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Budget/Appropriations BUD

Risk Corridors; Federal Health Employee Health Benefits Plan (FEHBP) Regional PPO Language

Contacted: White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

833; Health Insurance Tax (HIT Tax); Cadillac Tax HR 928 Introduced February 12, 2015 by Charles Boustany (R-LA) This bill repeals a provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that imposes an annual fee on a health insurance provider based on its net premium income

Contacted: White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 928 (114th)

Health Issues HCR

Affordable Care Act Issues - Chronic Care Innovations; Small Group Expansion; Payment reform; 2017 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters (NBPP); ACA Regulations; Co-ops; Implementation; Cyber Security; Open Enrollment; Market Stability; Department of Labor Conflict of Interest Rule; Grace Periods; Special Enrollment Periods (SEPs) Other Health Care Issues - Mental Health Parity; Opioid Education Federal Employee Health Benefit Program (FEHBP) regarding proposals to allow additional types of carriers including regional PPOs to be included in the coverage options offered by OPM HR 928 Introduced February 12, 2015 by Charles Boustany (R-LA) This bill repeals a provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that imposes an annual fee on a health insurance provider based on its net premium income. HR 1624 Introduced March 25, 2015 by Brett Guthrie (R-KY) To amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to revise the definition of small employer. HR 2646 Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2015 Introduced May 4, 2015 by Tim Murphy (R-PA) To make available needed psychiatric, psychological, and supportive services for individuals with mental illness and families in mental health crisis, and for other purposes HR 3463 Aligning Childrens Dental Coverage Act Introduced September 9, 2015 by H. Griffith (R-VA) To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to clarify the treatment of pediatric dental coverage in the individual and group markets outside of Exchanges established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and for other purposes. as introduced. S. 1347 Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015 Introduced May 14, 2015 by John Isakson (R-GA) bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to the treatment of patient encounters in ambulatory surgical centers in determining meaningful EHR use, and for other purposes. S. 2484 the Clinical Opportunities for Novel and Necessary Effective Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act Introduced February 2, 2016 by Brian Schatz (D-HI) A bill to amend titles XVIII and XI of the Social Security Act to promote cost savings and quality care under the Medicare program through the use of telehealth and remote patient monitoring services, and for other purposes. S. 2511 Introduced February 8, 2016 by Lamar Alexander (R-TN) Improving Health Information Technology Act A bill to improve Federal requirements relating to the development and use of electronic health records technology S. 1945 Introduced August 5, 2015 by Bill Cassidy (R-LA) Mental Health Reform Act of 2016 A bill to make available needed psychiatric, psychological, and supportive services for individuals with mental illness and families in mental health crisis, and for other purposes. S. 2713 Introduced March 17, 2016 by Lamar Alexander (R-TN) Advancing Precision Medicine Act of 2016 A bill to provide for the implementation of a Precision Medicine Initiative.

Contacted: SENATE; White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 3463 (114th), H.R. 928 (114th), S. 1945 (114th), S. 2511 (114th), H.R. 2646 (114th), S. 1347 (114th), S. 2484 (114th), S. 2713 (114th), H.R. 1624 (114th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Medigap; Medicare Advantage; CHIP Reform; Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA); Chronic Care Reform; Exchanges; ICD-10; Site-neutral Payments; Medicare Fraud; Nondiscrimination Delivery System Reform; Provider Lookup Tool; Enrollee Experience Survey-Technical Expert Panel; Quality Improvement Strategy for QHPs; Rate Notice and Call Letter; Medical Billing; Transparency Tools; All Payer Claims Databases HR 2895 Introduced June 25, 2015 by Mike Pompeo (R-KS) Medicare Patient Access to Cancer Treatment Act of 2015 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish payment parity under the Medicare program for ambulatory cancer care services furnished in the hospital outpatient department and the physician office setting. HR 3716 Introduced October 8, 2015 by Larry Bucshon (R-IN) To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require States to provide to the Secretary of Health and Human Services certain information with respect to provider terminations, and for other purposes. HR 4588 Introduced February 23, 2016 by Gene Green (D-TX) To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide the same level of Federal matching assistance for every State that chooses to expand Medicaid coverage to newly eligible individuals, regardless of when such expansion takes place. S. 2425 Patient Access and Medicare Protection Act Introduced December 18, 2015 by Robert Portman (R-OH) A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to improve payments for complex rehabilitation technology and certain radiation therapy services, to ensure flexibility in applying the hardship exception for meaningful use for the 2015 EHR reporting period for 2017 payment adjustments, and for other purposes

Contacted: SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office

Bills named: H.R. 3716 (114th), H.R. 2895 (114th), H.R. 4588 (114th), S. 2425 (114th)

Pharmacy PHA

Opioid Abuse; Prescription Drugs; Pharmaceutical Innovation HR 953 Introduced February 12, 2015 by James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R-WI) To authorize the Attorney General to award grants to address the national epidemics of prescription opioid abuse and heroin use. HR 2805 Introduced July 17, 2015 by Susan Brooks (R-IN) To address prescription opioid abuse and heroin use. HR 4499 Introduced February 9, 2016 by Alex Mooney (R-VA) Promoting Responsible Opioid Prescribing Act of 2016. To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove consideration of certain pain-related issues from calculations under the Medicare hospital value-based purchasing program, and for other purposes.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: H.R. 2805 (114th), H.R. 953 (114th), H.R. 4499 (114th)