CONGRESS OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS for CONGRESS OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS
What was lobbied
3 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Medicare/Medicaid MMM
S.230/H.R. 834: To support rural residency training funding that is equitable for all States S.470/H.R.977, Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act: To repeal changes made by health care reform laws to the Medicare exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals. H.R.751, Fair Access in Residency (FAIR) Act: To encourage more equitable treatment of osteopathic and allopathic candidates in the residency application and review process. H.R.2389, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act: To provide for the distribution of additional residency positions H.R. 2474, Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act: To provide an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index. H.R. 2713, the Improving Care and Access to Nurses Act: To increase access to services provided by advanced practice registered nurses under the Medicare and Medicaid programs H.R.4402, Sunshine Act of 2023:To clarify manufacturer transparency reporting requirements for certain transfers used for educational purposes No bill: Medicare physician payment reforms including modifications to budget neutrality and the Quality Payment Programm No bill: Prior authorization reform legislation in Medicare Advantage
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ADRIENNE MORTIMER | — |
| KATHERINE ORRICO | — |
Health Issues HCR
S. 652/H.R. 2630, Safe Step Act: To require a group health plan or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol S.704/H.R 1202, Resident Education Deferred Interest (REDI) Act: To provide for interest-free deferment on student loans for borrowers serving in a medical or dental internship or residency program S. 801/H.R.1616, Comprehensive Access to Resources and Education (CARE) For Long COVID Act: To address research on, and improve access to, supportive services for individuals with Long COVID S. 1001/H.R. 1843, Telehealth Expansion: To permanently extend the exemption for telehealth services from certain high deductible health plan rule S.1026, Gun Violence Prevention Research Act: To authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention S. 1653, the Prevent Blood Loss with Emergency Equipment Devices (BLEEDing) Act: To establish a program to award grants to State, local, and Tribal governments to purchase and distribute anti-blood loss supplies for use in a medical emergency. S.Res.229/H.Res.355Supporting the designation of May 2023 as National Brain Tumor Awareness Month S.Res.257/ H.Res.425Supporting the designation of July 19, 2023, as Glioblastoma Awareness Day H.R.2761, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: To authorize a loan repayment program to encourage specialty medicine physicians to serve in rural communities experiencing a shortage of specialty medicine physicians HR 2819, Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act: To limit the liability of health care professionals who volunteer to provide health care services in response to a disaster. H.R.3887, Childrens Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act: To reauthorize the program of payments to childrens hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs No bill: Reintroduction of the Accessible Care by Curbing Excessive lawSuitS (ACCESS) Act: Comprehensive medical liability reform
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ADRIENNE MORTIMER | — |
| KATHERINE ORRICO | — |
Budget/Appropriations BUD
S.895/H.R. 902, Ellies Law: Funding for comprehensive research at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke on unruptured intracranial aneurysms. S.1026/H.R. 2390, Gun Violence Prevention Research Act: To authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention. S. 1624/H.R. 3391, Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act 2.0: To require certain civil penalties to be transferred to a fund through which amounts are made available for the Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research Program at the National Institutes of Health. No Bill: Funding for Neglected Surgical Conditions within the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPS) Appropriations Report for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 No Bill: Funding for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and National Institute of Justice to conduct public health research into firearm morbidity and mortality prevention. No Bill: Funding for MISSION ZERO military/civilian trauma preparedness program No Bill: Funding for the Pediatric Subspecialty Loan Repayment Program No Bill: Increased funding for the National Institutes of Health for biomedical research. No Bill: Funding for the Pediatric Device Consortia Grant Program at the Office of Orphan Products Development at the Food and Drug Administration.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ADRIENNE MORTIMER | — |
| KATHERINE ORRICO | — |
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