AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS for AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

HR 2774 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: Create a Primary Care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2774, S 2793, HR 5575 - Primary Care Benefit: establish standard primary care benefit in private health insurance plans.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); SENATE; White House Office; Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Bills named: H.R. 5575 (116th), H.R. 2774 (116th)

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs MED

HR 3030; HR 1965 - Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute reauthorization: Evidence based primary care research.

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); White House Office; SENATE; Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 3030 (116th), H.R. 1965 (116th)

Alcohol and Drug Abuse ALC

HR 2339 - Nicotine usage: Urged support for reversing the youth tobacco epidemic, tobacco 21 and the vaping flavors ban.

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 2339 (116th)

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV

HR 2694 Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: AAFP signed a joint letter supporting HR 2694.

Contacted: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); White House Office

Bills named: H.R. 2694 (116th)

Health Issues HCR

S 289, HR 1358 - Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training; correct rotator problems. S 304; S 1191; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Support for increased, extended THCGME funding. S106; S192; S 962; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S. 1895 - Surprise medical billing: Eliminate barriers to patient access to primary care, fund THCGME program. HR 3; S 2543 - Drug pricing legislation: Support THGME, primary care in HDHP, Medicare and Medicaid. HR 2339 - Nicotine usage: Urged support for reversing the youth tobacco epidemic, tobacco 21 and the vaping flavors ban. HR 2694 - Pregnant workers Fairness Act: AAFP signed a joint letter supporting HR 2694. HR 2774 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: Create a Primary Care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2774, S 2793, HR 5575 - Primary Care Benefit: establish standard primary care benefit in private health insurance plans. HR 3030; HR 1965 - Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute reauthorization: Evidence based primary care research. HR 3107 - Administrative Burden/Prior Authorization: Reduce administrative burden. HR 4995; 4996 - Maternal Health: AAFP supported maternal health bills to expand medicaid access and bolster training and best practices. No Bill No. - Advisory Committee Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry: Title VII Primary Care Training and Enhancement Grants. No Bill No. - Rural Health: Improved access to quality care for rural populations. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": protecting patients and families from unanticipated medical bills. No Bill No. - Primary Care Investment: Increased spending on primary care. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - AHRQ Center for Primary Care Research: Primary Care research at AHRQ. No Bill No. - Primary Care Innovation: Increased awareness of primary care payment and delivery. No Bill No. - Rural Access Issues: How to increase supply of PCP's in rural areas. No Bill No. - RFI on opioid addiction and access to medication-assisted treatment: Chronic pain management. No Bill No. - Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder: Opioid issues. No Bill No. - 2020 National Vaccine plan: How to improve vaccination rates. No Bill No. - Concerns with EO provisions on scope of practice. No Bill No. - Concerns with flavored e-cigarettes: Youth e-cig epidemic. No Bill No. - Revising two screening code descriptors: Depression and alcohol misuse screening descriptors. No Bill No. - Fraud and safe harbors in medicare: How to address safe harbors in payment models. No Bill No. - Modernizing self-referral laws: How to improve Stark for payment model arrangements. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Support for vaccines, maternal health, transparency, and reducing administrative burdens. Also, support for reauthorizing the Teaching Health Center GME (THCGME) program, along with Community Health Centers and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No. - Medicare Payment: Educated staff about the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule's E&M code increase.

Contacted: White House Office; SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)

Bills named: H.R. 2815 (116th), H.R. 3107 (116th), S. 1895 (116th), H.R. 3 (116th), H.R. 1358 (116th), H.R. 2774 (116th), H.R. 1965 (116th), H.R. 1983 (116th), H.R. 1943 (116th), H.R. 2694 (116th), H.R. 2328 (116th), H.R. 3030 (116th), H.R. 4995 (116th), H.R. 2339 (116th), H.R. 5575 (116th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

S106; S192; S 962; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S 289, HR 1358 - Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training; correct rotator problems. S. 1895 - Surprise medical billing: Eliminate barriers to patient access to primary care, fund THCGME program. HR 3; S 2543 - Drug pricing legislation: Support THGME, primary care in HDHP, Medicare and Medicaid. HR 3107 - Administrative Burden/Prior Authorization: Reduce administrative burden. HR 4995; 4996 - Maternal Health: AAFP supported maternal health bills to expand medicaid access and bolster training and best practices. No Bill No. - Advisory Committee Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry: Title VII Primary Care Training and Enhancement Grants. No Bill No. - 2020 proposed Medicare physician fee schedule: Support CMS changes to E&M coding. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": protecting patients and families from unanticipated medical bills; health care coverage for all, administration simplification. No Bill No. - Primary Care Investment: Increased spending on primary care. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - AHRQ Center for Primary Care Research: Primary Care research at AHRQ. No Bill No. - Primary Care Innovation: Increased awareness of primary care payment and delivery. No Bill No. - Codes in the primary care exception list: Adding codes that medical students can perform in teaching settings. No Bill No. - Rural Access Issues: How to increase supply of PCP's in rural areas. No Bill No. - EO on Medicare: How to improve medicare. No Bill No. - Program integrity RFI: How to address future of program integrity, billing, coding. No Bill No. - Revising two screening code descriptors: Depression and alcohol misuse screening descriptors. No Bill No. - Fraud and safe harbors in medicare: How to address safe harbors in payment models. No Bill No. - Modernizing self-referral laws: How to improve Stark for payment model arrangements. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Support for vaccines, maternal health, transparency, and reducing administrative burdens. Also, support for reauthorizing the Teaching Health Center GME (THCGME) program, along with Community Health Centers and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No. - Medicare Payment: Educated staff about the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule's E&M code increase. No Bill No. - Medicare site-neutral payment: Ensure payment parity between services furnished in hospital out patient departments and physician offices.

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Bills named: H.R. 4995 (116th), S. 1895 (116th), H.R. 1358 (116th), H.R. 3107 (116th), H.R. 2328 (116th), H.R. 1943 (116th), H.R. 1983 (116th), H.R. 3 (116th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

S 289 - Rural Physician Workforce Protection Act: GME reform to support rural residency training. S106; S192; S 962; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S 304; S 1191; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Support for increased, extended THCGME funding. HR 3; S 2543 - Drug pricing legislation: Support THGME, primary care in HDHP, Medicare and Medicaid. HR 3030; HR 1965 - Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute reauthorization: Evidence based primary care research. HR 2740; HR 1865- HHS FY 2020 Appropriations; Women's Health Research: AAFP spending priorities. Increased funding for women's health research. No Bill No. - Advisory Committee Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry: Title VII Primary Care Training and Enhancement Grants. No Bill No. - Rural Health: Improved access to quality care for rural populations. No Bill No. - AHRQ Center for Primary Care Research: Primary Care research at AHRQ. No Bill No. - HRSA Title VII funding: Title VII Primary Care training Enhancement Grants.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1865 (116th), H.R. 2815 (116th), H.R. 1965 (116th), H.R. 1943 (116th), H.R. 1983 (116th), H.R. 2740 (116th), H.R. 3 (116th), H.R. 2328 (116th), H.R. 3030 (116th)

Family issues/Abortion/Adoption FAM

HR 2694 - Pregnant workers Fairness Act: AAFP signed a joint letter supporting HR 2694.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; White House Office; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: H.R. 2694 (116th)

Insurance INS

HR 2774 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: Create a Primary Care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2774, S 2793, HR 5575 - Primary Care Benefit: establish standard primary care benefit in private health insurance plans. HR 3107 - Administrative Burden/Prior Authorization: Reduce administrative burden. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Support for vaccines, maternal health, transparency, and reducing administrative burdens. Also, support for reauthorizing the Teaching Health Center GME (THCGME) program, along with Community Health Centers and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": protecting patients and families from unanticipated medical bills; health care coverage for all, administration simplification.

Contacted: White House Office; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); SENATE; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: H.R. 2774 (116th), H.R. 3107 (116th), H.R. 5575 (116th)

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

HR 2339 - Nicotine usage: Urged support for reversing the youth tobacco epidemic, tobacco 21 and the vaping flavors ban.

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); White House Office; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: H.R. 2339 (116th)

Tobacco TOB

No Bill No. - Cigarette health warnings: Requiring graphic warnings. HR 2339 - Nicotine usage: Urged support for reversing the youth tobacco epidemic, tobacco 21 and the vaping flavors ban.

Contacted: Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office

Bills named: H.R. 2339 (116th)

Education EDU

S106; S192; S 962; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S 289, HR 1358 - Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training; correct rotator problems. S 304; S 1191; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Support for increased, extended THCGME funding. No Bill No. - Advisory Committee Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry: Title VII Primary Care Training and Enhancement Grants. HR 4995; 4996 - Maternal Health: AAFP supported maternal health bills to expand medicaid access and bolster training and best practices. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - HRSA Title VII funding: Title VII Primary Care training Enhancement Grants. No Bill No. - Codes in the primary care exception list: Adding codes that medical students can perform in teaching settings.

Contacted: SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 1358 (116th), H.R. 1983 (116th), H.R. 4995 (116th), H.R. 2815 (116th), H.R. 1943 (116th), H.R. 2328 (116th)