by AACU Staff | Oct 13, 2022 | Advocacy Priorities
Ensuring a Well-Trained Physician Workforce. Increase Federally Funded Physician Training Programs Request Urologists urge Congress to acknowledge the importance of specialty medicine and address urological workforce shortages that jeopardize patient access to care....
by AACU Staff | Oct 13, 2022 | Advocacy Priorities
Eliminating Misdiagnosis and Reducing Wasteful Medicare Spending Every 20 minutes an American man dies from prostate cancer. The American Cancer Society estimates that 161,360 men were told they have prostate cancer in 2017. Early detection is critical because...
by AACU Staff | Oct 13, 2022 | Advocacy Priorities
When Congress enacted the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, it replaced a fundamentally flawed reimbursement framework with a program promoting value-based care delivery. Value-based care, as measured by the new Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)...
by AACU Staff | Sep 23, 2022 | Latest News & Notes, News
AACU leaders met recently with Congressman Raul Ruiz (D-CA 36th) to discuss our policy concerns and priorities, including the MPFS, telehealth, prior authorization, GME funding, and more. Congressman Ruiz is an emergency medicine physician and sits on the House Energy...
by AACU Staff | Sep 23, 2022 | Latest News & Notes, News
September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month! The AACU, in partnership with the AUA and Zero, advocate for state legislation providing for no-cost prostate cancer screenings. We’re pleased to announce that after several legislative wins (including Illinois this year...
