AACU News & Notes
posted: February 20, 2019
The AACU represents the interests of more than 3,000 urologists across the United States and supports the highest standards of urological clinical care through education, research and the...
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posted: February 20, 2019
The 116th Congress and state legislatures across the U.S. are making strides toward better access and affordability of drugs for patients. In just the first few weeks of the new Congress, several...
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posted: February 12, 2019
The AACU joined numerous other organizations in a letter to House Committee on Ways and Means leadership dated February 7, 2019 on the subject of “surprise billing”. The organizations...
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posted: February 12, 2019
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar spoke at a physician advocacy conference Feb. 12 to present a number of the Administration’s goals, including reducing administrative burdens and...
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posted: February 7, 2019
The number of Medicare-funded residency positions has been frozen since 1997, when the Balanced Budget Act limited payments at 1996 levels. The AACU has long-advocated for improvements to the...
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posted: February 6, 2019
President Trump devoted considerable attention to healthcare issues in his second State of the Union address, delivered Tuesday, February 5. Speaking about the administration’s early...
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posted: February 5, 2019
On January 31 in Richmond, Virginia, AACU State Advocacy Network Chair Bill Reha, MD, MBA, joined more than 100 doctors, PAs, and medical students on visits with over 65 legislators to advocate for...
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posted: January 16, 2019
Surveying the landscape as leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives swaps parties and governorships creep toward a 50/50 partisan balance, several opportunities to affect positive change...
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posted: January 3, 2019
Promises of price reductions and cost savings [associated with healthcare industry mergers] have yet to be realized and as more insurers and hospital systems are gobbled up by larger entities, care...
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posted: January 2, 2019
The AACU, in association with the Alliance for Transparent & Affordable Prescriptions (ATAP), recently commented on a CMS proposal that would benchmark Medicare Part B drug prices against...
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