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Health Issues HCR

S. 2839, Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2014, all provisions S. 2645, Recovery Enhancement for Addiction Treatment (TREAT) Act, all provisions H.R. 5481, To continue the use of a 3-month quarter EHR reporting period for health care providers to demonstrate meaningful use for 2015 under the Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive payment programs, and for other purposes, all provisions H.R. 1074, National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission Act, all provisions S. 539, National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission Act, all provisions H.R. 1701, Cutting Costly Codes Act of 2013, all provisions S. 972, Cutting Costly Codes Act of 2013, all provisions Affordable Care Act - implementation Ebola Prescription requirements for OTC medications Electronic Health Records - Meaningful Use ICD-10 Repeal Prescription Drug Diversion Prescription drug abuse/pain management/prescriber education Telemedicine Sunshine Act Laboratory Developed Tests 21st Century Cures Initiative Narrow Networks Mental Health Diabetes Antibiotics and data collection Personalized medicine Coverage of lung cancer screening for high-risk patients Drug Quality and Security Act/Compounded and Repackaged Medications Federal scientists and researchers - academic and scientific conference travel restrictions Men who have sex with men/blood donor deferral policy

Contacted: Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); SENATE; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); White House Office; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: S. 2645 (113th), H.R. 5481 (113th), S. 539 (113th), S. 972 (113th), S. 2839 (113th), H.R. 1701 (113th), H.R. 1074 (113th)

Veterans VET

House Committee on Appropriations Report 113-416 accompanying H.R. 4486, the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, provisions relating to the draft Veterans Health Administration Handbook Veterans Affairs Reform Veterans Choice Program Federal scientists and researchers - academic and scientific conference travel restrictions

Contacted: Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: H.R. 4486 (113th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

H.R. 4015, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014, all provisions S. 2000, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014, all provisions H.R. 1179, Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2013, all provisions S. 569, Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 647, Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2014 (ABLE Act of 2014), provisions relating to Misvalued Codes S. 313, Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2013 (ABLE Act of 2013), provisions relating to Misvalued Codes H.R. 962, Medicare Diabetes Prevention Act of 2013, all provisions S. 452, Medicare Diabetes Prevention Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 4282, Creating Access to Residency Education Act of 2014, all provisions H.R. 4843, Native Contract and Rate Expenditure Act of 2014 (Native CARE Act of 2014), all provisions H.R. 5481, To continue the use of a 3-month quarter EHR reporting period for health care providers to demonstrate meaningful use for 2015 under the Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive payment programs, and for other purposes, all provisions H.R. 4998, Medicare Advantage Participant Bill of Rights Act of 2014, all provisions S. 2552, Medicare Advantage Participant Bill of Rights Act of 2014, all provisions H.R. 1180, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013, all provisions S. 577, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013, all provisions S. 1180, Medicare Data Access for Transparency and Accountability Act, all provisions S. 2501, Hospital Readmissions Program Accuracy and Accountability Act of 2014, all provisions H.R. 5723, Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women & Children Act, all provisions S. 2694, Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women & Children Act, all provisions H.R. 5780, Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act (PIMA) of 2014, all provisions H.R. 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, provisions relating to coding and pricing issues Medicare program: SGR Repeal Medicare program: Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) Repeal Medicare program: Medicare Patient Empowerment Act Medicare program: Graduate Medical Education Medicare program: ICD-10 Repeal Medicare program: Overlapping Medicare incentive programs Medicare program: HIPAA including ICD-10 Medicare program: Electronic Health Records (EHR) - Meaningful Use Medicare program: EHR Certification Medicare program: Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Medicare program: Laboratory Developed Tests Medicare program: Alternative Payment Models/quality performance measures Medicare program: Physician payment and delivery reform issues Medicare program: Hospital short stay Medicare program: Medicare funding for quality measure development Medicare program: Value-Based Modifiers Medicare program: Global Surgical Codes Medicare program: In-Office Ancillary Services Exception Medicare program: RUC - Misvalued and Care Coordination Codes Medicare program: Diabetes Medicare program: Recovery Audit Contractors Medicare program: Program Integrity - Meaningful Use Audits Medicare program: Program Integrity - Modifiers Medicare program: Program Integrity - Electronic Health Records Medicare and Medicaid programs: Coverage of lung cancer screening for high-risk patients

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); SENATE; White House Office; Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Bills named: H.R. 4282 (113th), H.R. 4843 (113th), S. 452 (113th), H.R. 5780 (113th), S. 577 (113th), H.R. 4015 (113th), S. 313 (113th), H.R. 5481 (113th), H.R. 4302 (113th), H.R. 4998 (113th), S. 2501 (113th), H.R. 647 (113th), H.R. 962 (113th), S. 569 (113th), H.R. 1180 (113th), H.R. 5723 (113th), H.R. 1179 (113th), S. 2552 (113th), S. 2000 (113th), S. 1180 (113th), S. 2694 (113th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.R. 83, The Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, provisions relating to Global Surgical Services Code Changes Indian Health Services (HIS) funding issues

Contacted: SENATE; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office

Bills named: H.R. 83 (113th)

Education EDU

H.R. 4282, Creating Access to Residency Education Act of 2014, all provisions H.R. 1180, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013, all provisions S. 577, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013, all provisions Graduate Medical Education

Contacted: SENATE; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); White House Office; Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 4282 (113th), H.R. 1180 (113th), S. 577 (113th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Antitrust Medical Licensure Meaningful Use - Data Lock-in

Contacted: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); White House Office; Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ)

Torts TOR

H.R. 1733, Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2013, all provisions S. 2196, Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2014, all provisions H.R. 1473, Standard of Care Protection Act of 2013, all provisions S. 1769, Standard of Care Protection Act, all provisions H.R. 4106, Saving Lives, Saving Costs Act, all provisions Medical Liability Reform

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; White House Office; Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Bills named: H.R. 4106 (113th), S. 1769 (113th), H.R. 1733 (113th), S. 2196 (113th), H.R. 1473 (113th)