AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation have submitted comments to CMS on the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rules. Our comments addressed the following topics/issues: (1) Advanced Primary Care Payments, Including Effective Behavioral Health Integration and LTSS-Primary Care Linkages; (2) ACO Quality Measures (SUD and SDOH); (3) Principal Illness Navigation and Community Health Initiatives – Focus on Group-Based Interventions and Wider Array of Providers; (4) Caregiver Training; and (5) Telehealth Flexibilities. We have joined several more detailed coalition submissions and will share/post when they become available. The September 9 AAHD-Lakeshore September 9 comments are here: PDF.