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Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; SENATE; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Health Issues HCR

Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services H.R. 3070/S.1599 (S. Rpt. 112-84), Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title II P.L. 112-74 (H.R. 2055; H. Rept. 112-331), Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, Division F, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Oppose statutory mandates regarding number and average size of NIH grants. Oppose reducing NIH salary cap. Oppose elimination of Childrens Hospitals GME. President's Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Support maintaining Medicare, Medicaid, Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH), and Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) payments. Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments. Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 2055, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title II P.L. 112-74 (H.R. 2055; H. Rept. 112-331), Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, Division H, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Presidents Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Issue: Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments. Issue: Modify Accountable Care Organization (ACO) proposed rules and implementation Issue: Federal support for for-profit foreign medical schools Medical student loans reform bill proposal (draft) Issue: Reduce student loan interest rates, expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issues: Implementing provisions reauthorizing health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and reauthorizing National Health Service Corps. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act, Sec. 5602 Issue: Negotiated Rulemaking on Designation of Medically Underserved Populations and Health Professional Shortage Areas. H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. H.R. 2500, Equal Access and Parity for Multi-Campus Hospital Act Issues: Support clarification that multi-hospital systems are eligible for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Medicare and Medicaid incentive HIT payments on a hospital-by-hospital basis. Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Issue: Support Medicare Physician Payment Reform. Oppose Medicaid reductions. Oppose cuts to graduate/professional student loan programs. Issue: Address workforce shortages & primary care workforce development. Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. Issue: Promoting interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Issue: Collection, retention, and dissemination of personal health information. President's Budget, 2013 Issues: Support funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and Title VII health professions and Title VIII nursing education programs. Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. Issue: Oppose efforts to reduce discretionary spending limits further for deficit reduction and support NIH as a priority during deficit reduction negotiations. Issue: Applications for participation in CMS Bundled Payment Initiative. H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011, Title II, Subtitle C, Part 1, section 2201 H.R. 3765, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011, Title III, section 301 Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform. H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011, Title II, Subtitle C, Part 3 H.R. 3765, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011 Issue: Oppose reductions in Medicare hospital outpatient reimbursement. P.L. 112-25, Budget Control Act of 2011, Title III Issue: Oppose or limit reductions in Medicare graduate medical education (GME) support. Issue: Submitted comments on: Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) rule Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule Medicare End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) rule Availability of Medicare Data for Performance Management rule Medicaid Equal Access rule Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities Prospective Payment System (IRF PPS) rule Federal Health Information Technology (HIT) Strategic Plan Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System (IPF PPS) rule Medicaid Health Acquired Conditions rule Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on EMTALA: Applicability to Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Inpatients and Hospitals with Specialized Capabilities CMS request to OMB regarding Medicare Fee-for Service Prepayment Review Reform of Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Conditions of Participation HRSA proposed data collection efforts. HRSA/SAMHSA efforts to promote culturally competent care for the LGBT community. Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Proposed rule on accounting for disclosures under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); SENATE; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)

Bills named: H.R. 3630 (112th), H.R. 1852 (112th), H.R. 2055 (112th), S. 958 (112th), H.R. 3070 (112th), H.R. 3667 (112th), S. 1627 (112th), S. 1599 (112th), H.R. 3765 (112th), H.R. 2500 (112th), S. 799 (112th)

Science/Technology SCI

Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services H.R. 3070/S. 1599 (S. Rept. 112-84), Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title II P.L. 112-74 (H.R. 2055; H. Rept. 112-331), Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, Division F, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Oppose statutory mandates regarding number and average size of NIH grants. Oppose reducing NIH salary cap. Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Veterans Affairs P.L. 112-74 (H.R. 2055; H. Rept. 112-331), Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, Division H, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research and research infrastructure. Presidents Budget, 2012, National Science Foundation. H.R. 2596/S. 1572, Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title III P.L. 112-55 (H.R. 2112; H. Rept. 112-84), Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012, Division B Issues: Support funding for the National Science Foundation. Support NSF's peer review process. Presidents Budget, 2013 Issues: Support funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Issue: Submitted comments to National Institutes of Healths Biomedical Workforce Working Group on development of research workforce for biomedical science.

Contacted: SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); White House Office

Bills named: S. 1572 (112th), H.R. 3070 (112th), H.R. 2112 (112th), H.R. 2055 (112th), S. 1599 (112th), H.R. 2596 (112th)

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

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Contacted: Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); White House Office; Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Veterans VET

President's Budget, 2012, Department of Veterans Affairs P.L. 112-74 (H.R. 2055; H. Rept. 112-331), Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, Division H, Title II Issue: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care.

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: H.R. 2055 (112th)

Animals ANI

Issue: Recommending NIH delay implementation of the Guide to Care and Use of Laboratory Animals: Eight Edition

Contacted: Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. Presidents Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Issue: Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments. President's Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Support maintaining Medicare, Medicaid, Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH), and Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) payments. Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments. H.R. 2500, Equal Access and Parity for Multi-Campus Hospital Act Issue: Support clarification that multi-hospital systems are eligible for American Recovery and Reinvestment act (ARRA) Medicare and Medicaid HIT incentive payments on a hospital-by-hospital basis. Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Issue: Support Medicare Physician Payment Reform Issue: Modify Accountable Care Organization (ACO) proposed rules and implementation Issue: Applications for participation in CMS Bundled Payment Initiative. Issue: Address workforce shortages and primary care workforce development. Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Issue: Oppose Medicaid reductions. H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011, Title II, Subtitle C, Part 1, section 2201 H.R. 3765, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011, Title III, section 301 Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform. H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011, Title II, Subtitle C, Part 3 H.R. 3765, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011 Issue: Oppose reductions in Medicare hospital outpatient reimbursement. P.L. 112-25, Budget Control Act of 2011, Title III Issue: Oppose or limit reductions in Medicare graduate medical education (GME) support. Issue: Submitted comments on: Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) rule Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule Medicare End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) rule Availability of Medicare Data for Performance Management rule Medicaid Equal Access rule Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities Prospective Payment System (IRF PPS) rule Federal Health Information Technology (HIT) Strategic Plan Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System (IPF PPS) rule Medicaid Health Acquired Conditions rule Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on EMTALA: Applicability to Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Inpatients and Hospitals with Specialized Capabilities CMS request to OMB regarding Medicare Fee-for Service Prepayment Review Reform of Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Conditions of Participation Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Establishment of consumer operated and oriented plans (CO-OPs) Proposed rule on accounting for disclosures under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: S. 1627 (112th), H.R. 2500 (112th), H.R. 3667 (112th), H.R. 3765 (112th), H.R. 3630 (112th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services H.R. 3070/S. 1599 (S. Rept. 112-84), Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title II P.L. 112-74 (H.R. 2055; H. Rept. 112-331), Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, Division F, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Oppose statutory mandates regarding number and average size of NIH grants. Oppose reducing NIH salary cap. Oppose elimination of Childrens Hospitals GME. President's Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Support maintaining Medicare, Medicaid, Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH), and Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) payments. Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments. Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Veterans Affairs P.L. 112-74 (H.R. 2055; H. Rept. 112-331), Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, Division H, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. Presidents Budget, 2012, National Science Foundation H.R. 2596/S. 1572, Commerce Justice Science and Related Appropriations Act, 2012, Title III P.L. 112-55 (H.R. 2112; H. Rept. 112-84), Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012, Division B Issues: Support funding for the National Science Foundation. Support NSF's peer review system. President's Budget, 2012, Department of Education H.R. 3070/S. 1599, Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title III P.L. 112-74 (H.R. 2055; H. Rept. 112-331), Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, Division F, Title III P.L. 112-25, Budget Control Act of 2011, Title V Issues: Oppose elimination of graduate/professional student loan subsidies. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V H.R. 1217, To Repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps (NHSC). H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospital Graduate Medical Education. Issue: Funding for the National Health Care Workforce Commission. Issue: Oppose efforts to reduce discretionary spending limits further for deficit reduction and support NIH as a priority during deficit reduction negotiations. Presidents Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction. Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. Issue: Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments as part of deficit reduction negotiations. President's Budget, 2013 Issues: Support funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and Title VII health professions and Title VIII nursing education programs. P.L. 112-35, Budget Control Act of 2011, Title III Issue: Oppose or limit reductions in Medicare graduate medical education support under sequestration.

Contacted: SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: S. 958 (112th), H.R. 1217 (112th), H.R. 2112 (112th), H.R. 2596 (112th), H.R. 3070 (112th), S. 1599 (112th), H.R. 2055 (112th), S. 1572 (112th), H.R. 1852 (112th)

Immigration IMM

S. 1979, Conrad State 30 Improvement Act Issue: H-1B visa numerical cap exemption for non-profit teaching hospitals affiliated with medical schools, and reauthorization of State 30 visa waiver program.

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); White House Office; Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)

Bills named: S. 1979 (112th)

Education EDU

President's Budget, 2012, Department of Education H.R. 3070/S. 1599, Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title III P.L. 112-74 (H.R. 2055; H. Rept. 112-331), Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, Division F, Title III P.L. 112-25, Budget Control Act of 2011, Title V Issues: Oppose elimination of graduate/professional student loan subsidies. Issue: Submitted comments to National Institutes of Healths Biomedical Workforce Working Group on development of research workforce for biomedical science. H.R. 2117, Protecting Academic Freedom in Higher Education Act Issues: Oppose elimination of graduate/professional student loan subsidies, decrease graduate/professional Stafford loan interest rates, and maintain Perkins Loan benefits. Definition of academic credit hour and state authorization. Medical student loans reform bill proposal (draft) Issues: Reduce student loan interest rates, expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, and align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. Issue: Federal support for for-profit foreign medical schools.

Contacted: White House Office; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Bills named: H.R. 2055 (112th), S. 1599 (112th), H.R. 2117 (112th), H.R. 3070 (112th)