There needs to be immediate action on providing appropriate post-fracture care for America’s seniors, said 35 diverse national patient and health professional organizations.
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The proposed 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) rule issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) last week recognizes the need to substantially improve care for the 10 million Americans who suffer from osteoporosis, almost two million of whom suffer painful fractures each year. In its proposed rule, CMS proposes payment changes to incentivize better care.
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The Bone Health and Osteoporosis Foundation (BHOF) submitted comments to the Draft Recommendation Statement: Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: Screening. BHOF does not believe USPSTF came to the right conclusions in this draft. We are disappointed that USPSTF did not take advantage of the opportunity to enhance its screening recommendations both for men and women, essentially leaving recommendations…
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The Bone Health and Osteoporosis Foundation (BHOF) wrote to express their appreciation to the U.S. House Committee on Ways & Means for supporting legislation (H.R. 4818, the “Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2023”) that works to expand coverage for obesity treatments to Older Americans. Obesity has a detrimental impact on bone quality for older Americans and can lead to debilitating osteoporotic fractures.
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The Bone Health and Osteoporosis Foundation (BHOF) submitted comments on CMS–1808–P proposed rule updating and refining payment policies under the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS proposed rule). Our comments to this IPPS proposed rule focus on CMS’ proposal to address high costs associated with hip and vertebral fractures through a Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM) initiative.
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On behalf of our 13 national aging, health, family caregiver and bone health organizations, we are writing to request the Subcommittee’s attention to the growing crisis in bone health and osteoporosis among our nation’s aging veteran population as you consider fiscal year 2025 appropriations for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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