AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS for AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs MED

H.R.5888, Physician Reentry Demonstration Program, Bill attempts to address the shortage of primary care physicians.

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); White House Office

Bills named: H.R. 5888 (112th)

Alcohol and Drug Abuse ALC

S507, Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, funding for state monitoring of prescription drug use.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Health Issues HCR

HR2119, Ryan Creedon Act, Opposing a requirement that physicians be specifically trained on the dangers of addictive drugs. HR3630, Welfare Integrity and Data Improvement Act, Ten month extension of Medicare physician fee schedule. HR3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act of 2011, GME modernization pilot program authorization and funding for non-hospital training sites. HR5, Medical liability reform and IPAB repeal Protecting Access to Healthcare Act, Medical liability reform. HR452, Medicare Decision Accountability Act, Revamping the Independent Payment Advisory Board. HR5707, Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012, Replace Medicare physician payment's SGR with higher payment rates for primary care. HR5888, Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act, Revise bill so sub-specialists do not reenter practice as primary care docs in CHCs, VA clinics and school based centers. H. Con. Res. 112, Oppose repeal of subsidies for health insurance exchanges. H.J. Res117, Labor, HHS Appropriations Bills, Support for funding health professions grant program and funding for HRSA and AHRQ. S3295, Department of Labor Appropriations Act 2013, Support increased appropriations for Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in FY2013, AHRQ funding budget priority, Support increased FY13 spending on Title VII Sec 747 primary care training grants. S507, Prescription drug abuse prevention and treatment Act, support state programs to monitor prescription drug abuse. No Bill Number, National Drug Control Strategy, State Grants for screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment. New CME for prescribers of opioid analgesics - support drug control policies that are not burdensome to family physicians. No Bill Number, Advisory committee on training in primary care medicine and dentistry, supporting Title VII training grants to family medicine. No Bill Number, Medicare physician payment reform of the sustainable growth rate, Medicare physician pay cuts scheduled for 2013. No Bill Number, Comprehensive primary care, medical home and health care reform, promote CPCI to family physician practices in the seven geographic markets. No Bill Number, Observation care, 2013 proposed inpatient PPS. No Bill Number, Home Health Documentation requirements, Face to face documentation requirements in the 2013 proposed home health regulation. No Bill Number, Primary Care Meeting, Medical Home and Health Care Reform. No Bill Number, Meaningful Use Meetings, Medical Home and Health Care Reform. No Bill Number, Electronic Health Records, Meaningful use funds and quality improvement. No Bill Number, Medicaid parity for primary care, Ensuring payments for true primary care physicians. No Bill Number, Valuation of Primary Care, Strategies for improving primary care payment in the physician fee schedule. No Bill Number, Primary Care Incentive Payment (PCIP), Requesting CMS release data on PCIP use. No Bill Number, National Priorities Research Agenda, PCORI should focus research on more common medical conditions at first. No Bill Number, Medicare Physician fee schedule for 2013, Support for short term payment reforms to allow primary care access to non face to face codes. No Bill Number, Medicaid Payments to primary care physicians, Oppose expansion of definition of physicians who are eligible for primary care Medicaid support. No Bill Number, Health Delivery Transformation, White House meeting to support Patient Centered Medical Home as a health care delivery model to improve coordination of care. No Bill Number, SGR Fix, Stop 27% cut due to go into effect January 1, 2013. No Bill Number, Sequester fiscal cliff, stop 2% cut due January 2, 2013.

Contacted: White House Office; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: H.J.Res. 117 (112th), H.R. 5 (112th), H.R. 5707 (112th), H.R. 3630 (112th), H.R. 3667 (112th), H.R. 5888 (112th), H.Con.Res. 112 (112th), H.R. 2119 (112th), H.R. 452 (112th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

HR5, Protecting Access to Health Are Act, Capping medical liability. HR452, Medicare Decisions Accountability Act, Revamping the independent payment advisory board. HR3630, Welfare Integrity and Data Improvement Act, Ten month extension of Medicare physician fee schedule. HR3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act of 2011, GME modernization pilot program authorization, Direct GME funding for non-hospital training sites. HR 4013, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act, ten month extension of the Medicare physician fee schedule. HR5707, Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012, Replace Medicare physician payment's SGR with higher payment rates for primary care. No Bill Number, Valuation of Primary Care, strategies for improving primary care payment in the physician fee schedule. No Bill Number, Primary care incentive payment PCIP, Re-question CMS release data on PCIP use. No Bill Number, Medicaid payments to primary care physicians, Oppose expansion of definition of physicians who are eligible for primary care Medicaid support. No Bill Number, Medicaid parity for primary care, Ensuring payments for true primary care physicians. No Bill Number, Medicare physician payment reform of the Sustainable Growth Rate, Medicare physician pay cuts scheduled for 2013. No Bill Number, Medicare physician Fee Schedule for 2013, Support for short term payment reforms to allow primary care access to non face to face codes. No Bill Number, Medicare coverage advisory, Nominating an AAFP member to serve on MEDCAC. No Bill Number, Observation care, 2013 proposed inpatient PPS. No Bill Number, Increasing physician awareness of TBI and PTSD, Promoting family physician ability to assist with these conditions. No Bill Number, Comprehensive Primary Care, Medical Home and Healthcare Reform. No Bill Number, PCPCC Center for Consumer Engagement, Medical Home and Health Care Reform. No Bill Number, Tobacco cessation, Health of the public. No Bill Number, Primary care meeting, Medical Home and Health Care Reform. No Bill Number, Meaningful Use meetings, Medical Home and Health Care Reform. No Bill Number, Electronic Health Records, Ensuring payments for true primary care physicians. No Bill Number, 2013 proposed inpatient PPS, Supporting GME slots for primary care. No Bill Number, Patient Centered Medical Homes, Increase support for the model. No Bill Number, SGR Fix, Stop the 27% cut due January 1, 2013. No Bill Number, Sequester fiscal cliff, Stop the 2% cut due January 2, 2013.

Contacted: SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)

Bills named: H.R. 5707 (112th), H.R. 3630 (112th), H.R. 452 (112th), H.R. 3667 (112th), H.R. 4013 (112th), H.R. 5 (112th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

S3295, Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2013, Support increased FY13 spending on Title VII Sec 747 primary care training grants and AHRQ funding. H. Con. Res. 112, Oppose repeal of subsidies for health insurance exchanges. No Bill Number, Advisory Committee on Training in Primary are Medicine and Dentistry supporting Title VII training grants to family medicine. No Bill Number, Coalition for Health Funding Town hall meeting on budget sequestration supporting AAFP federal budgetary priorities. No Bill Number, Medicare physician payment reform of the Sustainable Growth Rate, Medicare physician pay cuts scheduled for 2013. No Bill Number, Patient Centered Medical Homes, Increase support for the model. No Bill Number, SGR Fix, Stop 27% cut due January 1, 2013. No Bill Number, Sequester fiscal cliff, Stop 2% cut due January 2, 2013.

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); White House Office; Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.Con.Res. 112 (112th)

Insurance INS

HR 5, Protecting Access to Health Care Act, Capping medical liability. H. Con. Res. 112, Oppose repeal of subsidies for health insurance exchanges. No Bill Number, Oppose repeal of subsidies for health insurance exchanges. No Bill Number, Medicare physician payment schedule and medical liability reforms, Description of short and midterm resolutions for problems associated with these issues. No Bill Number, Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative, Promote the CPCI to family physician practices in seven geographic markets. No Bill Number, SGR Fix, Stop the 27% cut due to go into effect January 1, 2013.

Contacted: White House Office; Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)

Bills named: H.Con.Res. 112 (112th), H.R. 5 (112th)

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

No Bill Number, Proposal to create "Special medical use" category of prescription drugs, Should FDA create category of drugs that non physicians like pharmacists could prescribe.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; White House Office; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Tobacco TOB

No Bill Number, Preventing tobacco use among youth, Enhancing the efforts to prevent young people from using tobacco products.

Contacted: Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); White House Office; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

No Bill Number, National School lunch program, Improve school nutrition programs accessed through state education by providing incentives for school nutrition providers to replace foods with little or no nutritional value.

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE

Education EDU

HR2119, Ryan Creedon Act, Opposing a requirement that physicians be specifically trained on the dangers of addictive drugs. HR3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act of 2011, GME modernization pilot program authorization and funding for non-hospital training sites. HR5888, Physician Reentry Demonstration Program, Bill attempts to address the shortage of primary care physicians. S3295, Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2013, Support increased FY13 spending on Title VII Sec 747 primary care training grants. S507, Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, funding for state monitoring of prescription drug use. No Bill Number, Labor HHS Appropriations Bill, Support for funding Health Professions grants program and funding for HRSA and AHRQ. J. J. Res. 117, Labor HHS Appropriations Bills, Support for funding Health Professions Grant Program and HRSA and AHRQ. No Bill Number, Advisory Committee on Training in Primary are Medicine and Dentistry supporting Title VII training grants to family medicine.

Contacted: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Bills named: H.R. 3667 (112th), H.R. 5888 (112th), H.R. 2119 (112th)

Pharmacy PHA

No Bill Number, Proposal to create "Special medical use" category of prescription drugs, Should FDA create category of drugs that non physicians like pharmacists could prescribe. No Bill Number, National Priorities and Research Agenda, PCORI should focus research on more common medical conditions first. No Bill, National Drug Control Strategy announcement, New CME for prescribers of opioid analgesics, Support drug control policies which are not burdensome to family physicians.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)

Torts TOR

HR5, Medical liability reform and IPAB repeal Protecting Access to Healthcare Act, Medical liability reform.

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 5 (112th)

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

S507, Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, funding for state monitoring of prescription drug use. No Bill Number, Labor HHS Appropriations Bill, Support for funding Health Professions grants program and funding for HRSA and AHRQ.

Contacted: Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)