Hospice Comments to CMS

Letter to Seema Verma re: FY 2019 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Requirements.

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.

Legislation Introduced to Authorize Direct Pay to PAs Under Medicare

On April 13, Representatives Adrian Smith (R-NE) and Terri Sewell (D-AL) introduced HR 5506, the Physician Assistant Direct Payment Act, to authorize PAs to receive direct payment under Medicare. If enacted, this legislation would advance AAPA’s Optimal Team Practice for those PAs billing under Medicare.