WASHINGTON, DC (September 14, 2022) Congresswoman Kim Schrier, MD (D-WA) named Legislator of the Year by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons during a ceremony on Thursday was recognized for her commitment to promoting health care and advancing legislation and policies that impact cardiothoracic surgeons and their patients.
APTQI Commends US Senators for Introducing Legislation to Protect Providers from Medicare Cuts
The Alliance for Physical Therapy Quality and Innovation (APTQI) applauds Senators John Boozman (R-AR), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Susan Collins (R-ME), Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Tom Cotton (R-AR), for introducing S. 5007.
If enacted, the legislation would provide critical relief to dozens of specialty providers scheduled to incur severe payment cuts starting in 2021, including physical, occupational, and speech language therapists.
As companion legislation to the bipartisan Holding Providers Harmless From Medicare Cuts During COVID-19 Act of 2020 (H.R.8702), which was introduced in the US House of Representatives in October, S. 5007 would hold providers harmless from cuts for Medicare services provided through 2022.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Senators John Boozman (R-Arkansas), Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Mississippi), Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), and Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced legislation today that will reverse the devastating payment cuts that will further harm the health care system already under strain due to COVID-19.
This legislation will ensure no healthcare professionals receive lower Medicare payments than 2020 levels for the next two calendar years. Stopping these cuts will protect patients by preserving access to quality surgical care and ensuring no physician will face payment cuts amid a historic pandemic. Our nation s physicians are under incredible strain due to COVID-19, and this bill begins to correct a misguided and ill-timed policy that would cut health care spending in the middle of a pandemic, said David B. Hoyt, MD, FACS, American College of Surgeons Executive Director. Time is running out to reverse these cuts and pr