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January 17, 2023 - Contact:
Tim Yehl
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Alliance of Specialty Medicine Participates in CMS Roundtable on Prior Authorization Reform
Physician specialists document abuses and applaud Biden Administration’s efforts to fix the system
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, the Alliance of Specialty Medicine (“Alliance”), a national coalition of 15 specialty medical societies representing over 100,000 specialty physicians, participated in an in-person roundtable discussion on reforming prior authorization in federally-sponsored health care programs. The panel was convened by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, and U.S. Surgeon General Vice Admiral Vivek H. Murthy, MD, as the Biden Administration looks to remedy documented abuses in the prior authorization program and ensure patients’ timely access to medically necessary care.
The Alliance specialty physicians who participated in today’s roundtable echoed these findings.
