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May 19, 2020AVAC Makes Recommendations to 2021 Physician Fee Schedule
May 19, 2020 Demetrios Kouzoukas Principal Deputy Administrator for Medicare and Director Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21244 RE: Adult Vaccine Access Coalition (AVAC) Recommendations for the FY2021 Proposed Rule Medicare Program: Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment Policies; […]
Letters to Administration Supporting Providers
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
January 8, 2020AVAC Responds to HHS’s Value-Based Transformation Initiative
December 20, 2019 Ed Simcox HHS Chief Technology Officer U.S. Department of Health & Human Services 200 Independence Ave. SW Washington, DC 20201 RE: Request for Information – PreventionX Dear Mr. Simcox, On behalf of the Adult Vaccine Access Coalition (AVAC), we appreciate the opportunity to share our thoughts in response to the Department of […]
Letters to Administration Benefits of Immunization
December 12, 2019AVAC Comments on Executive Order Aimed at Modernizing Influenza Vaccines in the United States to Promote National Security and Public Health
December 12, 2019 Robert Kadlec, M.D., MTM&H, M.S., Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response 200 Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20201 RE: Comments on Executive Order on Modernizing Influenza Vaccines in the United States to Promote National Security and Public Health. Dear Assistant Secretary Kadlec, On behalf of the Adult Vaccine Access Coalition (AVAC), we […]
Letters to Administration Appropriations/Funding for Immunization
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 Quality Measures
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
October 1, 2019AVAC 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: […]
Letters to Administration Quality Measures
October 1, 2019AVAC 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 […]
Letters to Administration Quality Measures
June 25, 2019AVAC 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
Letters to Administration Quality Measures
March 4, 2019AVAC 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 […]
Letters to Administration Quality Measures
January 18, 2019AVAC 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: […]
Letters to Administration Quality Measures
September 10, 2018AVAC 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 […]
Letters to Administration Quality Measures