Rule Letter To: CMS Administrator, Leslie Norwalk, Esq. (12-Dec-06)
• Statement of the American College of Physicians to the House Ways and Means Committee Subcommittee on Health. Hearing on "Implementation of the New Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Known as Part D" (03-May-06)
• ACP Comments on the 2007 Draft Guidelines for Reviewing Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Formularies and Procedures; Letter To: CMS Administrator Mark McClellan (06-Mar-06)
• APC Supports the Introduction of H.R. 3151; Letter To: The Honorable Benjamin L. Cardin, U.S. House of Representatives (29-July-05)
• CMS Formulary Review Draft Guidelines Comment Letter (7-Jan-05)
• Retiree Health Plan Drug Benefits in Light of the New Medicare Drug Law; Policy Monograph (31-Oct-04)
• ACP Recommendations on United States Pharmacopeia on Draft Model Drug Formulary Guidelines (17-Sep-04)
• ACP Urges CMS to Publish and Provide an Opportunity for Comment on All Physician Administered Drug Payment Rates for 2005 Before Finalizing the Rates, Sign On Letter to CMS Administrator Mark McClellan, MD (10-Sept-04)
• Providing Medicare Beneficiaries with a Prescription Drug Benefit: Whom Do We Target and How Do We Deliver?

• ACP Protests Reductions in Physician Role With State Medicare Contractors; Letter To: Lynda Northcutt, President, Cahaba Governmental Benefit Administrators (20-June-07)
• ACP Comments on Medicare Contractor Reform and Consolidation Letter To: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Office of Acquisition and Grants Management, Division of Medicare Contracts (16-June-06)
• ACP Supports the Medicare Contractor Provider Satisfaction Survey (MCPSS) and the Attempt to Better Measure the Satisfaction of Providers With Medicare Contractors; Letter To: Bonnie L. Harkless, CMS Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs (24-Feb-06)

• ACP Opposes Restrictions On Medicare Home Visits; Letter To: Stephen Boren, MD, Medical Director, WPS Medicare (24-Oct-07)
• ACP Urges HHS to Take Measures To Prevent Release of Physician Raw Medicare Claims Data; Letter To: The Honorable Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary of DHHS (24-Sept-07)
• ACP Supports Appropriate Medicare Payments for Office-Based Labs Letter To: Cassandra Black, Deputy Director, Division of Ambulatory Service, CMS (11-July-07)
• ACP Comments on Proposed Revisions to Advanced Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN); Letter To: CMS, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: Bonnie L. Harkless (29-Mar-07)
• ACP Supports Changes To Medicare Consultation Policy Letter To: Sign-On Letter to CMS Administrator Leslie Norwalk, Esq. (20-Oct-06)
• ACP Supports Use Of Universal Credentialing Data Source For Use In Medicare Provider Credentialing Letter To: Sign-On Letter to Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services, USDHHS (18-Sept-06)
• ACP Advocates Changes in Consultation Policy Regarding Transfer of Care; Letter To: CMS Administrator, Mark B. McClellan, MD, PhD (14-Aug-06)
• ACP Comments on Medically Unbelievable Edits Letter To: Niles R. Rosen, MD, Medical Director, National Correct Coding Initiative, Correct Coding Solutions, LLC (05-June-06)
• ACP Supports the Medically Unbelievable Edits (MUEs) Program With Serious Concerns Letter To: Sign-On Letter to CMS Administrator Mark B. McClellan, MD (10-Apr-06)
• Comments on the Medicare Program: Competitive Acquisition of Outpatient Drugs and Biologicals under Part B Proposed Rule (CMS-1325-P) (4-25-05)
• ACP Letter to Congress Stating that Reporting Lab Test Values on Medicare Claims is Premature (3-Mar-05)
• ACP Supports National JCAHO Summit on Medical Abbreviations (9-Sept-04)
• ACP Recommendations to CMS Regarding Medicare Physician Enrollment and Regulatory Relief; Statement to the Medicare Practicing Physicians Advisory Council (PPAC) (17-May-04)
• ACP Recommendations to CMS Regarding Plan to Allow Physicians to Indicate if they Accept New Medicare Patients; Letter To: Mark B. McClellan, MD, CMS Administrator (12-May-04)
• ACP Urges Prompt Senate Confirmation of Mark McClellan, MD, as Administrator of CMS (27-Feb-04)

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