RE: Reducing Provider and Patient Burden by Improving Prior Authorization Processes, and
Promoting Patients’ Electronic Access to Health Information (CMS-9123-P)
Dear Administrator Verma:
On behalf of more than 100,000 specialty physicians, the undersigned members of the Alliance of
Specialty Medicine (the “Alliance”) write in response to proposals outlined in the aforementioned
proposed rule. The Alliance is dedicated to the development of sound federal health care policy that
fosters patient access to the highest quality specialty care. As such, we applaud both CMS and the Office
of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) for its cross-agency effort to
advance interoperability among health care providers, payers, and patients, and to reduce patient and
provider burden through proposed changes to prior authorization practices.
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