AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION for AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Torts TOR

Medical Liability Reform

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

S. Con. Res. 13, Budget Resolution, provisions relating to SGR Rebasing H. Con. Res. 85, Budget Resolution, provisions relating to SGR Rebasing National Health Service Corps (NHSC) - increased funding

Contacted: Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Government Accountability Office (GAO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)

Bills named: S.Con.Res. 13 (111th), H.Con.Res. 85 (111th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

S. 628, Conrad State 30 Improvement Act, all provisions Antitrust Reform Physician Workforce Issues DOJ-FTC Health Care Guidelines Health Insurance and Physician Market Competition Health care market competition/physician joint negotiation Reverse Payments for Generic Pharmaceuticals Antitrust - Clinical Integration

Contacted: SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: S. 628 (111th)

Health Issues HCR

H.R. 2520, Patients' Choice Act, all provisions S. 1099, Patients' Choice Act, all provisions H.R. 1324, Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act of 2009, all provisions H.R. 756, National Pain Care Policy Act of 2009, all provisions S. 660, National Pain Care Policy Act of 2009, all provisions H.R. 3002, Preserving Access to Targeted, Individualized, and Effective New Treatments and Services (PATIENTS) Act of 2009, all provisions S. 1259, Preserving Access to Targeted, Individualized, and Effective New Treatments and Services (PATIENTS) Act of 2009, all provisions H.R. 1859, Independent Drug Education and Outreach Act of 2009, all provisions S. 767, Independent Drug Education and Outreach Act of 2009, all provisions H.R. 1549, Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2009, all provisions S. 619, Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2009, all provisions H.R. 2427, Informed Consumer Choices in Health Care Act of 2009, provisions on transparency and accountability H.R. 2502, Comparative Effectiveness Research Act of 2009, all provisions H.R. 2697, Optometric Equity in Medicaid Act of 2009, provision on scope of practice Medical Rights and Reform Act, all provisions Health System Reform - Senate Affordable Health Choices Act, all provisions Health System Reform - Senate Finance Committee Option Papers, all provisions Health System Reform - House Tri-Committee Health Care Reform Discussion Draft, all provisions Health System Reform - AMA principles Health System Reform - Alternatives to current use of housing/rental data to determine physician office costs Health System Reform - Public Plan Option Health System Reform - Insurance Market Reforms AMA Healthy Lifestyles - banning use of artificial trans fats Health Care Quality Improvement - PQRI/AMA Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement (PCPI) Patient Safety FTC Red Flag Rules FTC Breach Notification Requirements for Personal Health Records Mental Health Parity E-prescribing for controlled substances RVS Update Committee (RUC)/Resource-Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS) Comparative Effectiveness Research HIV/AIDS - Needle Exchange Programs National Health Service Corp - Attracting physicians to serve in underserved areas Health Information Technology - Meaningful Use Health Care Disparities Health Insurance Reform Usual, customary and reasonable fees (UCR) Scope of Practice Opioid drugs - Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy Coverage for the Uninsured Physician-owned Hospitals Rescission of final Provider Conscience Regulation Administrative Simplification - HIPAA/Health System Reform ERISA Preemption of State Prompt Pay Laws

Contacted: Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 1259 (111th), H.R. 2502 (111th), H.R. 3002 (111th), S. 619 (111th), S. 767 (111th), H.R. 756 (111th), S. 1099 (111th), H.R. 2697 (111th), H.R. 1859 (111th), H.R. 2520 (111th), H.R. 2427 (111th), S. 660 (111th), H.R. 1549 (111th), H.R. 1324 (111th)

Veterans VET

Tricare Tricare - Physician Reimbursement

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Greenhouse gases

Contacted: Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Government Accountability Office (GAO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Education EDU

S. 860, Health Professionals State Loan Repayment Tax Relief Act of 2009, all provisions S. 973, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009, all provisions H.R. 2251, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009, all provisions H.R. 2332, Future Physicians Serving America Act of 2009, all provisions H.R. 916, Preventive Medicine and Public Health Training Act, all provisions S. 693, Preventive Medicine and Public Health Training Act, all provisions Affordable Health Choices Act, amendment restoring the 20/220 pathway Student Loans/Graduate Medical Education Medical Student Debt

Contacted: SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Bills named: S. 973 (111th), S. 860 (111th), H.R. 2332 (111th), H.R. 2251 (111th), H.R. 916 (111th), S. 693 (111th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

S. 1110, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Reform Act of 2009, all provisions S. 301, Physician Payments Sunshine Act of 2009, all provisions H.R. 2560, Independence at Home Act of 2009, all provisions S. 1131, Independence at Home Act of 2009, all provisions H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, provisions relating to comparative effectiveness research Medicare & Medicaid programs - Electronic Health Records (EHRs) Medicare program - Value-Based Purchasing Medicare program - Enrollment issues Medicare program - Healthcare delivery system reform Medicare program - Graduate Medical Education Medicare program - Geographic variation Medicare program - Self-referral Medicare program - Physician Consultants Medicare program - Physician profiling Medicare program - Recovery Audit Contractors (RAC) Medicare program - e-prescribing Medicare program - Physician Database Mining (public release and accurate use) Medicare program - Prevention and wellness services Medicare program - Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) Medicare program - Physician Payment Reform Medicare program - Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) Medicare program - Adult vaccines - meaningful accessibility Medicare program - Private contracting Medicare program - Medical homes Medicare program - Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) - permanent reform Medicare program - Balance Billing Medicare program - Physician Resource Use Medicare program - Practice expense survey Medicare program - Removal of drugs from SGR calculations Medicare program - 3 percent withhold Medicare program - Hospital Acquired Conditions (HACs) Medicare program - Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) Medicare program - Geographic Practice Cost Index (GPCI) computation

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: S. 1131 (111th), H.R. 1 (111th), H.R. 2560 (111th), S. 1110 (111th), S. 301 (111th)

Tobacco TOB

H.R. 1256, Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, provision on FDA oversight authority S. 982, Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, provision on FDA oversight authority S. 579, Federal Tobacco Act of 2009, provision on oversight authority

Contacted: Government Accountability Office (GAO); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Bills named: H.R. 1256 (111th), S. 579 (111th), S. 982 (111th)