“No matter how well you prepare you can’t guarantee that every doctor’s visit will go smoothly, but you can promise yourself not to suffer in silence. Advocate for yourself and for those that feel they can’t.”
Medicare and Medicaid Reform
Medicare and Medicaid Reform
Millions of patients around the country rely on Medicare and Medicaid to receive the health care and medication they need. Oftentimes these patients are also among the most vulnerable in our community to the harmful side effects that some insurance policies can have on patients.
GHLF is always on the lookout for federal and state regulation changes regarding Medicare and Medicaid to ensure that these changes are in the best interest of the patients who rely on them. We regularly meet with federal administration officials and legislators to discuss recent rule changes made by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and we submit comment letters to states looking to make changes to their Medicaid programs. See below for some of our more recent federal comments and state letters.
Recent Comments and State Letters
- 3/29/22: Comments to Senator Wyden and Senator Crapo of the US Senate Finance Committee about Increasing Access to Osteoporosis Testing for Medicare Beneficiaries
- 3/7/22: Comments to CMS on Negotiated Price and Price Concessions
- 9/9/21: 132 Organizations Ask for Key Medicare Part D OOP Reforms in Budget Reconciliation Package (Project LOOP Sign-On)
- 4/22/21: Letter to CMS about Step Therapy and Part B (American Academy of Ophthalmology Sign-On)
- 7/2/20: Comments to CMS about Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to COVID-19
- 5/29/20: Letter to CMS about Step Therapy concerns during COVID-19
- 5/29/20: Comments to CMS about Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
- 5/22/20: Letter to CMS about Part D Modernization “Smoothing” Demonstration (Alliance for Aging Research Sign-On)
- 7/20/20: Comments to CMS about proposed changes to Medicaid (ATAP Sign-on)
- 9/27/19: Comments to CMS about Proposed Changes to Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems (Headache & Migraine Policy Forum Sign-On)
- 7/10/19: Colorado 1332 Medicaid Waiver to implement a Reinsurance Program
- 7/10/19: Utah 1115 Medicaid Waiver to implement a Per Capita Cap
- 1/15/19: Oklahoma 1115 Medicaid Waiver (Coalition Sign-on)
- 1/4/19: Virginia 1115 Medicaid Waiver (Coalition Sign-on)
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