Advocacy Day is an excellent opportunity to learn more about health policy and I’m grateful for the opportunities to participate as a resident physician!

We're here in DC for #ASTROAdvocacy Day! #radoncs from all over the US are here to tell Congress: 🤝 Support the #ROCR Act ⏰ It's time to #FixPriorAuth ⬆️ $$ for #cancer research ASTRO NIH National Cancer Institute ARPA-H

X-torial: Cleaning up the misinformation about Joe Biden and #ProstateCancer that I am reading everywhere. The purpose of this is to provide education from someone who treats and studies PCa for a living, lead the USA National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) PCa guidelines, hold leadership in NRG Oncology National Cancer Institute

Unacceptable! UnitedHealthcare denies treatment for patient with aggressive cancer. I schedule P2P urgently and UnitedHealthcare misses the P2P appointment (no one called me)! I call UnitedHealthcare to ask what happened and no one can help. Cancer growing. Pt in pain. #fixpriorauth Dr. Roger Marshall ASTRO

Thank you #radonc Dr. Cate Yashar for bringing the realities & impacts of Prior Authorization to more people. #FixPriorAuth ASTRO members can send notes to their Congressional reps here: astro.org/advocacy/becom…

Always blows me away how #radonc attracts such incredibly talented people, like Dr. Bear, who dedicate their lives to fighting cancer. Thanks for recognizing their contribution! ASTRO

📢New AMA research shows #physicians continue to leave private practice due to declining reimbursement/increased admin hassles. #Neurosurgery is worse w/only 15-20% now in private practice. #FixMedicare #FixPriorAuth #PhysicianLed. Read => bit.ly/444P2AD

🚨CMS just announced a model to introduce new #priorauthorization barriers to Traditional Medicare (which classically hasn't faced any). We need less #priorAuth, not more. Don't let this title fool you. This is a "fix" for a problem that doesn't exist. cms.gov/newsroom/press…

UPDATE: Our summary of the reconciliation bill’s key health provisions now reflects details from today’s Senate-passed version — with sections on Medicaid, the ACA, Medicare, and HSAs.

Regs & Eggs from McDermott+ is out! (A day early…) mcdermottplus.com/blog/regs-eggs… This week, my colleague, Rachel Hollander, and I provide a history lesson about how we got ourselves into a situation where Medicare physician payments have been cut for five years in a row! As

A first hand patient view of radiation therapy. For more information about RT, visit our website: rtanswers.org/what-is-radiat…

Today marks six months since I took office as Mayor of San Francisco. We still have a lot of work to do—but we’re showing what a new era of collaboration and action looks like. Since our 100-Day mark in April, we have passed a budget that closes an $800 million deficit and

How the $1T Medicaid cuts law is also a $500B Medicare cuts law modernhealthcare.com/politics-regul…

Thank you Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Co-Chair of the House Cancer Caucus, for becoming a co-sponsor of the Radiation Oncology Case Rate (ROCR) Act. Congresswoman Dingell signed on after meeting with Michigan radoncs during ASTRO Advocacy Day. Rep. Debbie Dingell ow.ly/NJas50Wnitc

Looking to launch a career in health care coding, coverage, and reimbursement? ⁦ASTRO⁩ is hiring! Apply here: workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default…

📢 ASTRO is hiring! 2 entry-level positions: 1) Meeting Coordinator: Support ASTRO's Annual Meeting & Specialty Meetings. 2) Health Policy Coordinator: Support ASTRO’s Health Policy team focused on insurers & Medicare coverage issues. Apply here: ow.ly/XRuU50Wo2SX

Today's Medicare physician payment rule is worth a look--lots of major policy changes.

Prior-auth may be the pre-x of today. Most see it as a big problem for them. Few think the recently announced voluntary initiative to curb it will amount to much. Our latest tracking poll: kff.org/patient-consum…

🎙️🎙️ New RadOnc Report Podcast: Medicare Payment Proposed Rules 2026 Updates Ahead of the 8/6 Member Town Hall, ASTRO VP of Advocacy Dave Adler discusses the recent Medicare Payment Rules for 2026. Hear about Medicare's regulatory processes, the impact of the Medicare

Low-dose radiation therapy may help treat arthritis and other benign conditions - Washington Post Insights from ⁦ASTRO⁩ members Dr. Sanjay Mehta ⁦& Dr. Gopal K. Bajaj, MD, MBA, FASTRO⁩ featured. Clinical stories are compelling and stronger data is emerging 1/x washingtonpost.com/health/2025/08…