Advocacy & Policy

The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC or Association) welcomes this opportunity to comment on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’s

The AAMC Sept. 6 submitted a comment letter on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS’s) Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) proposed rul

The AAMC Sept. 6 submitted a comment letter on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed rule for calendar year

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) met Sept. 8-9 to discuss various Medicare issues, including an overview of Medicare payment policies for the c

The Association of American Medical Colleges welcomes this opportunity to comment on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed rule entitled, “Medi

The CY 2017 PFS rule proposes several policy change which impact AMCs. Among the areas addressed by this letter are the payment update amount, collection of dat

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine July 13 released the third in a series of five reports focused on identifying social risk factors

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt testified July 13 before the Senate Finance Committee on the Medicare Access

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services July 1 released a final rule that will enhance the current qualified entity program by allowing certain organizat

The House of Representatives July 6 passed (422-2) the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act (H.R. 2646), legislation aimed at reforming federal mental h