• AVAC 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
  • AVAC 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
  • AVAC 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
  • AVAC 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
  • AVAC 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
  • AVAC 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
  • AVAC 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
  • AVAC 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
  • AVAC 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
  • AVAC 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
  • APIC 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
  • AVAC 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