ePolicy News February 2021

Publication Date: Feb 4, 2021

ASCP Action Alert Supports Increased Test Capacity
ASCP has released an Action Alert asking members and other individuals to urge their elected officials in Washington, D.C., to support President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan. Read more.

Biden COVID-19 Strategy Includes Key Elements of ASCP National Testing Strategy, and New Workforce Initiative
ASCP applauds President Joe Biden’s National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response to address the pandemic. The plan includes signature policies and proposals that ASCP has championed over the past year. The President has also called for the creation of a National Pandemic Testing Board, for which ASCP has strongly advocated. Read more.

GAO Outlines Need for National COVID-19 Strategy
A new report released by the Government Accountability Office emphasizes that diagnostic testing is crucial to controlling the spread of the virus. Read more.

HHS Proposes Significant Value-Based Care Changes to HIPAA Privacy Rule
March 11 is the deadline to comment on a notice of proposed rulemaking to modify the HIPAA and HITECH Act Privacy Rule, issued in December by the Health and Human Services Administration’s Office for Civil Rights. Find out how it might affect you. Read more.

ASCP Recommends COVID-19 Tests to Question Before Using
ASCP has identified two targeted, evidence-based recommendations for COVID-19 testing, developed by the ASCP Effective Test Utilization Committee in collaboration with the ASCP Commission on Science, Technology and Policy. Read more.

2021 ASCP Choosing Wisely Champions Program Now Accepting Nominations
Be recognized! Submit your nomination by February 19 to be considered for the 2021 ASCP Choosing Wisely Champions program, which annually recognize pathologists, laboratory professionals, individual clinicians and clinical teams who have implemented successful effective test utilization measures that prevent test overuse and improve the nation’s healthcare system. Read more.

ASCP Endorses New York State Legislative Briefing on Precision Medicine and Biomarker Testing in Oncology
A recent New York state legislative that briefing that sought to raise awareness among state legislators and staff about the importance of biomarker testing in patient access to the latest and highest-quality treatments received an endorsement from ASCP and the ASCP Board of Certification. Read more.

For more information regarding ASCP's advocacy initiatives and policy positions, please contact ASCP's Center for Public Policy at (202) 408-1110.

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