AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS for AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS

Health Issues HCR

S106; S192; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S 289 - Rural Physician Workforce Protection Act: GME reform to support rural residency training. S 304; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Increased, extended THCGME funding. S 2372 Rural Moms Act: Supported a rural maternal health bill and urged members to support it. HR 2328 Community Health Investment, and Modernization, and Excellence Act: Also, THCGME, along with Community Health Centers, National Health Service Corps, and Medicaid Funding for the Territories. HR 2328 - Reauthorizing and Extending America's Community Health Act: Support for key primary care extenders, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Initiative, Independence at Home, Medicaid for the Territories. HR 2740 - HHS FY 2020 Appropriations; Women's Health Research: AAFP funding priorities. Increased funding for women's health research. HR 2774 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: Create a Primary Care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2895 - Conrad State 30 & Physician Access Act: Expand J-1 visa waiver program for medical residents. HR 3030 - Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute reauthorization: Patient-centered, primary care research, AHRQ funding. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access and reduce administrative burden. HR 3436 - Chronic Care Management: to remove cost-sharing responsibilities for chronic care management services under the medicare plan. No Bill No. - Obesity Drug Study: Responding to GAO inquiry on AAFP policy on obesity drugs. No Bill No. - Opioid prescribing guideline: Responding to FDA inquiry on opioid prescribing guidelines. No Bill No. - Healthcare Coverage for All: Retaining ACA coverage gains and expanding coverage. No Bill No. - Administrative Burden: Reduced administrative burden on family physicians. No Bill No. - Rural Health: Improved access to quality care for rural populations. No Bill No. - Primary Care Investment: Increased spending on primary care. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": protecting patients and families from unanticipated medical bills. No Bill No. - Comment on the definition of Health Literacy: Health Literacy for all patients. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Suggestions to reduce burdens for FPs. No Bill No. - Nondiscrimination in health plans: Healthcare for all. No Bill No. - Patient access to effective drugs: Opioid Issues. No. Bill No. - Telehealth for low-income consumers: Access to high speed internet. No Bill No. - Access to Medicaid Services: Need for higher payment to ensure access to primary care. No Bill No. - 2020 proposed outpatient perspective payment system: Site of service neutrality and transparency in hospital charges. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Support for vaccines, maternal health, transparency, and reducing administrative burdens. Also, support for reauthorizing the Teaching Health Center GME (THCGME) program, along with Community Health Centers and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No. - Teaching Health Center GME funding/Training the Next Generation of Primary Care Doctors Act. No Bill No. - Tobacco Use Prevention: Urged support for Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act, Safe Kids Act, and Tobacco to 21 bill. No Bill No. - Surprise Billing: Shared letter on surprise billing. No Bill No. - Drug Prices: Recommendations for various biologic and insulin drug pricing bills. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: H.R. 2740 (116th), H.R. 2815 (116th), H.R. 2895 (116th), H.R. 3030 (116th), H.R. 1983 (116th), H.R. 3107 (116th), H.R. 3436 (116th), H.R. 2774 (116th), H.R. 2328 (116th), H.R. 1943 (116th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

S106; S192; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S 304; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Increased, extended THCGME funding. HR 1358 - GME Reform: Allow the establishment of new family physician residencies. HR 2740 - HHS FY 2020 Appropriations; Women's Health Research: AAFP funding priorities. Increased funding for women's health research. HR 3030 - Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute reauthorization: Patient-centered, primary care research, AHRQ funding. No Bill No. - Obesity Drug Study: Responding to GAO inquiry on AAFP policy on obesity drugs. No Bill No. - Rural Health: Improved access to quality care for rural populations. No Bill No. - Teaching Health Center GME funding/Training the Next Generation of Primary Care Doctors Act. No Bill No. - Title VII Primary Care training Enhancement Grants: Support for family medicine training. No Bill No. - AHRQ Center for Primary Care Research: Primary Care research at AHRQ.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Government Accountability Office (GAO); White House Office

Bills named: H.R. 1358 (116th), H.R. 1983 (116th), H.R. 3030 (116th), H.R. 2740 (116th), H.R. 1943 (116th), H.R. 2815 (116th), H.R. 2328 (116th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

HR 2774 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: Create a Primary Care benefit in high deductible health plans.

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); White House Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 2774 (116th)

Alcohol and Drug Abuse ALC

Urged support for Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act, Safe Kids Act, and Tobacco to 21 bill.

Contacted: Government Accountability Office (GAO); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); White House Office; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Utilities UTI

No. Bill No. - Telehealth for low-income consumers: Access to high speed internet.

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Government Accountability Office (GAO); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); White House Office

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

S106; S192; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S 289 - Rural Physician Workforce Protection Act: GME reform to support rural residency training. HR 1358 - GME Reform: Allow the establishment of new family physician residencies. HR 2328 Community Health Investment, and Modernization, and Excellence Act: Also, THCGME, along with Community Health Centers, National Health Service Corps, and Medicaid Funding for the Territories. HR 2328 - Reauthorizing and Extending America's Community Health Act: Support for key primary care extenders, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Initiative, Independence at Home, Medicaid for the Territories. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access and reduce administrative burden. HR 3436 Chronic Care Management: to remove cost-sharing responsibilities for chronic care management services under the medicare plan. No Bill No. - Opioid prescribing guideline: Responding to FDA inquiry on opioid prescribing guidelines. No Bill No. - Opioid Use Disorder Treatment GME: Medication-assisted treatment training. No Bill No. - Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family residency slots. No Bill No. - Administrative Burden: Reduced administrative burden on family physicians. No Bill No. - Primary Care Investment: Increased spending on primary care. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": protecting patients and families from unanticipated medical bills. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Suggestions to reduce burdens for FPs. No Bill No. - Medicare coverage of acupuncture: AAFP supporting CMS proposal. No Bill No. - Access to Medicaid Services: Need for higher payment to ensure access to primary care. No Bill No. - Delay in 2017 APM bonuses: Need for CMS to pay APM bonuses to encourage FPs. No Bill No. - 2020 proposed Medicare physician fee schedule: Payments to PCPs. No Bill No. - 2020 proposed outpatient perspective payment system: Site of service neutrality and transparency in hospital charges. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Support for vaccines, maternal health, transparency, and reducing administrative burdens. Also, support for reauthorizing the Teaching Health Center GME (THCGME) program, along with Community Health Centers and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": Health care coverage for all, administrative simplification. No Bill No. - AHRQ Center for Primary Care Research: Primary Care research at AHRQ.

Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Government Accountability Office (GAO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office

Bills named: H.R. 3107 (116th), H.R. 1358 (116th), H.R. 1943 (116th), H.R. 1983 (116th), H.R. 2328 (116th), H.R. 3436 (116th)

Insurance INS

HR 2774 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: Create a Primary Care benefit in high deductible health plans. No Bill No. - Administrative Burden: Reduced administrative burden on family physicians. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Support for vaccines, maternal health, transparency, and reducing administrative burdens. Also, support for reauthorizing the Teaching Health Center GME (THCGME) program, along with Community Health Centers and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No. - Surprise Billing: Shared letter on surprise billing. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": Health care coverage for all, administrative simplification. No Bill No. - Title VII Primary Care training Enhancement Grants: Support for family medicine training.

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; Government Accountability Office (GAO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2774 (116th)

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

No Bill No. - Tobacco Use Prevention: Urged support for reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act, safe kids act and tobacco to 21 bill.

Contacted: Government Accountability Office (GAO); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Tobacco TOB

No Bill No. - Flavored e-cigarettes: Support POTUS plan to remove e-cigs from market; Support letter to FLOTUS for bringing up e-cig issue.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Government Accountability Office (GAO); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); White House Office

Immigration IMM

HR 2895 - Conrad State 30 & Physician Access Act: Expand J-1 visa waiver program for medical residents.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Government Accountability Office (GAO); SENATE; White House Office

Bills named: H.R. 2895 (116th)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

No Bill No. Office Based physicians compounding drugs: Ability for FPs to compound drugs and not just pharmacists.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Government Accountability Office (GAO); White House Office; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Education EDU

S106; S192; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S 289 - Rural Physician Workforce Protection Act: GME reform to support rural residency training. S 304; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Increased, extended THCGME funding. S 2372 Rural Moms Act: Supported a rural maternal health bill and urged members to support it. HR 1358 - GME Reform: Allow the establishment of new family physician residencies. HR 2328 Community Health Investment, and Modernization, and Excellence Act: Also, THCGME, along with Community Health Centers, National Health Service Corps, and Medicaid Funding for the Territories. HR 2328 - Reauthorizing and Extending America's Community Health Act: Support for key primary care extenders, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Initiative, Independence at Home, Medicaid for the Territories. HR 2895 - Conrad State 30 & Physician Access Act: Expand J-1 visa waiver program for medical residents. No Bill No. - Opioid Use Disorder Treatment GME: Medication-assisted treatment training. No Bill No. - Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family residency slots. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Teaching Health Center GME funding/Training the Next Generation of Primary Care Doctors Act. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Title VII Primary Care training Enhancement Grants: Support for family medicine training.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); White House Office; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Bills named: H.R. 1983 (116th), H.R. 1943 (116th), H.R. 2815 (116th), H.R. 2895 (116th), H.R. 2328 (116th), H.R. 1358 (116th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

No Bill No. - Paid Parental Leave: Respond to Senate inquiry.

Contacted: SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Government Accountability Office (GAO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); White House Office; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Pharmacy PHA

No Bill No. Office Based physicians compounding drugs: Ability for FPs to compound drugs and not just pharmacists.

Contacted: White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs MED

HR 2740 - HHS FY 2020 Appropriations; Women's Health Research: AAFP funding priorities. Increased funding for women's health research. HR 3030 - Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute reauthorization: Patient-centered, primary care research, AHRQ funding. No Bill No. - Obesity Drug Study: Responding to GAO inquiry on AAFP policy on obesity drugs. No Bill No. - Opioid prescribing guideline: Responding to FDA inquiry on opioid prescribing guidelines. Evidence Based opioid prescribing guidelines. No Bill No. - Opioid Use Disorder Treatment GME: Medication-assisted treatment training. HR 2328 - Reauthorizing and Extending America's Community Health Act: Support for key primary care extenders, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Initiative, Independence at Home, Medicaid for the Territories. No Bill No. - AHRQ Center for Primary Care Research: Primary Care research at AHRQ.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: H.R. 2740 (116th), H.R. 2328 (116th), H.R. 3030 (116th)