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ASNC Fly-in
On February 9, ASNC members traveled to Capitol Hill to share the Society's legislative priorities and to lay the groundwork for future legislative endeavors.
On February 9, ASNC members traveled to Capitol Hill to share the Society's legislative priorities and to lay the groundwork for future legislative endeavors. ASNC members met with nearly 30 congressional offices during their Washington, DC visit, including with House and Senate committees that have jurisdiction of the Medicare program, as well as with members of the influential House Republican Doctor's Caucus. ASNC timed the congressional visits to occur before the March 31 expiration of the current sustainable growth rate (SGR) patch out of concern that Congress could once again look to physicians to help cover the cost of SGR repeal or another temporary reprieve from cuts. The Hill visits also offered opportunity to educate Hill staff about the Medicare AUC program that will take effect Jan. 1, 2017