AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY for AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Health Issues HCR

Health Care Quality; General Health Care Reform Implementation; Medical Liability Reform H.R. 5, the HEALTH Care Act of 2011; Federal funding of Appropriations for HHS, NIH, AHRQ, CDC, HRSA; medical research and prevention; sequestration and general cuts to health care.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); SENATE; Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Bills named: H.R. 5 (112th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Medicare Physician Payment; Sustainable Growth Rate; Clincial Data Registries; Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education; Sequestration; Health Care Quality; Medical Imaging as it relates to prior authorization, payment cuts or reduction in access to imaging services; Physician Self Referral; Multiple Procedure Payment Reduction.

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)