**URGENT Immediate Action Needed!**

Urgent! Immediate Action Needed!

NYSSMOH strongly urges all members to complete the Community Oncology Alliance (COA) Components of Care Study.

CMS has released the 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. It contains the 21.5% cut to all physician-related payments. It eliminates consultation codes. And the real surprise is a 6% additional cut to medical oncology.
That’s correct — an additional cut of 6% to medical oncology.

The oncologists own (AMA) data was used by CMS to arrive at these cuts. Every practice should complete and return the Components of Care Survey so we have data to refute this. We need to send out the results of the Components of Care Survey to the Congress, Administration, and the press.

Additionally, this is not a final rule — we have a comment period. In short, we need accurate, realistic data or your practice is facing large cuts next year effective 1/1/10.
The link below will direct you to the COA website.

Components of Care Study

Again, NYSSMOH strongly urges all members to complete the Components of Care Survey and forward this email on to your colleagues.