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Health Issues HCR

Healthcare Reform: S.391, H.R. 1321 Healthy Americans Act; H.R. 193 American Healthcare Act; H.R. 3200, America's Affordable Health Choices Act; America's Healthy Futures Act of 2009; H.R. 3962, Affordable Healthcare for America Act; H.R. 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pub. Law No: 111-148 H.R. 4872, The Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 Nondiscrimination language regarding paraprofessionals Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) Anesthesia Conversion factor 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 FDA Ethicon Endo-Surgery SEDASYS System DEA E-Prescribing National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act Funding DEA Propofol Homeland Security Disaster preparedness Comparative Effectiveness Research Hospital Acquired Infections American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Health Information Technology, Stimulus Bill, HITECH Data Registry Funding HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements FDA Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies Physician Antitrust Relief Physician Workforce Issues Medical Liability Reform FDA Safe Use Initiative HIT Meaningful Use FDA Operating Room Fires FDA ACTION Initiative FDA Propofol Shortage Public Plan - Negotiated Provider payment rates OIG Company Model issue Compliance with Senate Finance Committee request FDA Scheduling of Propofol Military Anesthesia FDA Sentinel Non-Anesthesia Provider Use of Propofol

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

Bills named: H.R. 756 (111th), H.R. 3590 (111th), H.R. 1321 (111th), H.R. 4872 (111th), H.R. 3200 (111th), S. 391 (111th), S. 660 (111th), H.R. 193 (111th), H.R. 3962 (111th)

Veterans VET

No lobbying activity in this issue area in Q1 2010.

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

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

H.R. 2204, Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act: Rural Pass Through; S.1157, Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2009; S.1776, Medicare Physician Fairness Act of 2009; H.R. 3961, Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009; Johnson Amendment, An amendment to H.R. 3200 to set Medicare payment rates for anesthesia services at a rate not less than the average paid by exchange participant health benefit plans. H.R. 4371, To amend the Social Security Act to continue using 2009 relative value units for certain cardiology services. Part B Medicare Physician's Fee Schedule: Implementation of Medicare Anesthesiology Teaching Funding Restoration Act H.R. 4851, The Continuing Extension Act of 2010 H.R. 4213, Tax Extenders Act of 2009 H.R. 4691, The Temporary Extension Act of 2010 H.J. res. 45 Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 H.R. 4872, The Health Care and Education Affordability and Reconciliation Act of 2010 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed and final rules Medicare Reform, Payment Issues: Physician Quality Reporting Initiative, Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate Physician Payment Update Scope of Practice Bundled payments CMS ACE Demonstration CMS Interpretive Guidelines CMS IPPS Medicare Payment CMS Physician Resource Use Reports CMS ICD-10 CMS Medicare Physician Practice Expense Relative Value Units CMS Hospital Outpatient Payment Proposed Rule CMS Hospital Acquired Conditions CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Recovery Audit Contractors Program CMS Physician Practice Information Survey CMS Practicing Physicians' Advisory Council Nominations Medicaid Expansion: Provider payment levels Medicare Expansion, Ages 55-64 Independent Medicare Advisory Committee (IMAC) and Independent Medicare Advisory Board (IMAB) Balance billing MedPAC nominations CMS Handoffs Anesthesia Information Management System Accountable Care Organizations

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

Bills named: H.R. 4213 (111th), H.J.Res. 45 (111th), H.R. 4371 (111th), H.R. 4691 (111th), H.R. 3200 (111th), S. 1157 (111th), H.R. 2204 (111th), H.R. 3961 (111th), H.R. 4872 (111th), S. 1776 (111th), H.R. 4851 (111th)