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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#202020">Dear Tori, <br>
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Last year's <a href="https://partnership2asc.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6bb18a5d03c832b1050b6af18&id=5cf5775151&e=ad815c3937" target="_blank"><span style="color:#007C89">Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS)</span></a> included important coding and payment
changes for services to address health-related social needs (HRSNs) through payments for Community Health Integration (CHI), SDOH Risk Assessment, and Principal Illness Navigation (PIN) services. <br>
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In July 2024, CMS released its annual draft proposed updates for next year’s PFS (<a href="https://partnership2asc.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6bb18a5d03c832b1050b6af18&id=0f2290aaec&e=ad815c3937" target="_blank"><span style="color:#007C89">CY2025 Medicare
Physician Fee Schedule</span></a>), which includes a request for information (RFI) regarding barriers to implementation for services to address HRSNs. <br>
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It is important that CMS hear from stakeholders and advocates about this opportunity to improve alignment between health and social care ecosystems through Medicare Part B.</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#202020">The <a href="https://partnership2asc.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6bb18a5d03c832b1050b6af18&id=757f4732bd&e=ad815c3937" target="_blank"><span style="color:#007C89;font-weight:normal">Partnership
to Align Social Care</span></a> (Partnership) is offering TWO opportunities to share your voice with CMS, but time is short:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Join Partnership co-chairs and other organizational stakeholders on a <a href="https://partnership2asc.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6bb18a5d03c832b1050b6af18&id=eed998f56a&e=ad815c3937" target="_blank"><span style="color:#007C89">sign-on
letter</span></a> (<a href="https://partnership2asc.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6bb18a5d03c832b1050b6af18&id=9ca35f51a3&e=ad815c3937" target="_blank"><span style="color:#007C89">pdf</span></a>) offering comments in response to the RFI regarding implementation
barriers for services to address HRSNs. <a href="https://partnership2asc.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6bb18a5d03c832b1050b6af18&id=644497b27a&e=ad815c3937" target="_blank"><span style="color:#007C89">Organizational signatures are due by NOON ET on Monday,
September 9</span></a>. </span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><br>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Download and incorporate <a href="https://partnership2asc.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6bb18a5d03c832b1050b6af18&id=7ad86c1e3d&e=ad815c3937" target="_blank"><span style="color:#007C89">Partnership-prepared
template language</span></a> into your organizational comments on the proposed CY2025 PFS. </span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#202020">Either way, we hope you will take advantage of this opportunity to comment on the CY2025 PFS proposed rule. If your organization can sign on to the Partnership's
letter, <a href="https://partnership2asc.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6bb18a5d03c832b1050b6af18&id=087349579a&e=ad815c3937" target="_blank"><span style="color:#007C89">please fill out our sign-on form</span></a> by Noon ET Monday, September 9. Feel free
to share this <a href="https://partnership2asc.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6bb18a5d03c832b1050b6af18&id=9d9a46810b&e=ad815c3937" target="_blank"><span style="color:#007C89">request</span></a> and/or <a href="https://partnership2asc.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6bb18a5d03c832b1050b6af18&id=d7bd38444e&e=ad815c3937" target="_blank"><span style="color:#007C89">template
language</span></a> with other organizations interested in opportunities to improve alignment between health and social care.<br>
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Also, please feel free to join Partnership leaders for an open discussion on <strong>
<span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Wednesday, September 4 @ 2:30-3:30 p.m. ET</span></strong> to review feedback and questions about this comment opportunity. The Zoom link to join is: <a href="https://partnership2asc.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6bb18a5d03c832b1050b6af18&id=ea6b030da3&e=ad815c3937" target="_blank"><span style="color:#007C89">https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83591138027?pwd=SQCMtQB94EWlWOL31DGWg1D5wnL6JC.1&from=addon</span></a>. </span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#202020">Below are additional resources pertaining to the proposed rule:</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#202020"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">CMS CY2025 PFS Proposed Rule: <a href="https://partnership2asc.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6bb18a5d03c832b1050b6af18&id=9ea8a6ed31&e=ad815c3937"><span style="color:#007C89">https://www.regulations.gov/document/CMS-2024-0256-0045</span></a> </span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#202020;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">SIGN-ON Letter Responding to CMS CY2025 PFS Proposed Rule: <a href="https://partnership2asc.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6bb18a5d03c832b1050b6af18&id=c24c2b8700&e=ad815c3937"><span style="color:#007C89">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iXwzi1YaECFdrMF_hAim6CVRWiCDzdeY/edit</span></a> (<a href="https://partnership2asc.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6bb18a5d03c832b1050b6af18&id=cf7706cc91&e=ad815c3937"><span style="color:#007C89">PDF
Version</span></a>)</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#202020;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Template Language Provided by Partnership: <a href="https://partnership2asc.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6bb18a5d03c832b1050b6af18&id=ae6b85a6b9&e=ad815c3937"><span style="color:#007C89">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j2vlhAOECH1gBqfu6q312IiKwEeZBCmm/edit</span></a> (<a href="https://partnership2asc.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6bb18a5d03c832b1050b6af18&id=dfa9fa3fd9&e=ad815c3937"><span style="color:#007C89">Word
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