AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION for AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Education EDU

H.R. 1554, Resident Education Deferred Interest (REDI) Act, all provisions

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 1554 (116th)

Health Issues HCR

H.R. 938, Bringing Low-cost Options and Competition while Keeping Incentives for New Generics (BLOCKING) Act of 2019, all provisions H.R. 1520, Purple Book Continuity Act of 2019, all provisions H.R. 1503, Orange Book Transparency Act of 2019, all provisions H.R. 1499, Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of 2019, all provisions H.R. 965, Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples (CREATES) Act of 2019, all provisions H.R. 1425, State Health Care Premium Reduction Act, all provisions H.R. 1386, Expand Navigators' Resources for Outreach, Learning, and Longevity (ENROLL) Act of 2019, all provisions H.R. 986, Protecting Americans with Preexisting Conditions Act of 2019, all provisions H.R. 1385, State Allowance for a Variety of Exchanges (SAVE) Act, all provisions H.R. 987, Marketing and Outreach Restoration to Empower (MORE) Health Education Act of 2019, all provisions H.R. 1010, To provide that the rule entitled "Short-Term, Limited Duration Insurance" shall have no force or effect, all provisions H.R. 1143, Educating Consumers on the Risks of Short-Term Plans Act of 2019, all provisions H.R. 8, Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019, all provisions S. 192, Community and Public Health Programs Extension Act, all provisions H.R. 5977, Mothers and Offspring Mortality and Morbidity Awareness (MOMMAs) Act, all provisions H.R. 5, Equality Act, all provisions Verifying Accurate Leading-edge IVCT Development (VALID) Act of 2018, all provisions Affordable Care Act (ACA) implementation 21st Century Cures Act implementation Surprise billing: Out of network billing for physician services at in-network facilities Healthcare augmented intelligence CDC gun violence prevention research funding Red Flag Laws Reducing Health Care Costs Prior authorization and medication-assisted therapy Electronic Prior Authorization (ePA) Data privacy Drug Compounding Medical marijuana research Health IT - data blocking, Interoperability, 42 CFR Part 2, HIPAA Cybersecurity Open Payments Program/Treatment of peer-reviewed journal articles textbook excerpts Opioids Telehealth Drug Pricing Software as a medical device (SaMD) Laboratory developed tests Electronic Health Records (EHR) certification

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; White House Office; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)

Bills named: H.R. 1385 (116th), H.R. 1143 (116th), H.R. 5 (116th), H.R. 1010 (116th), H.R. 8 (116th), H.R. 1520 (116th), H.R. 987 (116th), H.R. 1503 (116th), H.R. 5977 (116th), H.R. 938 (116th), H.R. 965 (116th), H.R. 1499 (116th), H.R. 1386 (116th), H.R. 1425 (116th), H.R. 986 (116th), S. 192 (116th)

Veterans VET

VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks (VA MISSION) Act of 2018, all provisions Veterans Scope of Practice Veterans Choice/Community Care Program Tricare VAs Anywhere to Anywhere Initiative (telehealth)

Contacted: SENATE; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); White House Office; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

H.R. 1781, Payment Commission Data Act of 2019, all provisions H.R. 1763, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019, all provisions S. 348, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019, all provisions H.R. 913, Covering Life-saving Investigations Needed in Cancer and Other Life-threatening Conditions through Timely use of Resources for Easy and Affordable Treatment from Medicaid for Enrollees in Need Today (CLINICAL TREATMENT) Act, all provisions H.R. 5150, Protecting Medicare from Excessive Price Increases Act of 2018, all provisions Medicare program: Remove Extraneous Measures that Obstruct Value and Efficiency (REMOVE) Act, all provisions Medicare program: Medicare Access and Chip Reauthorization Act (MACRA) implementation Medicare program: Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA) Medicare program: 21st Century Cures Act implementation Medicare program: MACRA burden reduction Medicare program: Lifting Medicare restrictions on telehealth services Medicare program: Medicare-for-all legislation Medicare program: Graduate Medical Education cap flexibility Medicare program: Alternative Payment Models (APMs)/Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC) Medicare program: Misvalued codes Medicare program: Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM)/Rx drug price transparency Medicare program: Cybersecurity Medicare program: International Pricing Index Model for Medicare Part B Drugs Medicare program: Advanced APMs - Stark Modernization Medicare program: Regulatory Relief Medicare program: Diabetes Prevention Program Medicare program: Exchange Program Integrity Medicare program: Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) - quality, cost, improvement activities, promoting interoperability Medicare program: MIPS/Total Per Capita Cost (TPCC) Medicare program: MIPS/physician penalties Medicare program: Measure harmonization Medicare program: Modernizing Part D and Medicare Advantage/six protected classes Medicare program: Drug Pricing Medicare program: Evaluation and Management guidelines and payment Medicare program: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Medicare program: Da Vinci Project/prior authorization Medicare program: Health IT/physician burdens Medicare program: Opioids Medicare program: Medicare payment issues Medicare program: CPT Code/eMedicare Medicare program: Open Payments program Medicare program: Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS)/Medicare enrollment/revocations/revalidations Medicare program: National Coverage Determination (NCD)/Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) for beneficiaries with advanced cancer Medicare program: Quality Improvement Organizations (QIO) Manual guidance on redeterminations/alignment with current Agency instructions Medicare and Medicaid programs: Data Privacy

Contacted: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: S. 348 (116th), H.R. 5150 (116th), H.R. 1763 (116th), H.R. 1781 (116th), H.R. 913 (116th)

Immigration IMM

S. 948, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act, all provisions Conrad 30 Program Physician Workforce Shortage H-1B petitions/Cap-subject aliens Forced feeding of immigrant detainees in U.S. custody

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: S. 948 (116th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Competition in health insurance marketplace

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES