AAMC
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Prior authorization and step therapy
Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Interoperability Standards and Prior Authorization for Drugs for Medicare Advantage Organizations, Medicaid Managed Care Plans, etc.
CMS-2026-1255-0001Proposed Rule
Comments
721
Last activity Jun 15, 2026
Deadline
Closed on Jun 16, 2026
Closed Jun 16, 2026
Net supportiSupport minus oppose · campaigns included
+93%
+91% excluding campaigns
Document
Details
The document's own metadata, straight from the source system.
- Title
- Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Interoperability Standards and Prior Authorization for Drugs for Medicare Advantage Organizations, Medicaid Managed Care Plans, etc.
- Posted
- Apr 14, 2026
- Comment period
- Apr 14, 2026 – Jun 16, 2026
- FR Doc
- 2026-07205
- CFR
- 42 CFR Parts 403, 422, 431, 438, 440, and 457
Analysis
Overview
What the public is saying — stance, who's commenting, and the issues they raise.
Include campaigns
Stance breakdown
+93%
Net support
Support692Oppose22Other7
Aggregates include form-letter campaigns. Excluding them, net support is +91% across organic comments.
Who commented
Breakdown by commenter type.
Individual
336
Government
12
Trade association
13
Advocacy
243
Academic
5
Business
108
Other
4
Comments over time
Weekly arrivals, stacked by stance.
Posted Apr 14, 2026Deadline Jun 16, 2026
Apr 13Apr 27May 11May 25Jun 8Jun 15
Support692Oppose22Other7
Support × commenter type
How each type splits across stance.
Support
Oppose
Other
Individual
98%
2%
1%
Advocacy
98%
2%
0%
Business
94%
4%
3%
Trade association
100%
0%
0%
Government
42%
50%
8%
Academic
100%
0%
0%
Other
75%
25%
0%
Issues raised
The docket's canonical issues. Select one to browse its comments.
Timely access to care398
Prior authorization requirements326
Prior authorization delays318
Prior authorization reform294
Prior authorization burden142
Interoperable prior authorization workflows136
Prior authorization transparency and standards126
Prior authorization for prescription drugs123
Prior authorization transparency123
Prior authorization and step therapy122
Position map
Who stands where on each issue?
Every non-silent position is backed by an excerpt from the comment.
Issues shown
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| Organization | Timely access to care | Prior authorization reform | Prior authorization and step therapy | Interoperable prior authorization workflows | Delay electronic prior authorization mandate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AAMC AdvocacySupport The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) supports the proposed rule to streamline and standardize prior autho | · | · | |||
Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) AdvocacySupport The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) supports the proposed rule to modernize prior authorization through interope | · | · | · | · | |
ADAP Advocacy Association AdvocacySupport ADAP Advocacy supports the proposed rule's move toward electronic prior authorization (ePA) and expedited timelines for | · | · | · | · | |
AdvaMed Trade associationSupport The Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) supports the proposed rule's focus on improving interoperability a | · | · | · | ||
AHIP AdvocacySupport AHIP, a national association representing health insurance plans, supports the expansion of electronic prior authorizati | · | · | · | · | |
Alliance of Dedicated Cancer Centers AdvocacySupport The Alliance of Dedicated Cancer Centers (ADCC) supports the proposed rules to reform prior authorization but urges CMS | · | · | |||
Altera Digital Health BusinessSupport Altera Digital Health, a health IT software company, supports the proposed rule to standardize interoperability and prio | · | · | · | ||
Alzheimer's Association and Alzheimer's Impact Movement AdvocacySupport The Alzheimer’s Association and the Alzheimer’s Impact Movement support the proposed rule to streamline prior authorizat | · | · | · | · | |
America's Essential Hospitals AdvocacySupport America's Essential Hospitals supports the proposed rule to modernize interoperability standards and streamline prior au | · | · | |||
American Academy of Dermatology Association AdvocacySupport The American Academy of Dermatology / Association (Academy) supports the proposed rule to streamline prior authorization | · | · | · | ||
American Academy of Family Physicians AdvocacySupport The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) supports the proposed rule to improve interoperability and streamline p | · | · | |||
American Academy of Neurology AdvocacySupport The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) supports the proposed rule to standardize and expand electronic prior authorizat | · | · | · | ||
American Academy of Ophthalmology AdvocacySupport The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), a nationwide association of eye physicians and surgeons, supports the propo | · | · | |||
American Academy of Pediatrics AdvocacySupport The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) supports the proposed rule to improve interoperability and streamline prior aut | · | · | · | ||
American Association for Homecare AdvocacySupport The American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare), representing durable medical equipment (DMEPOS) suppliers, supports | · | · | · | ||
American Association of Nurse Practitioners AdvocacySupport The American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) supports the proposed rule to streamline the prior authorization | · | · | · | ||
American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons AdvocacySupport The American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) supports CMS's efforts to modernize and streamline the prior aut | · | · | · | · | · |
American College of Cardiology AdvocacySupport The American College of Cardiology (ACC) supports the proposed rule to expand electronic prior authorization to drugs an | · | · | |||
American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics AdvocacySupport The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) supports the proposed rule to expand electronic prior autho | · | · | · | ||
American College of Physicians AdvocacySupport The American College of Physicians (ACP) supports the proposed rule to expand electronic prior authorization requirement | · | · | · | ||
American College of Rheumatology AdvocacySupport The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) supports the proposed rule's efforts to shorten prior authorization decision | · | · | · | ||
American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) AdvocacySupport The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) supports CMS's proposed rules t | · | · | · | ||
American Osteopathic Association AdvocacySupport The American Osteopathic Association (AOA) supports the proposed rule to streamline prior authorization and improve data | · | · | · | ||
American Osteopathic Association and Affiliates AdvocacySupport The American Osteopathic Association and 16 other osteopathic medical organizations support the proposed rule to streaml | · | · | |||
American Pharmacists Association AdvocacySupport The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) supports the proposed rule to streamline prior authorization processes throu | · | · | |||
American Podiatric Medical Association AdvocacySupport The American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA) supports the proposed rule to expand electronic prior authorization (e | · | · | · | ||
American Society of Dentist Anesthesiologists AdvocacySupport The American Society of Dentist Anesthesiologists (ASDA) supports the proposed rule but urges CMS to exclude stand-alone | · | · | · | ||
American Society of Pediatric Nephrology AdvocacySupport The American Society of Pediatric Nephrology (ASPN) supports the proposed rule to modernize and streamline prior authori | · | · | |||
American Society of Retina Specialists AdvocacySupport The American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS) supports the proposed rule to require electronic interoperability and | · | · | · | ||
American Society of Transplantation and Cellular Therapy AdvocacySupport The American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (ASTCT) supports the proposed rule to improve interoperabi | · | · | · | ||
AMGA AdvocacySupport The American Medical Group Association (AMGA) supports the proposed rule to include drugs in interoperability and prior | · | · | · | ||
Amgen, Inc. BusinessSupport Amgen, Inc. | · | · | · | · | |
Association for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) AdvocacySupport The Association for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) supports the proposed rule to improve electronic prior authorization for dr | · | · | |||
Association for Molecular Pathology AdvocacySupport The Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) supports the proposed rule to modernize prior authorization through intero | · | · | · | · | |
Association of Cancer Care Centers (ACCC) AdvocacySupport The Association of Cancer Care Centers (ACCC) supports the proposed rule to improve interoperability and establish requi | · | · | |||
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America AdvocacySupport The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) supports the proposed rule to streamline prior authorization and ste | · | · | |||
athenahealth BusinessSupport athenahealth, a healthcare technology company, supports the proposed rule to expand prior authorization API frameworks t | · | · | · | ||
Avalon Healthcare Solutions BusinessSupport Avalon Healthcare Solutions, a diagnostic intelligence company, supports CMS's goal of reducing administrative burdens a | · | · | · | · | · |
Black Women's Health Imperative AdvocacySupport The Black Women’s Health Imperative (BWHI) supports the proposed rule to modernize and extend electronic prior authoriza | · | · | · | ||
Blood Cancer United AdvocacySupport Blood Cancer United, an advocacy organization representing patients and families, supports the proposed rule to extend e | · | · | · | · | |
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association AdvocacySupport The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) supports the proposed rule to expand electronic prior authorization (ePA) | · | · | · | · | |
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts BusinessOther Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA) provides mixed feedback on the proposed rule, supporting the incorporat | · | · | · | ||
Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Inc. AdvocacySupport Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Inc. | · | · | · | ||
Boehringer Ingelheim BusinessSupport Boehringer Ingelheim USA Corporation supports the proposed rule to increase transparency and reporting around prior auth | · | · | · | ||
Breakthrough T1D AdvocacySupport Breakthrough T1D, a research and advocacy organization for type 1 diabetes, supports CMS's efforts to modernize and stre | · | · | · | ||
Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) BusinessSupport Bristol Myers Squibb supports the proposed rule to extend electronic prior authorization to prescription medicines and i | · | · | |||
Cabarrus Rowan Community Health Centers AdvocacySupport Cabarrus Rowan Community Health Centers, Inc. | · | · | · | ||
Calvient BusinessSupport Calvient, a healthcare technology company, strongly supports the proposed rule to extend electronic prior authorization | · | · | · | ||
Capital District Physicians' Health Plan, Inc. BusinessSupport Capital District Physicians’ Health Plan, Inc. | · | · | · | · | |
CareDx, Inc. BusinessSupport CareDx Inc., a precision medicine company, supports the proposed action and advocates for the elimination of prior autho | · | · | · | · | · |
Castle Biosciences, Inc. BusinessSupport Castle Biosciences, Inc., a molecular diagnostics company, supports the proposed action to address and reform prior auth | · | · | · | · | |
CCS Medical BusinessSupport CCS Medical, a large distributor of insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors, supports the proposed rule's focus on | · | · | · | · | |
Civitas Networks for Health AdvocacySupport Civitas Networks for Health, a nonprofit collaborative representing health information exchanges and data utilities, sup | · | · | · | · | |
Coalition to Transform Advanced Care AdvocacySupport The Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC), a non-profit coalition representing various healthcare organizations, | · | · | · | · | |
ColigoMed Inc. BusinessSupport ColigoMed, Inc., a healthcare technology company, strongly supports the proposed rule to mandate electronic prior author | · | · | |||
College of American Pathologists AdvocacySupport The College of American Pathologists (CAP) supports the proposed action to address prior authorization challenges for la | · | · | · | · | |
Color of Gastrointestinal Illnesses (COGI) AdvocacySupport The Color of Gastrointestinal Illnesses (COGI), a national patient advocacy organization, supports the proposed rule to | · | · | · | · | |
Community Oncology Alliance (COA) AdvocacySupport The Community Oncology Alliance (COA), a nonprofit organization representing independent community oncology practices, s | · | · | |||
Connecting for Better Health AdvocacySupport Connecting for Better Health, a coalition of healthcare providers, patient advocates, and technology innovators, support | · | · | · | · | |
Consumers for Quality Care AdvocacySupport Consumers for Quality Care, a coalition of health advocates and former policymakers, supports the proposed rule's goal t | · | · | |||
Consumers' Checkbook/Center for the Study of Services AdvocacySupport Consumers’ Checkbook/Center for the Study of Services supports the proposed rule to improve Transparency in Coverage (TI | · | · | · | · | · |
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation AdvocacySupport The Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation, representing over 1,200 patients, providers, and caregivers, supports the proposed rul | · | · | |||
CVS Health BusinessSupport CVS Health supports the CMS goal of improving interoperability and electronic prior authorization (ePA) but argues that | · | · | · | ||
Defacto Health LLC BusinessSupport Defacto Health LLC, a healthcare data company, supports the proposed mandatory payer API endpoint reporting requirements | · | · | · | · | · |
Delta Dental of CA AdvocacyOppose Delta Dental, representing dental benefit plans in multiple states, opposes expanding interoperability and prior authori | · | · | · | · | · |
Delta Dental Plans Association AdvocacySupport The Delta Dental Plans Association supports the proposed rule's goals of improving healthcare data interoperability and | · | · | · | · | · |
Derma Care Access Network AdvocacySupport The Derma Care Access Network (DCAN), a coalition of advocacy organizations, supports CMS's proposal to require electron | · | · | |||
DirectTrust AdvocacySupport DirectTrust, a non-profit alliance of health IT organizations, supports the proposed rule's direction on interoperabilit | · | · | · | · | |
Drummond Group, LLC BusinessSupport Drummond Group, LLC, a health IT compliance and certification organization, supports the proposed rule but argues that c | · | · | · | ||
Essentia Health BusinessSupport Essentia Health, a healthcare organization, supports the proposed rule to expand interoperability and data transmission | · | · | · | · | · |
EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases AdvocacySupport The EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases supports the proposed rule's improvements to interoperability and prior autho | · | · | · | · | |
Excellus Health Plan, Inc. BusinessSupport Excellus Health Plan, a nonprofit health plan, supports the proposed rule to modernize and standardize prior authorizati | · | · | · | · | |
Fallon Health BusinessSupport Fallon Health supports the proposed rule's goals of improving interoperability and creating a centralized API inventory, | · | · | · | · | |
GeneDx BusinessSupport GeneDx, LLC, a laboratory company, supports the proposed action to improve interoperability and streamline prior authori | · | · | · | · | |
Hansa Biopharma BusinessSupport Hansa Biopharma, a biopharmaceutical company, supports the proposed rules to require electronic prior authorizations and | · | · | |||
Health Level Seven (HL7) International AdvocacySupport Health Level Seven (HL7) International supports the proposed rule, praising CMS's leadership in advancing FHIR-based int | · | · | · | · | |
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) AdvocacySupport The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) supports the proposed rule's goals of advancing ePrior | · | · | · | ||
Healthcare Leadership Council AdvocacySupport The Healthcare Leadership Council (HLC) and the Confidentiality Coalition support the proposed rule to modernize prior a | · | · | |||
HealthHIV AdvocacySupport HealthHIV, a national nonprofit, supports the proposed rule to make prior authorization more electronic, transparent, an | · | · | · | ||
Healthy Aging Coalition AdvocacySupport The Healthy Aging Coalition supports the proposed rule but urges CMS to strengthen it by requiring standardized public p | · | · | · | · | · |
Highmark Inc. BusinessSupport Highmark Health, a large health insurance organization, supports the proposed rule's direction toward interoperability a | · | · | |||
HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association AdvocacySupport The HIMSS Electronic Health Record (EHR) Association supports the proposed rule's goals of advancing standards-based int | · | · | · | · | |
HIV+Hepatitis Policy Institute AdvocacySupport The HIV+Hepatitis Policy Institute supports the proposed rule to standardize and streamline electronic prior authorizati | · | · | · | ||
HL7 Da Vinci Project AdvocacySupport The HL7 Da Vinci Project, a private sector initiative of industry providers, payers, and technology vendors, supports th | · | · | · | · | |
Horizon Health Care, Inc. BusinessSupport Horizon Health Care, Inc., a Federally Qualified Health Center, supports the proposed rule to standardize API functional | · | · | · | ||
Humana BusinessSupport Humana Inc. | · | · | · | · | |
Infusion Access Foundation AdvocacySupport The Infusion Access Foundation supports the proposed rule to modernize prior authorization and improve interoperability | · | · | |||
Infusion Provider Alliance AdvocacySupport The Infusion Providers Alliance (IPA) supports the proposed rule to modernize and streamline prior authorization process | · | · | · | ||
Innovaccer, Inc. BusinessSupport Innovaccer, Inc., an enterprise AI and data platform, supports the proposed rule to move interoperability standards from | · | · | · | · | |
Jefferson Health Plans BusinessSupport Jefferson Health Plans (JHP) supports the goals of the proposed rule to improve interoperability and reduce administrati | · | · | · | · | |
Joint Commission AdvocacySupport The Joint Commission, a non-profit healthcare accreditation organization, supports the proposed rule and offers to provi | · | · | · | · | · |
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (Labcorp) BusinessSupport Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (Labcorp) supports the proposed action to establish interoperability standard | · | · | · | ||
Last Mile Health LLC dba RxUtility AdvocacySupport RxUtility, an organization focused on real-time drug pricing, supports the proposed rule for interoperability standards | · | · | · | · | |
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) AdvocacySupport The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) supports the proposed rule's goals of modernizing prior authorizati | · | · | · | ||
Louisiana Hospital Association Trade associationSupport The Louisiana Hospital Association, representing over 150 member hospitals and health systems, supports the proposal to | · | · | |||
Lundbeck Pharmaceuticals LLC BusinessSupport Lundbeck Pharmaceuticals LLC supports the proposed rule to streamline prior authorization for drugs and improve interope | · | · | · | ||
Maine Primary Care Association AdvocacySupport The Maine Primary Care Association, representing Maine’s Community Health Centers, supports the proposed rule to establi | · | · | · | ||
Massachusetts Health Data Consortium AdvocacySupport The Massachusetts Health Data Consortium (MHDC), a non-profit organization focused on health data exchange, supports CMS | · | · | · | · | |
MCG Health BusinessSupport MCG Health, a clinical guidelines publisher, supports the proposed rule to establish interoperable and transparent prior | · | · | · | · | |
Mountain Community Health Partnership AdvocacySupport Mountain Community Health Partnership (MCHP), a community health center (CHC) serving rural and underserved populations, | · | · | · | ||
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) AdvocacySupport The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) supports the proposed rule to expand electronic prior authorization stand | · | · | |||
National Association of Community Health Centers AdvocacySupport The National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) supports the proposed rule to establish electronic prior au | · | · | · | ||
National Association of Dental Plans Trade associationSupport The National Association of Dental Plans (NADP) supports the proposal to exempt standalone dental plans (SADPs) from cer | · | · | · | · | · |
National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD) AdvocacySupport The National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD) supports the goals of the proposed rule regarding interoperability | · | · | · | · | |
National Council for Prescription Drug Program (NCPDP) AdvocacySupport The National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) supports the proposed adoption of industry standards for ele | · | · | · | · | |
National Health Care for the Homeless Council AdvocacySupport The National Health Care for the Homeless Council (NHCHC) supports the proposed rule to standardize and streamline the p | · | · | · | · | |
National Health Law Program AdvocacySupport The National Health Law Program (NHeLP) supports the proposed rule to increase transparency and accountability in prior | · | · | · | ||
National Hispanic Health Foundation AdvocacySupport The National Hispanic Health Foundation supports the proposed rule to improve interoperability and reform the prior auth | · | · | |||
National Home Infusion Association (NHIA) Trade associationSupport The National Home Infusion Association (NHIA), a trade association representing home and alternate site infusion therapy | · | · | · | ||
National Infusion Center Association AdvocacySupport The National Infusion Center Association (NICA) supports the proposed rule to implement electronic prior authorization f | · | · | · | · | |
National Organization of Rheumatology Management AdvocacySupport The National Organization of Rheumatology Management (NORM) supports the proposed rule's efforts to standardize electron | · | · | · | ||
National Pharmaceutical Council AdvocacySupport The National Pharmaceutical Council (NPC) supports the proposed rule to increase transparency, standardize electronic pr | · | · | |||
National Psoriasis Foundation AdvocacySupport The National Psoriasis Foundation supports the proposed rule to improve electronic prior authorization and interoperabil | · | · | · | ||
National Rural Health Association AdvocacySupport The National Rural Health Association (NRHA) supports the proposed rule to improve interoperability and transparency in | · | · | · | · | · |
NCPA AdvocacySupport The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) supports the proposed adoption of NCPDP standards to improve inter | · | · | · | · | |
New Hampshire Hospital Association Trade associationSupport The New Hampshire Hospital Association (NHHA) supports the proposed rule to improve interoperability and streamline prio | · | · | |||
NORTH OLYMPIC HEALTHCARE NETWORK AdvocacySupport The North Olympic Healthcare Network (NOHN), a community health center, supports the proposed rule to standardize intero | · | · | · | ||
Obesity Medicine Association AdvocacySupport The Obesity Medicine Association (OMA) supports the proposed rules regarding API interoperability standards, electronic | · | · | |||
OCHIN AdvocacySupport OCHIN, a nonprofit health IT and services organization, supports CMS's goals of reducing administrative burden and impro | · | · | · | · | |
Ohio Association of Community Health Centers AdvocacySupport The Ohio Association of Community Health Centers (OACHC) supports the proposed rule to standardize interoperability and | · | · | |||
Oracle Health BusinessSupport Oracle Health supports the proposed rule to adopt NCPDP standards for pharmacy-benefit drug prior authorization and Da V | · | · | · | · | · |
Partnership to Empower Physician-Led Care AdvocacySupport The Partnership to Empower Physician-Led Care (PEPC) supports the proposed rule's goals of improving interoperability an | · | · | · | · | · |
Patients Rising AdvocacySupport Patients Rising, a national patient advocacy organization, supports the proposed rule's direction to modernize prior aut | · | · | · | ||
Peggy Lillis Foundation AdvocacySupport The Peggy Lillis Foundation, a nonprofit organization focused on C. | · | · | · | ||
Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) Trade associationSupport The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA), representing pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), supports CMS's goa | · | · | · | · | |
Philips BusinessSupport Philips, a health technology company and DME supplier, supports the proposed action to modernize and streamline the prio | · | · | · | ||
Point32Health BusinessSupport Point32Health, the parent company of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan, supports the proposed rule but r | · | · | · | · | |
Premier Inc BusinessSupport Premier Inc., a healthcare improvement company and supply chain leader, supports the proposed rule to expand electronic | · | · | |||
PSW AdvocacySupport Physicians of Southwest Washington and MultiCare Connected Care, representing Clinically Integrated Networks (CINs), sup | · | · | · | · | |
Pulmonary Hypertension Association AdvocacySupport The Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA) supports the proposed rule to improve electronic prior authorization and in | · | · | |||
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals BusinessSupport Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | · | · | · | ||
Regulatory Relief Coalition (RRC) AdvocacySupport The Regulatory Relief Coalition, representing a group of national physician specialty organizations, strongly supports t | · | · | |||
Ruby A. Neeson Diabetes Awareness Foundation AdvocacySupport The Ruby A. | · | · | · | · | · |
Safe Step Ad Hoc Coalition AdvocacySupport The Safe Step Ad Hoc Coalition, a broad alliance of patient advocacy organizations and medical professional societies, s | · | · | |||
SCAN Health Plan BusinessSupport SCAN Health Plan supports the proposed rule to modernize prior authorization and interoperability but requests a longer | · | · | · | · | |
Smart Health Network AdvocacySupport Smart Health Network, a public benefit corporation focused on health data infrastructure, supports the proposed rule for | · | · | · | · | |
Society of General Internal Medicine AdvocacySupport The Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) supports CMS's efforts to modernize prior authorization through electron | · | · | |||
Society of Gynecologic Oncology AdvocacySupport The Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) supports the proposed rule to modernize and streamline electronic prior author | · | · | |||
Southeast AdvocacySupport Southeast Healthcare, a provider of mental health and healthcare services for underserved populations, supports the prop | · | · | · | ||
SS&C Health, Inc. BusinessOppose SS&C Health, a healthcare and pharmacy solution software provider, argues that the proposed October 1, 2027, implementat | · | · | · | · | · |
Summit Health AdvocacySupport VillageMD and its affiliated practices support the proposed rule to expand electronic prior authorization for drugs and | · | · | · | ||
Tennessee Hospital Association Trade associationSupport The Tennessee Hospital Association supports the proposed rule to modernize and streamline prior authorization processes | · | · | |||
Texas Association of Community Health Centers AdvocacySupport The Texas Association of Community Health Centers (TACHC) supports the proposed rule to establish interoperability stand | · | · | · | ||
Texas Medical Association AdvocacySupport The Texas Medical Association (TMA) supports the proposed rule to standardize electronic prior authorizations and improv | · | · | |||
The AIDS Institute AdvocacySupport The AIDS Institute supports the proposed rule to improve interoperability and streamline prior authorization for drugs, | · | · | · | ||
The ALS Association AdvocacySupport The ALS Association supports CMS's proposed rule to modernize prior authorization and interoperability, particularly for | · | · | |||
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists AdvocacySupport The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) supports the proposed expansion of the Prior Authorizatio | · | · | · | · | |
The National Puerto Rican Chamber of Commerce AdvocacySupport The National Puerto Rican Chamber of Commerce supports CMS's proposed rule to modernize prior authorization and interope | · | · | |||
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) AdvocacySupport The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) supports the proposed rule to expand interoperability a | · | · | |||
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons AdvocacySupport The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) supports the proposed rule to enhance Prior Authorization (PA) APIs for drugs, re | · | · | · | · | |
The STARR Coalition AdvocacySupport The STARR Coalition, a national nonprofit for mental health research, supports the proposed rule's transparency and effi | · | · | · | · | · |
The Wright Centers for Community Health and Graduate Medical Education AdvocacySupport The Wright Center, a safety-net healthcare consortium, supports the proposed rule to standardize interoperability and el | · | · | · | · | |
Tigerlily Foundation AdvocacySupport The Tigerlily Foundation, an organization supporting women with cancer, supports CMS's efforts to improve interoperabili | · | · | |||
UnitedHealth Group BusinessSupport UnitedHealth Group (UHG) supports the proposed rule to streamline and standardize electronic prior authorization for dru | · | · | · | · | |
Veradigm, LLC. BusinessSupport Veradigm LLC, a health information technology company, supports the proposed rule's goals of advancing electronic prior | · | · | · | ||
VGM Group, Inc. BusinessSupport VGM & Associates, Inc., a member services organization for DMEPOS suppliers and manufacturers, supports the proposed act | · | · | · | · | |
Vizient, Inc. BusinessSupport Vizient, Inc., a healthcare performance improvement company, supports the proposed rule to standardize electronic prior | · | · | · | · | |
Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) AdvocacySupport The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), a multi-stakeholder authority on health information technology, su | · | · | · |
Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP)
AdvocacySupport
Delay electronic prior authorization mandate
ADAP Advocacy Association
AdvocacySupport
Prior authorization reform
AdvaMed
Trade associationSupport
Timely access to care
Interoperable prior authorization workflows
AHIP
AdvocacySupport
Delay electronic prior authorization mandate
Alliance of Dedicated Cancer Centers
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Prior authorization and step therapy
Altera Digital Health
BusinessSupport
Interoperable prior authorization workflows
Delay electronic prior authorization mandate
Alzheimer's Association and Alzheimer's Impact Movement
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
America's Essential Hospitals
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Delay electronic prior authorization mandate
American Academy of Dermatology Association
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization and step therapy
American Academy of Family Physicians
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Interoperable prior authorization workflows
American Academy of Neurology
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization and step therapy
American Academy of Ophthalmology
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Prior authorization and step therapy
American Academy of Pediatrics
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
American Association for Homecare
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
American Association of Nurse Practitioners
AdvocacySupport
Prior authorization reform
Interoperable prior authorization workflows
American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons
AdvocacySupport
American College of Cardiology
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Interoperable prior authorization workflows
Delay electronic prior authorization mandate
American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
American College of Physicians
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
American College of Rheumatology
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Interoperable prior authorization workflows
American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL)
AdvocacySupport
Prior authorization reform
Interoperable prior authorization workflows
American Osteopathic Association
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
American Osteopathic Association and Affiliates
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Interoperable prior authorization workflows
American Pharmacists Association
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Prior authorization and step therapy
American Podiatric Medical Association
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
American Society of Dentist Anesthesiologists
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization and step therapy
American Society of Pediatric Nephrology
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Interoperable prior authorization workflows
American Society of Retina Specialists
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
American Society of Transplantation and Cellular Therapy
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
AMGA
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization and step therapy
Amgen, Inc.
BusinessSupport
Prior authorization and step therapy
Association for Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Interoperable prior authorization workflows
Association for Molecular Pathology
AdvocacySupport
Interoperable prior authorization workflows
Association of Cancer Care Centers (ACCC)
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Interoperable prior authorization workflows
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Prior authorization and step therapy
athenahealth
BusinessSupport
Interoperable prior authorization workflows
Delay electronic prior authorization mandate
Avalon Healthcare Solutions
BusinessSupport
Black Women's Health Imperative
AdvocacySupport
Prior authorization reform
Prior authorization and step therapy
Blood Cancer United
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
AdvocacySupport
Delay electronic prior authorization mandate
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
BusinessOther
Prior authorization reform
Delay electronic prior authorization mandate
Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Inc.
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Boehringer Ingelheim
BusinessSupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization and step therapy
Breakthrough T1D
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS)
BusinessSupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Prior authorization and step therapy
Cabarrus Rowan Community Health Centers
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Calvient
BusinessSupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization and step therapy
Capital District Physicians' Health Plan, Inc.
BusinessSupport
Delay electronic prior authorization mandate
CareDx, Inc.
BusinessSupport
Castle Biosciences, Inc.
BusinessSupport
Prior authorization reform
CCS Medical
BusinessSupport
Prior authorization reform
Civitas Networks for Health
AdvocacySupport
Interoperable prior authorization workflows
Coalition to Transform Advanced Care
AdvocacySupport
Interoperable prior authorization workflows
ColigoMed Inc.
BusinessSupport
Timely access to care
Interoperable prior authorization workflows
Delay electronic prior authorization mandate
College of American Pathologists
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Color of Gastrointestinal Illnesses (COGI)
AdvocacySupport
Prior authorization and step therapy
Community Oncology Alliance (COA)
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Prior authorization and step therapy
Connecting for Better Health
AdvocacySupport
Interoperable prior authorization workflows
Consumers for Quality Care
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Prior authorization and step therapy
Consumers' Checkbook/Center for the Study of Services
AdvocacySupport
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Prior authorization and step therapy
CVS Health
BusinessSupport
Interoperable prior authorization workflows
Delay electronic prior authorization mandate
Defacto Health LLC
BusinessSupport
Delta Dental of CA
AdvocacyOppose
Delta Dental Plans Association
AdvocacySupport
Derma Care Access Network
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Prior authorization and step therapy
DirectTrust
AdvocacySupport
Interoperable prior authorization workflows
Drummond Group, LLC
BusinessSupport
Interoperable prior authorization workflows
Delay electronic prior authorization mandate
Essentia Health
BusinessSupport
EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases
AdvocacySupport
Prior authorization reform
Excellus Health Plan, Inc.
BusinessSupport
Delay electronic prior authorization mandate
Fallon Health
BusinessSupport
Interoperable prior authorization workflows
GeneDx
BusinessSupport
Timely access to care
Hansa Biopharma
BusinessSupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Prior authorization and step therapy
Health Level Seven (HL7) International
AdvocacySupport
Delay electronic prior authorization mandate
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
AdvocacySupport
Interoperable prior authorization workflows
Delay electronic prior authorization mandate
Healthcare Leadership Council
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Delay electronic prior authorization mandate
HealthHIV
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Healthy Aging Coalition
AdvocacySupport
Highmark Inc.
BusinessSupport
Prior authorization reform
Interoperable prior authorization workflows
Delay electronic prior authorization mandate
HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association
AdvocacySupport
Delay electronic prior authorization mandate
HIV+Hepatitis Policy Institute
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization and step therapy
HL7 Da Vinci Project
AdvocacySupport
Interoperable prior authorization workflows
Horizon Health Care, Inc.
BusinessSupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Humana
BusinessSupport
Delay electronic prior authorization mandate
Infusion Access Foundation
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Prior authorization and step therapy
Infusion Provider Alliance
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Innovaccer, Inc.
BusinessSupport
Interoperable prior authorization workflows
Jefferson Health Plans
BusinessSupport
Delay electronic prior authorization mandate
Joint Commission
AdvocacySupport
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (Labcorp)
BusinessSupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Last Mile Health LLC dba RxUtility
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Interoperable prior authorization workflows
Louisiana Hospital Association
Trade associationSupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Delay electronic prior authorization mandate
Lundbeck Pharmaceuticals LLC
BusinessSupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Maine Primary Care Association
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Massachusetts Health Data Consortium
AdvocacySupport
Delay electronic prior authorization mandate
MCG Health
BusinessSupport
Prior authorization and step therapy
Mountain Community Health Partnership
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Prior authorization and step therapy
National Association of Community Health Centers
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
National Association of Dental Plans
Trade associationSupport
National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD)
AdvocacySupport
Delay electronic prior authorization mandate
National Council for Prescription Drug Program (NCPDP)
AdvocacySupport
Delay electronic prior authorization mandate
National Health Care for the Homeless Council
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
National Health Law Program
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
National Hispanic Health Foundation
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Prior authorization and step therapy
National Home Infusion Association (NHIA)
Trade associationSupport
Prior authorization reform
Interoperable prior authorization workflows
National Infusion Center Association
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
National Organization of Rheumatology Management
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization and step therapy
National Pharmaceutical Council
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Prior authorization and step therapy
National Psoriasis Foundation
AdvocacySupport
Prior authorization reform
Prior authorization and step therapy
National Rural Health Association
AdvocacySupport
NCPA
AdvocacySupport
Delay electronic prior authorization mandate
New Hampshire Hospital Association
Trade associationSupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Interoperable prior authorization workflows
NORTH OLYMPIC HEALTHCARE NETWORK
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Obesity Medicine Association
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization and step therapy
Interoperable prior authorization workflows
OCHIN
AdvocacySupport
Delay electronic prior authorization mandate
Ohio Association of Community Health Centers
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Interoperable prior authorization workflows
Oracle Health
BusinessSupport
Partnership to Empower Physician-Led Care
AdvocacySupport
Patients Rising
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization and step therapy
Peggy Lillis Foundation
AdvocacySupport
Prior authorization reform
Prior authorization and step therapy
Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA)
Trade associationSupport
Delay electronic prior authorization mandate
Philips
BusinessSupport
Timely access to care
Interoperable prior authorization workflows
Point32Health
BusinessSupport
Delay electronic prior authorization mandate
Premier Inc
BusinessSupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Delay electronic prior authorization mandate
PSW
AdvocacySupport
Delay electronic prior authorization mandate
Pulmonary Hypertension Association
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Prior authorization and step therapy
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
BusinessSupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization and step therapy
Regulatory Relief Coalition (RRC)
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Prior authorization and step therapy
Ruby A. Neeson Diabetes Awareness Foundation
AdvocacySupport
Safe Step Ad Hoc Coalition
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Prior authorization and step therapy
SCAN Health Plan
BusinessSupport
Delay electronic prior authorization mandate
Smart Health Network
AdvocacySupport
Delay electronic prior authorization mandate
Society of General Internal Medicine
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Prior authorization and step therapy
Society of Gynecologic Oncology
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Prior authorization and step therapy
Southeast
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
SS&C Health, Inc.
BusinessOppose
Summit Health
AdvocacySupport
Prior authorization reform
Interoperable prior authorization workflows
Tennessee Hospital Association
Trade associationSupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Delay electronic prior authorization mandate
Texas Association of Community Health Centers
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Texas Medical Association
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Interoperable prior authorization workflows
The AIDS Institute
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
The ALS Association
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Interoperable prior authorization workflows
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
The National Puerto Rican Chamber of Commerce
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Prior authorization and step therapy
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Prior authorization and step therapy
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
The STARR Coalition
AdvocacySupport
The Wright Centers for Community Health and Graduate Medical Education
AdvocacySupport
Prior authorization reform
Tigerlily Foundation
AdvocacySupport
Timely access to care
Prior authorization reform
Interoperable prior authorization workflows
UnitedHealth Group
BusinessSupport
Delay electronic prior authorization mandate
Veradigm, LLC.
BusinessSupport
Interoperable prior authorization workflows
Delay electronic prior authorization mandate
VGM Group, Inc.
BusinessSupport
Timely access to care
Vizient, Inc.
BusinessSupport
Timely access to care
Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI)
AdvocacySupport
Interoperable prior authorization workflows
Delay electronic prior authorization mandate
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- Jun 10, 2026Jeanne Marie ThallmayerSupportIndividual
An individual is expressing strong support for the proposed rule to limit prior authorization requirements. They argue that current prior authorization processes delay necessary medical care, increase costs, and should be replaced by a system where doctors have more autonomy and patients receive faster decisions.
Read comment → - Jun 10, 2026Roth WoodsSupportIndividual
An individual is expressing strong support for the proposed rule to limit prior authorization requirements. They argue that current prior authorization processes delay necessary medical care, increase costs, and should be replaced by a system where doctors have more autonomy and patients receive faster decisions.
Read comment → - Jun 10, 2026Roth WoodsSupportIndividual
An individual is expressing strong support for the proposed rule to limit prior authorization requirements. They argue that current prior authorization processes delay necessary medical care, increase costs, and should be replaced by a system where doctors have more autonomy and patients receive faster decisions.
Read comment → - Jun 10, 2026Tim PendergastSupportIndividual
An individual is expressing strong support for the proposed rule to limit prior authorization requirements. They argue that current prior authorization processes delay necessary medical care, increase costs, and should be replaced by a system where doctors have more autonomy and patients receive faster decisions.
Read comment → - Jun 10, 2026Christine TroyanoSupportIndividual
An individual is expressing strong support for the proposed rule to limit prior authorization requirements. They argue that current prior authorization processes delay necessary medical care, increase costs, and should be replaced by a system where doctors have more autonomy and patients receive faster decisions.
Read comment → - Jun 9, 2026Sharon AshSupportIndividual
An individual is expressing strong support for the proposed rule to limit prior authorization requirements. They argue that current prior authorization processes delay necessary medical care, increase costs, and should be replaced by a system where doctors have more autonomy and patients receive faster decisions.
Read comment → - Jun 9, 2026Scott NelsonSupportIndividual
An individual is expressing strong support for the proposed rule to limit prior authorization requirements. They argue that current prior authorization processes delay necessary medical care, increase costs, and should be replaced by a system where doctors have more autonomy and patients receive faster decisions.
Read comment → - Jun 9, 2026Ballinger KempSupportIndividual
An individual is expressing strong support for the proposed rule to limit prior authorization requirements. They argue that current prior authorization processes delay necessary medical care, increase costs, and should be replaced by a system where doctors have more autonomy and patients receive faster decisions.
Read comment → - Jun 9, 2026Regina StewartSupportIndividual
An individual is expressing strong support for the proposed rule to limit prior authorization requirements. They argue that current prior authorization processes delay necessary medical care, increase costs, and should be replaced by a system where doctors have more autonomy and patients receive faster decisions.
Read comment → - Jun 9, 2026Sharon Graham-DoughtySupportIndividual
An individual is expressing strong support for the proposed rule to limit prior authorization requirements. They argue that current prior authorization processes delay necessary medical care, increase costs, and should be replaced by a system where doctors have more autonomy and patients receive faster decisions.
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