Advocacy/Legislative Priorities
Important News
2023 PA-ACP Advocacy Success for members
Ask Congress to support telehealth expansion and reverse Medicare payment cuts. (8/15/24)
Write Congress to support price transparency and prior auth reform. (10/19/23)
PA-ACP to support efforts at MA recertification (1/22/23)
State Supreme Court Rules with Physicians (12/14/22)
Prior Authorization Reforms Signed into Law (11/3/22)
PA-ACP responds to Court venue action (9/1/2022)
PA-ACP asks extension of subsidies to protect neediest Pennsylvanians (7/25/2022)
45.3 billion state budget passed for 2022-23 with record education and health spending (7/8/22)
State Senate Passes Prior Authorization Reform - SB 225 (6/29/22)
PA-ACP seeks actuarial study of venue change issue (3/6/22)
PA-ACP calls for immediate action to address licensing delays. (2/2/22)
PA-ACP Priority State Advocacy Efforts for 2022 (12/31/21)
Contact your State Senator to pass prior authorization reform (11/8/21)
PA-ACP Goes to Court for its Members (11-7-21)
Senate passes telemedicine regulation bill (10-27-21)
PCCJR Op-Ed: PA Legislature Must Save Med Mal Venue Rule (10-6-21)
PA-ACP opposes stock exemption forms for vaccines, masking. (9-11-21)
PA-ACP joins in court case over statute of limitations in med mal cases (7-20-21)
Act 56 protects access to nursing home ventilator and tracheostomy care (7-3-21)
PA-ACP praises passage of informed consent legislative fix (6-30-21)
PA-ACP praises DiSanto, Phillips-Hill for work on Prior Authorization reforms. (6-23-21)
Telemedicine bill advances - PA-ACP supporting payment equity. (6-24-21)
PA-ACP again tells General Assembly to reject CNRP independent practice bill (3-22-21)
Governor Wolf Vetoes Limited Civil Immunity for Physicians (11/30/20)
HHS Makes Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute Reforms to Support Coordinated, Value-Based Care (11/23/20)
HHS, FDA Take Steps to Lower Prescription Drug Prices (11/20/20)
ACP Urges CMS to ensure payment changes move forward, seeks more support for physician practices (10/2/20)
Physicians, Nurse Practitioners reach landmark scope agreement (9/29/20)
Advocacy in a Pandemic (9-12-20)
Wolf Proposes 2020-2021 State Budget (2-11-20)
Click Here for more information on the Venue Rule Change.
PRESS RELEASE: Prior Authorization Update (10-28-19)
Advocacy Updates
Latest Update:
August 8, 2024: Summer 2024 Advocacy Update
Past Updates:
May 26, 2024: Spring 2024 Advocacy Update
September 30: Fall 2023 Advocacy Update
January 22, 2023 - PA-ACP Advocacy Successes, 2022
November 4, 2022 Advocacy Update
June 6, 2022 Advocacy Update
March 21, 2022 Advocacy Update
December 31, 2021 - PA-ACP Advocacy Successes, 2020, 2021
November 5, 2021 Advocacy Update
September 1, 2021 Advocacy Update
Chair of the Health and Public Policy Committee
Amy Davis, DO, MS, FACP
Email: amydavisdo@aol.com
PA-ACP Services, Inc.
ERG Partners, John Nikoloff
Email: john@pa-erg.com
President, PA-ACP Services Inc.
Rachel Ramirez, MD, FACP
Email: Rachel.Ramirez@jefferson.edu
https://www.erg-partners.com/pa-healthcare-policy/