Aug 29, 2023 | Featured, Medicare
WASHINGTON — Patients Rising CEO Terry Wilcox today released the following statement regarding the announcement by Medicare of the first ten drugs to be subjected to drug price negotiations: “Patients have been robbed of their voice yet again. CMS had every...
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May 4, 2023 | Access, Medicare
Patients Rising Now joined several other organizations in sending a letter to the Texas House of Representatives in support of a bill that would increase patient access to supplemental Medicare plans referred to as Medigap plans. In the current system, patients who...
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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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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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Dec 16, 2022 | Featured, Medicare
Patients Rising Now joined 50 other organizations in a letter to President Biden requesting that he direct HHS Secretary Becerra to reopen the National Coverage Determination (NCD) on PET scans for patients participating in Alzheimer’s treatments trials. CMS’ current...
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Dec 15, 2022 | Featured, Medicare
Patients Rising Now joined 17 other patient groups in sending a letter to Congressional Leadership on the impending cuts to Medicare home health services. The letter we sent was an updated version of a letter from September urging passage of the Preserving Access to...
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