On December 1, 2016, CPR, the Habilitation Benefits (HAB) Coalition and the Independence Through Enhancement of Medicare and Medicaid (ITEM) Coalition submitted joint comments on the 2018 Draft Letter to Issuers to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services at the Department of Health and Human Services (CMS). The letter received forty-one (41) sign-ons, 28 of which were CPR members.
On November 7, the CPR Steering Committee, in conjunction with American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAMP&R), American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association (AMRPA), and Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA), submitted a request for a meeting to Andy Slavitt, Acting Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, to discuss unintended consequences of ICD-10 Conversion on access to inpatient hospital rehabilitation for Medicare beneficiaries with brain injuries and select orthopedic conditions.
On October 6, 2016, CPR, the Habilitation Benefits (HAB) Coalition and the Independence Through Enhancement of Medicare and Medicaid (ITEM) Coalition submitted joint comments on the proposed rule HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2018 to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services at the Department of Health and Human Services (CMS). The letter received forty-nine (49) sign-ons, 33 of which were CPR members.
On October 3, 2016, CPR submitted comments on the proposed rule Medicare Program; Advancing Care Coordination Through Episode Payment Models (EPMs); Cardiac Rehabilitation Incentive Payment Model; and Changes to the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model (CJR) to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services at the Department of Health and Human Services (CMS). The letter was signed by the members of CPR’s Steering Committee.
On September 21, 2016, CPR submitted comments on post-acute care value-based purchasing, in both a written statement on the Medicare Post-Acute Care Value-Based Purchasing Act of 2015 (H.R. 3298), in connection to the September 6 Ways and Means Health Subcommittee hearing entitled “Evolution of Quality in Medicare Part A,” and as comments to members of the House Ways and Means Committee. The letter ultimately contained twenty-six (26) sign-ons.
On September 6, 2016, CPR submitted comments on the proposed rule 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 to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services at the Department of Health and Human Services (CMS). Supporting non-CPR organizations signed the letter as well. There were 26 sign-ons for the letter, including 24 CPR members.
On June 20, 2016, CPR submitted comments on the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility [IRF] Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2017 and the Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) for FY 2017, SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program, SNF Quality Reporting Program, and SNF Payment Models Research to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services at the Department of Health and Human Services (CMS). In contrast to last year, supporting non-CPR organizations signed the letters as well.