Alabama Legislative Updates
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Important Tanning Bed Legislation
Dancing for Cancer Care
The Community Oncology Alliance were to lobby on Capitol Hill Wednesday. But first, they danced.
Yet another temporary patch to the flawed Sustainable Growth Rate Formula (SGR) has passed Congress. This temporary patch will expire at the end of May. At that time, Congress expects to pass yet ANOTHER temporary patch that will expire on October 1. It’s imperative that you let Congress know how detrimental these temporary SGR fixes are to your practice and patients.
There are two actions you can take right now to let Congress know about your continued frustrations with the current flawed payment system.
EMAIL YOUR SENATOR
2. Send an email to your Senators asking them to support a permanent repeal of the SGR. The House of Representatives has already passed a bill that would do this. Unfortunately, the Senate has not taken up that bill.
Legislative Resources
Write Your Legislator
U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. Senate
NCI State Cancer Legislative Database Program
ASH Advocacy Center
Community Oncology Alliance