April is National Foot Health Awareness Month, and the best way to advance foot care awareness is to urge your member of Congress to cosponsor HR 7905/S 4070, the Diabetes Foot Health Access and Modernization Act. This bipartisan legislation would modernize outdated Medicare documentation requirements that cause significant delays in care for therapeutic shoes and establish Medicaid coverage parity for podiatrists.
The bill was introduced by Representatives John Joyce, MD (R-PA); Diana DeGette (D-CO); Mike Rulli (R-OH); Kim Schrier, MD (D-WA); Mike Kennedy, MD (R-UT); and Darren Soto (D-FL), along with Senators Todd Young (R-IN) and Raphael Warnock (D-GA).
APMA has created three eAdvocacy alerts to allow physicians, students, and patients to take part in the advocacy efforts.