The College of American Pathologists is rallying support amongst congressional lawmakers for pathologists’ top priorities to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and to stop Medicare payment cuts to pathologists next year.
On August 5, CAP members received emails requesting they take action by urging Congress to pass several health care provisions that address COVID-19 test supply shortages and offer funding to pathologists for lost revenue due to the national health emergency.
CAP members can still take action by logging in to the CAP action center. From there, you can easily send an email to your representative and senators that calls on them to support diagnostic testing in the next COVID-19 legislative package.
Earlier this month, CAP President Patrick Godbey, MD, FCAP sent a letter to leaders in the House of Representatives and Senate with recommendations that Congress should enact to support pathology practices and laboratories.
CAP members also have engaged with their members of Congress to discuss the impacts of future Medicare payment cuts to pathologists and other physicians in 2021. The CAP is leading a major summer advocacy campaign to urge Congress to stop these cuts, asking physicians to speak out about the severe impact this -8 percent cut will have on the vital role pathologists have in health care.
