- The Honorable Frank Pallone, Jr., Chairman
Committee on Energy and Commerce
U.S. House of Representatives
2125 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515 - The Honorable Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Ranking Member
Committee on Energy and Commerce
U.S. House of Representatives
2322 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515 - The Honorable Diana DeGette, Chair
Health Subcommittee
Committee on Energy and Commerce
U.S. House of Representatives
2125 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515 - The Honorable H. Morgan Griffith, Ranking Member
Health Subcommittee
Committee on Energy and Commerce
U.S. House of Representatives
2322 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Subject: Advancing Prior Authorization Legislation
Dear Chairman Pallone, Ranking Member McMorris Rodgers, Chair DeGette and Ranking Member Guthrie:
The Regulatory Relief Coalition (RRC) — a group of national physician specialty organizations advocating for regulatory burden reduction in Medicare so that physicians can spend more time treating patients — applauds the Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the for holding the hearing “Protecting America’s Seniors: Oversight of Private Sector Medicare Advantage Plans.”
RRC is the leading organization promoting the passage of H.R. 3173, the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act. This bipartisan, bicameral legislation — championed by Reps. Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Mike Kelly (RPA), Ami Bera, MD (D-CA), and Larry Bucshon, MD (R-IN) — would help protect patients from unnecessary delays in care by streamlining and standardizing prior authorization in the Medicare Advantage (MA) program.
Click here to read the full Neurosurgery-Led Coalition Calls on House Committee to Advance Prior Auth Legislation.
