FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 18, 2020
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WASHINGTON — Today,
Action for Health, representing more than 10 million patients nationwide, sent a coalition letter to Secretary Alex Azar and Deputy Secretary Eric Hargan. While the organization primarily focuses on eliminating surprise medical bills,
it was compelled to write the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding an issue that is even more urgent:
real financial relief for small, rural, and independent medical providers.
In the letter, Action for Health urges HHS
to provide independent medical practices six weeks of direct federal relief relative to lost revenue on an annualized basis, not based on the proportional 2019 Medicare fee-for-service formula the Department is using.
You can read the full letter
here and below.