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Legislative Advocacy
The Department of Public Policy and Advocacy directs the state legislative and lobbying efforts of the Iowa Medical Society. We are responsible for the coordination and development of policy positions, grassroots advocacy campaigns and legislative updates, including the IMS Advocate.
On Thursday, June 24, the House passed H.R. 3962, which provides a 2.2 percent Medicare fee schedule update for physician services through November 2010. The bill passed by a bipartisan vote of 417 to 1 and President Obama signed the bill into law on...
What provisions in the reform law affect coverage?
The AMA's Health System Reform Insight bulletin provided an excellent summary of some of the major provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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Given the new direction for the nation's health system, the AMA has developed Health System Reform Insight to help you understand the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and how it will affect you, when certain provisions are scheduled to take...
Senate File 2201, the Insurance Division bill, requires commercial health plans to immediately notify policyholders of an application for a rate increase that exceeds the average annual health spending growth rate identified by CMS. Health plans must...
In a major development that helps ease the geographic disparity in physician Medicare reimbursement, Iowa's Work GPCI will return to 1.0 (from 0.965) and Iowa's PE GPCI will increase from 0.870 to 0.935 as a result of changes in physician Medicare reimbursement...
With the start of the New Year, IMS always publishes a brochure that summarizes key issues for Iowa physicians and their patients. Advocacy at the state and federal levels is central to our core purpose, and our physicians are always at the table, analyzing options, offering recommendations...
A Momentous Day (Breaking News)
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The Iowa Medical Society has for many years worked with 26 other medical societies called the Geographic Equity in Medicare (GEM) coalition in advocating for geographic equity in Medicare physician...
