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July 27, 2022 - Contact:
Peggy Tighe
(202) 256-6241
Leading Physician Coalition Applauds House Ways and Means Committee for Advancing Legislation to Streamline Prior Authorization in the Medicare Advantage Program
The Regulatory Relief Coalition (RRC) — a group of national physician specialty organizations advocating for reduced regulatory burdens that interfere with patient care — strongly applauds the House Committee on Ways and Means and thanks its leadership, Chair Richard Neal (D-MA) and Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX), for advancing the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act.
A key stakeholder in initiating and negotiating the legislation, RRC is pleased that the committee shares our commitment to protecting patients from unnecessary delays in care by streamlining and standardizing prior authorization in the MA program. This committee’s markup is a critical step towards fulfilling RRC’s goal of ensuring that physicians spend more time treating patients and providing care, and less time on bureaucratic hurdles.
Coalition founders, the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons (AANS/CNS), are joined by all RRC members in urging Congress to follow the committee’s action by passing this bipartisan legislation before the end of this year. With more than 300 House co-sponsors, and over 500 endorsing organizations representing patients, providers, and the medical technology and biopharmaceutical industry, it is time for this bill to become the law of the land.
