In May, HHS requested comments from the nation's healthcare provides on how to smooth burocracy and lead de-regulation.
Find a summary of major association comments at Fierce Healthcare here:
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/regulatory/providers-tell-hhs-deregulation-starts-prior-auth-mips
Fierce Healthcare doesn't link directly to a comment archive source, but there appear to be 975 at this regulations website:. There's also a remark here, "13,308 comments received" so many might not be online yet.
https://www.regulations.gov/document/AHRQ-2025-0001-0001
See for example the 16-page ACLA comment -
- On page 13, they ask that CMS remove an arbitrary and agency-created (not statutory) rule about "new information" from the ADLT review process.
- They also ask CMS to enforce requirements that Medicare Advantage plans cover LCD- and NCD-based services.
- LCDs and NCDs should be more transparent and timely; specific examples provided.
