AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION for AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 2079, Eliminating the Provider Relief Fund Tax Penalties Act of 2021, all provisions

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Education, Dept of; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); SENATE; White House Office; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)

Bills named: H.R. 2079 (117th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

H.R. 1330, Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 2807, PREVENT DIABETES Act, all provisions S. 2173, A bill to permit Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-recognized virtual diabetes prevention program suppliers to be included in the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program Expanded Model conducted by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation under section 1115A of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1315a), all provisions H.R. 3447, Permanency for Audio-Only Telehealth Act, all provisions H.R. 3173, Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 3259, Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation (NOPAIN) Act, all provisions S. 586, Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation (NOPAIN) Act, all provisions H.R. 4040, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend telehealth flexibilities under the Medicare program, and for other purposes, all provisions H.R. 2503, Social Determinants Accelerator Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 4014, To provide for a new building period with respect to the cap on full-time equivalent residents for purposes of payment for graduate medical education costs under the Medicare program for certain hospitals that have established a shortage specialty program, all provisions S. 2094, Physician Shortage GME Cap Flex Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 2256, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021, all provisions S. 834, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 1332, Telehealth Modernization Act, all provisions S. 368, Telehealth Modernization Act, all provisions H.R. 366, Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 2166, Ensuring Parity in MA and PACE for Audio-Only Telehealth Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 2228, Rural Behavioral Health Access Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 2903, Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2021, all provisions S. 1512, Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 3407, Mothers and Offspring Mortality and Morbidity Awareness (MOMMAs) Act, all provisions S. 411, Mothers and Offspring Mortality and Morbidity Awareness (MOMMAs) Act, all provisions H.R. 2347, Strengthening the Vaccines for Children Program Act of 2021, all provisions S. 801, Connected MOM Act, all provisions S. 346, Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 3441, Substance Use Disorder Workforce Act, all provisions S. 1438, Opioid Workforce Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 3746, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the benchmarking process for the Medicare Shared Savings Program, all provisions H.R. 2144, Access to Genetic Counselor Services Act of 2021, all provisions S. 1450, Access to Genetic Counselor Services Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 3, Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act, all provisions H.R. 19, Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2021 H.R, 1738, Stabilize Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Act, all provisions H.R. 1025, Kids Access to Primary Care Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 66, Comprehensive Access to Robust Insurance Now Guaranteed (CARING) for Kids Act, all provisions H.R. 3630, Lymphedema Treatment Act, all provisions S. 1315, Lymphedema Treatment Act, all provisions H.R. 1587, Medicare Audiologist Access and Services Act of 2021, all provisions Medicare program: Value in Healthcare Act Medicare program: No Surprises Act/implementation Medicare program: Physician payment issues/PAYGO and Sequester/Patient care barriers/mitigating future cuts/provider relief fund Medicare program: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA)/implementation/ oversight/reform Medicare program: MACRA Alternative Payment Models (APMs) Medicare program: MACRA/Accountable Care Organizations Medicare program: MACRA physician burdens Medicare program: FY22 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS)/Alternative 2 methodology Medicare program: FY22 IPPS/Medicare transplant payment policies Medicare program: FY 22 IPPS/Graduate Medical Education proposals Medicare program: Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)/Quality, Cost, Improvement Activities, Promoting Interoperability Medicare program: Digital quality measurement Medicare program: Physician self-referral Medicare program: Surprise Medical Billing Medicare program: Primary Care First model Medicare program: Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) Medicare program: Provider compliance and regulatory relief Medicare program: Open Payments Medicare program: Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP)/Quality reporting changes Medicare program: Measure Application Partnership (MAP) Medicare program: Provider Enrollment, Chain, and Ownership System (PECOS)/Revalidation Medicare and Medicaid programs: E/M reimbursement changes Medicare and Medicaid programs: Remote Patient Monitoring Medicare and Medicaid programs: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)/changes/Information Blocking Medicare and Medicaid programs: Health Equity Medicare and Medicaid programs: Coding Medicaid program: Justice for Incarcerated Moms Act Medicaid program: Funding for US territories Medicaid program: Special enrollment period Medicare program: Pediatric mental health care/access to behavioral health services Medicaid program: Medicaid program work requirements

Contacted: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Bills named: H.R. 2166 (117th), H.R. 2144 (117th), H.R. 19 (117th), H.R. 366 (117th), H.R. 2503 (117th), S. 346 (117th), H.R. 3441 (117th), H.R. 3447 (117th), S. 586 (117th), S. 2173 (117th), H.R. 2347 (117th), S. 801 (117th), S. 2094 (117th), H.R. 1025 (117th), H.R. 4040 (117th), H.R. 4014 (117th), H.R. 3173 (117th), S. 1450 (117th), H.R. 3259 (117th), S. 834 (117th), H.R. 1332 (117th), S. 1438 (117th), S. 411 (117th), H.R. 1587 (117th), H.R. 66 (117th), S. 1512 (117th), S. 1315 (117th), H.R. 3 (117th), H.R. 2228 (117th), H.R. 1330 (117th), H.R. 2256 (117th), H.R. 3407 (117th), H.R. 2903 (117th), S. 368 (117th), H.R. 2807 (117th), H.R. 3746 (117th), H.R. 3630 (117th)

Immigration IMM

H.R. 2255, Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, all provisions S. 1024, Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, all provisions H.R. 3541, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act, all provisions S. 1810, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act, all provisions H.R. 6, American Dream and Promise Act of 2021, all provisions Immigrant children/health at border Physician workforce issues J-1 Visas

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Education, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: S. 1024 (117th), H.R. 2255 (117th), H.R. 6 (117th), H.R. 3541 (117th), S. 1810 (117th)

Education EDU

H.R. 2917, Retirement Parity for Student Loans Act of 2021, all provisions S. 1443, Retirement Parity for Student Loans Act of 2021, all provisions S. 54, Strengthening Americas Health Care Readiness Act, all provisions H.R. 3671, To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the program of payments to teaching health centers that operate graduate medical education programs, all provisions S. 1958, Doctors of Community (DOC) Act, all provisions H.R. 3352, Midwives for Maximizing Optimal Maternity Services Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 4122, To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for interest-free deferment on student loans for borrowers serving in a medical or dental internship or residency program, all provisions H.R. 944, To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a loan repayment program to encourage specialty medicine physicians to serve in rural communities experiencing a shortage of specialty medicine physicians, and for other purposes, all provisions S. 924, Rural America Health Corps Act, all provisions H.R. 2418, Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act, all provisions Front line workers/student loan forgiveness Provider workforce shortage Graduate Medical Education Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); State, Dept of (DOS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Education, Dept of; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); SENATE; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Bills named: H.R. 4122 (117th), H.R. 3352 (117th), S. 924 (117th), S. 54 (117th), H.R. 3671 (117th), S. 1958 (117th), H.R. 2917 (117th), H.R. 944 (117th), H.R. 2418 (117th), S. 1443 (117th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Competition in Health Insurance Hospital Consolidation/Physician-Owned Hospitals

Contacted: Education, Dept of; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)

Torts TOR

H.R. 3021, Coronavirus Provider Protection Act, all provisions COVID-19/physician liability protection Telehealth Remote Patient Monitoring

Contacted: Education, Dept of; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); White House Office; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 3021 (117th)

Health Issues HCR

H.R. 2503, Social Determinants Accelerator Act of 2021, all provisions H. R. 379, Improving Social Determinants of Health Act of 2021, all provisions S. 104, Improving Social Determinants of Health Act of 2021, all provisions S. 509, Leveraging Integrated Networks in Communities (LINC) to Address Social Needs Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 1667, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, all provisions S. 610, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, all provisions H.R. 8, Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 1446, Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 1218, Data Mapping to Save Moms Lives Act, all provisions S. 198, Data Mapping to Save Moms' Lives Act, all provisions S. 1675, Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act, all provisions H.R. 1384, Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act of 2021, all provisions S. 445, Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment (MAT) Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 2163, Safe Step Act, all provisions S. 464, Safe Step Act, all provisions H.R. 666, Anti-Racism in Public Health Act of 2021, all provisions S. 162, Anti-Racism in Public Health Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 1783, Accessible, Affordable Internet for All Act, all provisions S. 745, Accessible, Affordable Internet for All Act, all provisions H.R. 708, Temporary Reciprocity to Ensure Access to Treatment (TREAT) Act, all provisions S. 168, Temporary Reciprocity to Ensure Access to Treatment (TREAT) Act, all provisions H.R. 4058, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure coverage of mental and behavioral health services furnished through telehealth, all provisions S. 2061, Telemental Health Care Access Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 1306, National Coronavirus Commission Act of 2021, all provisions S. 412, National Coronavirus Commission Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 1843, COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, all provisions S. 937, COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, all provisions S. 987, CARA 3.0 Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 925, Data to Save Moms Act, all provisions H.R. 2547, Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement Act, all provisions H.R. 831, Health STATISTICS Act of 2021, all provisions S. 346, Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021, all provisions S. 253, Cannabidiol and Marihuana Research Expansion Act, all provisions Assistant Physician Parity Act Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Act/physician assistants and nurse practitioners/telehealth flexibilities AMA Prior Authorization Physician Survey Telehealth Physician Practice Benchmark Survey Digital Therapeutics Digital Health/AI regulations Digital vaccine credential services Vaccine Hesitancy Vaccine distribution/vaccines in physician offices Fraud, waste, and abuse in telehealth Physician burnout and suicide issues Provider Relief Fund Health Equity/race corrections in clinical algorithms Health Equity/Black Men White Coats screenings Drug pricing Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)/Information Blocking Remote Patient Monitoring COVID-19 Coding Opioid use disorder 21st Century Cures Act Electronic Health Records (EHR) certification Data Privacy Nomination of Melanie Egorin to serve as HHS Assistant Secretary for Legislation Nomination of Andrea Palm for HHS Deputy Secretary Social Determinants of Health

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; White House Office; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Education, Dept of; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Bills named: H.R. 2503 (117th), H.R. 1306 (117th), H.R. 1843 (117th), S. 346 (117th), S. 1675 (117th), H.R. 8 (117th), H.R. 831 (117th), S. 162 (117th), S. 509 (117th), S. 253 (117th), S. 445 (117th), S. 412 (117th), S. 745 (117th), H.R. 2163 (117th), H.R. 1667 (117th), H.R. 1384 (117th), S. 168 (117th), H.R. 2547 (117th), H.R. 708 (117th), S. 2061 (117th), S. 610 (117th), H.R. 1218 (117th), H.R. 1783 (117th), S. 198 (117th), S. 104 (117th), H.R. 4058 (117th), H.R. 379 (117th), H.R. 1446 (117th), S. 987 (117th), S. 937 (117th), H.R. 925 (117th), H.R. 666 (117th), S. 464 (117th)

Veterans VET

H.R. 958, Protecting Moms Who Served Act, all provisions S. 796, Protecting Moms Who Served Act of 2021, all provisions Federal Supremacy Project Scope of Practice Veterans Choice/Community Care Program Veterans Health Administration (VHA) facilities/fully smoke-free

Contacted: Education, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); State, Dept of (DOS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); SENATE; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); White House Office

Bills named: S. 796 (117th), H.R. 958 (117th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.R. 1868, To prevent across-the-board direct spending cuts, and for other purposes, all provisions H.R. 315, Medicare Sequester COVID Moratorium Act, all provisions S. 748, Medicare Sequester Relief Act, all provisions H.R. 3778, Nullifying Opportunities for Variants to Infect and Decimate (NOVID) Act, all provisions S. 1976, Nullifying Opportunities for Variants to Infect and Decimate (NOVID) Act, all provisions S. 1685, A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings, all provisions H.R. 2225, National Science Foundation for the Future Act, all provisions H.R. 2954, Securing a Strong Retirement (SECURE 2.0) Act of 2021, provisions relating to student loans FY 2022 Labor-HHS Appropriations, provisions relating to funding federal programs to improve maternal health and eliminate inequities

Contacted: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Education, Dept of; White House Office; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); State, Dept of (DOS); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 315 (117th), H.R. 3778 (117th), H.R. 2225 (117th), H.R. 1868 (117th), H.R. 2954 (117th), S. 748 (117th), S. 1685 (117th), S. 1976 (117th)