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30 Organizations Send Letter to Alabama Governor Ivey on Expanding Access to Continuous Glucose Monitors

30 organizations representing patients, providers and diabetics, have sent a letter asking Governor Kay Ivey to update Alabama Medicaid policy to expand access to continuous glucose monitors (CGMs). C...

Families USA’s Comments on Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2026

Families USA commented on the annual Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters that affects Marketplace coverage for 2026. Our comments focused on: Ways Navigators and assisters might help people ...

Comment on Medicare Physician Fee Schedule “Medically Necessary” Coverage

Families USA, along with a broad cross section of national and state level advocates for families, patients, older adults, and people with disabilities, has submitted comments to the Centers for Medic...

Written Testimony of Anthony Wright for Education and Workforce Hearing

On September 10, 2024, Families USA Executive Director Anthony Wright testified before the House Education and Workforce Health Subcommittee in a hearing, “ERISA’s 50th Anniversary: The Value Of E...

Families USA Statement for the Record for Finance Committee Inflation Reduction Act Hearing

Families USA submitted this statement for the record for the Finance’s hearing “Lower Health Care Costs for Americans: Understanding the Benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act.” In our stateme...

Families USA Submits Comments on 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Proposed Rule

Families USA, joined by 16 organizations, submitted comments on the calendar year (CY) 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) proposed rule. If implemented, the recommended payment changes have t...

Families USA Submits Comments on Annual Rulemaking to Improve Health Equity, Value, and Coverage

Families USA submitted two comment letters, co-signed by 28 total organizations, on the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) proposed rule for calendar year 2025. Submitte...

Families USA Pens Letter of Support for Critical Health Care Affordability Legislation in Pennsylvania State Legislature

WASHINGTON - Sophia Tripoli, Senior Director of Health Policy for Families USA, today penned a letter of support to Pennsylvania State House Health Committee leadership about PA HB2344. The legislatio...

CMS Issues Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule

On August 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the fiscal year (FY) 2025 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospit...

Families USA Submits Comments on the Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model

Too many people die waiting for kidney transplants while emerging clinical evidence demonstrates that organs previously deemed not fit for transplant could safely be used, therefore dramatically impro...