SCAI is a member of the Regulatory Relief Coalition (RRC), which is focused on ensuring that prior authorization is removed as a barrier to timely access to medical care.   

Earlier this week the U.S. Senate held a hearing titled “The Doctor is Out: How Washington’s Rules Drove Physicians Out of Medicine.” This hearing presents an excellent opportunity to examine the significant administrative burdens imposed by prior authorization and the resulting increase in physician burnout, an issue that the RRC has long advocated addressing through the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care (Seniors’) Act (S. 1816). SCAI support’s the RRC’s statement that was included to Congress for this hearing.