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Veterans VET

Reimbursement and coverage issues related to VA health care and Tricare

Contacted: SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of the Vice President of the United States; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Pharmacy PHA

Drug shortages; drug pricing

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of the Vice President of the United States; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Science/Technology SCI

Telemedicine technology; New diagnostic tests, Precision medicine; Broadband expansion and Internet access; Privacy and data security and usage

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of the Vice President of the United States; White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Immigration IMM

Changes to the immigration status of foreign doctors, students, and patients

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Office of the Vice President of the United States; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Health Issues HCR

Telemedicine; Laboratory Medicine payment and oversight, Medical research funding; Quality; Regulatory relief; Federal funding for expenses or lost revenues attributable to COVID-19; Disbursements from and repayments to the Provider Relief Fund; H.R. 6074, the Coronavirus preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act; H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act; H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act; H.R. 266, the Paycheck Protection Act; H.R. 6800, the HEROES Act; S. 178, the HEALS Act

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Office of the Vice President of the United States; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Bills named: S. 178 (116th), H.R. 6074 (116th), H.R. 6800 (116th), H.R. 748 (116th), H.R. 6201 (116th), H.R. 266 (116th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Medicare physician payments; Medicare hospital payments; Medicare clinical lab payments; Quality and Transparency; Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Regulation proposal; Clinical laboratory capacity and reimbursements; Federal funding for expenses or lost revenues attributable to COVID-19; H.R. 6074, the Coronavirus preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act; H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act; H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act; H.R. 266, the Paycheck Protection Act; H.R. 6800, the HEROES Act; S. 178, the HEALS Act

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Office of the Vice President of the United States; SENATE; White House Office

Bills named: H.R. 748 (116th), H.R. 6201 (116th), S. 178 (116th), H.R. 6074 (116th), H.R. 266 (116th), H.R. 6800 (116th)

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs MED

Reimbursements and lab payments including PAMA and S. 6102, the Verifying Accurate Leading-edge IVCT Development Act of 2020; Regulation of and reimbursements for testing related to COVID-19; Medical research funding; Regulatory relief; Laboratory diagnostic tests; Rural health; Innovation in treatments for COVID-19 including convalescent plasma

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); SENATE; White House Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of the Vice President of the United States; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: S. 6102 (116th)