AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION for AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION

Health Issues HCR

Medicare Physician Payments Reform, Patient access to care; Graduate Medical Education; Physician Workforce Issues; Health reform implementation (PL 111-148); Telehealth (Health Information Technology)

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Government Accountability Office (GAO); White House Office; SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)

Defense DEF

Recognition of Osteopathic Certification

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); White House Office; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Flexible Spending Accounts; Health Savings Accounts

Contacted: Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Government Accountability Office (GAO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Graduate Medical Education; Health Care Quality, Patient Access to Health Care; Physician Workforce; Medicare Physician Payment Issues; Independent Payment Advisory Board. H.R. 574, The Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2013.

Contacted: SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); White House Office; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 574 (114th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Labor HHS Appropriations

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); White House Office

Insurance INS

Health Insurance; Professional Liability Insurance; State Insurance Marketplace

Contacted: SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Education EDU

Student Loan Financing and Re-Financing

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Government Accountability Office (GAO); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); White House Office

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs MED

NIH; FDA; Agency for Health Care Quality & Research Funding

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); White House Office; Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE

Torts TOR

Professional Liability Insurance; Medical Liability Reform

Contacted: Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); SENATE; Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Government Accountability Office (GAO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); White House Office