AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS for AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS

Insurance INS

HR 5, Protecting Access to Health Care Act, Capping medical liability.

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

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

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

S507, Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, Funding for state monitoring of prescription drug use.

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

Education EDU

HR3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act of 2011, GME modernization pilot program authorization, Direct GME funding for non-hospital training sites.HR2119, Ryan Creedon Act of 2011, Opposing a requirement that physicians be specially trained on the dangers of addictive drugs. S.507 - Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 2011, Funding for state monitoring of prescription drug use. PL112-25, Impact of the Budget Control Act on FY13 HHS appropriations process and Medicare payment, AAFP budget priorities funding and Medicare physician payment. No Bill Number, Title VII Sec 747 primary care grants stakeholders conference call, Supporting Title VII training to family medicine grants No Bill Number, Rural Hospital Residency development meeting and discussions, Increasing the number of slots for family physicians to train in community settings. No Bill Number, HHS FY2013 budget briefing, AAFP budget priorities. No Bill Number, AAFP Board Officers meeting to present FY2013 Appropriations priorities, AAFP budget priorities. No Bill Number, AAFP Board Officers met with HRSA Administrator, HRSA portfolio promoting health care access and workforce.

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

Bills named: H.R. 3667 (112th), S. 507 (112th), H.R. 2119 (112th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

HR5, Protecting Access to Health Are Act, Capping medical liability. HR452, Medicare Decisions Accountability Act, Revamping the independent payment advisory board.HR3630, Welfare Integrity and Data Improvement Act, Prevent Medicare physician pay cut effective March 1, 2012. HR3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act of 2011, GME modernization pilot program authorization, Direct GME funding for non-hospital training sites. HR 4013, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act, ten month extension of the Medicare physician fee schedule. PL112-25, Impact of the Budget Control Act on FY13 HHS appropriations process and Medicare payment, AAFP budget priorities funding and Medicare physician payment. No Bill Number, Innovative quality and efficiency recognition reward programs that might be adopted by Medicare, Family physicians are focusing on quality, HIT and the PCMH model to transform practices. No Bill Number, HHS FY2013 budget briefing, AAFP budget priorities. No Bill Number, AAFP Board Officers meeting to present FY2013 Appropriations priorities, AAFP budget priorities. No Bill Number, Conference call on FY2013 HHS spending request, AAFP budget priorities. No Bill Number, Medicare physician payment reform of the Sustainable Growth Rate, Medicare physician pay cuts scheduled for 2013. No Bill Number, Increasing physician awareness of TBI and PTSD, Promoting family physician pay cuts scheduled for 2013 No Bill Number, Task force on primary care valuation meeting, Medical home and health care reform No Bill Number, PCPCC Center for Consumer Engagement, Medical Home and Health Care Reform. No Bill Number, Tobacco cessation, Health of the public No Bill Number, Primary care meeting, Medical home and health care reform. No Bill Number, Meaningful use meetings, Medical home and health care reform. No Bill Number, Valuation of Primary Care, Strategies for improving primary care payment in the physician fee schedule. No Bill Number, Primary Care Incentive Payment (PCIP), Requesting CMS release data on PCIP use. No Bill Number, Adequacy and accuracy of Medicare physician payment, Positive payment differential for primary care physicians. No Bill Number, SGR, Medicare payment, Include a repeal of the SGR within super-committee deliberations and include a primary care differential. No Bill Number, Medicare Part D, Ensure that CMS continues to hear from practicing physicians on drug issues, including Part D. No Bill Number, GME, Advocate for GME pilot project.

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

Bills named: H.R. 3667 (112th), H.R. 5 (112th), H.R. 3630 (112th), H.R. 4013 (112th), H.R. 452 (112th)

Health Issues HCR

HR452, Medicare Decisions Accountability Act, Revamping the Independent Payment Advisory Board. HR2055, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Appropriations Act, Promoting AAFP federal budget priorities - Title VII Sec 747, NHSC, AHRQ, Rural Health and Workforce Commission.HR3630, Welfare Integrity and Data Improvement Act, Prevent Medicare physician pay cut effective March 1, 2012. HR3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act of 2011, GME modernization pilot program authorization, Direct GME funding for non-hospital training sites. HR3671, Judiciary Appropriations Act, 2012, Promoting AAFP federal budget priorities - Title VII Sec 747, NHSC, AHRQ, Rural Health and Workforce Commission. HR4013, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act, Ten month extension of the Medicare physician fee schedule. PL112-25, Impact of the Budget Control Act on FY13 HHS appropriations process and Medicare payment, AAFP budget priorities funding and Medicare physician payment. S407, Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 2011, Ensure that Senator Rockefeller's bill is not burdensome to family physicians but increases communication among states to allow them to identify prescription drug abusers. No Bill Number, Title VII Sec 747 primary care grants stakeholders conference call, Supporting Title VII training to family medicine grants, NHSC, AHRQ, Workforce Commission, Rural Health. No Bill Number, Medicare physician payment reform of the Sustainable Growth Rate, Medicare physician pay cuts scheduled for 2013. No Bill Number, Budget allocation for the discretionary spending on health programs and agencies, Ensure adequate federal funds for AAFP budget priorities. No Bill Number, HHS FY2013 budget briefing, AAFP budget priorities. No Bill Number, AAFP Board Officers meeting to present FY2013 Appropriations priorities, AAFP budget priorities. No Bill Number, HHS FY2013 conference call, AAFP budget priorities. No Bill Number, SGR, Medicare payment, Include a repeal of the SGR within super-committee deliberations and include a primary care differential. No Bill Number, Rural Hospital Residency development meeting and discussions, Increasing the number of slots for family physicians to train in community settings. No Bill Number, AAFP Board Officers meeting to present FY2013 Appropriations priorities, AAFP budget priorities. HR2119, Ryan Creedon Act of 2011, Opposing a requirement that physicians be specially trained on the dangers of addictive drugs. No Bill Number, Valuation of Primary Care, Strategies for improving primary care payment in the physician fee schedule. No Bill Number, Primary Care Incentive Payment (PCIP), Requesting CMS release data on PCIP use. No Bill Number, Innovative quality and efficiency recognition reward programs that might be adopted by Medicare, Family physicians are focusing on quality, HIT and the PCMH model to transform practices. No Bill Number, Adequacy and accuracy of Medicare physician payment, Positive payment differential for Primary Care Physicians. No Bill Number, Legislation to repeal Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), AAFP is dissatisfied with IPAB's composition and process but have not called for IPAB repeal. No Bill Number, Increasing physician awareness of TBI and PTSD, Promoting family physician pay cuts scheduled for 2013 No Bill Number, Task force on primary care valuation meeting, Medical home and health care reform No Bill Number, PCPCC Center for Consumer Engagement, Medical Home and Health Care Reform. No Bill Number, Tobacco cessation, Health of the public No Bill Number, Primary care meeting, Medical home and health care reform. No Bill Number, Meaningful use meetings, Medical home and health care reform. No Bill Number, Adequacy and accuracy of Medicare physician payment, Positive payment differential for primary care physicians. No Bill Number, Invitation to judge the 2013 Family Physician of the Year competition, competition.

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

Bills named: H.R. 2119 (112th), H.R. 2055 (112th), H.R. 452 (112th), H.R. 3667 (112th), H.R. 3630 (112th), H.R. 3671 (112th), H.R. 4013 (112th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

HR2055, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Appropriations Act, Promoting AAFP federal budget priorities - Title VII Sec 747, NHSC, AHRQ, Rural Health and Workforce Commission.HR3630, Welfare Integrity and Data Improvement Act, Prevent Medicare physician pay cut effective March 1, 2012. HR3671, Judiciary Appropriations Act, 2012, Promoting AAFP federal budget priorities - Title VII Sec 747, NHSC, AHRQ, Rural Health and Workforce Commission. PL112-25, Impact of the Budget Control Act on FY13 HHS appropriations process and Medicare payment, AAFP budget priorities funding and Medicare physician payment. No Bill Number, Title VII Sec 747 primary care grants stakeholders conference call, Supporting Title VII training to family medicine grants, NHSC, AHRQ, Workforce Commission, Rural Health. No Bill Number, Medicare physician payment reform of the Sustainable Growth Rate, Medicare physician pay cuts scheduled for 2013. No Bill Number, Budget allocation for the discretionary spending on health programs and agencies, Ensure adequate federal funds for AAFP budget priorities. No Bill Number, HHS FY2013 budget briefing, AAFP budget priorities. No Bill Number, AAFP Board Officers meeting to present FY2013 Appropriations priorities, AAFP budget priorities. No Bill Number, HHS FY2013 conference call, AAFP budget priorities. No Bill Number, FY2013 appropriations for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, AAFP budget priorities. No Bill Number, SGR, Medicare payment, Include a repeal of the SGR within super-committee deliberations and include a primary care differential.

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

Bills named: H.R. 2055 (112th), H.R. 3630 (112th), H.R. 3671 (112th)

Tobacco TOB

No Bill Number, Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth, Enhancing the efforts to prevent young people from using tobacco products.

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

Pharmacy PHA

No Bill Number, Proposal to create "Special medical use" category of prescription drugs.

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

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs MED

HR3671, HHS Funding in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, Promoting AAFP federal budget priorities Title VII Sec 747, NHSC, AHRQ, Rural Health, and Workforce Commission.

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

Bills named: H.R. 3671 (112th)

Torts TOR

HR5, Medical liability reform and IPAB repeal Protecting Access to Healthcare Act, Medical liability reform.

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

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