Issues relating to physician payment and coverage are critically important to the AUA and its members. The Association works on behalf of members to monitor policies and regulations that affect the practice of urology.

Learn more about our work on these issues using the links below.

Department of Veterans Affairs/Veterans Health Administration

Patient-Centered Community Care (PC3) Program

• Frequently Asked Questions about Veterans' Access to Care Act of 2014 (H.R. 3230)[pdf]
• VA Fact Sheet: Becoming a Non-VA Community Provider[pdf]
• Important information about becoming a Non-VA Community Provider

Medicare

Physician Fee Schedule Rules

• AUA Comments to CMS on 2023 Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
  September 1, 2022
• 2023 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule Summary
  July 7, 2022
• CMS Final Rule Released for 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
  November 9, 2021
• AUA Comments to CMS on 2022 Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
  September 17, 2021
• 2022 proposed Medicare Payment Policies Released
  August 2, 2021
• AUA Comments to CMS on 2021 Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
  October 6, 2020
• CMS Releases Proposed 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule
  August 10, 2020
• CMS Releases Proposed 2020 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule
  August 1, 2019
• CMS Releases Proposed 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule 
  July 12, 2018

Other Medicare Issues

• AUA Statement on CMS Implementation of Refund Provision for Discarded Units
  August 1, 2022
• Physician Clinical Registry Coalition Letter on Information Blocking by EHR Vendors
  February 8, 2018

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