Comment Letters

• AANA Submits Comments on CMS Request for Information on the Consolidation of Medicare Administrative Contractor Jurisdictions
• AANA Submits Comments on the CMS Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule” (September 6, 2024).
• AANA Submits Comments on the CMS Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule” ( September 6, 2024)
• AANA Comments on CMS Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule (June 5, 2024)

• AANA Recommends Providers Ability to Negotiate for Reasonable and Fair Rates to Provide Anesthesia and Pain Management Services (December 19, 2023)
• AANA Calls for Network Adequacy and Refrainment of Violation of Federal Non discrimination Laws in Medicaid and CHIP Plans” (Dec. 4, 2023)
• AANA, APRN workgroup, and PARCA each Weigh in on how Promulgation of the Provider Nondiscrimination Regulation Will Increase Access to Mental Health and SUD Services, Oct 17, 2023
• AANA Presses for CRNA Autonomous Practice in VA Facilities During VA National Standards of Practice Listening Session
• AANA Calls for Recommendations to Reduce Barriers to Care in Medicare Advantage Plans, Feb. 8, 2023
• AANA Comments on HHS Action Alliance to Advance Patient Safety Request for Information, Jan. 23, 2023
• AANA Recommends Promulgation of a Regulation on Provider Nondiscrimination as Solution to Patient Access, Jan. 23, 2023
• AARP endorses I CAN Act HR 2713, Aug. 16, 2023
• AANA Submits Comments on Medicare Agency Episode-Payment Model Request for Information, Aug. 17, 2023
• AANA-ANA Joint Letter on FDA Guidelines for Psychedelic Drugs: Considerations for Clinical Investigations, Aug. 24, 2023
• AANA Supports Creating Separate Billing Codes for Non-Opioid Anesthesia Services and Treatments for Pain in the Hospital Outpatient and ASC Proposed Payment Rules, Sept. 4, 2023
• AANA and AANA as Part of APRN Coalition Submit Comments on Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule, September 11, 2023

• AANA Requests Inclusion of CRNAs in Non-Physician to Receive Bonuses When Practicing in Shortage Areas, Dec. 19, 2022
• AANA Urges Special Consideration of CRNAs in DOL’s Determination on Classifying Employees as Independent Contractors, Dec. 14, 2022
• AANA Joins Coalition Letter on Department of Labor Proposed Rule Related to Independent Contractors, Dec. 13, 2022
• AANA as Part of APRN Workgroup Urges Inclusion in CMS Request for Information for Directory on Healthcare Providers, Dec. 5, 2022
• AANA Joins Letter Encouraging Passage of Inpatient Opioid Safety Act, Nov. 23, 2022
• AANA Urges Inclusion in CMS Request for Information for Directory of Healthcare Providers, Nov. 22, 2022
• AANA Sends Letter to Congressional Leaders Outlining End of Session Priorities, Nov. 18, 2022
• AANA Joins PARCA Coalition Letter to Agencies on Provider Nondiscrimination, Nov. 18, 2022
• AANA Asks to Partner with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality as Acute and Chronic Pain Experts in Policy Development, Nov. 13, 2022
• AANA and APRN Coalition Send Letters to Federal Agencies Urging Prompt Promulgation of a Provider Nondiscrimination Rule, Oct. 26, 2022
• AANA Comments on Congressional Request for Feedback on MACRA, Oct. 25, 2022
• Bipartisan Group of Members of the House send Letter to the VA on Anesthesia Practice and CRNAs, Oct. 25, 2022
• AANA Requests the VA Ensure Inclusion of CRNAs in Updated Definitions of Health Professionals Who Practice Via Telehealth, Oct. 14, 2022
• AANA Sends Letter in Response to Senate Hearing on Wait Times within the VA, Oct. 12, 2022
• AANA and APRN Coalition Ask for Removal of the use of Mid-Level Practitioner in Clinical Laboratory Improvement Regulations, Sept. 28, 2022
• AANA Comments on Novitas Draft Local Coverage Determination on Nerve Stimulators for Pain, Sept. 21, 2022
• AANA Supports CRNA Payment and Reducing Barriers for Non-Opioid Treatments for Patients in Response to Hospital Outpatient and ASC Proposed Payment Rules, Sept. 12, 2022
• AANA Comments on CMS Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule, Sept. 2, 2022
• AANA Joins APRN and Advanced Nursing Education Coalition in Opposing Physician Supervision Requirements in the Proposed Rules for Rural Emergency Hospital Conditions of Participation, Aug. 25, 2022
• AANA Urges CMS to Remove Supervision Requirement from Proposed Rules for Rural Emergency Hospitals Conditions of Participation, Aug. 5, 2022
• AANA Congratulates Newly Confirmed Under Secretary of Health and the VA and Recommends Permanent CRNA Full Practice Authority, Aug. 1, 2022
• AANA Recommends Permanent Supervision Removal in Comments on HHS Initiative to Strengthen Primary Health Care, July 25, 2022
• AANA Submits Comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid’s Behavioral Health Strategy, July 13, 2022
• AANA Comments on CMS Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule, June 10, 2022
• AANA Recommends Research on Permanent Supervision Removal to AHRQ Proposed Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund Framework, May 16, 2022
• AANA Sends Comment Letter to House Veterans’ Affairs Technology Modernization Subcommittee in Response to Hearing on Electronic Health Records, May 2, 2022
• AANA Sends Comment Letter to House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee in Response to Hearing of HHS FY23 budget, May 2, 2022
• AANA Recommends to FDA that Use of Non-Opioid Alternatives for Pain Treatments Help Decrease Prescription Opioid Use and Addiction, April 7, 2022
• AANA Requests that the CDC Acknowledge the Role of CRNAs in Pain Management in draft Updated Practice Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids, April 1, 2022
• AANA Recommends Permanent Full Practice Authority for CRNAs in the VHA to VA Special Medical Advisory Group, March 30, 2022
• AANA Provides Feedback to CMS on Possible Episode-Based Cost Measure on Anesthesia in the MIPS Program, March 25, 2022
• AANA Supports Strong Network Adequacy Standards in Comments to the Department of Health and Human Services, March 22, 2022
• AANA Submits Comments for the Record on House Veterans Affairs Committee Hearing on VA Workforce, March 17, 2022
• AANA Sends Letter In Response to Senate Healthcare Workforce Shortage Hearing, Feb. 17, 2022
• AANA Asks HHS to Require CRNAs be Included in Qualified Health Plan Networks that Participate in Federally Facilitated and State Exchanges, Jan. 26, 2022