September 23, 2010

House Passes NASPER Reauthorization

As part of the ASIPP 12th Annual Meeting in June, ASIPP members lobbied on Capitol Hill for the reauthorization of NASPER in addition to physician payment reform, reimbursement reform for outpatient interventional surgical procedures in the ASC setting, and the National Pain Care Policy Act. Since then, ASIPP and its board have worked to keep the attention of Washington on these issues.

Today we are pleased to announce a great first step toward the ultimate passing of NASPER. Only hours ago in a vote of 384 to 32, the house overwhelmingly approved the reauthorization of NASPER. Now this reauthorization bill (H.R. 5710) will head to the Senate for final approval before it can gain the signature of the President.

While this is not the final vote, it is an important step to the ultimate reauthorization of NASPER which we will continue to work to realize. For more details on the vote click on the following link: Final Vote Results

H.R. 5710