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Medicare/Medicaid MMM

H.R. 1700, Medicare Patient Empowerment Act, all provisions S. 1042, Medicare Patient Empowerment Act, all provisions H.R. 1543, Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2011, all provisions H.R. 452, Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011, all provisions S. 668, Health Care Bureaucrats Elimination Act, all provisions S. 848, Consumer Information Enhancement Act of 2011, all provisions S. 856, Medicare Spending Transparency Act of 2011, all provisions S. 756, Medicare Data Access for Transparency and Accountability Act, all provisions S. 1286, Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011, provisions relating to imaging cuts H.R. 1256, Medicare Physician Payment Transparency and Assessment Act of 2011 H.R. 2140, Medicare Hearing Health Care Enhancement Act of 2011, all provisions S. 1251, Medicare and Medicaid FAST Act, all provisions H.R. 1159, To repeal certain provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act relating to the limitation on the Medicare exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals and to transparency reports and reporting of physician ownership or investment interests, all provisions H.R. 1186, To repeal changes made by health care reform laws to the Medicare exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals, all provisions H.R. 674, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities, all provisions Medicare program - Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) Medicare program - Shared Savings Program Medicare program - Accountable Care Organizations Medicare program - Program Integrity Medicare program - Physician payment reform/alternative payment models Medicare program - Delivery reform Medicare program - Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) permanent repeal Medicare program - Enrollment Medicare program - Medicare Economic Index (MEI) Medicare program - Regulatory relief Medicare program - Relative Value Update Committee (RUC) Medicare program - Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) Medicare program - Claims Data Release Medicare program - E-prescribing Medicare program - Electronic Health Records (EHR)/certification of EHRs Medicare program - HIPAA (5010 and ICD-10) Medicare program - Privacy Medicare program - Alignment of quality measures Medicare program - Physician signature requirements for clinical lab tests Medicare program - Meaningful Use Medicare program - Physician Compare Medicare program - Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs) Medicare program - Payment for psychiatric services Medicare program - Health Information Technology Medicare program - Imaging cuts Medicaid program - Access

Contacted: SENATE; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Office of the Vice President of the United States; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)

Bills named: H.R. 2140 (112th), H.R. 674 (112th), S. 1042 (112th), S. 856 (112th), H.R. 452 (112th), H.R. 1700 (112th), H.R. 1186 (112th), H.R. 1543 (112th), S. 1286 (112th), S. 756 (112th), S. 1251 (112th), H.R. 1256 (112th), H.R. 1159 (112th), S. 668 (112th), S. 848 (112th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY '12 Labor-HHS Budget Resolution, provisions on physician-related appropriations H. Con. Res. 34, provisions related to the SGR H.R. 2112, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Section 740 FY '12 Financial Services appropriations bill, provisions related to funding for the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Office of the Vice President of the United States; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 2112 (112th), H.Con.Res. 34 (112th)

Education EDU

S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011, all provisions Graduate Medical Education

Contacted: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of the Vice President of the United States; Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Bills named: S. 958 (112th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

H.R. 1409, Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011, all provisions Antitrust Reform DOJ-FTC Health Care Antitrust Guidelines Health Insurance and Physician Market Competition J-1 Visa Waiver Program

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Office of the Vice President of the United States; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)

Bills named: H.R. 1409 (112th)

Veterans VET

Tricare - casework

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of the Vice President of the United States

Torts TOR

H.R. 5, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011, all provisions S. 1099, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011, all provisions S. 218, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011, all provisions H.R. 816, Provider Shield Act of 2011, all provisions S. 197, MCAP Act, all provisions Federal Tort Coverage for Community Health Centers Physician volunteers' liability issues

Contacted: Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Office of the Vice President of the United States; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Bills named: S. 197 (112th), H.R. 5 (112th), H.R. 816 (112th), S. 1099 (112th), S. 218 (112th)

Health Issues HCR

H.R. 451, Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011, all provisions H.R. 4, Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act of 2011, repeal of IRS reporting requirements of payments of $600 or more H.R. 2010, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act of 2011, all provisions S. 1098, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act of 2011, all provisions H.R. 1249, Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, Wasserman Schultz Amendment H.R. 2182, Generating Antibiotic Incentives Now Act of 2011, all provisions H.R. 965, Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2011, all provisions S. 507, Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 2011, provisions on practitioner education Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, Section 241 Prescription drug abuse among youth Prescription drug action plan Affordable Care Act implementation Physician-Owned Hospitals Accountable Care Organizations Opioid Drugs and Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) Delivery Reforms Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act Ambulatory Surgical Centers Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Patient Safety Global burden of chronic disease Administrative Simplification Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), OTC medicines Electronic Consultations Stand for Quality Coalition Health Information Technology Senior Ambassador Program Schedule II Controlled Substances - agent for prescriber

Contacted: Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Office of the Vice President of the United States; SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)

Bills named: H.R. 451 (112th), H.R. 2010 (112th), S. 507 (112th), H.R. 2182 (112th), S. 1098 (112th), H.R. 1249 (112th), H.R. 4 (112th), H.R. 965 (112th)