Key Issues in Plastic Surgery
Index of Key Issues:
- Ambulatory Surgical Centers
- Documents include an issue summary, talking points and ASPS comment letters to the CMS
- Breast Procedures
- Documents include practice parameters and insurance coverage criteria on breast implants, breast reconstruction, breast reduction and gynecomastia.
- Children's Deformities
- Resources include an issue brief, state law coverage on Children's Deformities and information on the CARES Act.
- Conflict of Interest
- Documents include a letter to the Chair of the Senate's Committee on Finance on the Sunshine Act.
- Cosmetic Procedure Taxes
- Documents include position statement and talking points
- Dental Scope of Practice
- Resources include issue brief, talking points and crisis map
- Emergency Care
- Documents include guiding principles and key findings and recommendations
- Health Care Reform 2009
- A letter to Senator Baucus regarding Medicare surgical payments
- Health IT
- Documents include letters to members of House and Senate
- ICD 10
- Documents include a letter to Health and Human Services regarding HIPAA Administrative Simplification.
- Injectables
- Documents include policy statement and legal analysis
- Insurance
- Papers that outline the Society's position on insurance coverage criteria
- Liposuction
- Practice advisory and executive summary
- Medical Tourism
- A briefing paper and ASPS congressional testimony
- Medicare Payment
- Documents include talking points, payment brief, and letters to CMS
- Office-based Surgery
- Documents include ASPS accreditation bylaws, AMA patient safety principles and a state regulations chart and map.
- Physician Extender
- Materials include contact information for state medical, nursing, physician assistant and cosmetology boards; examples of APRN protocols; and a list of legal and risk management considerations.
- Professional Liability
- Documents include a medical reform issue brief, expert witness testimony affirmation form, statement on informed consent and Doctors Company resources.
- Red Flag Rules
- Documents include sign-on letters to the FTC.
- Third-Party Payer Coverage Determination
- Documents include letters to third-party payers expressing ASPS's position on insurance coverage criteria and third-party payer updated insurance coverage criteria on plastic surgery issues.
- Trauma Care Systems Planning
- Documents include issue briefs, talking points and letters.
