Comment Letters

Advocates for Community Health is committed to meaningfully impacting federal public policy. We do this through leveraging the collective voice of our members to drive health care systems, policies, and programs of the future.

ACH regularly comments on federal policies advanced through Congress and regulatory agencies, ensuring that issues important to community health centers are top of mind for policymakers.

Our latest comment letters include:

September 2024

RE: Medicare and Medicaid Programs

July 2024

RE: The Pay PCPs (Primary Care Providers) Act of 2024 Request for Information

June 2024

RE: Comment to the Bolstering Chronic Care through Physician Payment White Paper

Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations for the Hearing on “Oversight of 340B Drug Pricing Program”

May 2024

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) hearing on “What Can Congress Do to Address the Severe Shortage of Minority Health Care Professionals and the Maternal Health Crisis?

Re: FY2025 Appropriations for the Subcommittee on Labor, health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies

HRSA FY26 Budget Listing Session – Remarks from Stephanie Krenrich, SVP of Policy & Government Affairs for ACH

Joint Letter to Energy & Commerce Leadership Re: Telehealth Modernization Act (H.R. 7623)

April 2024

RE: Bipartisan 340B Senate Working Group Draft, SUSTAIN 340B Act RFI

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security hearing on “Feeding a Healthier America: Current Efforts and Potential Opportunities for Food is Medicine”

December 2023

RE: File Code 1210–ZA31: HHS Requests Public Input on Coverage of Over-the-Counter (OTC) Preventive Services, Including Contraception, Tobacco Cessation, and Breastfeeding Supplies

November 2023

Better Mental Health Care, Lower-Cost Drugs, and Extenders Act Senate Finance Committee Open Executive Session

October 2023

Community Health Center Fund Stakeholder Letter to Congress

RE: Improving Access to Health Care in Rural and Underserved Areas Request for Information (RFI)

September 2023

Letter of Support for the Bipartisan Primary Care and Health Workforce Act

RE: File Code CMS-1784-P: Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2024 Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment and Coverage Policies; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; Medicare Advantage; Medicare and Medicaid Provider and Supplier Enrollment Policies; and Basic Health Program

July 2023

RE: Medicaid Program; Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Managed Care Access, Finance, and Quality (CMS-2439-P); and Medicaid Program; Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services (CMS-2442-P)

RE: Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) Reauthorization Discussion Draft

June 2023

National Health Care Preparedness Recommendations from ACH

Clarifying Eligibility for a Qualified Health Plan Through an Exchange, Advance Payments of the Premium Tax Credit, Cost-Sharing Reductions, a Basic Health Program, and for Some Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Programs

May 2023

CHC Fund Sign On Letter May 2023

April 2023

Re: Submission of Group Sign-on Letter to Revise OMB’s 1997 Statistical Policy Directive No. 15

RE: OMB-2023-0001 Initial Proposals for Updating OMB’s Race and Ethnicity Statistical Standards

Nearly 230 Organizations Tell Congress: No Cuts to Medicaid

March 2023

RE: Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP) Health Care Workforce Shortage Request for Information (RFI)

RE: Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) Request for Information (RFI) – SENATE

RE: Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) Request for Information (RFI)

RE: Telemedicine Prescribing of Controlled Substances When the Practitioner and the Patient Have Not Had a Prior In-Person Medical Evaluation (DEA-407) and Expansion of Induction of Buprenorphine via Telemedicine Encounter (DEA-948)

February 2023

RE: HELP Committee Hearing: Examining Health Care Workforce Shortages: Where Do We Go From Here?

January 2023

RE: Request for Information: Ways to Improve Coverage for Dually Eligible Enrollees

340B ADR Process ACH Comment Letter

December 2022

Advocates for Community Health Year-End Package Letter 2022

November 2022

RE: Request for Information: Make Your Voice Heard

RE: Streamlining Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program, and Basic Health Program Application, Eligibility Determination, Enrollment, and Renewal Processes (CMS-2421-P)

October 2022

RE: File Code CMS-2440-P: Medicaid Program and CHIP; Mandatory Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Core Set Reporting

September 2022

Advocates for Community Health Response CMS-1770-P Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule CY 2023

July 2022

RE: Request for Input for Population-Based Total Cost of Care (TCOC) Models

June 2022

RE: RFI: 2022 HHS Environmental Justice Strategy, Department of Health and Human Services

May 2022

National Academy of Medicine (NAM) Public Comment: May 2022

April 2022

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): Request for Information (RFI) 2022

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