AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS for AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS

Veterans VET

No lobbying activity in this issue area in Q1 2009.

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

Health Issues HCR

Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act: Healthcare Provider Transparency, Healthcare Provider Misrepresentation H.R. 756, National Pain Care Policy Act S.660 National Pain Care Policy Act Healthcare Reform: S. 391-H.R. 1321, Healthy Americans Act; H.R. 193 Americare Healthcare Act; Call To Action Healthcare Reform 2009 - Senate Finance Committee Patient Safety Organizations FDA Fospropofol FDA Ethicon Endo-Surgery SEDASYS System FDA Droperidol DEA-E-Prescribing DEA Fospropofol National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act Funding DEA Propofol Homeland Security Disaster preparedness Comparative Effectiveness Research Healthcare Related infections H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Health Information Technology, Stimulus Bill, HITECH S. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Health Information Technology, Stimulus Bill, HITECH HIT Data Registry Funding H.R. 2, Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization S. 275, Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization

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

Bills named: H.R. 2 (111th), S. 391 (111th), S. 275 (111th), H.R. 1 (111th), H.R. 193 (111th), H.R. 1321 (111th), S. 660 (111th), S. 1 (111th), H.R. 756 (111th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Medicare Anesthesiology Teaching Funding Restoration Act Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act: Rural Pass Through Part B Medicare Physician's Fee Schedule Medicare Reform, Payment Issues: Physician Quality Reporting Initiative, Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate Physician Payment Update Quality Improvement Organizations Scope of Practice CMS ACE Demonstration CMS Interpretative Guidelines CMS IPPS Medicare Payment CMS Physician Resource Use Reports CMS ICD-10 CMS Hospital Outpatient Payment Proposed Rule Medicare Reform- Perioperative Care CMS Coverage Decision re: Never Events CMS 5010 Form CMS Hospital Acquired Conditions CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Recovery Audit Contractors Program

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