Re: FW: LEGISLATIVE ALERT - IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUESTED
From: Philippe Jeanty (jeanty@TheFetus.net)
Mon Dec 3 13:06:24 2001
For those who are not aware, you can find your senators E-mail here:
http://www.senate.gov/contacting/index.cfm
-----Original Message-----
From: ultrasound@obgyn.net [mailto:ultrasound@obgyn.net]On Behalf Of art
fougner, md
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 1:54 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ULTRASOUND
Subject: Re: FW: LEGISLATIVE ALERT - IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUESTED
Terry -
we don't need legislative action - what we need is a UNION.
art
At Mon, 3 Dec 2001, DuBose, Terry wrote:
>
>Folks may want to look at this... it will have a negative affect
>reimbursement for sonography.
>
>Peace, Terry J. DuBose, M.S., RDMS, APS
>Assistant Professor & Director, Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program
>CHRP, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
>Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
>501-686-6510
>http://www.io.com/~dubose/
>http://www.uams.edu/CHRP/dmshome.htm
>http://www.obgyn.net/us/panel/panel.htm
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: webmaster@sdms.org [mailto:webmaster@sdms.org]
>Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 9:36 AM
>To: SDMS Members
>Subject: LEGISLATIVE ALERT - IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUESTED
>Importance: High
>
>*** LEGISLATIVE ALERT - IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUESTED - URGENT ***
>
>MEMO TO: ALL SDMS MEMBERS
>
>FROM: Shannon Boswell
> SDMS Govt. Relations Committee Chair
>
>RE: Proposed Medicare Cuts
>
>CMS (formerly HCFA) is proposing a decrease to physician fee
>Medicare reimbursement of 5.4%. In addition to other recent
>reimbursement cuts we believe that this fee reduction, if
>implemented, will have a negative effect on patient access
>to needed healthcare services, and also have a negative
>"downstream" impact on allied health providers who work with
>physicians in the provision of healthcare services.
>
>The SDMS has joined the AMA, along with many other
>professional healthcare associations, in opposing this cut.
>The alternative bill proposes a decrease of .9% instead of
>the 5.4% cut. We are coming down to a critical time in this
>congressional session and we are asking our membership to get
>involved by contacting your own Representative and Senators
>opposing this Medicare reimbursement decrease.
>
>An attached "template" letter is attached for your use.
>Because of the time restrictions, and the difficulties with
>sending mail now to congressional offices, we ask that you
>use FAX transmissions, or FedEx delivery.
>
>If you do not know who your representative or senator is, or
>you need office contact information, you can acquire this
>information through the SDMS website:
>
> http://www.sdms.org/members/gov/default.asp
>
>This SDMS website information is contained on the part of the
>website that is restricted to SDMS members under:
>"Government Relations"
>
>We ask that these contacts/letters be completed/sent by
>Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2001. In advance, we thank you for your
>support and involvement.
--
art fougner, md
ich bin ein New Yorker
