On behalf of the National Produce Prescription Collaborative (NPPC), we appreciate the opportunity to provide comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Advance Notice of Methodological Changes for Calendar Year (CY) 2024 for Medicare Advantage (MA) Capitation Rates and Part C and Part D Payment Policies. Our coalition has noted and applauds the Biden administration’s eorts and commitment to equity in Medicare. We appreciate the opportunity to comment specically on screening tools and quality metrics for food or nutrition-related supplemental benets and oer our views on how beneciary access to these cutting-edge health interventions are showing great promise for patients living with diet-related chronic disease. We also appreciate the opportunity to share concerns about nancial pressures that are projected to arise along with the changes proposed in this notice, and how they may impact the healthy food benets provided as Special Supplemental Benets for the Chronically Ill (SSBCI) where we have seen consistent year over year growth of plan utilization since 2020
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