Policy letters and testimony

The PAN Foundation joined Medicare Access for Patients Rx (MAPRx) in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Schumer and Senate Minority Leader McConnell submitting feedback on Medicare Part D provisions contained in The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.

The PAN Foundation commended the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for making advancing health equity one of its strategic pillars and recommended that CMS enact its proposed measures to screen for social drivers of health. Measurement and payment for screening of social needs is essential to achieving health equity.

The PAN Foundation joins a coalition of patient-focused organizations to urge congressional support of important social determinants of health legislation that will empower organizations and communities across the country to work across sectors to foster partnerships, coordinate care and services, share data, and leverage available resources.

The PAN Foundation joins 79 leading organizations to request the CDC’s NCCDPHP be funded for its Social Determinants of Health program in FY 2023.