Advocacy News
2018
April
STATE | ASPS Rallies Breast Cancer Patient Advocacy Groups
ASPS engaged breast cancer advocacy groups as the Society encourages the Utah Department of Health to amend a finalized rule that limits Medicaid coverage for breast reconstruction.
FEDERAL | ASPS Offers Input on Opioid Use
ASPS and the Alliance of Specialty Medicine offered recommendations to the House Ways & Means Committee regarding the prescription of opioids.
STATE | New Mexico Moves to Define Insurance Network Adequacy Standards
ASPS recommends improvements to proposed network adequacy regulations by the New Mexico Office of the Superintendent of Insurance.
STATE | ASPS Faces Out-of-Network Battles Across the Country
Coalition efforts to combat egregious out-of-network reimbursement restrictions see mixed results in Georgia, Oregon, Idaho and Washington state.