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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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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Jan 9, 2021 | Featured, Podcast
On this episode of the podcast, Terry and Bob discuss what a Democratic majority in Washington D.C. means for patients. With Democratic Senate candidates in Georgia winning their runoff races, federal Democrats will now control the Senate, the House of...
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Dec 31, 2020 | Featured, Podcast
On this episode of the podcast, Terry, Bob, and Kate discuss their pro-patient agenda for the Biden administration. They’ve identified the following eight policy changes as the most important ones facing American patients: (The Patients Rising Podcast has...
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