AMERICAN HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION for AMERICAN HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION

Health Issues HCR

P.L. 111-148:The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act P.L. 112-96: Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012.

Contacted: Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); SENATE

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.J. Res. 117: A joint resolution making continued appropriations for fiscal year 2013.

Contacted: SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.J.Res. 117 (112th)

Pharmacy PHA

S.1560: Nursing Home Resident Pain Relief Act of 2011. S. 3187: Food and Drug Administration Safety & Innovation Act. S.3604: Improving Dementia Care Treatment for Older Adults Act 2012.

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); SENATE

Bills named: S. 3187 (112th), S. 1560 (112th), S. 3604 (112th)

Science/Technology SCI

Continued advocacy on SNF's use of health information technology.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

S.2132: Highway Investment, Job Creation, and Economic Growth Act of 2012. H.R. 8: American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: S. 2132 (112th), H.R. 8 (112th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

P.L. 111-148: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. H.R. 452: A bill to repeal IPAB. H.R. 1543: Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2011. S. 818: Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2011. P.L. 112-96: Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012. S. 2037: To reauthorize and improve the Older Americans Act of 1965, and for other purposes. Continued monitoring Post Acute Care Payment and reform issues. Continued monitoring to reducing Hospital Readmission from Skilled Nursing Facility. H.R. 5979: Medicaid Accountability and Care Act. H.R. 6413: the Medicare Transitional Care Act of 2012. S. 3604: Improving Dementia Care Treatment for Older Adults Act of 2012. H.R. 8: American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. H.R. 6884: Spending Reduction Act of 2012, Sec. 211. P.L.112-25: Budget Control Act of 2011.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)

Bills named: H.R. 6884 (112th), H.R. 8 (112th), S. 2037 (112th), H.R. 6413 (112th), S. 818 (112th), S. 3604 (112th), H.R. 1543 (112th), H.R. 452 (112th), H.R. 5979 (112th)

Housing HOU

Preserve funding for HUD Section 202 and 232.

Contacted: SENATE; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)