AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS for AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS

Veterans VET

No lobbying activity in this issue area in Q3 2009.

Contacted: Government Accountability Office (GAO); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Health Issues HCR

Healthcare Reform: S.391, H.R. 1321 Healthy Americans Act; H.R. 193 American Healthcare Act; H.R. 3200 America's Affordable Health Choices Act; Call to Action Healthcare Reform 2009 - Senate Finance Committee; Senate Finance Committee Chairman's Mark, America's Healthy Futures Act of 2009; Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee Reform Proposal Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act: Healthcare Provider Transparency, Healthcare Provider Misrepresentation H.R. 756, National Pain Care Policy Act, S.660, National Pain Care Policy Act Patient Safety Organizations FDA Fospropofol FDA Ethicon Endo-Surgery SEDASYS System DEA E-Prescribing DEA Fospropofol National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act Funding DEA Propofol Homeland Security Disaster preparedness Comparative Effectiveness Research Hospital Acquired Infections American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Health Information Technology, Stimulus Bill, HITECH HIT Data Registry Funding HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements FDA Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies Physician Antitrust Relief Physician Workforce Issues Medical Liability Reform FDA Propofol Infection Issue HIT Meaningful Use FDA Operating Room Fires

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Bills named: H.R. 756 (111th), S. 660 (111th), H.R. 193 (111th), H.R. 1321 (111th), S. 391 (111th), H.R. 3200 (111th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

H.R. 2204, S. 1157, Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act: Rural Pass Through Part B Medicare Physician's Fee Schedule: Implementation of Medicare Anesthesiology Teaching Funding Restoration Act Medicare Reform, Payment Issues: Physician Quality Reporting Initiative, Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate Physician Payment Update Quality Improvement Organizations Scope of Practice CMS ACE Demonstration CMS Interpretative Guidelines CMS IPPS Medicare Payment CMS Physician Resource Use Reports CMS ICD-10 CMS Hospital Outpatient Payment Proposed Rule CMS 5010 Form CMS Hospital Acquired Conditions CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Recovery Audit Contractors Program CMS Physician Practice Information Survey CMS Practicing Physicians' Advisory Council Nominations

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: S. 1157 (111th), H.R. 2204 (111th)