Apr 17, 2023 | Comment Letters, Medicare
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) held a comment period after releasing their initial guidance memo on how they plan to implement the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Patients Rising Now’s comments focused on two aspects of the memo. Firstly,...
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Feb 7, 2023 | Comment Letters
Patients Rising Now joined 70 other patients groups in a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on the expansion of the Low Income Subsidy (LIS). As part of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the LIS was expanded to include beneficiaries who...
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Feb 2, 2023 | Comment Letters, Featured
Patients Rising Now joined 71 other organizations in signing on to a letter sent to HHS on the Notice of Benefits and Payment Parameters (NBPP) proposed rule for 2024. The proposed rule would increase access to health services under their current plans, improve the...
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Jan 31, 2023 | Comment Letters, Medicare
Patients Rising Now sent comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for a comment period on Essential Health Benefits (EHBs). As part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), there were 10 EHBs listed that insurance companies were required to cover....
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Oct 3, 2022 | Comment Letters, Featured, Uncategorized
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) held a comment period on a Proposed Rule they plan to implement. The Rule reverses a previous 2020 rule that narrowed the scope of protections against discrimination in healthcare. Patients Rising Now (PRN) submitted...
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Jul 18, 2022 | Comment Letters, Copay Accumulators, Letters Submitted
We sent a letter to New York Governor Kathy Hochul urging her not to delay in signing A1741-A into law. A1741-A passed in May of this year almost unanimously in the New York Assembly and Senate. The bill would prohibit copay accumulators and require that any...
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