Communications with Federal Executive Branch
AAPA’s communications with agencies of the federal executive branch help to promote the PA profession.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Interim Final Rule
AAPA’s comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency interim final rule
Medicare Scope of Practice Request for Information – PA/APRN Coalition Letter
Letter to Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
DEA
Department of Defense
AAPA Letter to the Assistant Secretary of Defense re: Pay Disparity for Civilian PAs Employed by DOD
Letter to Jonathan Woodson, MD, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs.
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
AAPA Comments to FMCSA on Dept. of Veterans Affairs Physicians Qualifying as Certified Medical Examiners
Letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation.
AAPA Comments to FMCSA re: Certifying Commercial Drivers with Controlled, Insulin-Treated Diabetes
Comments to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
AAPA Comments to FMCSA on Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators with Well-Controlled ITDM
Comments to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
AAPA Comments to FMCSA and FRA on Sleep Apnea
Letter to Federal Railroad Administration.
Department of Health and Human Services
Sign-On Letter in Support of Executive Order #13890, Protecting and Improving Medicare for Our Nation’s Seniors
A sign-on letter by multiple professional organizations in support of Executive Order #13890.
AAPA/Home Health Coalition Sign-on Letter
January 10, 2020 letter to U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
AAPA Comments on Nondiscrimination in Health and Health Education Programs or Activities
Letter to Alex Azar, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Inter-Agency Pain Management Taskforce Comments
Letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health.
AAPA Comments on Proposed Update to Title X Family Planning Grant Program
Letter to Alex Azar RE: Proposed Update to Title X Family Planning Grant Program.
AAPA Comments on Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insurance Plan Proposed Rule
Letter to Alex Azar, Re: Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insurance Plan Proposed Rule.
AAPA Comments on Protecting Statutory Conscience Rights in Healthcare; Delegations of Authority
March 26, 2018 letter to Alex Azar RE: Protecting Statutory Conscience Rights in Health Care; Delegations of Authority.
AAPA Comments to CMS on Innovation Center New Direction Request for Information
Letter to Seema Verma.
AAPA Comments to CMS on Proposed 2018 Physician Fee Schedule
Letter to Seema Verma.
AAPA Comments to CMS on Proposed 2018 Outpatient Prospective Payment Program
Letter to Seema Verma.
AAPA Comments to CMS on Proposed 2018 Updates to Medicare’s Quality Payment Program
Letter to Seema Verma.
AAPA Letter of Congratulations to Secretary Thomas Price, M.D.
Letter to Secretary Thomas E. Price, M.D.
AAPA Comments to Dept. of Health and Human Services re: EHR Incentive Program Stage 3 and Meaningful Use
Letter to Sylvia M. Burwell, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Department of Veterans Affairs
Meeting Request with Secretary of Veterans Affairs
October 1, 2019 letter to Robert Wilkie.
AAPA Letter to VA Secretary Shulkin re: Caring for Our Veterans Act of 2017
December 5, 2017 letter to Secretary David Shulkin.
AAPA Comments on VA Telehealth Rule
November 1, 2017 letter to the Department of Veterans Affairs.
AAPA Letter Urging Full Practice Authority for PAs at the VA
September 18, 2017. Letter to Secretary David Shulkin.
AAPA Letter to the VA on Maximizing PA Services
April 7, 2017. Letter to Interim Deputy Secretary Blackburn.
PAs as a Solution to Staffing Shortages at the VA
February 6, 2015 letter to Dr. Carolyn M. Clancy.
Other Agencies (White House, CDC, DEA, FDA, FTC, HRSA, OPM, etc.)
Communication with White House in Relation to Federal COVID-19 Response
April 21, 2020 letter to President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.
OMB Letter on VA-related Items in FY2020 Budget
December 20, 2018. Letter to Mick Mulvaney.
Opioid Overdose Crisis Sign-On Letter
July 3, 2018. Letter to Jefferson B. Sessions, III re: Our Nation’s Opioid Overdose Crisis.
OCAN Sign-On Letter on USPSTF Obesity Recommendations
March 19, 2018 letter to USPSTF Coordinator.
AAPA Letter to OMB re: FY19 Budget Proposal Inclusions Pertaining to the VA
December 19, 2017 letter to Mick Mulvaney.
AAPA Comments to FDA on Opioid Policy Steering Committee
December 28, 2017 letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Letter to President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis
September 5, 2017. Letter to Governor Chris Christie and Members of the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis.
AAPA Comments on U.S. Department of Justice USMS Medical Forms