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Health Issues HCR

Health Information Technology; Health Care Quality; Health Care Reform; Tort Reform; Public Health Funding; Labor-HHS Appropriations legislation, HR 1570/S 621 - the Congenital Heart Futures Act;

Contacted: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 1570 (111th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Physician Payment; PQRI; Value-based Purchasing; Medicare Provider Enrollment; Physician Self-Referral; HIT and definition of meaningful use; Medicare coverage; Hospital Payment; FDA Transparency Initiative; Medical Device User Fee Act reauthorization; device and drug approvalf

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)