AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION for AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION

Health Issues HCR

Concussion management initiatives H.R. 351/ S.351 Opposition to IPAB HR 1098 TBI reauthorization Minimium Essential Coverage Provisions under the ACAImplementation/Expansion of CDC Falls Programs CDC Concussion Management National Guidelines Direct Access under FEHBP CDC Physical Activity Environmental and Policy Strategies Report HRSA efforts to develop minimum data set for health professionals Implementation of Affordable Care Act - provisions pertaining to Essential Health Benefits and Health Insurance Exchanges AHRQ Comments on draft final report for treatment of pressure ulcers Comments on Chronic Venous Ulcers AHRQ provisions pertaining to PT H.R. 28 Working Families Health Innovation Act

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Federal Election Commission (FEC); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Education, Dept of; White House Office; Small Business Administration (SBA); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Bills named: H.R. 351 (113th), H.R. 1098 (113th), S. 351 (113th), H.R. 28 (113th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

H.R. 713/S. 367-Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act (Repeal of Therapy Caps) Payments to Physical Therapists under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Permanent Repeal of/alternatives to the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) Formula H.R. 579 Medicare Physician Payment Innovation ActOpposition of Multiple Procedure Payment Reduction for PT Services Physician Quality Reporting System Physician Self-Referral - elimination of PT exception H.R. 1310 Medicare Patient Empowerment Act Locum Tenens Prevention Initiatives for Fraud and Abuse in the Medicare program Accountable Care Organizations Electronic Health Records/ Health Information Technology incentives for Physical Therapists Development of Alternatives to Medicare Therapy Cap Medicare Payment Reform Local Coverage Determinations NCCI Edits Protection of programs related to physical therapy in deficit reduction Medicare Advantage PCORI National Priority for Research and Research Agenda USPSTF peripheral arterial disease Health Information Technology :EHR Comments EHR Incentive Program Stage 2 Comments Medicaid Eligibility Comments Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act PFS PPS - Functional Limitation Reporting Therapy Cap: manual Medical Review Essentail Health Benefits Comments Medicare Physician Fee Schedule FInal Rule 2013 H.R. 8 American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, provisions on therapy cap, SGR, prevention of MPPR Sustainable Growth Rate Reform EMG and Nerve Conduction Study payments under Medicare Physician Fee Schedule H.R. 1179/S. 569 Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act Medicaid Essential Health Benefits EHR/LTPAC Settings: Transitions of Care

Contacted: Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Education, Dept of; Government Accountability Office (GAO); White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Federal Election Commission (FEC); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Bills named: H.R. 1310 (113th), H.R. 713 (113th), S. 367 (113th), H.R. 579 (113th), H.R. 8 (113th), S. 569 (113th), H.R. 1179 (113th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Minimum Data Set Efforts OIDAP Conference Call and Commets on Recommendation number 9

Contacted: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); SENATE; White House Office; Small Business Administration (SBA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Education, Dept of; Federal Election Commission (FEC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY 2013 and FY 2014 Congressional Budget, Provisions Pertaining to Healthcare Funding & Rehabilitation Research Funding CDC FY 2014 "core programs" funding FY 2014 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations SequestrationIncreased Funding For FY 2014 Appropriations for NIH and report language Increased Funding for Falls Prevention Programs in CDC FY2014 302(b) allocation to Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations Bill Avoidance of sequestration cuts on non-defense discretionary programs in the Budget Control Act 2014 HRSA Appropriation FY 2013 Continuing Resolution FY 2014 CDC Budget

Contacted: White House Office; Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Education, Dept of; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Small Business Administration (SBA); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Election Commission (FEC); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Education EDU

H.R. 1252/S.602 PT Workforce and Patient Access Act H.R. 702 Access to Frontline Health Care Act (Student Loan Repayment for Physical Therapists) Sequestration related to IDEA

Contacted: White House Office; Government Accountability Office (GAO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Election Commission (FEC); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Education, Dept of; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: S. 602 (113th), H.R. 1252 (113th), H.R. 702 (113th)

Veterans VET

H.R. 1098 TBI Treatment Act Residencies in the VA for Physical Therapists H.R. 288 VA Children's Protection Act Joining Forces InitiativeRole of PT/PTA in Home Health

Contacted: Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); White House Office; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Education, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Federal Election Commission (FEC); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Government Accountability Office (GAO); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)

Bills named: H.R. 1098 (113th), H.R. 288 (113th)

Small Business SMB

HR713/S367 Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act (Repeal of Medicare Therapy Caps) HR 1310 Empowering Patients First Act, provisions related to physical therapist opt out Locum Tenens Small Business Issues related to SGR reform

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Education, Dept of; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); White House Office; Small Business Administration (SBA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Election Commission (FEC); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)

Bills named: H.R. 713 (113th), H.R. 1310 (113th)

Defense DEF

To Increase Rank & Grade of Physical Therapists within the Army Medical Specialist Corps/NDAA Requests Tricare Reimbursement for PT/PTA Joining Forces Initiative Coverage of hippotherapy under TricareTricare PTA inclusion

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); White House Office; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Election Commission (FEC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Small Business Administration (SBA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Education, Dept of

Accounting ACC

FEC Advisory Opinion on Payroll Deduction

Contacted: Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Education, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Federal Election Commission (FEC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); SENATE; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Small Business Administration (SBA); White House Office; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)