WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from Addiction Policy Forum, Bethesda, Maryland, and 116 collaborators: * * * To: The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21244-1850. RE: Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Medicar more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Aug. 28, 2024, from the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and five collaborators: * * * To: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services United States Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1809-P P.O. Box 8010 Baltimore, MD 21244-1810 RE: Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospital Outpatient Prosp more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network and 17 collaborators: * * * To: The Honorable Xavier Becerra Secretary of Health and Human Services U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue SW Washington, DC 20201 Re: Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospital Outpatient Pros more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from Amgen Inc.: * * * To: Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attn: CMS-1809-P P.O. Box 8010 Baltimore, MD 21244-8010 Re: Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Cente more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from Arcellx Inc., Rockville, Maryland: * * * To: The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1809-P P.O. Box 8016 Baltimore, MD 21244-8016 RE: Calendar Year (CY) 2025 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment S more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from ASHP, Bethesda, Maryland: * * * To: Ms. Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1809-P P.O. Box 8010 Baltimore, MD 21244-1850 Re: Docket No. CMS-1809-P for "Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospital Outpatient more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from the Association of Cancer Care Centers, Rockville, Maryland: * * * To: The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20201 Re: File Code CMS-1809-P. Medicare and Medica more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from Biogen Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts: * * * To: The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1809-P P.O. Box 8016 Baltimore, MD 21244-8016 RE: Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Paymen more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from Craig Burton, executive director of Biosimilars Council: * * * To: The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1809-P P.O. Box 8010 Baltimore, MD 21244-8010 RE: CMS-1809-P: CY 2025 Payment Policies  more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, New Jersey: * * * To: The Hon. Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Mail Stop C4-26-05 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21244 Re: Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgic more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 5, 2024, from Center for Visual Surgical Excellence: * * * To: Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1809-P P.O. Box 8010 Baltimore, MD 21244-1850 Re: Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System Proposed Rule * * * Dear  more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: * * * To: The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21244-1850 Electronically - CMS-1809-P RE: Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Ho more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from CivaTech Oncology Inc., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina: * * * To: Ms. Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21244 RE: Outpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule for CY 2025 (CMS-1809-P) * * * Dear Administr more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from Cleveland Clinic, Ohio: * * * To: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services P.O. Box 8010 Baltimore, MD 21244-8010 RE: CMS-1809-P; Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; Quality Report more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from the CMS Tribal Technical Advisory Group. Here are excerpts: * * * To: The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Administrator Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21244 Re: CY 2025 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective P more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from the Coalition of Wound Care Manufacturers, Bethesda, Maryland: * * * To: Ms. Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1809-P Mail Stop C4-26-05 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21244-1850 Re: Medicare an more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication on Sept. 11, 2024, from the Council for Women and Infants Specialty Hospitals, Providence, Rhode Island: * * * CWISH, the Council for Women and Infants Specialty Hospitals, continues to support the emerging and accelerating goals of CMS to support maternal health care during the delivery inpatient care period. CWISH is dedicated to  more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from DaVita Kidney Care: * * * The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21244 RE: [CMS-1809-P] Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems * *  more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, Tallahassee: * * * ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE / CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEY WORK PRODUCT To: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attn: CMS-1809-P, Mail Stop C4-26-05 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21244-1850 Re more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from GE HealthCare: * * * To: The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue S.W. Washington, DC 20201 Re: Calendar Year (CY) 2025 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) Proposed Rul more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2023, from Georgetown Law O'Neill Institute Center for Addiction and Public Policy: * * * To: The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services RE: Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and  more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from Global Liver Institute, Miami, Florida. Here are excerpts: * * * To: Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1809-P P.O. Box 8010 Baltimore, MD 21244-1850 * * * Dear Administrator Brooks-LaSu more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from the Greater New York Hospital Association, New York. Here are excerpts: * * * To: The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1809-P P.O. Box 8010, Baltimore, MD 21244-8010 Subject: [CMS-1809-P] Med more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from Guardant Health, Redwood City, California: * * * To: The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Administrator Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21244 * * * Dear Administrator Brooks-LaSure: We write to you in support of the proposed rule on Calendar Year 2025  more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from Hackensack Meridian Health, Edison, New Jersey. Here are excerpts: * * * To: The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Administrator Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Hubert H. Humphrey Building 200 Independence Ave., SW Washington, D.C. 20201 RE: CMS more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from the Healthcare Nutrition Council: * * * To: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1809-P P.O. Box 8010 Baltimore, MD 21244-1810 Re: [CMS-1809-P] Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Cent more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from Tina Ivovic, president at Healthcare Reimbursement Consulting LLC, Edgewater, Maryland: * * * To: The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1809-P P.O. Box 8016 Baltimore, MD 21244-8016 RE: Medica more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from the Heart Rhythm Society: * * * To: Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244-1850 Re: Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems Proposed Rule [C more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from Houston Methodist, Texas: * * * To: The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Hubert H. Humphrey Building 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Room 445-G Washington, DC 20201 RE: CMS-1809-P; Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Pay more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from the Institute for Gene Therapies: * * * To: Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1809-P P.O. Box 8013 Baltimore, MD 21244-8013 RE: IGT Comments on FY 2025 OPPS Proposed Rule [CMS-1809-P] * * * Dear Admini more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from Intrinsic Therapeutics: * * * To: Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Attention: CMS-1809-P 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21244-1850 Re: CMS-1809-P, Medicare 2025 Proposed Rule for the Hospital Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems  more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from the Iowa Hospital Association, Des Moines: * * * To: The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services U.S. Department of Health and Human Services P.O. Box 8013 Baltimore, MD 21244-8013 Attn: CMS-1809-P Re: CMS-1809-P Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospital more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from Johnson & Johnson: * * * To: Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1809-P P.O. Box 8010 Baltimore, MD 21244 RE: Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Su more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from the Leapfrog Group. Here are excerpts: * * * To: Ms. Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, MPP Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services RE: Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; Qua more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from the Legal Action Center. Here are excerpts: * * * To: The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21244-1850. RE: Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Medicare Hospital Outpatient  more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from the Minnesota Department of Human Services, the State Medicaid Agency in Minnesota and Minnesota's Tribal Nations: * * * To: Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Administrator Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1809-P P.O. Box 8010 Baltimore, MD 21244-1 more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from the Mount Sinai Health System, New York: * * * Sabina Lim MD MPH System Vice President, Behavioral Health Safety & Quality, Mount Sinai Health System System Medical Director, Regulatory & Government Affairs, Mount Sinai Health System Professor of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai On more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from David W. Hill, principal chief of the Muscogee Nation, Okmulgee, Oklahoma: * * * To: The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Administrator Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21244 Re: Four Walls Provision of the OPPS Rul more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from the National Pharmaceutical Council: * * * To: The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21244 RE: Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment a more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 6, 2024, from Nevada State Medical Association, Reno: * * * RE: HOPPS Rule CY 2025 * * * I would like to thank Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for the opportunity to offer comments on the CMS proposed HOPPS policy changes for diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals payments. I strongly urge CMS to implement a  more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from Novant Health, Winston-Salem, North Carolina: * * * To: The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Administrator Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hubert H. Humphrey Building 200 Independence Avenue SW, Room 445-G Washington, DC 20201 Re: [1] Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2025 Payment Policies more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from Oracle Health, Kansas City, Missouri: * * * To: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services P.O. Box 8016 Baltimore, MD 21244-8016. Attention: CMS-1809-P * * * Dear Sir or Madam, Oracle Health, a leading supplier of electronic health record, clinical and revenue more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication on Sept. 9, 2024, from Oregon Health and Science University: * * * To: The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 7500 Security Blvd Baltimore, MD 21244 RE: 1809-P Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Syste more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services: * * * To: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1809-P P.O. Box 8010 Baltimore, MD 21244-8010 * * * Dear Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): The Pennsylvania Department of Human Servic more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from Patients for Patient Safety US, Smyrna, Georgia: * * * To: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services RE: Regulation no. CMS-1807-P (physician) and Regulation no. CMS-1809-P (outpatient hospital) * * * Patients for Patient Safety US (PFPS US) is the United States' br more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from Perspectum Ltd., Oxford, England: * * * To: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services P.O. Box 8010 Baltimore, MD 21244-1810 RE: CY 2025 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and the Medicare Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System, CMS-1809 more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from Planned Parenthood Federation of America: * * * Re: 0938-AV35; Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems * * * Dear Administrator Brooks-LaSure: Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA)1 submits this comment in response t more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from Press Ganey, South Bend, Indiana: * * * To: Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services RE: Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems, etc. proposed rule more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from Jeffrey Silberzweig, chief medical officer at the Rogosin Institute: * * * To: The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21244 Re: Medicare Calendar Year 2025 OPPS Proposed Rule * * * Dear Administrator Brooks-LaS more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from Sanford Health, Sioux Falls, South Dakota: * * * To: Xavier Becerra, Secretary Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1809-P PO Box 8010 Baltimore, MD 21244-8010 Re: CMS File Code CMS-1809-P * * * Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospital Outpa more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from Seattle Indian Health Board, Washington: * * * To: Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Washington, DC 20503 RE: Requests for Information; Medicaid Clinic Services Four Walls Exceptions; and All-Inclusive Rate Add-On Payment for High-Cost Drugs Provided by Indian  more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 8, 2024, from the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions: * * * To: The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Attention: CMS-1809-P 7500 Security Boulevard P.O. Box 8010 Baltimore, MD 21244-8010 Re: Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospital Outpatient Prospecti more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 4, 2024, from Pejman Ghanouni, associate professor in the Department of Radiology at Stanford University School of Medicine, California, and urologic oncologic surgeon Geoffrey Sonn: * * * To: Ms. Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health & Human Services ATTN: more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from Stryker, Allendale, New Jersey. Here are excerpts: * * * To: Ms. Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Attention: CMS-1809-P 7500 Security Blvd Baltimore, MD 21244-1850 RE: Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center P more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from the Tennessee Association of Mental Health Organizations, Brentwood: * * * To: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1809-P RE: Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from the Texas Hospital Association, Austin: * * * To: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1809-P P.O. Box 8010 Baltimore, MD 21244-8010 Re: CMS-1809-P; Proposed Rule - Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Amb more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from the Trauma Center Association of America, Mooresville, North Carolina: * * * To: The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health & Human Services Attention: CMS-1809-P P.O. Box 8010 Baltimore, MD 21244-8013 RE: Calendar Year 2025 Hospit more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Aug. 23, 2024, from cardiologists and radiologists at University of Texas Southwestern and the Children's Medical Center: * * * To: Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Administrator Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1786-P PO Box 8010 Baltimore, MD 21244-1810 RE:  more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from the Wisconsin Hospital Association, Fitchburg, Wisconsin: * * * To: Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Hubert H. Humphrey Building 200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Room 445-G Washington, DC 20201 Re: [CMS-1809-P] Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospectiv more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from Hamid Mojibian, professor of radiology and biomedical imaging professor at the Yale School of Medicine: * * * To: The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1809-P P.O. Box 8010 Baltimore, MD 21244- more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Energy has released the following public communication dated Aug. 6, 2024, from Clean Air Task Force: * * * To: U.S. Department of Energy 1000 Independence Ave., SW Washington, DC 20585 Re: Clean Air Task Force Response to Request for Information on Fusion Energy Public-Private Consortium Framework, Docket ID No. DOE_FRDOC_0001-4978 (89 Fed. Reg. 48605) Clean Air Task Force ("CATF") is pleased to provide recommendations in response to the Depa more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Energy has released the following public communication dated Aug. 6, 2024, from Helion Energy Inc. and Nucor Corp.: * * * To: U.S. Department of Energy Office of Fusion Energy Sciences 1000 Independence Ave., S.W. Washington, DC 20585-0270 Re: Request for Information on Fusion Energy Public-Private Consortium Framework Dear Associate Director John Paul Allain, Helion Energy, Inc. (Helion) appreciates the opportunity to respond to the Depart more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Energy has released the following public communication dated July 18, 2024, from Helixos: * * * To: Dr. Harriet Kung Acting Director, Office of Science U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Dear Dr. Kung, Thank you for the opportunity to provide input on the proposed Fusion Energy Public-Private Consortium Framework (PPCF). We are pleased to contribute to the ongoing dialogue about the development and commercialization of fusion energy. Helixos is a more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Energy has released the following public communication dated Aug. 6, 2024, from Kinectrics Inc.: * * * The development of public-private consortia should include advancing key areas of fusion technology development, especially the fusion fuel cycle. I urge the DOE to prioritize the framework to address technology development in the following areas: deuterium-tritium (D-T) fusion fuel cycle technology, tritium management technology, and isotope sep more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Sept. 23, 2024, from the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturer. Here are excerpts: * * * To: Administrator Michael Regan Environmental Protection Agency EPA Docket Center, OAR Docket Mail Code 28221T 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20460 RE: Conditional Approval of Arizona State Implementation Plan Revisions; Maricopa County Air Quality Department; Mo more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Sept. 20, 2024, from the American Sugar Cane League, Thibodaux, Louisiana: * * * To: Mr. Jake Li Deputy Assistant Administrator Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20460 RE: Draft Insecticide Strategy to Reduce Exposure of Federally Listed Endangered and Threatened Species and more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Sept. 23, 2024, from the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Phoenix: * * * To: Laura Yannayon Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX 75 Hawthorne St. San Francisco, CA 94105 Attention: Docket ID No. EPA-R09-OAR-2024-0311 Re: Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry Comments & Arizona Manufacturer's Council on EPA's Conditional Approval of Arizona State Implemen more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Sept. 23, 2024, from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality: * * * To: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA Docket Center EPA Docket ID: EPA-R09-OAR-2024-0311 Mail Code 28221T 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20460 Re: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Proposed Rule "Conditional Approval of Arizona State Implementation Plan Revisions; Maricopa more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Sept. 23, 2024, from the Maricopa County Air Quality Department, Arizona: * * * To: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20460 Re: Docket EPA-R09-OAR-2024-0311, Proposed Conditional Approval, Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations: Arizona, Maricopa County Air Quality Department; Mobile Source Emission  more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Sept. 18, 2024, from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture: * * * To: The Honorable Michael Regan Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/DC) 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20460-0001 Sub: The Minnesota Department of Agriculture's comments on the US Environmental Protection Agency's Draft Inse more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Sept. 23, 2024, from the Phoenix Office of Environmental Programs: * * * To: US EPA Pacific Southwest, Region 9 75 Hawthorne St. San Francisco, CA 94105 Re: Docket EPA-R09-OAR-2024-0311-0001, Proposed Rule, Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations: Arizona, Maricopa County Air Quality Department; Mobile Source Emission Reduction Credits * * * Th more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Sept. 9, 2024, from the U.S. Hydrogen Alliance: * * * Docket ID No. EPA-R09-OAR-2024-0311 To: EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne St., San Francisco, CA 94105 Re: Conditional Approval of Arizona State Implementation Plan Revisions; Maricopa County Air Quality Department; Mobile Source Emission Reduction Credits * * * We appreciate the opportunity to share our thoughts on the Mar more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Sept. 18, 2024, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of Pest Management Policy Director Kimberly Nesci: * * * To: Charles Smith, Director Registration Division (7505M) Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20460-0001 Re: USDA Comments on Notice of Receipt of Application for New Uses for Permethr more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration has released the following public communication dated Sept. 19, 2024, from Inter Scientific LLC, Round Rock, Texas: * * * Subject: Submission of Food and Drug Administration Import Data in the Automated Commercial Environment for Certain Tobacco Products * * * To Whom It May Concern, Inter Scientific LLC supports FDA's efforts to ensure that ENDS products are Appropriate for the Protection  more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service has released the following public communication dated Aug. 12, 2024, from the Insured Retirement Institute: * * * To: Jeanette Quick Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions Policy, U.S. Department of Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20220 * Moses Kim Director, Office of Financial Institutions Policy, U.S. Department of Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Ro more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service has released the following public communication dated Sept. 16, 2024, from Mike Aquino, director of ESG at the International Dairy Foods Association: * * * To: Chief Terry Cosby Natural Resources Conservation Service U.S. Department of Agriculture Washington, DC 20250 RE: Request for Public Input About Implementation of the Sustainability Targets in Agriculture to Incentivize Natural Solutions more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service has released the following public communication dated Sept. 16, 2024, from Land Core, Grass Valley, California: * * * To: Terry Cosby, Chief Natural Resources Conservation Service U.S. Department of Agriculture Dear Mr. Cosby, Thank you for the opportunity to submit written comments for the Sustainability Targets in Agriculture to Incentivize Natural Solutions (SUSTAINS) Act. The Department's  more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service has released the following public communication dated Sept. 16, 2024, from the New Mexico Department of Agriculture: * * * To: Natural Resource Conservation Service U.S. Department of Agriculture 1400 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20250 To Whom It May Concern: New Mexico Department of Agriculture (NMDA) submits the following comments in response to the United States Department of Agr more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service has released the following public communication dated Sept. 16, 2024, from National Farmers Union: * * * To: Terry Cosby Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service U.S. Department of Agriculture 1400 Independence Ave. SW Washington, DC 20250 RE: Document Number 2024-18348; August 18, 2024; FR Pages 66672-66674; Docket ID NRCS-2024-0014; Document Number 2024-18348 "Request for Public Input more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service has released the following public communication dated Sept. 16, 2024, from the National Wildlife Federation, Reston, Virginia: * * * To: Terry Cosby, Chief Natural Resources Conservation Service United States Department of Agriculture 1400 Independence Avenue SW Washington, DC 20250 Docket ID NRCS-2024-0014 Dear Chief Cosby, Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the U.S. Department of more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service has released the following public communication dated Sept. 16, 2024, from Utah State Treasurer Marlo M. Oaks. * * * To: Terry Cosby, Chief Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service Docket ID: NRCS-2024-0014 Federal Register Document Number: 2024-18348 Re: Request for Public Input about Implementation of the Sustainability Targets in Agriculture Mr. Cosby: I am more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The National Credit Union Administration has released the following public communication dated Sept. 23, 2024, from Jack Daniel Employees' Credit Union: * * * To: Ms. Melane Conyers-Ausbrooks Secretary of the Board National Credit Union Administration 1775 Duke Street Alexandria, VA 22314 RE: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Succession Planning (Docket ID NCUA-2024-0037) * * * Dear Ms. Conyers-Ausbrooks: On behalf of Jack Daniel Employees' Credit Union, I am writ more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The National Credit Union Administration has released the following public communication dated Sept. 17, 2024, from Kohler Credit Union, Sheboygan, Wisconsin: * * * To: Ms. Melane Conyers-Ausbrooks Secretary of the Board National Credit Union Administration 1775 Duke Street Alexandria, Virginia 22314 Re: Comments on Succession Planning Proposed Rule: RIN 3133-AF42 * * * Dear Ms. Melane Conyers-Ausbrooks, Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the NCUA's pro more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The National Credit Union Administration has released the following public communication on Sept. 23, 2024, from the League of Southeastern Credit Unions, Tallahassee, Florida: * * * To: Ms. Melane Conyers-Ausbrooks Secretary of the Board National Credit Union Administration Office of General Counsel 1775 Duke Street Alexandria, Virginia 22314 Re: Comments on Succession Planning Proposed Rule: RIN 3133-AF42 * * * Dear Ms. Melane Conyers-Ausbrooks, The League of more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The National Credit Union Administration has released the following public communication on Sept. 23, 2024, from the MD-DC Credit Union Association, Columbia, Maryland: * * * To: Ms. Melane Conyers-Ausbrooks Secretary of the Board National Credit Union Administration 1775 Duke Street Alexandria, Virginia 22314 Re: Comments on Succession Planning Proposed Rule: RIN 3133-AF42 * * * Dear Ms. Melane Conyers-Ausbrooks, The MD|DC Credit Union Association, on behalf of more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The National Credit Union Administration has released the following public communication dated Sept. 20, 2024, from the New York Credit Union Association: * * * To: Ms. Melane Conyers-Ausbrooks Secretary of the Board National Credit Union Administration 1775 Duke Street Alexandria, Virginia 22314 Re: Comments on Succession Planning Proposed Rule: RIN 3133-AF42 * * * Dear Ms. Melane Conyers-Ausbrooks, The New York Credit Union Association, on behalf of nearly 300 more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The National Credit Union Administration has released the following public communication dated Sept. 23, 2024, from the National Association of State Credit Union Supervisors, Arlington, Virginia: * * * To: Melane Conyers-Ausbrooks Secretary of the Board National Credit Union Administration 1775 Duke Street Alexandria, VA 22314-3428 Re: NCUA Proposed Rule - Succession Planning, RIN 3133-AF42 * * * Dear Secretary Conyers-Ausbrooks: The National Association of Sta more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has released the following public communication dated Sept. 16, 2024, from the U.S. Department of Energy Nuclear Energy Tribal Work Group: * * * To: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001 Re: Comments on the Proposed Rule Categorical Exclusions from Environmental Review, Docket ID NRC-2015-0225. Attn: Rulemakings and Adjudications * * * The Nuclear Energy Tribal Work Group (NETWG) is a U.S. Departm more ST