AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS for AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS

Health Issues HCR

FDA warning label for Propofol. Recommendations for Pre-Anesthesia Checkout Procedures (FDA). Anesthesiology representation on Public Health Information Rapid Exchange (PHIRE CDC). National Provider Identifier. H.R. 2260, Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2007" Dispensing of Controlled substances for legitimate medical treatment of pain.

Contacted: Government Accountability Office (GAO); SENATE; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ)

Bills named: H.R. 2260 (110th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

H.R. 1866, Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 2007. Medicare Fee Schedule; SGR; Practice Expense Methodologies- pain issues; physician work and practice expense values; teaching rule. Five Year Review of physician work values for anesthesiology pain management services and critical care. Medicare and Medicaid Hospital Conditions of Participation- Interpretive Guidelines relating to unsupervised practice by nurse anesthetists; informed consent; locked anesthesia carts. Medicare anesthesia conversion factor. Value-Based Purchasing/Pay for Performance/Physician Quality Reporting Initiative/QIOs. Health Information Technology. Model Guidelines for Medicare Part D formulary. Medicare Program; Proposed Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems and Fiscal Year 2007 Rates. Transition to ICD-10 coding. Ambulatory Surgical Centers; Covered Procedures and Payment Rates. Reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program. (SCHIP). H.R. 2053, " Medicare Anesthesiology Teaching Funding Restoration Act of 2007" H.R. 1932, "Medicare Academic Anesthesiology and CRNA Payment Improvement Act of 2007"

Contacted: Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: H.R. 1932 (110th), H.R. 1866 (110th), H.R. 2053 (110th)