GOLDEN HORIZONS for GOLDEN HORIZONS

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY 2013 Federal budget and appropriations relating to HHS/CMS/Medicare/Medicaid funding and appropriations

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); White House Office; SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)

Veterans VET

Monitor issues impacting Veterans Community Nursing Home Program & Ancillary Program Benefits

Contacted: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Health care issues related to Medicare/Medicaid Long Term Care and Post Acute Care services and benefits. Monitor and advocate funding of Medicare/Medicaid benefits.Quality care of standards, survey and certification standards and procedures for long term care providers of Medicare/Medicaid programs: Nursing Homes, Home Health, Hospice, Long Term Care Hospitals, Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities, and related busiensses. Medicare reimbursement for skilled nursing facilities, home health, MedicareConditions of Participation for Hosipce. Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2013, H.R. 713/S.367; Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2013, H.R. 1179/S.569; Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2013, H.R. 351; Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2013, H.R. 574; Palliative Care and Hospice Education Training Act of 2013, H.R. 1339/S. 641

Contacted: Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); SENATE; White House Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)

Bills named: H.R. 574 (113th), S. 569 (113th), H.R. 1179 (113th), S. 367 (113th), H.R. 713 (113th), H.R. 1339 (113th), H.R. 351 (113th), S. 641 (113th)

Pharmacy PHA

Monitor and advocate regarding pharmacy issues impacting Long Term Care and Post Acute Care providers and patients. Amend the Controlled Substances Act to make any substance containing hydrocodone a Schedule II drug, H.R. 1285/S.621; Stop Oxy Abuse Act of 2013, H.R. 1366; The Pharmaceutical Quality, Security, and Accountability Act, S. 959

Contacted: Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1285 (113th), S. 621 (113th), H.R. 1366 (113th), S. 959 (113th)

Housing HOU

Monitor and advocate for issues impacting Government Financing at HUD/FHA

Contacted: SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); White House Office; Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Monitor and advocate regarding Labor issues impacting Long Term Care and Post Acute Care providers. Monitor issues and Department of Labor and National Labor Relations Board. Physica Therapist Workforce and Patient Access Act of 2013, H.R. 1252/S. 602; Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013, S. 744

Contacted: Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); SENATE; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 1252 (113th), S. 602 (113th), S. 744 (113th)