Advocacy/Legislative Priorities
Important News
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:
January 22, 2023 - PA-ACP Advocacy Successes, 2022
Past Updates:
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
June 28 Budget-Health Update
June 1, 2021 Update
February 17, 2021 Update
November 23, 2020 Update
September 8, 2020 Update
February 11, 2020 Update
2019 PA-ACP Advocacy Update
November 14, 2019 Update
August 16, 2019 Update
July 10, 2019 Update
June 6, 2019 Update
May 21, 2019 Update
March 25, 2019 Update
February 13, 2019 Update
January 22, 2019 Update
January 8, 2019 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.
Ibrahim Ghobrial, MBBCh, FACP
Email: ighobrialacp@gmail.com
https://www.erg-partners.com/pa-healthcare-policy/