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The House Ways and Means Committee is holding a mark up of critical ASA-supported healthcare legislation: the Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act and the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act. 🔴 Watch live and follow the debate here waysandmeans.house.gov/event/markup-o…

@RepJimmyPanetta @RepJohnJoyce @RepKimSchrier @RepBobOnder @RepRaulRuizMD @RepVindman @RepBethVanDuyne @RepAndyHarrisMD @RepJoeMorelle @RepTomSuozzi @RepHerbConaway @RepNateMoran @RepMikeLawler @DrNealDunnFL2 @RepChrisPappas @RepFriedmanCA @RepBlakeMoore @RepNicole @Congressman_JVD @RepDelBene @CongressmanRaja @RepGusBilirakis @RepMikeKennedy @RepLaLota @RepJulieJohnson @RepDarrenSoto @RepNancyMace @RepJoeWilson @RepJohnMcGuire @RepScholten @RepBeatty @RepRutherfordFL @RepShriThanedar @RepJoshG @RepCarolMiller @RepMarkAlford Has your lawmaker joined yet? Ask them to cosponsor: asahq.quorum.us/campaign/16270…

@RepJimmyPanetta @RepJohnJoyce @RepKimSchrier @RepBobOnder @RepRaulRuizMD @RepVindman @RepBethVanDuyne @RepAndyHarrisMD @RepJoeMorelle @RepTomSuozzi @RepHerbConaway @RepNateMoran @RepMikeLawler @DrNealDunnFL2 @RepChrisPappas @RepFriedmanCA @RepBlakeMoore @RepNicole @Congressman_JVD @RepDelBene @CongressmanRaja @RepGusBilirakis @RepMikeKennedy @RepLaLota @RepJulieJohnson @RepDarrenSoto @RepNancyMace @RepJoeWilson More thanks to @RepJohnMcGuire, @RepScholten, @RepBeatty, @RepRutherfordFL, @RepShriThanedar, @RepJoshG, @RepCarolMiller, and @RepMarkAlford for supporting the No Surprises Act Enforcement Act.

ASA thanks @RepGregMurphy for introducing the No Surprises Act Enforcement Act, legislation that would strengthen enforcement provisions holding insurers accountable for late or missing payments.

This June, ASA’s 2nd Annual Rural Perioperative Symposium explored the operational criteria rural hospitals use to determine which procedures can be performed locally & the challenges of maintaining reliable anesthesia coverage amid workforce & payment pressures #RuralHealthcare

Excited to follow along with @TuftsAnesthesia CA-3 and Chief Resident on her ASA resident scholar experience in DC! @TuftsMedicalCtr @ASALifeline @TuftsMedSchool

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Linda Lee as our July Resident Scholar! Dr. Lee is a CA-3 at @TuftsMedicine & will spend the month gaining firsthand experience in health policy, advocacy, & legislative and regulatory issues impacting anesthesiologists and patient care!

Trademark applications filed by AANA to register marks incorporating the term “Nurse Anesthesiologist” have been withdrawn following opposition proceedings brought by ASA before the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Hear from @pgiam005 and read more: asahq.org/about-asa/news…

ASA's CAPE developed resources to help anesthesiologists & their groups prepare for value-based compensation models with facilities. Explore the benefits of aligned relationships, sample dashboards, & examples of value-based compensation models in action: asahq.org/advocating-for…

Nominations for both the Center for Anesthesia and Perioperative Economics (CAPE) and the Center for Anesthesia Workforce Studies (CAWS) are open through July 1. Learn more about these centers and how to get involved: asahq.org/advocating-for…

CMS' Ambulatory Specialty Model begins January 2027 & includes select anesthesiologists & pain medicine physicians in its low back pain cohort. Read ASA CAPE's analysis of the model & its policy recommendations to reduce associated administrative burden: asahq.org/advocating-for…

Following advocacy by ASA & the DC Society of Anesthesiologists, the DC Department of Health has rejected the misleading phrase “nurse anesthesiologist” from proposed regulations, which reinforces existing DC law and is a victory for patient transparency: asahq.org/advocacy-and-a…

ASA applauds the launch of Nevada’s first anesthesiologist assistant training program at Nova Southeastern University’s Henderson Campus, which will prepare CAAs to work in the Anesthesia Care Team model and strengthen the region’s healthcare workforce: asahq.org/advocacy-and-a…

.@US_FDA just approved a new over-the-counter naloxone nasal spray for emergency opioid overdose treatment. ASA applauds this decisive action to expand access to this life-saving medication. Read more: asahq.org/advocacy-and-a…

This week, @LAGovJeffLandry signed into law LSA-supported legislation that blocks insurer penalties on out-of-network care: asahq.org/advocacy-and-a… #Louisiana #Anesthesiology