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Take Action: SGO Needs Your Help on These Important Requests

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TAKE ACTION – Ask Your Members of Congress to Support an Endometrial Cancer Line Item

The House and Senate are working on their Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 appropriations bills, including the bill that funds the Department of Defense (DoD) Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP). SGO has requested an endometrial cancer line item be established and funded with $10 million in initial appropriations. The National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2026 authorized the creation of an endometrial cancer research program within CDMRP funded at $10 million, and we must urge Congress to provide this funding in FY 2027 appropriations to support and implement this program.

SGO needs your help to get members of the House of Representatives and Senate to support this request. Please act now and ask your members of Congress to support this important research!

Tell Congress: Delay the Efficiency Adjustment

On January 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently implemented an “efficiency adjustment”, a policy to cut the work relative value units (RVUs) and intraservice times for 1,000’s of CPT codes including procedures performed by gynecologic oncologists.

CMS believes that gynecologic oncologists and other physicians who perform procedures become more efficient over time as they become more skilled and that these efficiency gains are not reflected in procedures’ values. To address this concern, the CY2026 MPFS put in place a 2.5% reduction to work RVUs with additional reductions every three years.

Representatives Ron Estes (R-KS) and Tom Suozzi (D-NY) recently introduced the Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act (H.R. 7520) that delays implementation of the efficiency adjustment until January 1, 2030. Additionally, the legislation only allows for the implementation of an “efficiency adjustment” if CMS demonstrates to the congressional committees of jurisdiction that a one-time, across-the-board cut is supported by evidence. Should the report support implementation, the legislation outlines conditions for the adjustment’s implementation.

SGO needs your help to protect the value of the services you deliver! Tell your representatives to co-sponsor H.R. 7520 to stop this “efficiency adjustment” and ensure gynecologic oncologists are compensated adequately!

Capitol Hill Day

SGO’s Capitol Hill Day is an opportunity for its SGO Congressional Ambassadors and our patient advocate partners to educate Members of Congress on gynecologic cancer, inform them about what is happening in their home state or district, and present solutions to current challenges in gynecologic cancer care. SGO advocates share patient care experiences, thank offices for breakthroughs and successes made possible by prior year’s efforts, and explain what Congress can do to continue to support progress toward our shared vision of eradicating gynecologic cancers.

For questions about Capitol Hill Day or how to participate in an upcoming event, please contact Katie Martino, SGO Senior Manager of Governance and Clinical Practice.

Read about past Capitol Hill Day events in the links below, and review more photos from past events here.

 

Health Policy & Legislative Affairs Committee

Ryan Spencer, MD, MS, Chair
Allison Saiz, MD, Vice Chair
Rana Aliani, MD
Danika Barry, MD, MPH, MPP
Susan Folsom, MD
Tilley Jenkins Vogel, MD
Emily MacArthur, MD
Larissa Mattei, MD
Rachel Miller-Garcia

 

Marisa Moroney, MD
Anna Jo Smith, MD, MPH
Monica Avila, MD
Vanessa Hill, MPH
Aparna Kailasam, MD
John Wallbillich, MD
Mark Shahin, MD, HPSE Chair
Emily Ko, MD, MSCR, Board Liaison

Coding & Reimbursement Committee

Kevin Schuler, MD, MBA, Chair
Stephen Bush, MD, Vice Chair
Leslie Bradford, MD
Joe DeMari, MD
Carolyn Haunschild, MD
David Holtz, MD
Amelia Jernigan, MD
Amer Karam, MD
Kimberly Levinson, MD, MPH

 

Andreea Newtson, MD
Kaitlin Nicholson, MD
Sameer Sharma, MD, MBA
Udele Tagoe, MD
Kristin Taylor, MD
Bridget Toomey, MS, CPC
Katherine Tucker, MD
Heather Williams, MD
Kristen Zeligs, MD

Quality Committee

Emma Barber, MD, Chair
Jolyn Taylor, MD, MPH, Vice Chair
Benjamin Albright, MD, MS
Andrea Bercow, MD
Zenas Chang, MD
Terri Dunn, DNP, APRN, WHNP-BC, CPHQ
Oliva Foley, MD

 

Ashley Haggerty, MD, MSCE
Katherine Hicks-Courant, MD
Jessica Jou, MD
Rachel Mojdehbakhsh, MD
Krista Pfaendler, MD MPH
Elise Simons, MD
Simrit Warring, MD, MS

Governance and Clinical  Practice Staff Contacts

JESSICA OLDHAM

Director of Governance and Clinical Practice
CONTACT JESSICA

 

KATIE MARTINO, MPH, CPH

Senior Manager of Governance and Clinical Practice

CONTACT KATIE

 

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