AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION for AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION

Education EDU

Student Loan Financing and Re-Financing

Contacted: Government Accountability Office (GAO); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); White House Office; SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs MED

NIH; FDA; Agency for Health Care Quality & Research Funding

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); SENATE; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); White House Office; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Defense DEF

Recognition of Osteopathic Certification

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); SENATE; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Labor HHS Appropriations

Contacted: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Government Accountability Office (GAO); White House Office; SENATE; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Flexible Spending Accounts; Health Savings Accounts

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Government Accountability Office (GAO); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); White House Office

Health Issues HCR

Medicare Physician Payments Reform, Patient access to care; Graduate Medical Education; Physician Workforce Issues; Health reform implementation (PL 111-148); Telehealth (Health Information Technology)

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); White House Office; Government Accountability Office (GAO); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Graduate Medical Education; Health Care Quality, Patient Access to Health Care; Physician Workforce; Medicare Physician Payment Issues; Independent Payment Advisory Board. H.R. 574, The Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2013.

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 574 (114th)

Insurance INS

Health Insurance; Professional Liability Insurance; State Insurance Marketplace

Contacted: Government Accountability Office (GAO); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); SENATE; Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)

Torts TOR

Professional Liability Insurance; Medical Liability Reform

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Government Accountability Office (GAO); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)