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Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

Monitored implementation of PL 116-105 Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Health Issues HCR

PL 116-136 CARES Act (all sections of full text) HR 6800 Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act or the HEROES Act (Division C - Health Provisions) HR 3502 Protecting People From Surprise Medical Bills Act (all sections of full text)(support) S 1266 Protecting Patients from Surprise Medical Bills Act (all sections of full text)(support) S 1531 Stopping The Outrageous Practice of Surprise Medical Bills Act of 2019 (all sections of full text)(support) S 1895 Lower Health Care Costs Act, Title I (all sections of full text)(oppose) HR 4932 Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies for Health Act of 2019 Discussions involving taxation of hospitals Monitored Presidential Executive Order actions related and subsequent to Executive Order 13813 of October 12, 2017 Monitored S 4329 Continuous Health Care Coverage for Workers Act Monitored S 2741 Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2019 Monitored S 3537 Protecting our Pharmaceutical Supply Chain from China Act Monitored HR 3482 Protecting our Pharmaceutical Supply Chain from China Act Monitored S 3627 Medical Supply Transparency and Delivery Act Monitored HR 6711 Medical Supply Transparency and Delivery Act Monitored S 3847 COVID-19 Emergency Manufacturing Act of 2020 Monitored implementation of Sec. 6001 of the Affordable Care Act of 2010 Monitored discussions pertinent to health care group purchasing organizations (GPOs) role in helping to prevent drug shortages Monitored Executive Order #13877 Improving Price Quality Transparency in American Healthcare To Put Patients First Monitored S 2408 Telehealth Across State Lines Act of 2019

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 3482 (116th), H.R. 4932 (116th), H.R. 6711 (116th), H.R. 3502 (116th), H.R. 6800 (116th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Discussions regarding the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) implementation and expansion of the Accelerated and Advance Payments Program under the CARES Act HR 1384 Medicare for All Act of 2019 (all sections of full text)(oppose) Disproportionate Share Hospital payments (DSH) extensions for qualifying hospitals in spending bills Discussions involving Medicare bad debt/uncompensated care payments to hospitals \ Monitored CMS Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Regulation (MFAR) rulemaking activity Monitored S 4329 Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2019 Monitored HR 3062 Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2019 Monitored S 2543 Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act, Sec. 109 Monitored HR 2000 Medicare-X Choice Act of 2019 Monitored S 981 Medicare-X Choice Act of 2019 Monitored S 470 Medicare at 50 Act Monitored HR 1301 The Mental Health Telemedicine Expansion Act of 2019 Monitored HR 1559 The 340B Protection and Accountability Act of 2019 Monitored CMS regulations and reporting requirements under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: H.R. 1384 (116th), H.R. 1559 (116th), H.R. 2000 (116th), H.R. 1301 (116th), H.R. 3062 (116th)