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Get on the ball people!
http://www.asahq.org/news/asaalert070207.htm
ALL HANDS ON DECK:
Only 3 days remaining to submit your comments!
Submit electronic comments NOW for improved Medicare payments
CMS electronic comment site now open
Medicare may increase anesthesia payments
Submit a comment letter supporting this increase: CLICK HERE
Spread the word! ANYONE CAN SUBMIT COMMENTS
ASA continues to work hard to help make sure you are paid fairly. Now you must do your part.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the government agency that runs the Medicare program, must make sure that Medicare beneficiaries have adequate access to care. ASA has well-founded concerns that current Medicare payment levels do not meet this standard and may have finally convinced CMS administrators that improved payment is essential.
On July 2, the Medicare program announced that it is considering an increase in payments for anesthesia. If the government follows through on all its proposals, the anesthesia conversion factor could be about $3.30 per unit more than was projected for 2008 before Medicare made its July announcement. We believe this proposal is a positive step toward addressing our concerns about sufficient Medicare payments.
By law, CMS must ask for comments from the public before enacting this changeand WE NEED YOUR HELP.
So that our message is not overwhelmed by the opposition, Every ASA member must write Medicare and let them know how important this proposal is for our specialty.
LETTERS MUST BE RECEIVED BY CMS NO LATER THAN 5 P.M. EST ON AUGUST 31, 2007. You may file them electronically or by hardcopy.
Electronically:
1. Click here for the CMS electronic comment site.
2. Copy the text from the sample letter available through this link into the CMS "General Comment" form, or upload the letter as a Word attachment Be sure your message includes the rule number, CMS-1385-P.
3. Feel free to customize with personal information or data. Positive comments will be best received. Please consider this before making any changes to the letter template.
Hardcopy:
If submitting comment letters by regular mail, please send one original and two copies to the following address:
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Department of Health and Human Services
Attention: CMS-1385-P
P.O. Box 8018
Baltimore, MD 21244-8018
Please allow sufficient time for mailed comments to be received before the close of the comment period.
LET ASA KNOW THAT YOUVE DONE YOUR PART! We are committed to generating thousands of comment letters, and we need your help tracking the number of letters sent to CMS. Specifically, we would like to acknowledge component societies whose members respond in large numbers to this important call to action. Once you send a comment letter to CMS, please email [email protected] with your state identified in the subject line. Visit the ASA website, www.ASAhq.org, for current letter counts.
http://www.asahq.org/news/asaalert070207.htm
ALL HANDS ON DECK:
Only 3 days remaining to submit your comments!
Submit electronic comments NOW for improved Medicare payments
CMS electronic comment site now open
Medicare may increase anesthesia payments
Submit a comment letter supporting this increase: CLICK HERE
Spread the word! ANYONE CAN SUBMIT COMMENTS
ASA continues to work hard to help make sure you are paid fairly. Now you must do your part.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the government agency that runs the Medicare program, must make sure that Medicare beneficiaries have adequate access to care. ASA has well-founded concerns that current Medicare payment levels do not meet this standard and may have finally convinced CMS administrators that improved payment is essential.
On July 2, the Medicare program announced that it is considering an increase in payments for anesthesia. If the government follows through on all its proposals, the anesthesia conversion factor could be about $3.30 per unit more than was projected for 2008 before Medicare made its July announcement. We believe this proposal is a positive step toward addressing our concerns about sufficient Medicare payments.
By law, CMS must ask for comments from the public before enacting this changeand WE NEED YOUR HELP.
So that our message is not overwhelmed by the opposition, Every ASA member must write Medicare and let them know how important this proposal is for our specialty.
LETTERS MUST BE RECEIVED BY CMS NO LATER THAN 5 P.M. EST ON AUGUST 31, 2007. You may file them electronically or by hardcopy.
Electronically:
1. Click here for the CMS electronic comment site.
2. Copy the text from the sample letter available through this link into the CMS "General Comment" form, or upload the letter as a Word attachment Be sure your message includes the rule number, CMS-1385-P.
3. Feel free to customize with personal information or data. Positive comments will be best received. Please consider this before making any changes to the letter template.
Hardcopy:
If submitting comment letters by regular mail, please send one original and two copies to the following address:
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Department of Health and Human Services
Attention: CMS-1385-P
P.O. Box 8018
Baltimore, MD 21244-8018
Please allow sufficient time for mailed comments to be received before the close of the comment period.
LET ASA KNOW THAT YOUVE DONE YOUR PART! We are committed to generating thousands of comment letters, and we need your help tracking the number of letters sent to CMS. Specifically, we would like to acknowledge component societies whose members respond in large numbers to this important call to action. Once you send a comment letter to CMS, please email [email protected] with your state identified in the subject line. Visit the ASA website, www.ASAhq.org, for current letter counts.
