AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS for AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS

Torts TOR

HR 7059: Coronavirus Provider Protection Act: Targeted and limited liability protections for healthcare providers responding to COVID pandemic.

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

Bills named: H.R. 7059 (116th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Support for small business and non-profits during pandemic. S. 7614 2021 Appropriations: AHRQ, HRSA, NHSC, Title VII, Title X, Medical Education, Rural Health,Telehealth, Medicare Accelerated and Advanced Payment Program, CDC. No Bill No. - Teaching Health Centers GME; Community Health Centers; National Health Service Corps; Special Diabetes Program; Special Diabetes Program for Indians; increased finding, five-year reauthorization. No Bill No. - Graduate Medical Education: GME to support family medicine education and rural training. No Bill No. - CHC & National Health Service Corps reauthorization: Health care access, scholarships and medical student debt relief.

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

Bills named: S. 7614 (116th), H.R. 6074 (116th), H.R. 6201 (116th), H.R. 748 (116th)

Insurance INS

HR 2774, S 2793 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: create a primary care benefit in high deductible health plans. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR.

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

Bills named: H.R. 2774 (116th)

Immigration IMM

S. 3599; HR 6788: Healthcare workforce Resilience Act: recapture 15,000 unused employment-based physician immigrant visas from prior fiscal years to bolster physician workforce during COVID pandemic. HR 2895 Conrad State 30 &Physician Access Act; expand program, streamlined eligibility. No Bill No.: DACA status during the Covid-19 National Emergency: Maintain work authorization for individuals currently in DACA status during the covid 19 national emergency.

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

Bills named: H.R. 2895 (116th), S. 3599 (116th), H.R. 6788 (116th)

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs MED

HR 5741 - Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act: Oppose the effort to stifle CMMI innovation. HR 5800 - Surprise Billing: Hold patients to in-network rates and prevent premium hikes. S. 7614 - 2021 Appropriations: AHRQ, HRSA, NHSC, Title VII, Title X, Medical Education, Rural Health,Telehealth, Medicare Accelerated and Advanced Payment Program, CDC. No Bill No.: Advisory Committee on Training and Primary Care Medicine & Dentistry-Title VII Primary Care Training & Enhancement grants. No Bill No. - GME Reform: GME reform to increase family physician workforce. No Bill No.- CDC FY 2021 budget request: Family medicine public health priorities. No Bill No. - CHC & National Health Service Corps reauthorization: Health care access, scholarships and medical student debt relief. No Bill No. - AHRQ FY 2021 budget request: primary care research. No Bill No. - Graduate Medical Education: GME to support family medicine education and rural training. No Bill No. - CHC & National Health Service Corps reauthorization: Health care access, scholarships and medical student debt relief.

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

Bills named: H.R. 5800 (116th), H.R. 5741 (116th), S. 7614 (116th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. HR 2774, S 2793 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: create a primary care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Support for small business and non-profits during pandemic.

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

Bills named: H.R. 6074 (116th), H.R. 6201 (116th), H.R. 748 (116th), H.R. 2774 (116th)

Health Issues HCR

S. 3198 Suicide Prevention Act: Legislator inquiry/Expand suicide prevention grant pilot program to primary care physicians. S. 3599; HR 6788: Healthcare workforce Resilience Act: recapture 15,000 unused employment-based physician immigrant visas from prior fiscal years to bolster physician workforce during COVID pandemic. S 3750; HR 6837: Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments Improvement Act of 2020: Advanced payments to medicare Part B providers. S. 4088; HR 6149: Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women and Children Act; Kids Access to Primary Care Act: Increase Medicaid payment rates for primary care. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. HR 2774, S 2793 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: create a primary care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2895 Conrad State 30 &Physician Access Act; expand program, streamlined eligibility. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Support for small business and non-profits during pandemic. HR 7059: Coronavirus Provider Protection Act: Targeted and limited liability protections for healthcare providers responding to COVID pandemic. HR 7158 Health Enterprise Zone: Legislator inquiry/Reducing health disparities in underserved areas. No Bill No: communication with CMS on the 2021 and 2022 Part C and D proposed rule; Medicare Advantage, price transparency. No Bill No: communication with CMS on rural maternal health; Improving rural maternal health. No Bill No: communication with CMS on Covid-19 policy changes; payment for telehealth changes. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC No Bill No. - Teaching Health Centers GME; Community Health Centers; National Health Service Corps; Special Diabetes Program; Special Diabetes Program for Indians; increased finding, five-year reauthorization. No Bill No. - 501(c)(6) Non-Profits Relief; include emergency financial relief for 501(c)(6) organizations in COVID response legislation. No Bill No.: Emergency Financial relief for Primary Care Physicians: additional financial support for primary care physicians; additional financial support for primary care clinicians to stabilize our nation's primary care infrastructure. No Bill No.: Expansion of telehealth: Protecting Access to post COVID -19 telehealth act: Expansion of telehealth services for primary care; coverage and payment parity during PHE. No Bill No.: DACA status during the Covid-19 National Emergency: Maintain work authorization for individuals currently in DACA status during the covid 19 national emergency. No Bill No. - CHC & National Health Service Corps reauthorization: Health care access, scholarships and medical student debt relief. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR.

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

Bills named: H.R. 6788 (116th), H.R. 6837 (116th), H.R. 7059 (116th), H.R. 6074 (116th), S. 4088 (116th), H.R. 6149 (116th), H.R. 2895 (116th), H.R. 2774 (116th), H.R. 6201 (116th), S. 3599 (116th), S. 3198 (116th), H.R. 7158 (116th), H.R. 748 (116th)

Small Business SMB

HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity.

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

Bills named: H.R. 748 (116th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

S. 3599; HR 6788: Healthcare workforce Resilience Act: recapture 15,000 unused employment-based physician immigrant visas from prior fiscal years to bolster physician workforce during COVID pandemic. S 3750; HR 6837: Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments Improvement Act of 2020: Advanced payments to medicare Part B providers. S. 4088; HR 6149: Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women and Children Act; Kids Access to Primary Care Act: Increase Medicaid payment rates for primary care. S. 7614 2021 Appropriations: AHRQ, HRSA, NHSC, Title VII, Title X, Medical Education, Rural Health,Telehealth, Medicare Accelerated and Advanced Payment Program, CDC. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 7158 Health Enterprise Zone: Legislator inquiry/Reducing health disparities in underserved areas. No Bill No: communication with CMS on the 2021 and 2022 Part C and D proposed rule; Medicare Advantage, price transparency. No Bill No: communication with CMS on rural maternal health; Improving rural maternal health. No Bill No: communication with CMS on Covid-19 policy changes; payment for telehealth changes. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC No Bill No.: Expansion of telehealth: Protecting Access to post COVID -19 telehealth act: Expansion of telehealth services for primary care; coverage and payment parity during PHE. No Bill No.: Medicare administrative flexibilities for physicians; Suspension of reporting requirements and administrative processes for Medicare physicians during PHE. No Bill No. - Graduate Medical Education: GME to support family medicine education and rural training. No Bill No.: Medicare rule to increase E/M: value comprehensive primary care appropriately. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR. No Bill No. - Telehealth: Increase audio-only telehealth payment to equal audio-visual telehealth and in person visitation reimbursements.

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

Bills named: S. 7614 (116th), H.R. 6837 (116th), H.R. 6074 (116th), H.R. 6149 (116th), H.R. 748 (116th), H.R. 7158 (116th), S. 3599 (116th), H.R. 6788 (116th), S. 4088 (116th)

Education EDU

HR 2895 Conrad State 30 &Physician Access Act; expand program, streamlined eligibility. S. 7614 - 2021 Appropriations: AHRQ, HRSA, NHSC, Title VII, Title X, Medical Education, Rural Health,Telehealth, Medicare Accelerated and Advanced Payment Program, CDC. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC No Bill No. - Teaching Health Centers GME; Community Health Centers; National Health Service Corps; Special Diabetes Program; Special Diabetes Program for Indians; increased finding, five-year reauthorization. No Bill No. - 501(c)(6) Non-Profits Relief; include emergency financial relief for 501(c)(6) organizations in COVID response legislation. No Bill No. - Graduate Medical Education: GME to support family medicine education and rural training. No Bill No. - CHC & National Health Service Corps reauthorization: Health care access, scholarships and medical student debt relief.

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

Bills named: H.R. 2895 (116th), S. 7614 (116th)