It's the season of the sign-ons. Please join Families USA in our MPFS and OPPS Sign-On letters.
Hello Partners,
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released their annual proposed rules for the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS), with a 60-day comment period that ends on Monday, September 9. Please join us in signing onto our comment letters below. These proposed rules cover critical issues that are important for the delivery of high quality, affordable, and equitable care for our nation's seniors and all those who rely on Medicare for their health care.
MPFS CY 2025 Sign-On
The letter comments on the following proposed changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule:
Creating bundled payment codes that advance health equity and the delivery of high-value primary care services
Support the greater financial needs of providers participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) who deliver care in under-resourced communities.
Connecting more patients to providers accountable for the cost and quality of the care they deliver
Please join us and sign on before EOD Friday, September 6th.
The Consumer First Coalition's comments are focused on two significant omissions from this year’s proposed Outpatient Prospective Payment System rule regarding hospital price transparency and comprehensive site neutral payment policies, as well as the following two sections:
Improving hospital quality measurement to hold hospitals accountable for driving improvements to health equity
Addressing our nation’s maternal health crisis through setting (for the first time) federal quality standards for the delivery of obstetric services.
Please join us and sign on before EOD Friday, September 6th.
The letter comments on the following proposed changes to the Outpatient Prospective Payment System:
Codification of 12 months of continuous coverage for children up to 19 years old in Medicaid and CHIP as well as removal of state authority to disenroll children for failure to pay enrollment fees or premiums
Extension of the Medicaid four walls exception for Indian Health Services (IHS) and tribal clinics, behavioral health services, and rural providers.
Allowing formally incarcerated people to qualify for and enroll in Medicare
Please join us and sign on before EOD Friday, September 6th.
