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Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Issues concerning access to the Medicare hospice benefit and palliative care. Issues regarding reimbursement for the Medicare hospice benefit. Issues related to community based palliative care and advanced care illness management. Issues related to regulatory relief. Issues concerning Medicare Advantage and the hospice benefit. Issues related to COVID. H.R. 4040, Advancing Telehealth Beyond Covid-19 Act of 2021; S. 368 / H.R. 1332, the Telehealth Modernization Act; as they relate to use of telehealth in the certification of a beneficiary for the hospice benefit. S. 1512 / H.R. 2903, The Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) Act. Medicare sequestration relief. Issues regarding program integrity. H.R. 5376 (P.L. 117-169), the Inflation Reduction Act, as it relates to home and community-based services and palliative care. S. 2565, Expanding Access to Palliative Care Act. Issues regarding bereavement care. The FY 2023 Proposed Hospice Wage Rule, as it relates to hospice reimbursement. H.R.8505 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a one-year waiver of budget neutrality adjustments under the Medicare physician fee schedule, and for other purposes. Issues related to hospice codes. Issues related to hospice telehealth flexibilities. Issues concerning hospice payment and alternative payment models. Issues regarding in-patient and in-home respite care. Issues related to COVID-19 emergency funding, extension of the public health emergency, testing, vaccines, and COVID-19 related legislation. Issues related to regulatory flexibilities granted under the public health emergency. Issues related to the hospice and palliative care workforce. Issues pertaining to the hospice election statement and election statement addendum. Issues pertaining to concurrent care. Issues related to children's access to hospice and palliative care. The extension of sequestration relief provided under H.R.1868, Medicare Sequester COVID Moratorium Act (H.R. 315), and Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act (H.R. 610); The Children's Program of All-inclusive Coordinated Care (ChiPACC) Act of 2021 (H.R. 4952); H.R. 2471 (P.L. 117-103), The Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA) (S. 4260); The Telehealth Extension & Evaluation Act (S. 3593); the Telehealth Extension Act (H.R. 6202). Medicare Hospice Payment Rule. Issues related to the implementation of the Helping Our Senior Population in Comfort Environments (HOSPICE) Act and the Rural Access to Hospice Act.

Contacted: White House Office; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 2565 (117th), H.R. 2471 (117th), H.R. 2903 (117th), H.R. 4040 (117th), S. 1512 (117th), H.R. 5376 (117th), S. 368 (117th), H.R. 8505 (117th), H.R. 1332 (117th), H.R. 315 (117th), H.R. 610 (117th), H.R. 1868 (117th), S. 3593 (117th), H.R. 4952 (117th), H.R. 6202 (117th), S. 4260 (117th)

Health Issues HCR

Issues regarding healthcare work force shortages. Palliative Care and Hospice Education & Training Act (S. 2460). Issues related to community based palliative care and advanced care illness management. The Grief Resilience Investment and Education Fund (GRIEF) Act (H.R. 9109) and issues regarding bereavement care. The Expanding Access to Palliative Care Act (S. 2565). Issues affecting hospice providers. The extension of sequestration relief provided under H.R.1868, the Medicare Sequester COVID Moratorium Act (H.R. 315) and Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act (H.R. 610); the Telehealth Modernization Act (S. 368/H.R.1332) and the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) Act (S. 1512/H.R. 2903) as it relates to use of telehealth in the certification of a beneficiary for the hospice benefit; The Childrens Program of All-inclusive Coordinated Care (ChiPACC) Act of 2021 (H.R. 4952); The Expanding Access to Palliative Care Act (S.2565). The Health Care Workforce Resilience Act (S. 1024/H.R. 2255); The Provider Training in Palliative Care Act (S. 2890); The Palliative Care Training for Providers Act (H.R. 5376); The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (H.R. 2471) as related to Medicare sequester relief, telehealth flexibilities, and hospice payment reimbursement; care; Issues related to regulatory relief; Issues involving hospice providers and COVID relief; Issues related to coronavirus; Telehealth Extension and Evaluation Act (S. 3593); the Telehealth Extension Act (H.R. 6202). Issues related to healthcare workforce shortages; Issues related to community-based palliative care and advanced care illness management. The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (S. 2938) and issues concerning bereavement care. Issues related to safe opioid disposal and implementation of the SUPPORT Act (H.R. 2379).

Contacted: White House Office; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: S. 2460 (117th), H.R. 6202 (117th), H.R. 2471 (117th), H.R. 4952 (117th), H.R. 2903 (117th), H.R. 5376 (117th), S. 2938 (117th), S. 1024 (117th), S. 1512 (117th), H.R. 2255 (117th), H.R. 2379 (117th), H.R. 9109 (117th), S. 3593 (117th), H.R. 1332 (117th), H.R. 1868 (117th), S. 2890 (117th), S. 368 (117th), S. 2565 (117th), H.R. 610 (117th), H.R. 315 (117th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Budget Sequestration. FY 2023 Appropriations.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)