AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY for AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY

Health Issues HCR

S. 488/H.R. 716, Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act, seeking cosponsors H.R. 1844, Comprehensive Cancer Care Improvement Act, seeking cosponsors H.R. 3590, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, seeking support for the clinical trials amendment

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: H.R. 3590 (111th), H.R. 716 (111th), S. 488 (111th), H.R. 1844 (111th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

H.R. 1392 and S. 1221- an act to ensure more appropriate payment for drugs under Medicaer Part B; seeking cosponsors Medicare Reimbursement for Chemotherapy Drugs H.R. 3095, Medicare Cancer Patient Database and Coverage Act, seeking cosponsors H.R. 3961, Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009, SGR Repeal, advocacy for the repeal and temporary SGR extensions (H.R. 4213, a bill to extend certain tax policies and stimulate job growth; and H.R. 4581, the Continuing Extensions Act of 2010.)

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 1221 (111th), H.R. 4213 (111th), H.R. 3961 (111th), H.R. 1392 (111th), H.R. 4581 (111th), H.R. 3095 (111th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

General Appropriations issues related to cancer research, the National Institutes of Health, the National Cancer Institute, and the Food and Drug Administration

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE