Key ACC COVID Advocacy Wins
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- CVT MEMBERS CAN NOW ORDER HOME HEALTH SERVICES
- EXPANDED TELEHEALTH WAIVERS, FLEXIBILITY AND PARITY
- BILLIONS FOR PPE & OTHER EMERGENCY MEDICAL SUPPLIES, INCLUDING TESTING
- PPP AND PHSSEF FOR PROVIDER RELIEF AND HEALTHCARE INFRASTRUCTURE
- LIABILITY PROTECTION FOR VOLUNTEERS – WORKING ON FURTHER EXPANSION
- BILLIONS FOR CDC/NIH/FDA RESEARCH FUNDING
What Have We Accomplished Lately? ACC Advocacy 2019 in Review
January 2020: The past year was a busy one for ACC Advocacy. Here are some highlights of the many efforts to improve access to care and practice stability, reduce administrative burden, increase member engagement, promote value-based care, and optimize care and improve population health.
Reducing Administrative Burden and Prior Authorization
As part of strategic efforts to develop and advocate for public policy solutions to issues that hinder patient care and contribute to administrative burden and clinician burnout, the ACC worked closely with stakeholders across the house of medicine, as well as ACC’s State Chapters on several efforts. For example, as part of its work with the Regulatory Relief Coalition, the College helped craft legislation and secured introduction of the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2019 to address prior authorization in Medicare Advantage plans. Additionally, more than 1,200 records of authorization denials from 38 states have been submitted through ACC’s Prior Authorization Reporting Tool (PARTool) to date and conversations with payers and other stakeholders on opportunities to mitigate this burden and advance solutions continue.
Legislative Reports
2020
- JUNE 1, 2020: LEGISLATIVE REPORT #314: SENATE ADOPTS BUDGET REJECTING MANY OF GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED CUTS
- MARCH 30, 2020: LEGISLATIVE REPORT#311: GOVERNOR ISSUES EXECUTIVE ORDER ALLOWING FLEX OF SCOPE OF PRACTICE
- MARCH 21, 2020: LEGISLATIVE REPORT #310: LEGISLATIVE UPDATE & UPDATE ON COVID CRISIS ACTIVITY - FLEX SCOPE OF PRACTICE
- JANUARY 27, 2020: LEGISLATIVE REPORT #308: NP SCOPE OF PRACTICE BILL, AB 890 (WOOD), PASSES ASSEMBLY FLOOR
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