ACTION NEEDED
Contact Congress TODAY to urge them to stop the 27.4 percent cut to Medicare physician payments scheduled to go into effect on January 1, 2012, and permanently fix this broken system, by logging into the ACS Legislative Action Center at http://www.capitolconnect.com/acspa/actionalerts.aspx.
Dear Dr. Harris:
We are writing because we need your active involvement today. The American College of Surgeons has been advocating that the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, known as the "Congressional Super Committee," permanently fix the broken Medicare payment system as part of its larger effort. The Super Committee failed to reach its goal of saving $1.2 trillion and will not be addressing the physician payment issue.
Congress is scheduled to be in Washington until mid-December. There is a 27.4 percent cut in Medicare physician payment scheduled for January 1. The grim financial environment in Washington makes the likelihood of a cut to Medicare physician payments greater this year than in recent years.
The American College of Surgeons continues to strongly advocate for Congress to stop these cuts and repeal the SGR. However, Congress also needs to hear from the surgeons whose ability to practice and care for patients in their states and districts is being threatened by the failure to enact permanent reform of Medicare’s broken payment system. As a result, it is critical that ALL FELLOWS contact Congress TODAY and tell them to stop the cut.
Please follow the instructions below in order to send an email to your Senators and Representative. These emails are critical. If you have any questions, please contact your ACS staff in Washington, DC, at 202-337-2701 or ahp@facs.org.
Sincerely,
Patricia Numann, MD, FACS, President, American College of Surgeons
J. David Richardson, MD, FACS, Chair, Board of Regents
Andrew Warshaw, MD, FACS, Chair, Health Policy and Advocacy Group
David Hoyt, MD, FACS, Executive Director, American College of Surgeons
INSTRUCTIONS
Log in to http://www.capitolconnect.com/acspa/actionalerts.aspx with your ACS ID number and password. You will be directed to a pre-drafted email that you can edit and send to your Senators and Representative asking them to stop the 27.4 percent cut to Medicare physician payments before it goes into effect on January 1, 2012.
Contact Congress TODAY to urge them to stop the 27.4 percent cut to Medicare physician payments scheduled to go into effect on January 1, 2012, and permanently fix this broken system, by logging into the ACS Legislative Action Center at http://www.capitolconnect.com/acspa/actionalerts.aspx.
Dear Dr. Harris:
We are writing because we need your active involvement today. The American College of Surgeons has been advocating that the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, known as the "Congressional Super Committee," permanently fix the broken Medicare payment system as part of its larger effort. The Super Committee failed to reach its goal of saving $1.2 trillion and will not be addressing the physician payment issue.
Congress is scheduled to be in Washington until mid-December. There is a 27.4 percent cut in Medicare physician payment scheduled for January 1. The grim financial environment in Washington makes the likelihood of a cut to Medicare physician payments greater this year than in recent years.
The American College of Surgeons continues to strongly advocate for Congress to stop these cuts and repeal the SGR. However, Congress also needs to hear from the surgeons whose ability to practice and care for patients in their states and districts is being threatened by the failure to enact permanent reform of Medicare’s broken payment system. As a result, it is critical that ALL FELLOWS contact Congress TODAY and tell them to stop the cut.
Please follow the instructions below in order to send an email to your Senators and Representative. These emails are critical. If you have any questions, please contact your ACS staff in Washington, DC, at 202-337-2701 or ahp@facs.org.
Sincerely,
Patricia Numann, MD, FACS, President, American College of Surgeons
J. David Richardson, MD, FACS, Chair, Board of Regents
Andrew Warshaw, MD, FACS, Chair, Health Policy and Advocacy Group
David Hoyt, MD, FACS, Executive Director, American College of Surgeons
INSTRUCTIONS
Log in to http://www.capitolconnect.com/acspa/actionalerts.aspx with your ACS ID number and password. You will be directed to a pre-drafted email that you can edit and send to your Senators and Representative asking them to stop the 27.4 percent cut to Medicare physician payments before it goes into effect on January 1, 2012.
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