AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY for AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Health Issues HCR

Health Care Quality; General Health Care Reform Implementation; H.R. 5, Medical Liabililty Reform; Federal funding of Appropriations for HHS, NIH, AHRQ, CDC, HRSA, FDA, medical research and prevention.

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 5 (113th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Medicare Physician Payment; Medicare Hospital Payment; Physician & Hospital Quality; Physician Sunshine; Informed Consent and FDA-related research; the Common Rule and Registries; HIPAA and Registries; Health IT; FDA regulation of tobacco products.

Contacted: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES