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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Apr 14, 2023 | Access, Federal Issues
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 13, 2023 Contact: Sarah Shelson sshelson@riesterpublicaffairs.com WASHINGTON — Patients Rising Now CEO and Co-founder Terry Wilcox today released the following statement regarding MedPAC’s recommendation to modify reimbursements for...
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Feb 13, 2023 | Featured, Letters Supported
Patients Rising Now joined 58 other organizations in a letter sent to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) on reinstating a Federal Rule prohibiting step therapy in Medicare Advantage plans. In 2012, CMS instituted a prohibition on step therapy in Medicare...
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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 | Featured Action, QALY
The House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Health Subcommittee held a hearing on banning the use of the Quality-Adjusted Life Year (QALY) in Federal health programs. The Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act (H.R.485) was recently reintroduced by Chairwoman Rodgers...
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