GOLDEN HORIZONS for GOLDEN HORIZONS

Housing HOU

Monitor and advocate for issues impacting Government Financing at HUD/FHA

Contacted: Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Monitor and advocate regarding Labor issues impacting Long Term Care and Post Acute Care providers. Monitor issues and Department of Labor and National Labor Relations Board.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Pharmacy PHA

Monitor and advocate regarding pharmacy issues impacting Long Term Care and Post Acute Care providers and patients.

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)

Veterans VET

Monitor issues impacting Veterans Community Nursing Home Program & Ancillary Program Benefits. Veterans Affairs Proposed Rule, Use of Medicare to Enter Into Provider Agreements for Extended Care Services.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Health care issues related to Medicare/Medicaid Long Term Care and Post Acute Care services and benefits. Monitor and advocate funding of Medicare/Medicaid benefits. Quality care of standards, survey and certification standards and procedures for long term care providers of Medicare/Medicaid programs; Nursing Homes, Hospice, Long Term Care Hospitals, Inpatient Rehab Facilities, and related businesses. Medicare reimbursement for skilled nursing facilities, Medicare Conditions of Participation forHospice. Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014, H.R. 4994/S. 2553; Responsible Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2014, S. 2122; Discussion Draft - Protecting Integrity in Medicare Act of 2014.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: S. 2553 (113th), H.R. 4994 (113th), S. 2122 (113th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY 2015 federal budget and appropriations relating to HHS/CMS/Medicare/Medicaid funding and appropriations.

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES