GOLDEN HORIZONS for GOLDEN HORIZONS

Housing HOU

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

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

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

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

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

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

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

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. Protecting Health Care Providers from Increased Administrative Burdens Act, H.R. 3633.

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

Bills named: H.R. 3633 (113th)

Pharmacy PHA

Monitor and advocate regarding pharmacy issues impacting Long Term Care and Post Acute Care providers and patients. Keep the Promise to Seniors Act of 2014, H.R. 4160

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

Bills named: H.R. 4160 (113th)