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American Academy of Dermatology

American Academy of Dermatology Association Disappointed in Failure of Congress to Protect Access to Specialty Care for Medicare Patients

Published in Medical Verdicts and Law Weekly, March 18th, 2010

The American Academy of Dermatology Association (AADA) is disappointed that the United States Congress has failed to approve legislation preventing the implementation of a 21 percent cut in payments for physicians who treat Medicare patients.

"For more than a decade, the AADA has been advocating that Congress repeal the flawed sustainable growth rate formula rather than continue to use temporary extensions," stated dermatologist David M. Pariser, MD, FAAD, president of the AADA. "Our message has been clearly delivered by AADA members and patients who have taken their concerns directly to their representatives. Congress knows the correct answer to this problem and it is...

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