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Position Statements & Letters

The AMP advocacy program endeavors to inform and influence public policy affecting molecular pathology. AMP represents its membership to the federal agencies and members of Congress regarding professional and reimbursement issues - reaching out to fellow professional associations, industry and other association partners to accomplish common goals. Position statements, comments, and letters are usually generated by our Professional Relations and Economic Affairs Committees, though our Clinical Practice and Training & Education Committees do advocate in their areas.

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2020 Position Statements and Letters

Date Title Keywords Committee
November 7 AMP and CAP Comments on MolDX’s proposed coverage policy for Minimal Residual Disease Testing for Cancer MolDx, MRD, Coverage, CMS Economic Affairs
November 2 AMP Comments on CMS' Third Interim Final Rule on COVID-19 Public Health Emergency CMS, COVID-19, pandemic Economic Affairs
November 2 AMP Comments on Medicare Coverage of Innovative Technology (MCIT) and Definition of "Reasonable and Necessary CMS, FDA, LDP, Coverage Economic Affairs
October 21 Laboratory Stakeholder Letter on CLFS Crosswalk Recommendations for SARS-CoV-2 Testing CMS, CLFS, CPT, COVID-19, pandemic Economic Affairs
October 21 AMP Comments on CY2021 CLFS Preliminary Determinations CMS, CLFS, CPT, COVID-19 Economic Affairs
October 19 AMP Comments on Verifying Accurate, Leading-edge IVCT Development (VALID) Act Pandemic, COVID-19, LDPs, IVD, VITAL, FDA, CMS, CLIA Professional Relations
October 6 Laboratory Stakeholder Letter to Coronavirus Taskforce Regarding Testing Supplies and Tranparency Pandemic, COVID-19, Coronavirus Professional Relations
October 5 AMP Comments to CY2021 Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule PAMA, G0452, NCD, CLFS, CMS Economic Affairs
October 5 AMP Comments to CY2021 Medicare Program Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment Program MAAA, CLFS, DOS, CMS Economic Affairs
September 23 AACC, ACMG, AMP Joint Letter of Support for HHS Statement LDP, LDT, pandemic, COVID-19, HHS, FDA, CMS, CLIA Professional Relations
September 21 AMP Response to HHS RFI on Surge Capacity COVID-19, pandemic, supply chain Professional Relations
September 13 Stakeholder Letter to CMS Regarding National Correct Coding Initiative and COVID-19 Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Testing NCCI, pandemic, COVID-19, coding, CPT, CMS Economic Affairs
September 10 Letter to HHS Regarding Coverage and Reimbursement of COVID-19 Laboratory Developed Testing Procedures LDPs, pandemic, COVID-19, coverage CMS Economic Affairs
September 7 Stakeholder Letter to CMS Regarding COVID-19 Diagnostic Code 87635 CLFS, pandemic, COVID-19, pricing, CPT, CMS Economic Affairs
September 4 AMP Advocates for Inclusion of Laboratory Staff Working to Provide SARSCoV-2 Testing as Part of the Phase 1a Group for Vaccine COVID-19, pandemic, vaccine Professional Relations
September 2 Society Sign-on Letter to Support Chairwoman Johnson's Call for an NASEM Study on Systemic Racism in Academia NASEM, diversity, academia Professional Relations
August 28 AMP Response to FDA–2020–N–1046 for Use of Codeine Containing Analgesics in Children Under 12 Years of Age Subsequent to CYP2D6 Genetic Testing FDA, PGx, CYP2D6 Professional Relations
August 24 Response to CLIAC Request for Information Concerning Personnel and the Retention of Next Generation Sequencing Data in Clinical and Public Health Laboratories CLIAC, NGS, Data Professional Relations
August 11 Society Sign-on Letter Regarding COVID-19 Testing Prioritization Guidelines Update COVID-19, pandemic, supply issues Professional Relations
July 10 Society Sign-on Letter Requesting Renewal of Public Health Emergency (PHE) COVID-19, pandemic, PHE Professional Relations
July 8 Sign-on Letter from Laboratory Community Regarding COVID-19 Testing Supply Chain Issues COVID-19, pandemic, diagnostic testing Professional Relations
June 26 AMP Comments in Response to Chairman Alexander's Whitepaper "Preparing for the Next Pandemic" COVID-19, pandemic, diagnostic testing Professional Relations
June 25 Laboratory Stakeholder Letter Regarding NCCI Policy Manual 2020 Updates NCCI edits, CLFS, diagnostic testing Economic Affairs
June 22 AMP Pricing Recommendations for the Diagnostic Testing Codes at the Annual CMS Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule Meeting pricing, CLFS, diagnostic testing Economic Affairs
June 12 Joint Comments on MolDX: Phenotypic Biomarker Detection in Circulating Tumor Cells DL38584 LCD, MolDX, Circulating Tumor Cells Economic Affairs
June 12 Joint Comments on MolDX: Prognostic and Predictive Molecular Classifiers for Bladder Cancer DL38586 LCD, MolDX, Bladder Cancer Economic Affairs
June 12 Joint Comments on MolDX: Liquid Biopsies for Solid Organ Transplantation DL38582 LCD, MolDX, Liquid Biopsy Economic Affairs
May 29 AMP Recommendations on Public Health Emergency Sections of the Cures 2.0 Concept Paper Cures 2.0, Coverage, COVID-19, PHE Professional Relations
May 4 AMP Response to the FDA Citizen Petition on Behalf of the Coalition to Preserve Access to Pharmacogenomics (PGx) FDA, PGx, Citizen Petition Professional Relations
April 29 AMP-CAP Sign-on Letter Requesting Immediate National Coverage for Multiplex PCR Respiratory Viral Panel (RVP) Tests COVID-19, CMS, PCR RVP, sign-on Economics Affairs
April 22 AMP Sign-on Letter Requesting Hazard Pay for Laboratory Professionals during COVID-19 Pandemic COVID-19, Hazard Pay, sign-on Professional Relations
April 20 Multi-Society Sign-on Letter to Support Congressional Resolution to Denounce Anti-Asian Discrimination as Related to COVID-19 COVID-19, sign-on Professional Relations
February 26 AMP Response to Creation of Personalized Medicine Caucus Personalized Medicine Caucus Professional Relations

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