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Federal Legislative Advocacy
SVS has an active voice on Capitol Hill and within the House of Medicine and engages lawmakers independently and via a variety of coalitions.
Payment Reform
Check out more information on the SVS Payment Reform Task Force
Prior Authorization
Check out more information on our work towards removing barriers to timely access to care
Graduate Medical Education
Learn more about how SVS continues to support increasing graduate medical education (GME) funding
Advocacy in Action
Recent Legislative Successes…
- PAYMENT/REIMBURSEMENT: Inclusion of provisions in the Consolidated Appropriations Act (2020) and the Protecting Medicare & American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act (2021) to mitigate scheduled Medicare physician payment cuts
- PHYSICIAN WELLNESS: Passage for the “Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act” (physician wellness)
- PRIOR AUTHORIZATION: Generating nearly 300 bipartisan cosponsors for the “Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act” (prior authorization)
Battles on the Horizon…
- Payment cuts derived from the CY2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule
- Identification of systemic payment reform options