Dr. Donald Berwick Administrator Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Hubert H. Humphrey Building Room 445-G 200 Independence Ave, SW Washington, DC 20201 Re: CMS-1345-P: Medicare Program; Shared Savings Program: Accountable Care Organizations Dear Dr. Berwick: Dialysis Patient Citizens (DPC) appreciates the opportunity to comment to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on the Proposed Rule for the Medicare Shared Savings Program: Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). As America’s largest dialysis patient organization, DPC seeks to ensure that the patient’s point of view is heard and considered by policy makers on a wide [...]