AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES for AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES
What was lobbied
One issue area, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Health Issues HCR
Emergency federal response to COVID-19 (including the year-end funding and COVID relief package, HR 133), Medicare reimbursement and incident to billing, Medicare hospice restrictions, transparency, healthcare competition, PA Direct Payment Act (S 596, HR 1052), implementation of home health provisions and other provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act (S 237, HR 808), the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act (S 2074, HR 2482), Medication Access and Training Expansion Act (S 4640, HR 4974), Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act (S 2842, HR 3911), ACO Assignment Improvement Act (HR 900), PA Educational and Workforce Training Programs, eligibility of PAs to participate in National Health Service Corps Student to Service Program, surprise billing, Rural Health Clinic Modernization Act (S 1037 HR 2788), medical record documentation, federal PA workforce issues at the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense, Indian Health Services, and Bureau of Prisons, and requirements and restrictions related to federal DEA waivers to prescribe buprenorphine to treat opioid use disorder, ensuring PAs considered primary care and behavioral health providers (S 2793, HR 2774, HR 5575), Effective Suicide Screening and Assessment in the Emergency Department Act (S 3006, HR 4861)
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| KRISTIN BUTTERFIELD | — |
| TILLIE FOWLER | — |
| W TATE HEUER | Senior Advisor, Office of Asst. Secretary of Legislation, HHS; Senior Policy Advisor, US Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Government Affairs Subcommittee on Emergency Management & Intergovernmental Relations; Senior LA, US Senator Mark Pryor |
| CHRISTOPHER JOHN STEWART | — |
Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.