Advocacy Letters 2019

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• NAACOS comments in response to HHS proposed changes to the Stark law and anti-kickback statute
  
  
• NAACOS writes the House Energy and Commerce Committee on potential Cures 2.0 legislation
  
  

• NAACOS responds to request for information on a potential Oncology Care First Model

• NAACOS responds to House Ways and Means Committee Rural and Underserved Communities Health Task Force’s request for information
  
  
• NAACOS and 13 other groups write in support of the Accountable Care in Rural America Act (H.R. 5212)
  
  

• NAACOS submits comments on 2019 proposed rule that makes changes to 42 CFR Part 2

• NAACOS and 14 other groups write in support of S. 2648, the Rural ACO Improvement Act
  
  
• NAACOS Comments to CMS on 2020 Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule
  
  
• Nine stakeholder groups urge CMS to pay 2017 Advanced APM bonuses
  
  
• NAACOS submits comments on the proposed Radiation Oncology Model and ESRD Treatment Choices Model
  
  
• NAACOS responds to Bipartisan Policy Center Rural Health Task Force’s solicitation
  
  
• NAACOS Responds to CMS RFI on Patients Over Paperwork Initiative
  
  
• NAACOS supports bill (H.R. 3436) that removes cost-sharing obligations from Medicare Chronic Care Management codes
  
  
• NAACOS Urges CMS to Postpone Beneficiary Notification Requirement
  
  

• NAACOS filed public comments to CMS and ONC responding to proposed rules on greater health information exchange

  • Joint letter to CMS asked the agency to finalize requirement to share ADT feeds with some changes 
    
    
• NAACOS submits feedback on new Geographic and Professional and Global Options of Direct Contracting Models from the CMS Innovation Center
  
  
• NAACOS calls for MACRA changes in Statement for the Record to the Senate Finance Committee
  
  
• NAACOS-led Letter Urges HHS to Certify Next Generation ACO Model
  
  
• NAACOS advocates for one-sided ACOs to have access to telehealth in revised legislation
  
  
• NAACOS Submits Comments on CQMC Measure Prioritization Approaches
  
  
• NAACOS urges CMS to make changes to scoring of ACO-17 (smoking cessation) quality measure for 2018
  
  
• NAACOS calls for greater transparency in Innovation Center’s work
  
  
• NAACOS writes Senate HELP Committee on ways to lower health care costs
  
  
• NAACOS submits comments on modifying HIPAA Rules to improve coordinated care
  
  
• NAACOS-Led Letter  to CMS Asks for Later Application Deadline

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