Letters

Neurosurgery Endorses Senate Prior Auth Reform Legislation

  • Medical Liability Reform

Re: Support of S. 5044, the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act

Dear Senators Brown and Thune:

As the Alliance of Specialty Medicine (Alliance), our mission is to advocate for sound federal health care
policy that fosters patient access to the highest quality specialty care. As patient and physician advocates,
the Alliance writes in support of your legislation, S. 5044, the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care
Act, which would improve the prior authorization process in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans through
increased transparency and the establishment of an electronic prior authorization process.

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