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Patients Rising Now Submits Comments to CMS on IRA Implementation

Patients Rising Now Submits Comments to CMS on IRA Implementation

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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Wilcox: MedPAC’S Part B Recommendations Threaten Patient Access to Care

Wilcox: MedPAC’S Part B Recommendations Threaten Patient Access to Care

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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Patients Rising Now Signs onto Letter to CMS on Step Therapy

Patients Rising Now Signs onto Letter to CMS on Step Therapy

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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Patients Rising Now Signs onto Letter to CMS on Step Therapy

Patients Rising Now Signs onto Letter to CMS on Low Income Subsidies

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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Patients Rising Now Weighs in on House E&C QALY Hearing

Patients Rising Now Weighs in on House E&C QALY Hearing

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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