A key Republican senator is demanding that a major medical organization explain how it helps set industry payment rates, adding urgency to a growing political fight over how doctors are reimbursed.
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana), the chairman of the Senate’s health committee, on Monday sent the American Medical Association a list of questions about how the lobbying group devises codes that are used to bill for medical procedures and services, fees associated with that work and the organization’s broader agenda.
