Take Action: SGO Needs Your Help on These Important Requests
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Protect Critical Gynecologic Cancer Education — Reauthorize Johanna’s Law
Johanna’s Law has been a cornerstone of federal efforts to improve education and awareness of gynecologic cancers for nearly two decades.
Because there are no routine screening tests for most gynecologic cancers, increasing awareness of symptoms and risk factors remains one of the most effective tools we have to promote earlier detection and improve patient outcomes.
Through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), this law supports initiatives like the Inside Knowledge: Get the Facts About Gynecologic Cancer campaign, which have helped educate both patients and providers and address persistent gaps in understanding across cancer types.
The authorization of Johanna’s Law is set to expire on September 30, 2026, and without congressional action, these important education and outreach efforts could be disrupted. Along with increased funding, reauthorization will allow the CDC to continue and expand this work, particularly in underserved communities where disparities in gynecologic cancer outcomes remain significant.
SGO is urging Congress to reauthorize Johanna’s Law for three years from FY 2027 through FY 2029 and appropriate $15 million in funding for FY 2027.
Support the Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025
Prior authorization requirements in Medicare Advantage plans are increasingly delaying access to critical services for patients with gynecologic cancers. While intended to control costs and ensure appropriate care, these processes often create unnecessary barriers—particularly in oncology, where timely diagnosis and treatment are essential. Delays in approving imaging, procedures, and other services can postpone care, increase patient anxiety, and in some cases contribute to disease progression.
At the same time, prior authorization places a significant administrative burden on oncology practices. Physicians and their staff spend hours navigating complex and inconsistent requirements, diverting time and resources away from direct patient care. This burden is especially acute in specialty care settings like gynecologic oncology, where treatment is often complex and time sensitive.
The Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025 (H.R. 1816/S. 3514) would streamline prior authorization in Medicare Advantage by establishing electronic processes, improving transparency, and requiring more timely decisions. While it does not address prior authorization for prescription drugs, it represents an important step toward reducing delays and improving access to care for cancer patients.
SGO urges members to act and ask their members of Congress to co-sponsor the bill if they haven’t already and support its adoption this year!
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!
