Latest AACU News
Omnibus Package Provides Partial Payment Reduction Relief
The spending package signed into law on December 29, 2022, provides two pieces of partial relief for the significant physician payments cuts scheduled for 2023: A halt to the 4 percent Statutory Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) sequester for two years. Reduction in the physician...
Register now for AACU After Hours!
Make plans to join us at our 2023 AACU After Hours events! These informal virtual online gatherings give members an opportunity to learn more about AACU’s advocacy priorities and other important relevant topics – and there’s time for interactive discussion and...
Act Now to Prevent 8.5% Reimbursement Cuts
If Congress doesn’t take action by the end of this year, physicians face an 8.5% Medicare payment cut – an unsustainable number in the midst of inflation and rising practice costs. Physicians simply cannot afford to continue to operate under the current payment...
Contact your Senator and Ask Them to Support Prior Authorization Reform
The House of Representatives passed the Improving Seniors’ Access to Timely Care Act by a voice vote -- Now it’s time for the Senate to act! This bipartisan legislation would require Medicare Advantage plans to adopt transparent prior authorization programs that...
Help Us Stop Payment Cuts Before the End of 2022– Contact Your Legislators Today
AACU and other medical societies and associations have been sounding the alarm that physicians face devastating Medicare payment cuts from regulatory changes enacted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services if Congress doesn’t act by the end of the year. Due...
AACU Submits Testimony for Ohio Co-pay Accumulator Legislation
The AACU is working as part of a coalition to pass co-pay accumulator legislation in several states during the upcoming 2023 legislative sessions. Currently, we are working in support of Ohio HB 135. We submitted written testimony to the Senate Health Committee and...
AACU – Supported Biomarker Bill Advances in Ohio
In early 2022, the AACU joined more than 20 other organizations in supporting biomarker testing legislation introduced in Ohio (HB 608). This legislation continues to move forward, and passed the House Health Committee this week with only one vote in opposition. Bills...
State Legislative Update — Copay Accumulator Legislation
The AACU is advocating in Ohio for HB 135 – legislation that would require insurers and pharmacy benefit managers to count all payments made on behalf of a beneficiary to their deductible and out-of-pocket maximums for prescription medications. Payers are increasingly...
AACU Introduces Successful Resolution on Physician Reimbursement for Interpreter Services
Pictured is the AUA/AMA Joint Delegation The AACU delegation includes Martin K. Dineen, MD, FACS (AMA Delegate), Robert Lurvey, MD, JD (AMA Alternate Delegate) and William C. Reha, MD, MBA, AMA Alternate Delegate - Specialty Society President. At the 2022 Interim...
2022 Midterm Election Results
Throughout the 117th Congress, UROPAC supports and collaborates with legislators to advance the priorities of the urology profession, and supports them in their candidacy for office. UROPAC-supported legislators had an incredibly successful 2022 midterm election , and...