AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION for AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Torts TOR

H.R. 1876, Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017, all provisions S. 781, Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017, all provisions

Contacted: White House Office; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP)

Bills named: S. 781 (115th), H.R. 1876 (115th)

Health Issues HCR

H.R. 394, Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2017, all provisions S. 85, Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2017, all provisions H.R. 1625, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018, provisions relating to Fix NICS Act, Dickey Amendment H.R. 3545, Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act, all provisions H.R. 5009, Jessie's Law, all provisions H.R. 5311, Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) 2.0 Act of 2018, all provisions S. 2456, Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) 2.0 Act of 2018, all provisions H.R. 1375, Prescriber Support Act of 2017, all provisions S. 2135, Fix NICS Act of 2017, all provisions H.R. 4909, Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Act of 2018, all provisions H.R. 5002, Advancing Cutting-Edge (ACE) Research Act, all provisions S. 2406, Advancing Cutting-Edge (ACE) Research Act, all provisions H.R. 878, Right to Try Act of 2017, all provisions H.R. 2368, Right to Try Act, all provisions H.R. 5247, Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2018, all provisions S. 204, Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2017, all provisions H.R. 4191, HHS Cybersecurity Modernization Act, all provisions H.R. 4163, Cyber Shield Act of 2017, all provisions S. 2020, Cyber Shield Act of 2017, all provisions H.R. 4613, Ensuring Patient Access to Healthcare Records Act of 2017 H.R. 2063, Opioid Preventing Abuse through Continuing Education (Opioid PACE) Act of 2017, all provisions S. 1803, Marijuana Effective Drug Studies Act of 2017, all provisions H.R. 1318, Preventing Maternal Deaths Act of 2017, all provisions S. 1112, Maternal Health Accountability Act of 2017, all provisions H.R. 2851, Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues (SITSA) Act of 2017 H.R. 5219, Opioid Prescription Verification Act of 2018, all provisions 42 CFR/Privacy of substance abuse records Opioid Abuse Cost-sharing reduction payments and ACA stabilization Health Savings Accounts - Prescription requirement for over-the-counter medications Telemedicine Electronic Health Records (EHR) Electronic prescribing of controlled substances Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) Interoperability of EHRs and PDMPs Prior authorization and medically assisted therapy Continuing Medical Education (CME) requirements for DEA licensure Gun Violence Prescription drug pricing/transparency/value/prior authorization burdens Provider Price Transparency Continuing Medical Education (CME) and opioid/pain management prescribing Cybersecurity Laboratory Developed Tests (LDTs) Conscience Rights/Delegation of Authority Title X Funding Regulatory burdens FDA oversight of digital health tools/modernization options In-office Drug Compounding Virtual Diabetes Prevention Program/Telehealth Blood pressure device validation/accuracy

Contacted: White House Office; Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Bills named: H.R. 4163 (115th), H.R. 1625 (115th), H.R. 3545 (115th), H.R. 5002 (115th), H.R. 1375 (115th), H.R. 5009 (115th), H.R. 1318 (115th), S. 2020 (115th), H.R. 5311 (115th), H.R. 4191 (115th), S. 1803 (115th), H.R. 4909 (115th), H.R. 2368 (115th), H.R. 2063 (115th), S. 2456 (115th), S. 1112 (115th), S. 2135 (115th), H.R. 4613 (115th), H.R. 5219 (115th), H.R. 2851 (115th), S. 2406 (115th), S. 204 (115th), H.R. 394 (115th), S. 85 (115th), H.R. 878 (115th), H.R. 5247 (115th)

Veterans VET

H.R. 2123, Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine Support (VETS) Act of 2017, all provisions S. 925, Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine Support (VETS) Act of 2017, all provisions Veterans Choice Program Telehealth Scope of Practice Tricare access Anywhere to Anywhere Initiative (Telehealth) Transgender policy

Contacted: Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); White House Office; SENATE; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: H.R. 2123 (115th), S. 925 (115th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

S. 2059, EHR Regulatory Relief Act, all provisions H.R. 4580, ACO Improvement Act of 2017, all provisions H.R. 1892, Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, provisions relating to Medicare H.R. 4206, Medicare Care Coordination Improvement Act of 2017, all provisions S. 2051, Medicare Care Coordination Improvement Act of 2017, all provisions H.R. 4841, Standardizing Electronic Prior Authorization for Safe Prescribing Act of 2018, all provisions H.R. 4613, Ensuring Patient Access to Healthcare Records Act of 2017, all provisions H.R. 3528, Every Prescription Conveyed Securely Act, all provisions S. 2460, Every Prescription Conveyed Securely Act, all provisions H.R. 2687, Medicaid Coverage for Addiction Recovery Expansion (Medicaid CARE) Act, all provisions S. 1169, Medicaid Coverage for Addiction Recovery Expansion (Medicaid CARE) Act, all provisions S. 870, Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 2017, all provisions S. 1016, Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2017, provisions relating to telehealth S. 479, Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2017, all provisions H.R. 4097, Medicare Beneficiary Opioid Addiction Treatment Act, all provisions H.R. 4005, Medicaid Reentry Act, all provisions H.R. 2938, Road to Recovery Act, all provisions Medicare program: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) implementation Medicare program: Alternative Payment Models (APMs) Medicare program: MACRA technical amendments Medicare program: Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) Repeal Medicare program: Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA) Medicare program: Physician office lab testing Medicare program: Laboratory Developed Tests (LDTs) Medicare program: Creating Access to Residency Education Act, all provisions Medicare program: Graduate Medical Education (GME) Medicare program: Telemedicine Medicare program: Electronic Health Records (EHR) Medicare program: EHR Certification Medicare program: Misvalued Codes Medicare program: Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Substances Medicare program: Electronic payments Medicare program: Provider Price Transparency Medicare program: Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) Medicare program: Prescription Drug Price Transparency Medicare program: Cybersecurity Medicare program: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Medicare program: Program Integrity/enrollment/audit process/prior authorization/clarity of payment policies Medicare program: eRx and Prior Authorizations Medicare program: Regulatory Relief Medicare program: Opioid Use Disorder Medicare program: Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP)/ACOs Medicare program: Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)/scoring formula simplification/episode-based cost measures Medicare program: MIPS/Medicare physician payments redistribution proposal Medicare program: MIPS/Advancing Care Information (ACI)/Improvement Activities (IA) Medicare program: E & M Documentation Guidelines Medicare program: Quality & patient-generated health data Medicare program: Quality Information Organizations (QIOs) Medicare program: Open Payments Medicare program: Health IT burden Medicare program: PECOS/Medicare Enrollment/Revocations/Revalidations Medicare program: Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program Medicare program: Provider Compliance Medicare program: Physician Fee Schedule/Zismer Study Medicare program: Making Accountable Sustainable Oncology Networks (MASON) proposal Medicare program: CMS Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program/fee-for-service mortality Medicare program: Fee-for-service payment policies Medicaid program: Childrens Health Insurance Plan (CHIP) Reauthorization Medicaid program: Work requirements

Contacted: White House Office; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 4613 (115th), H.R. 2687 (115th), H.R. 4580 (115th), S. 2051 (115th), H.R. 3528 (115th), S. 2059 (115th), S. 479 (115th), H.R. 4005 (115th), H.R. 4206 (115th), H.R. 2938 (115th), S. 2460 (115th), S. 1169 (115th), H.R. 4841 (115th), H.R. 4097 (115th), S. 870 (115th), S. 1016 (115th), H.R. 1892 (115th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.R. 1892, Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, provisions related to Medicare MIPS program, misvalued codes, IPAB repeal, CHIP, Puerto Rico and USVI Medicaid funding, Telehealth, chronic care H.R. 1625, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018, provisions relating to prevention, treatment, and law enforcement to address opioid epidemic; funding for NIH, National Diabetes Prevention Program, community health centers, National Health Service Corps, and Teaching Health Center GME programs; CDC gun violence funding; J-1 Visa, Funding for Gun Violence Research Funding for Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) programs

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); White House Office; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Bills named: H.R. 1625 (115th), H.R. 1892 (115th)

Education EDU

H.R. 4508, Prompting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform (PROSPER) Act, all provisions

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); White House Office; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); SENATE; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)

Bills named: H.R. 4508 (115th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

S. 898, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act, all provisions Competition in healthcare markets Medical Licensure

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); White House Office; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Bills named: S. 898 (115th)