AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION for AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Environment/Superfund ENV

Climate Change

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; President of the U.S.; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Health Issues HCR

H.R. 3400, Empowering Patients First Act, all provisions H.R. 3590, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, all provisions H.R. 3200, America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, all provisions H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act, all provisions S. 1679, Affordable Health Choices Act, all provisions S. 1796, America's Healthy Future Act of 2009, all provisions H.R. 2824, Doctor-Patient Relationship and Research Protection Act, all provisions H.R. 3763, To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide for an exclusion from Red Flag Guidelines for certain businesses, all provisions H.R. 3014, Small Business Health Information Technology Financing Act, all provisions H.R. 3854, Small Business Financing and Investment Act of 2009, provisions relating to Health Information Technology American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Health Information Technology and Meaningful Use provisions Health System Reform - Quality amendments Health System Reform - Comparative Effectiveness Research, Antitrust, Health Insurance Reform, Delivery Reform Health System Reform - Medicare Buy-in 55-64 Health System Reform - Geographic Practice Cost Indices Health System Reform - Graduate Medical Education FDA behind-the-counter class of drugs H1N1 public health emergency issues Physician-owned hospitals Health Information Technology/e-prescribing Telemedicine Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act Regulations Quality Improvement/Value-Based Payment

Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); President of the U.S.; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 3962 (111th), H.R. 2824 (111th), S. 1679 (111th), H.R. 3400 (111th), H.R. 3200 (111th), S. 1796 (111th), H.R. 3014 (111th), H.R. 3854 (111th), H.R. 3763 (111th), H.R. 3590 (111th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Physician antitrust reform DOJ-FTC Health Care Antitrust Guidelines DOJ-FTC Merger Guidelines Health Insurance and Physician Market Competition

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); President of the U.S.; Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Education EDU

20/220 Pathway Economic Hardship Deferment Graduate Medical Education

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); President of the U.S.; Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

S. 1776, Medicare Physician Fairness Act of 2009, all provisions H.R. 3961, Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009, all provisions Medicare program - Repeal of SGR formula Medicare program - Part D prescription drug benefit Medicare program - Contracting reform Medicare program - Independent Medicare Commission and Physician Resource Use Medicare program - Claims processing (PECOS: Provider Enrollment, Chain & Ownership System) Medicare program - Physician Quality Reporting Initiative PQRI Medicare program - Graduate Medical Education Medicare program - Self-referral Medicare program - Mental illness Medicare program - Coverage decisions Medicare program - Consultations policy Medicare program - Practice expense data Medicare program - 2010 physician payment rule Medicare program - Enrollment policies including electronic funds transfer Medicare program - HIPAA Administrative Simplification Policies (NPI, transactions and code sets, enforcement, ICD-10, 5010) Medicare program - Health IT policies Medicare program - Appeals Medicare program - Recovery Audit Contractors (RAC) Medicare program - Health Information Technology/Meaningful Use Medicare program - Hospital Quality Reporting Program Measures

Contacted: Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); President of the U.S.; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Bills named: S. 1776 (111th), H.R. 3961 (111th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

S. 1432, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2010, provisions relating to National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign H.R. 3170, Financial Services and General government Appropriations Act, 2010, provisions relating to National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign H.R. 3326, Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes, provisions on SGR/Medicare Physician Payments

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); President of the U.S.; Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Bills named: S. 1432 (111th), H.R. 3326 (111th), H.R. 3170 (111th)

Torts TOR

H.R. 3200, America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, Gordon MLR amendment Medical Liability Reform Medical Liability Reform Demonstration Project

Contacted: Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; President of the U.S.; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)

Bills named: H.R. 3200 (111th)