Comment Letters

• AANA comment letter responding to the Department of Education’s (ED) Reimagining and Improving Student Education proposed rule which implements student loan caps.
• AANA comment letter responding to the Department of Health & Human Services Request for Information: Accelerating the Adoption and Use of Artificial Intelligence as Part of Clinical Care.
• AANA comment letter responding to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Transparency in Coverage proposed rule. (February 18, 2026)
• AANA comment letter responding to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Contract Year 2027 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, and Medicare Cost Plan Program proposed rule.

• AANA Signs on to Coalition Letter Urging Elevance Health to Rescind Facility Administrative Policy.
• AANA submitted a comment letter to the FDA regarding draft guidance on the development of non-opioid analgesics for chronic pain, highlighting CRNAs’ knowledge and expertise in chronic pain delivery.
• AANA submitted a sign on letter, signed by 85 CRNA program directors, to the Under Secretary of Education Nicholas Kent at the Department of Education explaining how SRNAs must qualify as professional students for the purposes of new student loan caps established in H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
• AANA signed onto a coalition letter via the Patient Access to Responsible Care Alliance (PARCA) to the Department of Education urging the Department adopt a broad definition of “professional student” that would include advanced degrees in health professions when implementing student loan caps established in H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
• AANA signed onto a follow up coalition letter via the Nursing Community Coalition to the Department of Education urging the Department include advanced nursing degrees in the definition of “professional student” when implementing student loan caps established in H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in continued efforts this week.
• AANA signed onto a follow up coalition letter with a broad array of healthcare professions urging the Department of Education to ensure advanced degrees in these professions will be considered “professional degrees” as the Department continues implementation efforts this week of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
• AANA submits comments on various Medicare Administrative Contractors’ draft policies for peripheral nerve blocks for use in chronic pain.  (October 29, 2025)
• AANA, as part of a coalition of provider and patient groups, urges Federal Agencies to intervene on UnitedHealthcare’s anesthesia reimbursement policy.
• AANA comment letter responding to CMS’ CY 2026 Medicare Part B Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule. (September 8, 2025)
• AANA comment letter responding to CMS’ CY 2026 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule. (September 3, 2025)
• AANA signed onto a group comment letter with a broad array of healthcare professions, urging the Department of Education to ensure advanced degrees in these professions will be considered “professional degrees” as the Department implements H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. (August 25, 2025)
• AANA signed onto the Nursing Community Coalition comment letter urging the Department of Education to ensure that nursing degrees are considered “professional degrees” as the Department implements H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. (August 25, 2025)
• AANA comment letter responding to the Department of Health and Human Services’ request for information on deregulation. (June 27, 2025)
• AANA comment letter responding to the Fiscal Year 2026 Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems Proposed Rule. (June 9, 2025)
• AANA comment letter responding to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Request for Information on regulatory burdens in CMS programs. (June 3, 2025)
• AANA comment letter responding to the Department of Justice Anticompetitive Regulations Task Force Request for Information on eliminating anticompetitive state and federal laws and regulations. (May 22, 2025)
• AANA comment letter responding to the Federal Trade Commission Request for Information on Reducing Anticompetitive Regulatory Barriers. (May 22, 2025)
• AANA comments on National Science Foundation’s Request for Information on AI Action Plan (March 12, 2025)

• AANA Congressional Letter (December 4, 2024)
• AANA Submits Comments on CMS Request for Information on the Consolidation of Medicare Administrative Contractor Jurisdictions
• AANA Submits Comments on the CMS Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule” (September 6, 2024).
• AANA Submits Comments on the CMS Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule” ( September 6, 2024)
• AANA Comments on CMS Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule (June 5, 2024)