Re: CMS-1715-P – Medicare Program; CY 2020 Revisions to Payment Policies under the
Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment Policies; Medicare Shared
Savings Program Requirements; Medicaid Promoting Interoperability Program Requirements
for Eligible Professionals; Establishment of an Ambulance Data Collection System; Updates to
the Quality Payment Program; Medicare Enrollment of Opioid Treatment Programs and
Enhancements to Provider Enrollment Regulations Concerning Improper Prescribing and
Patient Harm; and Amendments to Physician Self-Referral Law Advisory Opinion Regulations
Dear Administrator Verma:
On behalf of more than 100,000 specialty physicians from 15 specialty and subspecialty societies, and
dedicated to the development of sound federal health care policy that fosters patient access to the
highest quality specialty care, the undersigned members of the Alliance of Specialty Medicine (the
“Alliance”) write in response to proposals outlined in the aforementioned proposed rule, which includes
proposals to update the Medicare physician fee schedule for CY 2020 and the Quality Payment Program
in Year 4.
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