AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION for AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Veterans VET

H.R. 2123, Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine Support (VETS) Act of 2017, all provisions S. 925, Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine Support (VETS) Act of 2017, all provisions Scope of Practice VA Choice program reauthorization VA Telehealth Services VA Anywhere to Anywhere Initiative Tricare access

Contacted: White House Office; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Education, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Bills named: H.R. 2123 (115th), S. 925 (115th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Tax Reform - Accounting Methods

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); White House Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Education, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Health Issues HCR

H.R. 1, Tax Cut and Jobs Act, provisions relating to medical expense deductions, and ACA insurance mandate S. 1803, Marijuana Effective Drug Studies (MEDS) Act of 2017, all provisions H.R. 3528, Every Prescription Conveyed Securely Act, all provisions H.R. 394, Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2017, all provisions S. 85, Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2017, all provisions S. 2135, Fix NICS Act of 2017, all provisions H.R. 3928, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2017, all provisions H.R. 3767, Ensuring Children's Access to Specialty Care Act of 2017, all provisions S. 989, Ensuring Children's Access to Specialty Care Act of 2017, all provisions 42 CFR Part 2, Privacy of substance abuse treatment records American Health Care Act (AHCA), all provisions Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), all provisions Individual health insurance mandate repeal Healthcare system reform Opioid Abuse Continuing Medical Education (CME) and opioid/pain management prescribing Drug price transparency Regulatory Relief Prediabetes and hypertension Cybersecurity Digital health In-office compounding Cost-sharing Reduction Payments (CSR) Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Health Savings Accounts - Prescription requirement for over-the-counter medications Telemedicine Electronic Health Records (EHR) EHR - Data Blocking/Interoperability CDCs FY19 Budget language censorship Solo/small practice physician groups Broadband coverage expansion into rural communities/National Service Fund cap Gun violence Nutrition Facts Label Regulations Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Physician Innovation Network and Integrated Health Model Initiative

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; White House Office; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Education, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: S. 1803 (115th), S. 989 (115th), H.R. 3928 (115th), H.R. 3767 (115th), S. 85 (115th), H.R. 1 (115th), H.R. 3528 (115th), H.R. 394 (115th), S. 2135 (115th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

S. 1016, CONNECT for Health Act of 2017, provisions relating to telehealth S. 870, Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 2017, all provisions H.R. 1017, Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2017, all provisions S. 479, Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2017, all provisions H.R. 4206, Medicare Care Coordination Improvement Act of 2017, all provisions S. 2051, Medicare Care Coordination Improvement Act of 2017, all provisions H.R. 3922, Continuing Community Health And Medical Professional Programs to Improve Our Nation, Increase National Gains, and Help Ensure Access for Little Ones, Toddlers, and Hopeful Youth by Keeping Insurance Delivery Stable (CHAMPIONING HEALTHY KIDS) Act of 2017, all provisions H.R. 3120, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce the volume of future electronic health record-related significant hardship requests, all provisions H.R. 849, Protecting Seniors Access to Medicare Act, all provisions S. 2059, EHR Regulatory Relief Act, all provisions H.R. 6101, ACO Improvement Act of 2016, all provisions H.R. 4005, Medicaid Reentry Act, all provisions H.R. 4097, Medicare Beneficiary Opioid Addiction Treatment Act, all provisions Medicare program: Creating Access to Residency Education Act, all provisions Medicare program: Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA)/Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule payment data Medicare program: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) implementation Medicare program: MACRA/small practices Medicare program: Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) repeal Medicare program: Community health center fund reauthorization/teaching health center GME Medicare program: PAMA - Clinical Testing Access and Pricing Medicare program: PAMA - Misvalued Codes Medicare program: Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) Medicare program: Alternate Payment Models Medicare program: Physician Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC) Medicare program: Electronic prescribing Medicare program: Prior authorization/Medicare Part D for covered drugs Medicare program: Prediabetes and hypertension Medicare program: Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Medicare program: Regulatory Relief Medicare program: Electronic Health Records (EHR) Medicare program: EHR interoperability/data blocking/data exchange Medicare program: Extenders Medicare program: Graduate Medical Education (GME) Medicare program: GME - Residency cap expansion Medicare program: Telemedicine Medicare program: Program Integrity Medicare program: Quality Payment Program (QPP) Medicare program: Cybersecurity Medicare program: EHR Certification Medicare program: Stark self-referral Medicare program: Episode cost measures Medicare program: E & M Documentation Medicare program: Provider Enrollment, Chain, and Ownership System (PECOS)/Medicare Enrollment Medicare program: Open Payments Medicare program: Diabetes prevention Medicare program: Unique Device Identifier (UDI) Medicaid program: Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Reauthorization Medicaid program: Medicaid funding for Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Education, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); White House Office; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Bills named: S. 479 (115th), H.R. 849 (115th), H.R. 3120 (115th), H.R. 1017 (115th), S. 1016 (115th), H.R. 4206 (115th), H.R. 4097 (115th), H.R. 4005 (115th), S. 2059 (115th), S. 870 (115th), H.R. 3922 (115th), H.R. 6101 (115th), S. 2051 (115th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.R. 4667, Making further supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, for disaster assistance for Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and calendar year 2017 wildfires, and for other purposes, all provisions FY 2018 Appropriations, provisions relating to FDA tobacco products oversight authority Funding for Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) Funding for Cost-sharing Reductions (CSRs)

Contacted: Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Education, Dept of; White House Office; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: H.R. 4667 (115th)

Tobacco TOB

Tobacco products/FDA oversight authority

Contacted: Justice, Dept of (DOJ); White House Office; Education, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)

Education EDU

H.R. 1, Tax Cut and Jobs Act, provisions relating to student loan interest and debt forgiveness, and taxation of graduate school tuition waivers H.R. 4508, Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform PROSPER) Act, all provisions Title VII Health Professions Workforce Programs Reauthorization/pediatric subspecialties student loan repayment Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)

Contacted: Education, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Bills named: H.R. 4508 (115th), H.R. 1 (115th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

S. 898, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act, all provisions Medical Licensure

Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Education, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); White House Office

Bills named: S. 898 (115th)

Torts TOR

H.R. 1704, Accessible Care by Curbing Excessive lawSuitS (ACCESS) Act of 2017, all provisions H.R. 1876, Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017, all provisions S. 808, Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act of 2017, all provisions

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; White House Office; Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ)

Bills named: H.R. 1704 (115th), H.R. 1876 (115th), S. 808 (115th)

Indian/Native American Affairs IND

Indian Health Service

Contacted: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Education, Dept of; White House Office