HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK (FKA WESTERN NEW YORK HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATION) for HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK (FKA WNY HEALTHCARE ASSOC
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What was lobbied
One issue area, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Health Issues HCR
Save Rural Hospitals Act (H.R.3225) Funding for 340B Drug Pricing Program Critical Access Hospital Relief Act (S. 258; H.R. 169) Support for Medicare and Medicaid Payment reductions, including Graduate Medical Education Support for Resident Physician Shortage Act of 2015 (S. 1148; H.R. 2124) Opposing Medicare and Medicaid Payment reductions, including those to Graduate Medical Education (H.R. 3292, the Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015), bad debt payments, post-acute care payments, Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments, CAH payments, IPPS coding offset, rural hospital payments, hospital outpatient department (HOPD) clinics, and sequestration. Support for changes to site-neutral payment provision of Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-74) and flexibility in implementation of Section 603 of the law. Protecting 340B Drug Pricing Program in regulatory and legislative proposals Support for Establishing Beneficiary Equity in the Hospital Readmission Program Act (H.R. 1343/S. 688) and inclusion of similar provision in Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act (H.R. 5273) Support for Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules (SMARTER) Act (H.R. 2745) Addressing concerns related to the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) and reporting mechanisms Encouraging Committees of jurisdiction to examine overlap in Merit-based Incentive Payment System and Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Payment Programs (Meaningful Use) Urging further flexibility in proposed rule [CMS-5517-P] to implement Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) Opposition to redistribution of Medicare DSH payments proposed in FFY 2017 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) rule [CMS-1655-P] Support for Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015 (H.R. 663/S. 332) Support for Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2015 (H.R. 2156) Support for Two-Midnight Rule Delay Act (H.R. 3698)/Two-Midnight Rule Coordination and Improvement Act of 2014 (S. 2082)
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JOHN BARTIMOLE | — |
| ELIZABETH URBANSKI-FARRELL | — |
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