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Medicare Program; Revisions to Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2017; Medicare Advantage Pricing Data Release; Medicare Advantage and Part D Medical Low Ratio Data Release; Medicare Advantage Provider Network Requirements; Expansion of Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program Model (CMS-1654-P)

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American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) filed 1 comment on this docket between Sep 5, 2016 and Sep 5, 2016. 304 other organizations filed here. The comment window closed 3612d ago.

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Sep 5, 2016· IL--American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)· CMS-2016-0116-3908

Dear Acting Administrator Slavitt: On behalf of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), a non-profit, professional organization of 66,000 primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical sub-specialists, and pediatric surgical specialists dedicated to the health, safety, and well-being of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults, I appreciate the opportunity to provide comments on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) on the Medicare Program; Revisions to Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2017 published in the July 15, 2016 Federal Register. Although very few pediatric services are included in the Medicare program, payment policies introduced in Medicare are frequently adopted by the Medicaid program and eventually by private payers. Given that Medicaid and CHIP cover over 45 million US children, CMS has an obligation to consider the impact of policies on pediatrics. Therefore, the Academy offers these comments on the proposed rule to ensure that new policies appropriately accommodate the unique aspects of health care services delivered by primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists, and pediatric surgical specialists. The Academy appreciates the opportunity to provide comments on the July 15th proposed rule and looks forward to working with CMS to ensure that the physician fee schedule accurately reflects the work value of physician practice and pediatric care.

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This major proposed rule addresses changes to the physician fee schedule and other Medicare Part B payment policies, such as changes to the Value Modifier, to ensure that our payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice and the relative value of services, as well as changes in the statute. This proposed rule also includes proposals related to the Medicare Shared Saving Program, and the release of certain pricing data from Medicare Advantage bids and medical loss ratio reports from Medicare health and drug plans. In addition, this rule proposes to expand the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program model

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Medicare Program; Revisions to Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2017; Medicare Advantage Pricing Data Release; Medicare Advantage and Part D Medical Low Ratio Data Release; Medicare Advantage Provider Network Requirements; Expansion of Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program Model (CMS-1654-P) (CMS) — American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) | OpenPolis