ABIGAIL STORK for IOWA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
What was lobbied
2 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Medicare/Medicaid MMM
HR 5613: Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act, all provisions relating to hospitals. HR 2419: To provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes; focusing on physician referral to hospitals. S2819: The Economic Recovery in Health Care Act of 2008; provisions relating to moratoria on Medicaid rules. S3101: A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes; provisions relating to hospitals, including Section 131, physician payment update, Section 149, payment for clinical laboratory tests furnished by critical access hospitals. S2786: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to health care under the Medicare program for beneficiaries residing in rural areas; all provisions relating to hospitals including, Section 104, low-volume adjustment for hospitals, and Section 204, payment for clinical laboratory tests furnished by critical access hospitals. S3118: A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to preserve beneficiary access to care by preventing a reduction in the Medicare physician fee schedule, to improve the quality of care by advancing value based purchasing, electronic health records, and electronic prescribing, and to maintain and improve access to care in rural areas, and for other purposes; provisions relating to hospitals, including Section 101, low-volume adjustment for hospitals, and Section 107, payment for clinical laboratory tests furnished by critical access hospitals, Section 125, value-based purchasing, Section 131, physician payment update. HR 6331: To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes; provisions relating to hospitals including Section 131, physician payment update, and Section 148, payment for clinical laboratory tests furnished by critical access hospitals. HR 1424: To amend section 712 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, section 2705 of the Public Health Service Act, section 9812 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment, and for other purposes; focusing on Section 106, physician referrals for hospitals. Other Issues: Low-volume adjustment for Tweener hospitals. Value-Based Purchasing. Medicare reimbursement for hospice and the proposed changes to the wage index. CMS proposed rule for the FY 2009 inpatient PPS: proposals relating to hospitals, including proposal relating to change the budget neutrality adjustment to the rural floor of the wage index, including Murphy letter to House Ways and Means Committee.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ABIGAIL STORK | — |
Budget/Appropriations BUD
HR2642: Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes; focusing on Section 7001 (a) Moratoria on Certain Medicaid Regulations.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ABIGAIL STORK | — |
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