FEDERATION OF AMERICAN HOSPITALS for FEDERATION OF AMERICAN HOSPITALS

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY 2009 President's Proposed Budget

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Health Issues HCR

S. 1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act - A bill to enhance the adoption of a nationwide interoperable health information technology system and to improve the quality and reduce the costs of health care in the United States. H.R. 1424 - Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007 To amend section 712 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, section 2705 of the Public Health Service Act, and section 9812 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans. S. 558 - Mental Health Parity Act of 2007 A bill to provide parity between health insurance coverage of mental health benefits and benefits for medical and surgical services.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; White House Office

Bills named: S. 558 (110th), S. 1693 (110th), H.R. 1424 (110th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

H.R. 4105 - Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Program Moratorium Act of 2007 A bill to impose a moratorium on the use of recovery audit contractors under the Medicare Integrity Program. S. 2819 Economic Recovery in Health Care Act Legislation to enact moratoria on the Medicaid and CHIP regulations issued by the Administration over the last year and to provide targeted state fiscal relief. HR 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008 To extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; White House Office

Bills named: H.R. 4105 (110th), H.R. 5613 (110th), S. 2819 (110th)