Quality Measures

AVAC Comments on the CMS’s Proposed Changes to the Physician Fee Schedule

September 27, 2019 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1693-P P.O. Box 8016 Baltimore, MD 21244-8016 RE: CMS-1715-P Medicare Program: Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment Policies; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; etc. To Whom It May Concern: […]

AVAC Sends Comments to CMS on the Medicare Program End Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System (ESRD PPS) and Quality Incentive Program Proposed Rule

September 27, 2019 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1713-P P.O. Box 8010, Baltimore, MD 21244-8010 RE: CMS-1713-P Medicare Program; End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System, Payment for Renal Dialysis Services Furnished to Individuals With Acute Kidney Injury, End-Stage Renal Disease Quality Incentive Program To Whom It May […]

Moving More Electrons To Optimize New Adult Composite Immunization Measures

Meaningfully measuring adult influenza and pneumococcal vaccination is a vital public health intervention. Until recently, quality performance measures were only available for some adult vaccines. Newly available composite measures, however, account for all vaccinations routinely recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), and have the potential to ensure that all patients receive the standard of care when it comes to immunization coverage.

AVAC Comments on the Medicare Program Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Proposed Rule for FY 2020

AVAC comments on CMS–1716–P 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 2019 Rates

AVAC Submits Comments on the 2020 Medicare Advantage and Part D Advance Notice and Draft Call Letter

March 1, 2019 Seema Verma Administrator Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21244 RE: 2020 Medicare Advantage and Part D Advance Notice and Draft Call Letter (CMS-2017- 0163) Dear Administrator Verma: As participants in the Adult Vaccine Access Coalition (AVAC), we appreciate the opportunity to comment on the Centers for […]

Healthy People 2030

Healthy People objectives help to guide the actions of public and private stakeholders across the country who are committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our nation and provide a foundation for measuring progress. It is therefore extremely disappointing that the proposed Immunization and Infectious Disease (IID) objectives for Healthy People 2030 (HP2030) seek to eliminate many critical immunization objectives.

AVAC Provides Comments on Immunization and Infectious Disease (IID) objectives for Healthy People (HP) 2030

January 17, 2019 Don Wright, MD, MPH, FAAFP Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Department of Health and Human Services Tower Building 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite LL100 Rockville, MD 20852 Re: Secretary’s Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for Healthy People 2030 Dear Dr. Wright: […]

AVAC Responds to CMS’s Proposed Rule on the Physician Fee Schedule, Medicare Shared Savings Program, and Other Programs

September 10, 2018 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1693-P P.O. Box 8016 Baltimore, MD 21244-8016 RE: CMS-1693-P Medicare Program; Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other  Revisions to Part B for CY 2019; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; Quality Reporting Program; and Medicaid Promoting […]

AVAC Expresses Concerns About CMS’s Medicare Program End Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System and Quality Incentive Program Proposed Rule

September 10, 2018 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1691-P P.O. Box 8010, Baltimore, MD 21244-8010 RE: CMS-1691-P Medicare Program; End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System, Payment for Renal Dialysis Services Furnished to Individuals With Acute Kidney Injury, End-Stage Renal Disease Quality Incentive Program To Whom It May […]

AVAC Comments on the CY 2019 Medicare Program Home Health Prospective Payment System Update Proposed Rule

August 31, 2018 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1689-P P.O. Box 8013, Baltimore, MD 21244-8013 RE: CMS-1689-P Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2019 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update and CY 2020 Case-Mix Adjustment Methodology Refinements; Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model; Home Health Quality Reporting Requirements; […]

AVAC’s New Infographic Shows Recommended Immunization Schedule for Adults

AVAC’s Infographic Demonstrates the Adult Vaccination Rates Remain Low in the U.S.

Adult vaccination rates remain low in the US and far below Healthy People 2020 targets