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Coding and Reimbursement (IPPS/PFS)

CMS Responds to ICD-10 Halt Request (February 13, 2013)

Comments to CMS on the Final Physician Fee Schedule Rule (Dec. 31, 2012)

STS Requests Halt of ICD-10 Implementation (December 20, 2012)

Comments to CMS on Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule (Sept. 4, 2012)

Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Fiscal Year 2013 Rates (June 25, 2012)

Comments on Public Nomination Process for Potentially Misvalued Codes (Jan. 2, 2012)

Comparative Effectiveness Research

STS Policy Paper: Comparative Effectiveness Research


Coverage with Evidence Development and Parallel Reviews 

STS Policy Paper: Coverage with Evidence Development

Response to CMS Request for Public Comment on Coverage With Evidence Development Policy (Jan. 20, 2012) 

Graduate Medical Education/Workforce

Letter to Congress in support of Funds for Pediatric Subspecialty Loan Repayment Program

STS Policy Paper: Graduate Medical Education

Pediatric Loan Repayment Letter to the President (March 22, 2012)

Pediatric Loan Repayment Letter to House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education (March 19, 2012) 

Healthcare Associated Infections

STS Policy Paper: Healthcare Associated Infections

National Action Plan to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections (June 25, 2012) 

Patient Advocacy

Endorsement Letter on HEART for Women Act (Feb. 23, 2012) 

Physician Medicare Payments and Sustainable Growth Rate

Letter to House Committees Responding to Medicare Physician Payment Proposal (April 17, 2013)

STS Policy Paper: Physician Medicare Payments and the Sustainable Growth Rate

Letter to Senate Finance Committee and House Energy and Commerce Committee on SGR Transition Principles (Oct. 15, 2012)

Letter to Representatives Tom Price, MD (R-GA) and Charles Boustany, MD (R-LA) on Physician Payment Reform (Oct. 12, 2012)

Sign-on Letter to House of Representatives on Pending Sequestration Cuts (Sept. 11, 2012)

Sign-on Letter to Senate on Pending Sequestration Cuts (Sept. 11, 2012)

Letter to House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Urging SGR Repeal (Jan. 23, 2012)

Social Security Death Master File

Letter to Social Security Administration Commissioner on use of the Social Security Death Master File (Feb. 10, 2012)

Comments for the Public Record on the Social Security Death Master File (Feb. 2, 2012)

Health Care Reform Statements

STS Statement on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590)

Comparison of STS Health Care Reform Principles and 2010 Health Care Reform Legislation

STS Health Care Reform Principles

Other

Comments to CMS on Registry-related Request for Information (April 8, 2013)

Letter Endorsing the Electronic Health Records Improvements Act (March 20, 2013)

Comments to FDA on MitraClip Premarket Approval Application (March 13, 2013)

Comments to CMS on Management of Heart Failure with the Use of Ventricular Assist Devices (Dec. 11, 2012)

Letter to FDA on the Unique Device Identification (UDI) Proposed Rule (Nov. 7, 2012)

Letter to Members of Congress on the Electronic Health Record Incentive Program--Stage 2 (July 9, 2012)

Surgical Organizations Comments to CMS on Electronic Health Record Incentive Program-Stage 2 (May 7, 2012)

Medical Organizations Comments to CMS on Electronic Health Record Incentive Program-Stage 2 (May 7, 2012)

Council of Medical Specialty Societies Comments to CMS on Physician Transparancy Reports (Feb. 16, 2012)

Comments to CMS on Physician Transparancy Reports (Jan. 17, 2012)