AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY for AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Medicare Physician Payment; Medicare Coverage; Medicare Physician Quality Reporting; Hospital Quality; Hospital Payment; Hospital Value-Based Purchasing; Accountable Care Organizations; Comparative Effectiveness; Approval and Coverage of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement; Coverage of Pacemakers.

Contacted: SENATE; Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Health Issues HCR

Health Information Technology; Health Care Quality; General Health Care Reform Implementation; Medical Liability Reform; H.R. 5, the HEALTH Act of 2011; Federal funding and Appropriations for HHS, NIH, AHRQ, CDC, HRSA; S. 438, HEART for Women Act; medical device approval process; HR 1377, the Josh Miller HEARTS Act; MDUFA/PDUFA Reauthorization.

Contacted: SENATE; Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 5 (112th), S. 438 (112th), H.R. 1377 (112th)