Comments for the Telehealth Taskforce
Comments in response to the Taskforce on Telehealth Policy’s request for input from stakeholders.
Comments on the Second COVID-19 Interim Final Rule
Medicare Rights provided comments on the second Interim Final Rule with Comment that made changes to Medicare rules, payments, and reporting during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
Comments on Oklahoma SoonerCare 2.0 1115 Waiver Application
The Medicare Rights Center (Medicare Rights) appreciates this opportunity to comment on Oklahoma’s Sooner Care 2.0 Medicaid Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver application. While we support state Medicaid expansions, we believe that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) should reject the Sooner Care 2.0 Demonstration application as being inaccurate, incomplete, outside of the scope of the Secretary’s authority, not in keeping with the purpose of Medicaid, and against the interests of the Medicaid population and program— as well as health systems and public health generally—in Oklahoma and nationally.
Comments on Bipartisan Policy Center Integrated Care White Paper
The Medicare Rights Center (Medicare Rights) appreciates this opportunity to comment on the Bipartisan Policy Center’s white paper, “Policy Options for Integrating Care for Individuals with Both Medicare and Medicaid.”
Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
The novel coronavirus, “SARS-CoV-2,” has proven especially dangerous to populations that Medicare serves—people 65 years and older, people who live in a nursing home or long-term care facility, and people of all ages with serious underlying medical conditions, including those with permanent disabilities. Because of this, Medicare Rights greatly appreciates the efforts of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to streamline and enhance Medicare coverage during the public health emergency (PHE).
Comments on Advance Notice of Methodological Changes for Calendar Year (CY) 2021 for MedicareAdvantage (MA) Capitation Rates and Part C and Part D Payment Policies–Part II
Medicare Rights generally supports the transition of many of the provisions in this proposed rule from subregulatory guidance to notice-and-comment rulemaking. While we recognize that formal rulemaking can lack the flexibility and nimbleness of guidance, we believe that the standardization, transparency, and predictability of formal rulemaking makes it a more appropriate vehicle for most provisions that make significant changes to the Medicare program.
D-SNP Fast Complaint and Appeal Decision Comments
Comments on CMS-4190-P: Medicare and Medicaid Programs Contract Year 2021 and 2022
The Medicare Rights Center (Medicare Rights) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the proposed rule Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Contract Year 2021 and 2022 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, Medicaid Program, Medicare Cost Plan Program, and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for […]