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February 8, 2022AVAC Comments on Healthy People 2030
January 10, 2022 Carter Blakey Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 420, Rockville, MD 20852 Dear Director Blakey, Members of the Adult Vaccine Access Coalition (AVAC) and stakeholder partners, we appreciate the opportunity to offer comments on Healthy People 2030 and make recommendations […]
Letters to Administration Benefits of Immunization
June 29, 2021AVAC Offers Comments on Medicare Program; Hospital Prospective Payment Systems and Quality Programs and Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program Requirements
To Whom It May Concern: As participants in the Adult Vaccine Access Coalition (AVAC), we appreciate the opportunity to comment on Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Proposed Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2022 Rates; Quality Programs and Medicare Promoting Interoperability […]
Letters to Administration Appropriations/Funding for Immunization
June 8, 2021AVAC Offers Comments on the Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities; Updates to the Quality Reporting Program and Value-Based Purchasing Program for Federal Fiscal Year 2022
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1746-P P.O. Box 8016 Baltimore, MD 21244-8016 To Whom It May Concern: As participants in the Adult Vaccine Access Coalition (AVAC), we appreciate the opportunity to comment on Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities; Updates to […]
Letters to Administration Appropriations/Funding for Immunization
June 8, 2021AVAC Offers Comments on the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2022 and Updates to the IRF Quality Reporting Program
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1748-P P.O. Box 8016 Baltimore, MD 21244-8016 To Whom It May Concern: As participants in the Adult Vaccine Access Coalition (AVAC), we appreciate the opportunity to comment on Medicare Program: Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2022 and […]
Letters to Administration Appropriations/Funding for Immunization
June 8, 2021AVAC Offers Comments on the FY 2022 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System and Quality Reporting Updates
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1750-P P.O. Box 8010 Baltimore, MD 21244-8016 To Whom It May Concern: As participants in the Adult Vaccine Access Coalition (AVAC), we appreciate the opportunity to comment on Medicare Program: FY 2022 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System and Quality Reporting Updates […]
Letters to Administration Appropriations/Funding for Immunization
January 5, 2021AVAC Advises CMS on Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
January 4, 2021 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-9912-IFC P.O. Box 8016, Baltimore, MD 21244-8016 comports RE: RIN 0938-AU35: Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency CMS-9912-IFC To Whom It May Concern: As participants in the Adult Vaccine Access Coalition (AVAC), […]
Letters to Administration COVID-19 Response
September 11, 2020AVAC Successfully Advocates for Prenatal Immunization Measure in HHS Report
The Child and Adult Core Sets of quality measures for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) are key indicators of the access to—and quality of—the health care Medicaid and CHIP beneficiaries receive. The Core Sets are important tools states can use to monitor and improve the quality of health care provided to Medicaid […]
Reports Eliminating Disparities
August 24, 2020AVAC Comments on the CY 2021 Home Health Proposed Rule
August 24, 2020 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1730-PP.O. Box 8013, Baltimore, MD 21244-8013 RE: CMS-1730-P Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2021 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update; Home Health Quality Reporting Requirements; Home Infusion Therapy Services Requirements To Whom It May Concern: As participants in […]
Letters to Administration Quality Measures
March 6, 2020AVAC Submits Comments on Medicare Part D Proposed Rule
March 6, 2020 Seema Verma Administrator Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21244 RE: Advance Notice of Methodological Changes for Calendar Year (CY) 2021 for Medicare Advantage (MA) Capitation Rates and Part C and Part D Payment Policies – Part II Dear Administrator Verma: As participants in the […]
Letters to Administration Quality Measures
October 25, 2019AVAC Makes Recommendations for the Development of the 2020 National Vaccine Plan
October 24, 2019 Tammy R. Beckham, DVM, PhD Director, Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) 200 Independence Ave. SW Washington, DC 20201 RE: Request for Information (RFI) from Non-Federal Stakeholders: Developing the 2020 National Vaccine Plan Dear Dr. Beckham, On behalf of the Adult Vaccine Access Coalition […]
Letters to Administration Eliminating Disparities
October 18, 2019APIC Releases Position Statement on State Vaccine Policies
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) released their vaccine position statement. Read their statement here. You can learn more about APIC’s vaccine work here.
Reports Benefits of Immunization
October 1, 2019AVAC Offers Comments on Proposed Changes to the Hospital Outpatient Payment System
September 27, 2019 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1717-P P.O. Box 8013 Baltimore, MD 21244-1850 RE: CMS-1717-P Medicare Program: Proposed Changes to Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs To Whom It May Concern: As participants in the Adult Vaccine […]
Letters to Administration Quality Measures