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Put on your practice letter-head if possible DATE \@ "MMMM d, yyyy" \* MERGEFORMAT June 14, 2018Senator FIRST LAST NAMEUnited States House of RepresentativesWashington, DC 20515????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Re: S. 769, Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act of 2017Dear Senator LAST NAME:I am a Radiologist Assistant (RA) in STATE, and I am writing to ask you to cosponsor S. 769. This bipartisan bill will address Medicare’s lack of recognition of the RA profession, and will improve medical care for seniors with virtually no impact on federal spending. S. 769 is common- sense legislation that will amend the Medicare statute to recognize RAs and enable radiology practices and Medicare to become more efficient. The bill will reduce patient access problems that are certain to worsen as the number of Medicare beneficiaries grows.RAs will continue to lose jobs if Medicare does not recognize us. That failure severely limits the contribution that we can make, and hence limits RAs’ value to hospitals and radiologists in YOUR STATE. We have been working with several national organizations to find a legislative solution that would ensure that Medicare adheres to the same physician supervision levels as is in state law. This would ensure that Medicare beneficiaries would have the same access to our services that non-Medicare patients have.There are no organizations that oppose our legislation. It enjoys the full support of everyone in the medical imaging community; it preserves medical education programs and saves jobs. As you can see from the enclosed list, S. 769, is supported by 87 national, state, and local organizations including [HIGHLIGHT ANY INSTITUTIONS IN YOUR STATE] major medical centers like Memorial Sloan Kettering, the University of Pittsburg Medical Center (UPMC) and Texas Children’s Hospital, major universities like Ohio State, Rutgers and University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, and the American College of Radiology, the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists, the American Society of Radiologic Technologists and the Society of Radiology Physician Extenders. As a constituent, I support S. 769, and urge you to add your name to the bill’s cosponsor list soon.Sincerely yours,First name Last name, credsOrganizations and Companies That Support Authorizing RAs to Practice to the Level of Their EducationAcademy of Radiology Physician Extenders (ARPE)Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PAAmerican College of Radiology (ACR)American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT)American Osteopathic College of Radiology (AOCR)Association for Medical Imaging Management (AHRA)Association of Collegiate Educators in Imaging and Radiologic Sciences (AEIRS)Association of Collegiate Educators in Radiologic Technology (ACERT)Brown Univ., Medical School/Rhode Island Hospital & The Miriam HospitalCatholic Health InitiativesCentral Arkansas VA Healthcare SystemCertification Board for Radiology Practitioner AssistantsDiagnostic Imaging Northwest (Tacoma, WA)Diversified Radiology, Lakewood, COFoundation Radiology Group, Pittsburgh, PAGundersen Health System, LaCrosse, WILoma Linda University, School of Allied Health ProfessionsMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (NY)Mercy Hospital, Rogers, ARNational Rural Health Association (NRHA)Northwest Imaging, Kalispel, MT Ohio State University, Radiologic Sciences/Respiratory Therapy DivisionPeninsula Imaging, Salisbury, MDPowell Valley Healthcare, Powell WyomingQuinnipiac University Radiologist Assistant Educators Council (RAEC)Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) Radiology Consultants of Canton (OH)Radiology Consultants, Little Rock, ARRutgers University-School of Health Related Professions, Diagnostic Medical Sonography ProgramSalem Radiology Consultants (OR)St. Luke’s Health Network, Bethlehem, PASt. Joseph Health SystemTexas Children’s Hospital/Baylor University College of Medicine, Dept. of Pediatric Radiology, Houston, TXUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Division of Pediatric RadiologyUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Dept. of RadiologyYale University School of Medicine, Department of Diagnostic RadiologySociety of Radiology Physician Extenders (SRPE)And state affiliates:Arizona Society of Radiology Physician ExtendersColorado Society of Radiology Physician ExtendersMassachusetts Society of Radiology Physician ExtendersTexas Society of Radiology Practitioner AssistantsAmerican Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) - And state affiliates:Alabama Society of Radiologic TechnologistsAlaska Society of Radiologic TechnologistsArizona Society of Radiologic TechnologistsArkansas Society of Radiologic TechnologistsCalifornia Society of Radiologic Technologists Colorado Society of Radiologic Technologists Connecticut Society of Radiologic TechnologistsFlorida Society of Radiologic TechnologistsGeorgia Society of Radiologic TechnologistsHawaii Society of Radiologic TechnologistsIdaho Society of Radiologic TechnologistsIllinois State Society of Radiologic TechnologistsIowa Society of Radiologic TechnologistsIndiana Society of Radiologic TechnologistsKansas Society of Radiologic TechnologistsLouisiana Society of Radiologic TechnologistsMaine Society of Radiologic TechnologistMassachusetts Society of Radiologic TechnologistsMichigan Society of Radiologic TechnologistsMinnesota Society of Radiologic TechnologistsMississippi Society of Radiologic TechnologistsMissouri Society of Radiologic TechnologistsMontana Society of Radiologic TechnologistsNevada Society of Radiologic TechnologistsNew Jersey Society of Radiologic TechnologistsNew Hampshire Society of Radiologic TechnologistsNew Mexico Society of Radiologic TechnologistsNew York Society of Radiologic TechnologistsNorth Carolina Society of Radiologic TechnologistsNorth Dakota Society of Radiologic TechnologistsOhio Society of Radiologic Technologists Oregon Society of Radiologic Technologists Oklahoma Society of Radiologic TechnologistsPennsylvania Society of Radiologic TechnologistsPhiladelphia Society of Radiologic TechnologistsSouth Dakota Society of Radiologic TechnologistsTexas Society of Radiologic TechnologistsUtah Society of Radiologic TechnologistsVermont Society of Radiologic TechnologistsVirginia Society of Radiologic TechnologistsWashington Society of Radiologic TechnologistsWest Virginia Society of Radiologic TechnologistsWisconsin Society of Radiologic TechnologistsWyoming Society of Radiologic Technologists ................
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