Heard on the Hill

Overview

NAACOS aims to create and maintain the most beneficial legislative environment for ACOs. This is accomplished through constant communication, education, and advocacy with lawmakers and their staff. Congressional briefings, hearings, letters and in-person meetings are tools to share the positions of NAACOS and our members.

118th Congress

• 118^th Congress Lame Duck End-of-Year Health Legislation Section-by-Section (12/24)
• House Lawmakers Send Letter on CMMI Transparency (11/24)
• House Lawmakers Send Letter to CMS on Digital Quality (10/24)
• Bipartisan Group of House Lawmakers Send Letter to CMS on Accountable Care (07/24)
• Statement: Senate Finance Hearing on Bolstering Chronic Care Through Medicare Physician Payment (04/24)
• Member Alert: Lawmakers Introduce Bills on ACO Assignment & Medicaid Duals (03/24)
• Statement: Senate Budget Hearing on How Primary Care Improves Health Care Efficiency (03/24)
• House Lawmakers Send Letter Calling for Medicare Payment Reforms
• NAACOS submits statement in response to House committee hearing on APMs and provider issues (10/23)
• NAACOS coordinates letter with over 600 stakeholders calling for extension of APM incentives (10/23)
• NAACOS submits recommendations to the House Budget Committee’s Health Care Task Force (10/23)
• NAACOS submits recommendations to the House Committee on Ways and Means on how to improve access to accountable care in rural and underserved communities (10/23)
• NAACOS leads stakeholder Letter supporting introduction of Value in Health Care Act (07/23)
• NAACOS testifies before House committee on MACRA oversight (06/23)
• House Lawmakers Send Letter Calling for Medicare Payment Reforms (06/23)
• NAACOS submits a statement for the record in response to a Senate Finance Health Subcommittee hearing on rural health access (05/23)
• NAACOS submits a statement for the record in response to a House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee hearing on examining policies that inhibit innovation and patient access (05/23)
• NAACOS Supports Reintroduction of Chronic Care Management Improvement Act of 2023 (04/23)
• NAACOS and 11 other organizations send letter to Congress outlining recommendations to promote value-based patient care in Medicare (02/23)

117^th Congress

• Lawmakers Send Letter to House Leaders Supporting Advanced APM Extension
• NAACOS and co-host Capitol Hill Briefing “Speeding the Transition to Value-Based Care” on extending MACRA’s 5 percent incentive payment
• NAACOS summary of the June 2022 MedPAC
• Lawmakers Send Letters Asking Biden Administration to Support ACOs and Direct Contracting
• NAACOS submits a Statement for the Record on a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on improving health equity for individuals with chronic conditions
• NAACOS and seven other health groups ask Congress to support alternative payment models as a means to help prolong the solvency of the Medicare trust fund
• NAACOS resource on Medicare payment updates under MACRA
• NAACOS supports bill that revises MSSP assignment to enhance the role of NPPs
• NAACOS submits comments in response to the Congressional Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Caucus request for information (RFI) on challenges and opportunities to better address SDOH
• NAACOS submits comments in response to congressional request for information (RFI) on public option legislation
• NAACOS supports bill that removes cost-sharing obligations from Medicare Chronic Care Management codes
• NAACOS and 13 other leading organizations support the Value in Health Care Act of 2021
  • Section-by-section summary and press release
  • Independent analysis shows Value Act would save $280 million over 10 years
• NAACOS summary of the June 2021 MedPAC report
• NAACOS and 12 others write Congress in support of the Accountable Care In Rural America Act (H.R. 3746)
  • One-page summary of the “Rural Glitch” issue and press release on the letter
• NAACOS submits a Statement for the Record on a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the future of telehealth
• NAACOS submits a Statement for the Record on the nominations of Andrea Palm to be Deputy HHS Secretary and Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to be CMS Administrator
• Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse touts ACOs during Secretary Becerra’s confirmation hearing
• ACOs receive praise during Senate confirmation hearing