What you should know:
1. The AMA is calling for an array of financial relief measures, including:
- Adjustments to Medicare and Medicaid payment provisions
- Increased telemedicine coverage
- Expanded small-business loan funding
- Tuition relief for medical students
- Medical liability protections
2. The letter also supports legislation from Sens. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., and John Barrasso, R-Wyo., that would provide ASCs and clinicians an emergency one-time grant equal to their total payroll from Jan. 1 to April 1, 2019.
3. The letter was supported by 137 national and state-level professional societies.
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