AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS for AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS

Health Issues HCR

FDA warning label for Propofol. Recommendations for Pre-Anesthesia Checkout Procedures (FDA). Anesthesiology representation on Public Health Information Rapid Exchange (PHIRE CDC). National Provider Identifier. H.R. 2260, Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2007" Dispensing of Controlled substances for legitimate medical treatment of pain.

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

Bills named: H.R. 2260 (110th)

Veterans VET

S. 2160, Veterans Pain Care Act of 2007 GAO Report for U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs

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

Bills named: S. 2160 (110th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

H.R. 1866, Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 2007. H.R. 2994, National Pain Care Policy Act of 2007. H.R. 976, Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007. H.R. 3162, Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007. S. 1893, Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007. S. 2499, Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007. H.R. 1932, Medicare Academic Anesthesiology and CRNA Payment Improvement Act of 2007. Medicare Fee Schedule SGR (Sustainable Growth Rate) Practice Expense Methodologies Pain issues; physician work Five Year Review of physician work values for anesthesiology, pain management services and critical care. Medicare and Medicaid Hospital Conditions of Participation- Interpretive Guidelines relating to unsupervised practice by nurse anesthetists; informed consent; locked anesthesia carts. Medicare anesthesia conversion factor. Value-Based Purchasing/Pay for Performance/Physician Quality Reporting Initiative/QIOs. Health Information Technology. Model Guidelines for Medicare Part D formulary. Medicare Program; Proposed Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems and Fiscal Year 2007 Rates. Transition to ICD-10 coding. Ambulatory Surgical Centers; Covered Procedures and Payment Rates. Proposed Changes to Hospital Conditions of Participation; CMS-1392-P CMS error re code 00797 H.R. 2053, " Medicare Anesthesiology Teaching Funding Restoration Act of 2007" S. 2056, "Medicare Anesthesiology Teaching Funding Restoration Act of 2007"

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

Bills named: H.R. 1866 (110th), H.R. 1932 (110th), H.R. 2053 (110th), S. 2056 (110th), S. 1893 (110th), H.R. 976 (110th), H.R. 3162 (110th), H.R. 2994 (110th), S. 2499 (110th)