GOLDEN HORIZONS for GOLDEN HORIZONS

Housing HOU

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

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

Veterans VET

Monitor issues impacting Veterans Community Nursing Home Program & Ancillary Program Benefits

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

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, Home Health, Hospice, Long Term Care Hospitals, Inpatient Rehab Facilities, and related businesses. Medicare reimbursement for skilled nursing facilities, Medicare Conditions of Participation forHospice. Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2013, H.R. 713/S.367; ; Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2013, H.R. 1179/S.569; Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2013, H.R. 351; Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2013, H.R. 574; Palliative Care and Hospice Education Training Act of 2013, H.R. 1339/S. 641

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

Bills named: S. 641 (113th), H.R. 1179 (113th), S. 367 (113th), H.R. 713 (113th), S. 569 (113th), H.R. 351 (113th), H.R. 574 (113th), H.R. 1339 (113th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY 2013 Federal budget and appropriations relating to HHS/CMS/Medicare/Medicaid funding and appropriations

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

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. Physical Therapist Workforce and Patient Access Act of 2013, H.R. 1252/S. 602; Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013, S. 744

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

Bills named: S. 602 (113th), S. 744 (113th), H.R. 1252 (113th)

Pharmacy PHA

Monitor and advocate regarding pharmacy issues impacting Long Term Care and Post Acute Care providers and patients. Amend the Controlled Substances Act to make any substance containing hydrocodone a Schedule II drug, H.R. 1285/S.621; Stop Oxy Abuse Act of 2013, H.R. 1366; The Pharmaceutical Quality, Security, and Accountability Act, S. 959, H.R. 3089

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

Bills named: H.R. 1366 (113th), S. 959 (113th), H.R. 1285 (113th), H.R. 3089 (113th), S. 621 (113th)