316 of Nation's Leading Health Care and Patient Advocacy Groups Implore Congress to Oppose Medicare's Experiment

Groups warn proposed Medicare Part B Drug Payment Model will adversely affect the care and treatment of Medicare patients with complex conditions

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Community Oncology Alliance

Mar 17, 2016, 01:39 ET

WASHINGTON, March 17, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, 316 leading healthcare and patient advocacy organizations sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, House Speaker Paul Ryan and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi asking the Congressional leaders to urge the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to withdraw a newly proposed Part B Drug Payment Model from consideration.

To read the letter and list of 316 groups on the Community Oncology Alliance's website, click here.

SOURCE Community Oncology Alliance