This page contains links to the ASA Washington Reports
taken from the ASA NEWSLETTER.
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| December 2004 |
CMS Issues 2005 Physician
Payment Rule, Defers Action on Teaching Reimbursement |
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| November 2004 |
House Passes Drug Monitoring
Bill, Authorizes Grants for State Programs |
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| October 2004 |
ASA Submits Comments
to CMS Urging Revision in Teaching Rules |
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| September 2004 |
Court Denies State Law
Claims Against HMOs,
Passage of Patients’ Bill of Rights Again
Sought |
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| August 2004 |
Court
Denies State Law Claims Against HMOs,
Passage of
Patients’ Bill
of Rights Again Sought |
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| July 2004 |
Congress Urges CMS to
Alter Inputs to Medicare SGR Update Calculations |
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| June 2004 |
Annual ASA Legislative
Conference Features Talks by Administration, Congressional
Leaders |
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| May 2004 |
Early
Nomination Win by Kerry Guarantees Politics to Dominate
Balance of 2nd Session
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| April 2004 |
MedPAC
Finds Medicare Physician Payments Adequate to Assure
Access for Beneficiaries |
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| March 2004 |
Second
Congressional Session Begins, Bush Pushes Senate in
Liability Reform
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| February 2004 |
Professional
Liability Reform Legislation Remains on Life Support
in 2nd Session
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| January 2004 |
Passage
of Medicare Prescription Drug Bill Caps Otherwise Modest
First Session of 108th Congress
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| December 2003 |
Policy
Debates Slow Drug Bill Conferees; Most Physician Items
Gain Consensus |
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| November 2003 |
Medicare
Conferees Make Little Progress on Key Issues; Members
Vent Anger Over ASA’s Fighting for ‘Peanuts’
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| October 2003 |
Jack
Lansdale (1912-2003), Remembered With Awe and Affection
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| September 2003 |
Conferees
on Medicare Bills Begin Work, Project Completion by
Mid-September |
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| August 2003 |
House
and Senate Pass Medicare Bills; House Votes Positive
2004-05 Updates
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| July 2003 |
ASA
Testifies at FTC Hearing on Nonphysician Practice Barriers
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| June 2003 |
Presentations
by Senators Clinton, Dole Highlight Legislative Conference
Program |
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| May 2003 |
ASA
Legislative Conference to Focus on Host of 2003 Health
Issues
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| April 2003 |
House
Committees Move Medical Liability Reform and Voluntary
Reporting of Medical Errors
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| March 2003 |
Passage
of Omnibus Appropriations Legislation Clears Way for
2.7-Percent Medicare Payment Increase
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| February 2003 |
Delayed
Effective Date of CMS 2003 Rule Affords Congress a Chance
to Fix Update |
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| January 2003 |
Organized
Medicine Looks to 108th Congress for Medicare Fee Schedule
Relief
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| December 2002 |
Professional
Association Boycotts: Primer for a Frustrated Member
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| November 2002 |
Several
Health Bills Become ‘Road-Kills’ as 107th
Congress Winds Down |
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| October 2002 |
Congress
Confronts Full Agenda on Return; Expected to Deal With
Medicare Update Issue |
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| Sept. 2002 |
Senate
Fails to Adopt Medicare Drug Bill; Separate Mark-Up
of Provider Bill Likely |
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| August 2002 |
ASA
Members Get Their Money's Worth in AMA Research and
Advocacy Services
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| July 2002 |
'Tripartisan'
Senate Bill Introduced to Provide Confidentiality to
Reporting of Medical Errors
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| June 2002 |
309
Attend 23rd ASA Legislative Conference, Support Fee
Schedule Update 'Fix' on Hill |
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| May 2002 |
Administration,
Ways and Means Committee Chairs Spar Over Medicare Update
Legislative Solutions |
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| April 2002 |
Johnson
Introduces MedPAC Update Plan Amid Various Proposals
for Conversion Factor Relief |
| March 2002 |
Physician
Groups Urge Halt to SGR-based Cuts as Congress Reconvenes,
Considers 2003 Budget |
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| February 2002 |
Returning
Congress Confronts Spate of Unresolved Physician Care
Issues |
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| January 2002 |
Medicare
Fee Schedule Update Bill Gains Wide Sponsorship, But
Congress Fails to Act Before Recess |
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| December 2001 |
CMS’
Final Rule Retains Federal Requirement for Supervision |
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| November 2001 |
Deadline
Approaches for Finalization of Nurse Anesthetist Supervision
Rule |
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| October 2001 |
ASA
Files Comments on Supervision Rule; Survey Shows Seniors
Prefer Bush Plan, 3-1 |
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| September 2001 |
House
Passes Patient Protection Bill, Sets Up Difficult Conference
With Senate |
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| August 2001 |
HHS
Issues Proposed Regulation Restoring Physician Supervision |
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| July 2001 |
Jeffords’
Defection Alters Dynamics of Senate Patient Protection
Debate |
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| May 2001 |
ASA,
AANA Present Opposite Viewpoints on Rollback of Medicare
Supervision Rule |
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| April 2001 |
Medicare
Fairness Act Filed to Curb Regulatory Abuses |
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| March 2001 |
ASA
Increases Efforts to Overturn Clinton ‘Midnight’
Supervision Rule |
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| February 2001 |
Clinton
Issues But Bush Suspends Supervision Rule |
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| January 2001 |
ASA
Responds to HCFA Statement of Intent to Publish Supervision
Rule |
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| December 2000 |
2000
Election Results Promise Short- and Long-Term Impasse
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| November 2000 |
Needlestick
Bill Passes House, Stalls in Senate |
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| October 2000 |
Authors
of Anesthesia Outcomes Study Bills Introduce Revised
Version; ASA Endorses |
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| September 2000 |
Action
on Health Issues in Doubt as Congressional Recess Begins
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| August 2000 |
Senators
Urge OMB to Seek HCFA Study; Silber Anesthesia Outcomes
Study Published |
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| July 2000 |
Senate
Subcommittee Hears Testimony on University of Pennsylvania
Anesthesia Outcomes Study |
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| June 2000 |
ASA
Steps Up Legislative Efforts in Response to HCFA Announcement
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| May 2000 |
320
ASA Members Attend Legislative Conference, Lobby Hill
on Nurse Anesthetist Supervision Issue |
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| April 2000 |
Society
Requests Work Value Re-evaluation in Connection With
MFS Five-Year Review |
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| March 2000 |
IOM
'To Err Is Human' Becomes Study Topic of Congressional
Hearings |
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| February 2000 |
ASA,
AMA File Suits Against HCFA Over Expense, Growth Rate
Issues |
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| January 2000 |
ASA's
Ceaseless Efforts Lead to Incremental Successes in Congress |