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Medicare Program; Revisions to Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2018; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; and Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program (CMS-1676-)

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American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) filed 1 comment on this docket between Sep 7, 2017 and Sep 7, 2017. 330 other organizations filed here. The comment window closed 3242d ago.

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Sep 7, 2017· IL--American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)· CMS-2017-0092-0695

September 6, 2017 The Honorable Seema Verma Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attn: CMS-1676-P Mail Stop C4-26-05 7500 Security Blvd Baltimore, MD 21244-1850 Re: File Code-CMS-1676-P; Medicare Program; Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2018 (July 21, 2017) Dear Administrator Verma: 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 2018 published in the July 21st, 2017 Federal Register. Although few pediatric services are included in the Medicare program, payment policies introduced in Medicare are frequently adopted by the Medicaid program and by private payers. Given that Medicaid and CHIP cover over 45 million US children, CMS has an important obligation to children and their providers to consider the impact of every policy on pediatrics. Therefore, the Academy offers these comments on the proposed rule to ensure that all new policies reflect this important principle. The Academy appreciates the opportunity to provide comments on the July 21st 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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Abstract

This major proposed rule addresses changes to the Medicare physician fee schedule (PFS) and other Medicare Part B payment policies.

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