AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS for AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS

Budget/Appropriations BUD

No Bill Number, Promoting Teaching Health Centers, AHRQ, Title VII primary care grants and NHSC appropriations, AAFP budget priorities, Title VII Sec 747, Teaching Health Center grants, NHSC, AHRQ. No Bill Number, Increasing family physician workforce programs, supporting NHSC, THCs. No Bill Number, Release of Administration's FY2014 budget request for HHS. No Bill Number, Repeal of Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate/reform physician payment reform. No Bill Number, Friend of HRSA - Title VII Sec 747 grants, NHSC, workforce data analysis. No Bill Number, Urge House to use Senate 302(b) allocations to increase spending on Title VII Sec 747 and AHRQ No Bill Number, Family Medicine Congressional Conference, Physician payment and GME reform and THC reauthorization No Bill Number, HRSA Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry, Increase resources for family medicine training in Title VII. No Bill Number, Increase FY14 spending on Title VII, AHRQ, NHSC workforce commission. No Bill Number, Thanked legislators for support of the Affordable Care Act, Coverage for All. Title VII, primary care bonus payment, Medicaid parity.

Contacted: Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Education EDU

HR 3667, Medicare GME Reform, Increase GME support for primary care physician training. HR487, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act, Authorization of GME funds for residency programs not in hospital setting.HR1911, Student Loan Interest Rates, Maintain lower rates on federal student loans. No Bill Number, Release of Administration's FY2014 budget request for HHS. No Bill Number, Friend of HRSA - Title VII Sec 747 grants, NHSC, workforce data analysis. No Bill Number, Urge House to use Senate 302(b) allocations to increase spending on Title VII Sec 747 and AHRQ No Bill Number, Urge action to prevent any increase in student loan interest rates, Reduce medical student debt burden. No Bill Number, Family Medicine Congressional Conference, Physician payment and GME reform and THC reauthorization No Bill Number, Increase FY14 spending on Title VII, AHRQ, NHSC workforce commission. No Bill Number, Promoting Teaching Health Centers, AHRQ, Title VII primary care grants and NHSC appropriations, AAFP budget priorities, Title VII Sec 747, Teaching Health Center grants, NHSC, AHRQ. No Bill Number, Increase primary care physician workforce, Restoring the Doctors of our Country through Scholarships Act. No Bill Number, Thanked returning legislators for support of the Affordable Care Act, Title VII, primary care bonus payment, Medicaid parity.

Contacted: Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Government Accountability Office (GAO); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 487 (113th), H.R. 3667 (113th), H.R. 1911 (113th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

No Bill Number, Nurse Practitioner expansion of scope of practice, Question process for expanding nurse practitioner scope of practice in Veterans Health Administration.

Contacted: Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Government Accountability Office (GAO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); White House Office; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs MED

No Bill Number, ONDCP Drug Control Policy Plan Announcement, AAFP opposes CME mandates for opioid prescribing.

Contacted: Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Health Issues HCR

HR1426, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act, Requirement that health care providers disclose the license under which they are practicing in any of their advertisement. HR 487, Primary Care Access, Authorization of GME funds for residency programs not in hospital settings No Bill Number, Promoting Teaching Health Centers, AHRQ, Title VII primary care grants and NHSC appropriations, AAFP budget priorities, Title VII Sec 747, Teaching Health Center grants, NHSC, AHRQ. No Bill Number, Release of Administration's FY2014 budget request for HHS. No Bill Number, Friend of HRSA - Title VII Sec 747 grants, NHSC, workforce data analysis. No Bill Number, Urge House to use Senate 302(b) allocations to increase spending on Title VII Sec 747 and AHRQ No Bill Number, Family Medicine Congressional Conference, Physician payment and GME reform and THC reauthorization No Bill Number, HRSA Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry, Increase resources for family medicine training in Title VII. No Bill Number, Increase FY14 spending on Title VII, AHRQ, NHSC workforce commission. No Bill Number, Thanked legislators for support of the Affordable Care Act, Coverage for All. Title VII, primary care bonus payment, Medicaid parity. No Bill Number, Medical liability reform, Inquire about introduction of medical liability legislation. No Bill Number, Affordable Care Act Media call, Additional CHC support to facilitate enrollment. No Bill Number, Chronic Pain Management by CRNAs and or physicians. No Bill Number, Medicare physician payment reform of the sustainable growth rate, Medicare physician pay cuts scheduled for 2013 and physician fee schedule. No Bill Number, Meaningful use of meetings, use of funds and quality improvement. No Bill Number, Medicaid parity for primary care, Ensuring payments for true primary care physicians. No Bill Number, Scope of Practice meetings, Physician and nursing issues in VA facilities. No Bill Number, Federal Budget for FY2014, Funding for Health professions grants, National Health Service corps, AHRQ. No Bill Number, Primary Care Payment Codes, Call for specialized Medicare payment codes for primary care. No Bill Number, Medicaid Expansion, Instructional materials for state chapters in avocation for Medicaid expansions. No Bill Number, Primary Care Access, Working to make primary care available to all by increasing the number of students selecting family medicine and looking at incentives such as loan forgiveness. No Bill Number, Affordable Care Act coverage for all, primary care bonus payment, Medicaid parity, Offer new legislators with a family medicine contact. No Bill Number, Home Health Care Innovation, Brief on efficiencies and quality achieved by home health care. No Bill Number, Increases Medicaid Payment for Primary Care Services, Instructional materials for state chapters in advocating for state plan amendments to allow for increased payment for primary care services. No Bill Number, Medicare physician Reimbursement Fee Schedule, Evaluation of House discussion draft of SGR repeal legislation and Senate Finance concepts. No Bill Number, Increasing family physician workforce programs, supporting NHSC, THCs. No Bill Number, Access to primary care, Statement for the record on improving access to primary care physicians No Bill Number, Health Insurance Marketplaces, Providing physicians with information about how the new Health Insurance Marketplaces will work. No Bill Number, Gain sharing legislation, allow gain sharing. No Bill Number, Planning for family Medicine Congressional Conference, Inviting House and Senate staff to present at conference. No Bill Number, Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion state plan amendment approval process, increased primary care payment under section 1202. No Bill Number, Making Medicaid work plan, meetings with E&C staff about Medicaid reform proposal from Majority Energy and Commerce committee proposal. No Bill Number, Finding co-sponsors for repeal of non discrimination in health care providers section in ACA, Coalition work on repealing section 2706(a) title XXVII of the public health service act (Non-discrimination in health care providers provision). No Bill Number, SGR Reform, monitoring version of this sent for comment and review. No Bill Number, Emergency contraception, contacted administration to address availability. No Bill Number, Drug supply safety, Track and trace legislation concerns. No Bill Number, HIPPA, Monitor adherence with the law and concerns about patient care. No Bill Number, Scope of Practice meetings, Physician and nursing issues in VA facilities. No Bill Number, Confirmation of CMS administrator, Support for the nomination of Marilyn Tavernner as CMS Administrator.

Contacted: Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: H.R. 487 (113th), H.R. 1426 (113th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

HR3667, GME Medicare Reform, Increase support for primary care physician training. HR 487, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act, Support the budget neutral pilot project to test innovative GMR models. S1152, Increase primary care physician workforce building a health care workforce for the future Act, increase state scholarship programs, Title VII reforms. No Bill Number, Promoting Teaching Health Centers, AHRQ, Title VII primary care grants and NHSC appropriations, AAFP No Bill Number, Release of Administrations FY2014 budget request for HHS, AAFP budget priorities No Bill Number, Repeal the Medicare SGR and Move to Performance Based Fee for service, Advising the house committees on their proposal to change Medicare payment of physicians. No Bill Number, Family Medicine Congressional Conference, Physician payment an GME reform and THC reauthorization. No Bill Number, Chronic pain management by CRNAs and or physicians, provide accurate info to GAO on family medicine practice. No Bill Number, Physician Sunshine Open Payments, Transparency of drug/devise payments to physicians. No Bill Number, Meaningful use of meetings, use of funds and quality improvement. No Bill Number, Medicaid parity for primary care, Ensuring payments for true primary care physicians. No Bill Number, Primary Care Meeting, medical home and health care reform. No Bill Number, Scope of Practice meetings, Physician and nursing issues in VA facilities. No Bill Number, Confirmation of CMS administrator, Support for the nomination of Marilyn Tavernner as CMS Administrator. No Bill Number, Primary Care Payment Codes, Call for specialized Medicare payment codes for primary care. No Bill Number, Medicaid Expansion, Instructional materials for state chapters in avocation for Medicaid expansions. No Bill Number, Increases Medicaid Payment for Primary Care Services, Instructional materials for state chapters in advocating for state plan amendments to allow for increased payment for primary care services. No Bill Number, Medicare physician Reimbursement Fee Schedule, Evaluation of House discussion draft of SGR repeal legislation and Senate Finance concepts. No Bill Number, Gain sharing legislation, allow gain sharing. No Bill Number, MedPAC nomination, Promote nomination of Dr. Rick Kellerman No Bill Number, Planning for family Medicine Congressional Conference, Inviting House and Senate staff to present at conference. No Bill Number, Thanked legislators for support of the Affordable Care Act, Coverage for All. Title VII, primary care bonus payment, Medicaid parity. No Bill Number, Making Medicaid work plan, meetings with E&C staff about Medicaid reform proposal from Majority Energy and Commerce committee proposal. No Bill Number, Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion state plan amendment approval process, increased primary care payment under section 1202. No Bill Number, SGR Reform, monitoring version of this sent for comment and review. No Bill Number, Emergency contraception, contacted administration to address availability. No Bill Number, Drug supply safety, Track and trace legislation concerns. No Bill Number, HIPPA, Monitor adherence with the law and concerns about patient care.

Contacted: White House Office; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Government Accountability Office (GAO); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 487 (113th), H.R. 3667 (113th)

Torts TOR

No Bill Number, Medical liability reform, inquired about introduction of legislation.

Contacted: White House Office; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); SENATE; Government Accountability Office (GAO); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)

Firearms/Guns/Ammunition FIR

HR1565, Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2013, Gun violence prevention and mental health services. No Bill Number, Gun violence prevention, mental health treatment access, Research into gun violence prevention.

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Government Accountability Office (GAO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); SENATE; White House Office; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Bills named: H.R. 1565 (113th)

Insurance INS

No Bill Number, Making Medicaid Work Plan, Meetings with E&C staff re: Medicaid reform proposal from Majority Energy & Commerce Committee proposal. No Bill Number, Finding co-sponsors for repeal of non-discrimination in health care providers section in ACA, Coalition work on repealing section 2706(a), Title XXVII of the public health service act, so called "Non discrimination in health care providers provision. No Bill Number, Emergency contraception, Contact Debed administration to address availability of emergency contraceptives.

Contacted: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); White House Office; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Tobacco TOB

No Bill Number, Prevention of tobacco use, Encourage physicians to ask patients if they smoke and offer assistance to help them quit.

Contacted: Government Accountability Office (GAO); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Immigration IMM

S744, Immigration Reform, Ensure that immigrants have access to primary health care services

Contacted: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Government Accountability Office (GAO); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)