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June 26, 2018AVAC Submitted Comments to CMS on the Medicare Program Hospital Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment proposed rule for FY 2019
June 26, 2018 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1690-P P.O. Box 8010 Baltimore, MD 21244-1810 RE: CMS-1690-P Medicare Program; FY 2019 Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System and Quality Reporting Updates for Fiscal Year Beginning October 1, 2018 (FY 2019) To Whom It May Concern: As participants […]
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June 26, 2018AVAC Offers Thoughts on Medicare Program Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment proposed rule for Fiscal Year 2019
June 26,2018 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1688-P P.O. Box 8016 Baltimore, MD 21244-8016 RE: CMS–1694–P Medicare Program: Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2019 To Whom It May Concern: As participants in the Adult Vaccine Access Coalition (AVAC), we appreciate the opportunity […]
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June 25, 2018AVAC Comments on CMS’s Medicare Program Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment proposed rule for FY 2019
June 25, 2018 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1694-P P.O. Box 8011 Baltimore, MD 21244-1850 RE: CMS–1694–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 To Whom […]
Letters to Administration Quality Measures
March 5, 2018AVAC Comments on the 2019 Part D Advance Notice and Draft Call Letter
March 5, 2018 Seema Verma Administrator Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21244 RE: 2019 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 Medicare […]
Letters to Administration Quality Measures
February 9, 2018AVAC Offered Recommendations to CMS on Measure Sets for 2019 MIPS
February 9, 2018 Seema Verma Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-5522-P P.O. Box 8013 Baltimore, MD 21244-8013 RE: Stakeholder Recommendations for Potential Consideration of New Specialty Measure Sets and/or Revisions to the Existing Specialty Measure Sets for the 2019 Program Year of Meritbased Incentive Payment System […]
Letters to Administration Quality Measures
November 21, 2017AVAC Responds to CMS’s Request For Information on CMMI’s Future Initiatives
RE: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Innovation Center New Direction Request for Information To Whom it may Concern: As members of the Adult Vaccine Access Coalition (AVAC), we value the opportunity to comment on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Innovation Center New Direction Request for Information (RFI), one that promotes patient-centered care […]
Letters to Administration Quality Measures
September 29, 2017AVAC Asks that Adult Immunization Goals and Objects Remain in HealthyPeople 2030
September 29, 2017 To Whom It May Concern: AVAC appreciates the opportunity to offer comments in response to the Healthy People 2030 Framework. As a stakeholder coalition interested in improving the health and wellbeing of adults through better access to immunization services, we value the work of the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and […]
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September 25, 2017AVAC Sends CMS Comments in Response to their Proposed Home Health Rule
September 25, 2017 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1672-P P.O. Box 8016 Baltimore, MD 21244-8016 RE: Medicare and Medicaid Programs: CY 2018 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update and Proposed CY 2019 Case-Mix Adjustment Methodology Refinements; Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model; and Home Health Quality Reporting […]
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September 11, 2017AVAC Sends CMS Comments on the CY 2018 Physician Fee Schedule
September 11, 2017 Seema Verma Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1676-P P.O. Box 8016 Baltimore, MD 21244-8013 RE: Medicare Program: Revisions to Payment Policies Under Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2018; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; and Medicare Diabetes Prevention […]
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August 21, 2017AVAC Offers Comments on CMS’s Updates to the Quality Payment Program
August 21, 2017 Seema Verma Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-5522-P P.O. Box 8013 Baltimore, MD 21244-8013 RE: Medicare Program: CY 2018 Updates to the Quality Payment Program Dear Administrator Verma: AVAC appreciates the opportunity to offer comments in response to the Medicare Program; Merit-Based Incentive […]
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June 26, 2017AVAC Comments on CMS’s Proposed Rule on the SNF Quality Reporting Program (QRP)
June 26, 2017 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1679-P P.O. Box 8016 Baltimore, MD 21244-8016 Re: Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities Proposed Rule for FY 2018, SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program, SNF Quality Reporting Program, and SNF Payment Models Research To […]
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June 26, 2017AVAC Responds to CMS’s Medicare Program: Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule
June 26, 2017 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1671-P P.O. Box 8016 Baltimore, MD 21244-8016 RE: CMS–1671-P Medicare Program: Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2018 To Whom It May Concern: As participants in the Adult Vaccine Access Coalition (AVAC), we appreciate the […]
Letters to Administration Quality Measures