Alliance of Specialty MedicineCongress Passes Legislation to Partially Mitigate the 3.4% Medicare Physician Payment CutThis month, in a federal budget deal struck to avoid a government shutdown, Congress passed legislation to reduce the 3.4% Medicare…2 min read·Mar 19, 2024----
Alliance of Specialty MedicineCMS Releases Final Interoperability and E-Prior Authorization RegulationThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its final rule on advancing interoperability and improving prior…2 min read·Mar 1, 2024----
Alliance of Specialty MedicineMEDICARE PHYSICIAN PAY CUTS ARE IN EFFECT: Congress Needs to RespondOn November 2, 2023, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its calendar year 2024 final rule for the physician fee…4 min read·Feb 13, 2024----
Alliance of Specialty MedicineUnitedHealthcare’s Red Tape Hints at Future Barriers to Patient CareLawrence Kim, MD, AGAF4 min read·Oct 10, 2023----
Alliance of Specialty MedicineReforming Prior Authorization Remains Top Policy PriorityLinda Lee, MD3 min read·May 31, 2023----
Alliance of Specialty MedicineALLIANCE OF SPECIALTY MEDICINE PARTICIPATES IN CMS ROUNDTABLE ON PRIOR AUTHORIZATION REFORMPhysician Specialists Document Abuses And Applaud Biden Administration’s Efforts To Fix The System4 min read·Mar 24, 2023----
Alliance of Specialty MedicineSpecialty Docs Set 2023 Federal AgendaPayment Integrity Remains a Priority3 min read·Mar 9, 2023----
Alliance of Specialty MedicineThe Danger of Step Therapy Insurance ProtocolsAline Charabaty, MD, AGAF, FACG4 min read·Apr 7, 2021----
Alliance of Specialty MedicineAlliance of Specialty Medicine’s Winter 2020 NewsletterThe Alliance of Specialty Medicine’s newsletter, On Call, provides updates and information on legislative and regulatory issues for which…1 min read·Dec 21, 2020----
Alliance of Specialty MedicineA National Strategy on PPE is Needed for both Doctors and PatientsMurad Alam, MD. George Hruza, MD. Madhav Swaminathan, MD.4 min read·Sep 23, 2020----