Healthcare Costs & Access

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CMS

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.

297 comments

Net support +93% across analyzed comments

Top issues in comments

  • Prior authorization requirements
  • Prior authorization delays
  • Timely access to care
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HHSOpen for comment

Announcement

187 comments · 1 awaiting analysis

Net support +2% across analyzed comments

Top issues in comments

  • Informed consent document
  • Clinical study information
  • Clinical study progress
Read the record →Closes Jan 1
CMSOpen for comment

Medicaid Program: Community Engagement Requirement for Certain Individuals

168 comments

Net support -70% across analyzed comments

Top issues in comments

  • Medicaid work requirements
  • Barriers for people with disabilities
  • Barriers to healthcare access
Read the record →Closes Aug 1
CMSOpen for comment

Medicaid Program: Medicaid Managed Care State Directed Payments and Medicaid Fee-for-Service Targeted Medicaid Practitioner Payments

50 comments

Net support -65% across analyzed comments

Top issues in comments

  • Medicaid reimbursement rates
  • Elimination of state plan directed payments
  • Administrative burden and readiness
Read the record →Closes Jul 22
CDCOpen for comment

Control of Communicable Diseases; Foreign Quarantine

5 comments

Net support -100% across analyzed comments

Top issues in comments

  • Travel restrictions effectiveness
  • Equitable public health policies
  • Impact on naturalization eligibility
Read the record →Closes Jun 27
CMSOpen for comment

Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Survey for Merit- based Incentive Payment Systems (MIPS) (CMS-10450)

3 comments

Net support +100% across analyzed comments

Top issues in comments

  • Administrative burden
  • Patient experience measures
Read the record →Closes Jun 27
CMSOpen for comment

Medicare Program: Strengthening Oversight of Accrediting Organizations and Preventing AO Conflicts of Interest, and Related Provisions

0 comments

Analysis in progress

Top issues in comments

Not yet determined
Read the record →Closes Aug 18
CMS

Medicare Program: Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2027 Rates; Requirements for Quality Programs; and Other Policy Changes

0 comments

Net support +12% across analyzed comments

Top issues in comments

  • Breakthrough device alternative pathways
  • Repeal of ntap alternative pathway
  • Methodology and risk adjustment
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CMS

Self-Attestation for Recertification of CORFs, OPT/SLP, and RHCs Providers and PXR Suppliers (CMS-10952A-D)

0 comments

Net support -88% across analyzed comments

Top issues in comments

  • Patient safety and oversight
  • Rhc survey and certification procedures
  • Reduced on-site survey frequency
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CMSOpen for comment

Submissions of Acute Hospital Care at Home (AHCAH) Waiver Submission and Data Collection (CMS-10950)

0 comments

Analysis in progress

Top issues in comments

Not yet determined
Read the record →Closes Jun 23
CMSOpen for comment

Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (CMS-P-0015A)

0 comments

Analysis in progress

Top issues in comments

Not yet determined
Read the record →Closes Jun 30
CMSOpen for comment

Medicare Outpatient Physical Therapy/Outpatient Speech Pathology (OPT/OSP) Providers Certification Requirements (CMS-381)

0 comments

Analysis in progress

Top issues in comments

Not yet determined
Read the record →Closes Jul 18