Latest AACU News
New Study Shows Independent NPs Use More Resources, Cost More to Employ
Last week, researchers from Stanford University published a compelling new study comparing the productivity of nurse practitioners (NPs) to physicians. Employing a sophisticated causal analysis, the study, Productivity of Professions: Evidence from the Emergency...
New UROPAC Chair Announced
UROPAC is pleased to announce that C. Mark Jackson, MD, has been selected as the new chair of the UROPAC board. Previously, Dr. Jackson served AACU as the chair of the AACU Employed Urologist and has been an active voice in furthering the mission of AACU in the...
Final Physician Fee Schedule Rule Released
This week, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2023 Medicare Physician Payment Schedule final rule. The AACU is reviewing the final rule, and remains concerned about the 8.5% payment cuts that physicians will face due to a combination of...
AACU Supports HR 8800 — Take Action to Stop Payment Cuts!
The AACU strongly supports the bipartisan introduction of the “Supporting Medicare Providers Act of 2022” (HR 8800) by physician Congressmen Ami Bera, M.D., (D-CA) and Larry Bucshon, M.D. (R-IN). Due to a combination of statutory and budget neutrality payment cuts,...
AACU Announces 2022 Herb Sohn Award Recipient
Elliott Lieberman, MD is presented the Herb Sohn award by Damara Kaplan, MD, PhD, AACU Immediate Past President.The American Association of Clinical Urology, Inc (AACU) is pleased to announce that Elliott Lieberman, MD, is the 2022 recipient of the Herb Sohn Award....
The American Association of Clinical Urology, Inc Announces New Board Officers
The American Association of Clinical Urology, Inc (AACU) is pleased to announce the installation of new board officers for 2022-23: William C. Reha, MD, MBA, Harbhajan Singh Ajrawat, MD, FACS, FICS, and Lorie Fleck, MD. New officers were installed during the...
Graduate Medical Education and Physician Workforce Shortage
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....
Prostate Cancer Screening and Awareness
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...
Modernize Law Restricting Coordinated Care (“Stark Law”)
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)...
AACU Leaders Meet with Congressman Ruiz
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...