Advocacy Resources
Advocating for the profession is an ongoing effort – and we can’t do it without you. That’s why we offer downloadable resources to help you advocate for yourself in the workplace and for the profession as a whole.
Use the filters to search our database of downloadable PDFs on state laws, federal comments, reimbursement issues, Optimal Team Practice, and much more.
Hospice Comments to CMS
Letter to Seema Verma re: FY 2019 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Requirements.
June 27, 2018
AAPA Letter of Support for H.R. 6, the SUPPORT Act
Letter to Speaker Paul Ryan and Leader Nancy Pelosi on the SUPPORT Act.
June 15, 2018
Opioid Package Sign-On Letter
Letter to Speaker Paul Ryan, Leader Nancy Pelosi, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, and Democratic Whip, Steny Hoyer on the opioid epidemic.
June 6, 2018
AAPA Comments on Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insurance Plan Proposed Rule
Letter to Alex Azar, Re: Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insurance Plan Proposed Rule.
April 23, 2018
AOA Sign-On Letter to Senate HELP Committee on the Substance Use Disorder Workforce Loan Repayment Act of 2018
Letter to Lamar Alexander and Patty Murray.
April 18, 2018
Medicare: Shared Visit Billing
Resources on the criteria for shared visit billing. Available to members only.
April 11, 2018
Medicare “INCIDENT TO” Billing
Information on “Incident to” billing, where PAs bill Medicare under the physician’s NPI number, only if Medicare’s strict criteria for “incident to” billing are met. Available to members only.
April 11, 2018