Washington (October 31 2017)—In a letter sent today to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma, the ý (ACP), expressed support and appreciation for the new initiatives recently announced by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to put “Patients Over Paperwork” and to ensure that the agency is using “Meaningful Measures” in all of its programs, including the Quality Payment P
October 26, 2017
Attributable to:
Jack Ende, MD, MACP, President, ý
Washington, DC (Oct. 13, 2017)— Our organizations, which represent more than 560,000 physicians and medical students nationwide, are alarmed by the President’s decision to abruptly take away financial support that aids low-income families in purchasing health care coverage. The decision to discontinue cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payments stands to hurt the most vulnerable individuals and families, raising cost for them and the federal government.
