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Health Issues HCR

P.L. 111-5, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Division A, Title VIII Issues: Role of medical schools and teaching hospitals in the economic stimulus and recovery, Title VII and VIII health professions training, National Health Service Corps, health information technology (Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology). P.L. 112-10, Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, Division B, Title VIII Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Oppose statutory mandates regarding number and average size of NIH grants. Oppose cuts to Childrens Hospitals GME and HRSAs Bureau of Health Professions. Clarify eligibility for Area Health Education Centers under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act. Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (draft) Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Oppose statutory mandates regarding number and average size of NIH grants. Oppose elimination of Childrens Hospitals GME. Support maintaining Medicare, Medicaid, DSH, and CHIP payments. P.L. 112-10, Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, Division B, Title X Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 2055, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V H.R. 1217, To Repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. H.R. 1216, To amend the Public Health Service Act to convert funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations. Issue: Oppose conversion of funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations. Issue: Support National Strategy for Quality Improvement in health care. Issue: Modify Medicare Value-Based purchasing Program for Hospitals. Issue: Modify Accountable Care Organization (ACO) proposed rules and Implementation Issue: Federal Support for For-Profit Medical Schools Issue: Modify Medicaid Maintenance of Effort Requirements Medical student loans reform bill proposal (draft) Issue: Reduce student loan interest rates, expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. Issue: Medicare Resident Limits-Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issues: Implementing provisions reauthorizing health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and reauthorizing of National Health Service Corp. Health Equity and Accountability Act (draft) Issue: Addressing disparities in health care. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act, Sec. 5602 Issue: Negotiated Rulemaking on Designation of Medically Underserved Populations and Health Professional Shortage Areas. Issues: Clarify that multi-hospital systems are eligible for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments on a hospital-by-hospital basis. Issue: Support language directing Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to consider Graduate Medical Education (GME) affiliation agreements when identifying unused residency slots under the redistribution program. Issue: Support Medicare Physician Payment Reform Issue: Address workforce shortages & Primary Care workforce development. Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. Issue: Educate about geographic variations in Medicare spending on hospital and physician services. H.R. 1852/S. 958 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical education. Issue: Promoting Interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. H.R. 5, Help, Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare(HEALTH) Act of 2011 Issue: Support Medical Malpractice Reform S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Issue: Collection, retention, and dissemination of personal health information.

Contacted: Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: H.R. 1852 (112th), S. 958 (112th), S. 799 (112th), H.R. 1216 (112th), H.R. 1217 (112th), H.R. 2055 (112th), H.R. 5 (112th)

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

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Contacted: Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); White House Office; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

S. 23/H.R. 1249, The America Invest Act. Issue: Preserve intellectual property rights for medical schools and teaching hospitals, support first-inventor-to-file patent reform, oppose expansion of the prior user rights defense.

Contacted: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office

Bills named: S. 23 (112th), H.R. 1249 (112th)

Veterans VET

P.L. 112-10, Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, Division B, Title X Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 2055, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care.

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 2055 (112th)

Immigration IMM

Conrad State 30 Improvement Act (draft) Issue: H-1B visa numerical cap exemption for non-profit teaching hospitals affiliated with medical schools, and reauthorization of State 30 visa waiver program

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); White House Office; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Issue: Medicare Resident Limits-Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. Issue: Oppose Graduate Medical Education recommendations in report of National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. President's Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Support maintaining Medicare, Medicaid, DSH, and CHIP payments Issue: Education about geographic variations in Medicare spending on hospital and physician services. Issue: Clarify that multi-hospital systems are eligible for American Recovery and Reinvestment act (ARRA) Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments on a hospital-by-hospital basis. Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. Issue: Support Medicare Physician Payment Reform Issue: Support languague directing CMS to consider Graduate Medical Education (GME) affiliation agreements when identifying unused residency slots under the redistribution program Issue: Preserve Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals. Issue: Preserve Medicare Indirect Graduate Medical Education (IME) payments to teaching hospitals. Issue: Support National Strategy for Quality Improvememnt in health care. Issue: Modify Medicare Value-Based purchasing Program for Hospitals. Issue: Modify Accountable Care Organization (ACO) proposed rules and Implementation Issue: Federal Support for For-Profit Medical Schools Issue: Modify Medicaid Maintenance of Effort Requirements

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); White House Office

Budget/Appropriations BUD

P.L. 111-5, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Division A, Title VIII Issues: Role of medical schools and teaching hospitals in the economic stimulus and recovery, Title VII and VIII health professions training, National Health Service Corps, health information technology (Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology). P.L. 112-10, Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, Division B, Title VIII Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Oppose statutory mandates regarding number and average size of NIH grants. Oppose cuts to Childrens Hospitals GME and HRSAs Bureau of Health Professions. Clarify eligibility for Area Health Education Centers under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act. Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (draft) Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Oppose statutory mandates regarding number and average size of NIH grants. Oppose elimination of Childrens Hospitals GME. Support maintaining Medicare, Medicaid, DSH, and CHIP payments. P.L. 112-10, Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, Division B, Title X Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 2055, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 112-10, Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, Division B, Title III Presidents Budget, 2012, National Science Foundation Issue: Support funding for the National Science Foundation. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V H.R. 1217, To Repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. H.R. 1216, To amend the Public Health Service Act to convert funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations. Issue: Oppose conversion of funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations. S. 493, SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Oppose increasing the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) set-aside for federal research agencies. H.R. 1852/S. 958 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospital Graduate Medical Education

Contacted: Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: S. 493 (112th), H.R. 1217 (112th), H.R. 1216 (112th), H.R. 1852 (112th), S. 958 (112th), H.R. 2055 (112th)

Education EDU

President's Budget, 2012, Department of Education H.R. 2117, Protecting Academic Freedom in Higher Education Act Issues: Oppose elimination of graduate/professional student loan subsidies, increase graduate/professional subsidized Stafford loan limits, decrease graduate/professional Stafford loan interest rates, and maintain Perkins Loan benefits. Definition of academic credit hour and state authorization. Medical student loans reform bill proposal (draft) Issues: Reduce student loan interest rates, expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs.

Contacted: Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); SENATE; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 2117 (112th)

Animals ANI

Issue: Recommending NIH delay implementation of the Guide to Care and Use of Laboratory Animals: Eighth Edition

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); White House Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); SENATE

Science/Technology SCI

P.L. 112-10, Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, Division B, Title VIII Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (draft) Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Oppose statutory mandates regarding number and average size of NIH grants. P.L. 112-10, Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, Division B, Title X Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 2055, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research and research infrastructure. P.L. 112-10, Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, Division B, Title III Presidents Budget, 2012, National Science Foundation Issue: Support funding for the National Science Foundation. S. 23/H.R. 1249, The America Invents Act. Issues: Preserve intellectual property rights for medical schools and teaching hospitals, support first-inventor-to-file patent reform, and oppose expansion of the prior user rights defense. S. 493, SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Oppose increasing the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) set-aside for federal research agencies. Issue: Recommending NIH delay implementation of the Guide for Care and use of Laboratory Animals: Eighth Edition

Contacted: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Labor, Dept of (DOL); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); SENATE

Bills named: S. 493 (112th), H.R. 1249 (112th), H.R. 2055 (112th), S. 23 (112th)