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Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Issues related to patent litigation and patent assertion entities (PAEs) aka patent trolls

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Health Issues HCR

National Diabetes Prevention Program; Better care and treatment of people with diabetes under P.L. 111-148 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009 (ACA) and P.L. 111-152 The Health Care & Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010: Issues related to diabetes generally, and specifically diabetes screening, medical education and death certificate reporting (Catalyst for Better Diabetes), Prevention and Public Health Fund, AHRQ and USPSTF diabetes screening standards;diabetes issues in Healthy People 2020 and the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP); H.R. 1074 and S. 539 National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission Act of 2013; human growth / rare disorders awareness; H.R. 8 American Taxpayer Relief Act (Special Diabetes Program reauthorization); gestational diabetes; diabetes disparities; H.R. 351 and S. 351 Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2013 (IPAB repeal)

Contacted: SENATE; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: H.R. 1074 (113th), S. 539 (113th), H.R. 8 (113th), H.R. 351 (113th), S. 351 (113th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

H.R. 962 and S. 452 Medicare Diabetes Prevention Act of 2013; Issues related to Medicare Part D and Medicaid rebates as contained in P.L. 112-25 Budget Control Act of 2011, H.R. 8 American Taxpayer Relief Actof 2012, and H.R. 1588 and S. 740 Medicare Drug Savings Act of 2013; H.R. 1257 Preventing Diabetes in Medicare Act of 2013 and prediabetes generally; H.R. 1274 and S. 945 Access to Quality Diabetes Education Act of 2013 (Diabetes Self-Management Training in Medicare);Medicare diabetes screening generally; S. 1184 and H.R. 2415 Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2013; Physician Quality and Reporting System (PQRS)

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)

Bills named: S. 452 (113th), S. 740 (113th), H.R. 2415 (113th), H.R. 962 (113th), H.R. 1274 (113th), S. 945 (113th), H.R. 8 (113th), H.R. 1257 (113th), H.R. 1588 (113th), S. 1184 (113th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Issues related to Medicare Part D, FDA and patents in S. Con. Res. 8 FY14 Senate Budget Resolution; H. Con. Res. 25 House Budget Resolution; H.R. 2663 The Preventative Health Savings Act of 2013 (Modernizing CBO scoring estimates with respect to preventive health legislation); National Diabetes Prevention Program in H.R. 933 -- FY13 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act and S. 1284 FY14 Depts. of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Bills named: H.Con.Res. 25 (113th), H.R. 2663 (113th), S. 1284 (113th), H.R. 933 (113th), S.Con.Res. 8 (113th)

Pharmacy PHA

H.R.1919 Safeguarding America's Pharmaceuticals Act of 2013 and S.959 Pharmaceutical Compounding Quality and Accountability Act (for track and trace supply chain provisions); issues regarding biosimilars; 340B

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Bills named: S. 959 (113th), H.R. 1919 (113th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

EU/US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) (intellectual property); Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) (intellectual property)

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); SENATE; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 8 American Taxpayer Relief Act (R&D tax credit) of 2012 (R&D credit); H.R. 2052 and S. 1023 Global Investment in American Jobs Act

Contacted: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2052 (113th), H.R. 8 (113th), S. 1023 (113th)

Veterans VET

Issues related to insulin pen safety and access in the VA

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); SENATE; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP)