3rd Quarter - Report

MEDICAL GROUP MANAGEMENT ASSN for MEDICAL GROUP MANAGEMENT ASSN

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$300,000
Expense method
C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

2 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule: Submitted comments in response to the 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule that included recommendations on proposals related to Medicare physician payment, value-based care, MIPS, remote patient monitoring, and more. Joined coalition letter urging CMS to withdraw proposed changes to remote patient monitoring. Joined coalition of physician specialty organizations in urging CMS and the Administration (OMB and DPC) to withdraw its proposed policy to reduce payment by 50 percent when a separately identifiable office/outpatient (O/O) evaluation and management (E/M) service reported with modifier -25 is furnished on the same day as a procedure with a 0-, 10-, or 90-day global period. Medicare Physician Payment: Submitted Statement for the Record supporting the Patients First Act (H.R. 9693), the Provider Reimbursement Stability Act (H.R. 8163), and the Medicare Physician Data-driven Performance Payment System Act (H.R. 8622), three pieces of Medicare payment legislation that were discussed in the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health legislative hearing. Supported the introduction of the Patients First Act (H.R. 9693) that would make structural reforms to Medicare reimbursement. Medicare Enrollment: Submitted comments in response to the 2027 Home Health Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule urging CMS to withdraw Medicare enrollment proposals. Joined a coalition letter of provider organizations urging CMS to reconsider its proposed Medicare enrollment changes. H-1B: Submitted comments urging the Department of Homeland Security to exempt all healthcare workers from proposed $103,265 H-1B visa fees. Value-Based Care: Joined a coalition of provider groups in a letter to CMS urging the agency to support accountable care in Medicare. Prior Authorization: Supported the passage of the Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act (H.R. 3514), legislation that would reform prior authorization in Medicare Advantage, through both the Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce Committee. Medicare Advantage: Supported the introduction of the Protecting Approved Care Act (H.R. 10394) that would prohibit Medicare Advantage organizations from reversing payment decisions or downcoding after the plan approves prior authorization for an item or service.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ANDERS GILBERG —
HANNAH GROW —
JAMES HAYNES —
MADISON HYNES —

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 9693 (119th), H.R. 3514 (119th), H.R. 8622 (119th), H.R. 10394 (119th), H.R. 8163 (119th)

Health Issues HCR

2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule: Submitted comments in response to the 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule that included recommendations on proposals related to Medicare physician payment, value-based care, MIPS, remote patient monitoring, and more. Joined coalition letter urging CMS to withdraw proposed changes to remote patient monitoring. Joined coalition of physician specialty organizations in urging CMS and the Administration (OMB and DPC) to withdraw its proposed policy to reduce payment by 50 percent when a separately identifiable office/outpatient (O/O) evaluation and management (E/M) service reported with modifier -25 is furnished on the same day as a procedure with a 0-, 10-, or 90-day global period. Medicare Physician Payment: Submitted Statement for the Record supporting the Patients First Act (H.R. 9693), the Provider Reimbursement Stability Act (H.R. 8163), and the Medicare Physician Data-driven Performance Payment System Act (H.R. 8622), three pieces of Medicare payment legislation that were discussed in the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health legislative hearing. Supported the introduction of the Patients First Act (H.R. 9693) that would make structural reforms to Medicare reimbursement. Medicare Enrollment: Submitted comments in response to the 2027 Home Health Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule urging CMS to withdraw Medicare enrollment proposals. Joined a coalition letter of provider organizations urging CMS to reconsider its proposed Medicare enrollment changes. H-1B: Submitted comments urging the Department of Homeland Security to exempt all healthcare workers from proposed $103,265 H-1B visa fees. Value-Based Care: Joined a coalition of provider groups in a letter to CMS urging the agency to support accountable care in Medicare. Prior Authorization: Supported the passage of the Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act (H.R. 3514), legislation that would reform prior authorization in Medicare Advantage, through both the Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce Committee. Medicare Advantage: Supported the introduction of the Protecting Approved Care Act (H.R. 10394) that would prohibit Medicare Advantage organizations from reversing payment decisions or downcoding after the plan approves prior authorization for an item or service.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ANDERS GILBERG —
HANNAH GROW —
JAMES HAYNES —
MADISON HYNES —

Contacted: SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 10394 (119th), H.R. 3514 (119th), H.R. 8622 (119th), H.R. 9693 (119th), H.R. 8163 (119th)

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.