Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MFS)

• ASTRO Submits Comment Letter to CMS on the Proposed Rule for Calendar Year 2007 (10/06)

• ASTRO Submits Comment Letter to CMS on the 2007 Practice Expense Methodology and 5-Year Review Proposed Rule (8/06)

• ASTRO Summary of the 2007 Practice Expense Methodology and 5-Year Review Proposed Rule (8/06)

• ASTRO Submits Supplementary Comment Letter to CMS on the Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule for Calendar Year 2006 (01/06)

• ASTRO Submits Comment Letter to CMS on the Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule for Calendar Year 2006  (01/06)

• ASTRO Submits Comment Letter to CMS on the Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule for Calendar Year 2006  (09/05)

• ASTRO Submits Comment Letter to CMS on the Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule for Calendar Year 2005 (12/04)

• ASTRO Submits Comment Letter to CMS on the Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule for Calendar Year 2005  (09/04)

• ASTRO Submits Comment Letter to CMS on the Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule for Calendar Year 2004 (09/03)

• ASTRO Submits Comment Letter to CMS on the Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule for 2003 (03/03)

• House and Senate Legislation to Halt Medicare Physician Cuts for 2003 (01/03)

• ASTRO Summary of the 2003 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule (09/02)

• ASTRO's Comments on the Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule for Calendar Year 2003 (9/02)

Additional Physician Payment Information

• Capps-Myrick House of Representatives sign-on letter to CMS (7/06)

• ASTRO's testimony to the House Energy and Commerce Committee (7/06)

• ASTRO's letter to CMS Administrator Dr. Mark McClellan (5/06)

• Sign-on letter to Senate Majority Leader Frist and Senate Minority Leader Reid (3/06)

• ASTRO's testimony to the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health (5/05)

• ASTRO Submits Comment Letter to CMS on Payment Reform for Part B Drugs (09/03)

Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS)

• ASTRO Submits Comment Letter to CMS on the Hospital Outpatient Proposed Rule for Calendar Year 2007 (10/06)

• ASTRO Submits Comment Letter to CMS on the Hospital Outpatient Final Rule for Calendar Year 2006 (01/06)

• ASTRO Submits Comment Letter to CMS on Hospital Outpatient Proposed Rule for Calendar Year 2006 (09/05)

• ASTRO Submits Comment Letter to CMS on the Hospital Outpatient Final Rule for Calendar Year 2005 (01/05)

• ASTRO Comments on Hospital Outpatient Prospect132 CR 3154 Regarding Compensator Based IMRT (4/04)

• ASTRO Submits Comment Letter to CMS on the Hospital Outpatient Proposed Rule for Calendar Year 2004 (10/03)

• ASTRO Submits Comment Letter to CMS on the Hospital Outpatient Final Rule for Calendar Year 2003 (12/02)

• ASTRO Submits Comment Letter to CMS on the Hospital Outpatient Proposed Rule for Calendar Year 2003 (10/02)

• ASTRO Summary of the 2003 Hospital Outpatient Proposed Rule for Calendar Year 2003 (08/02)

Additional Hospital Outpatient Information

• Sign-on letter to House Speaker Haster (5/06)

• Medicare Alert: Problem with Outpatient Claims Containing Non-Covered Charges (04/02)

Self-Referral

• ASTRO's statement on self-referral (11/06)

Pay for Performance and Quality

• The Institute of Medicine's executive summary of Crossing the Quality Chasm

• The Institute of Medicine's executive summary of Preserving the Public Trust

• The Institute of Medicine's executive summary of Envisioning the National Health Care Quality Report

Nuclear Regulatory Commmission (NRC)

• ASTRO/AAPM comment letter to the NRC about the propsed rule to change occupational dose records, labeling procedures and total effective dose equivalent (12/06)

• ASTRO comment letter to the NRC on proposed rule to expand definition of byproduct material (9/2006)

Miscellaneous

• ASTRO comment letter to the Food and Drug Administration on unique device identification (11/06)