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Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); White House Office; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Health Issues HCR

H.Con. Res. 112, FY 2013 Budget Resolution Issue: Oppose discretionary spending cuts and Medicare and Medicaid cuts and reforms. Issue: Support highest possible 302(b) allocation for Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee. Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Draft Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Restore NIH salary cap to Executive Level I. President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Oppose proposed reduction in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) support and proposed Medicaid reductions and reforms. Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Veterans Affairs Draft Military Construction - Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2013 Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Issue: Modify Accountable Care Organization (ACO) proposed rules and implementation Medical student loans reform bill proposal (draft) Issue: Reduce student loan interest rates, expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issues: Implementing provisions reauthorizing health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and reauthorizing National Health Service Corps. H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. Issue: Address workforce shortages & primary care workforce development. Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. Issue: Promoting interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Issue: Collection, retention, and dissemination of personal health information. Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. Issue: Applications for participation in CMS Bundled Payment Initiative. Issue: Draft legislation to increase Medicare GME accountability and support H.R. 2954, Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2011, Senate draft Issue: Developing health care workforce that promotes health equity. Issue: Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Draft legislation to prohibit pelvic exams performed on anesthetized women by medical students and residents. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act, Sec. 5506 Issue: Redistribution of residency slots from closed hospitals. Issue: Alternate Medicare/Medicaid DSH methodologies (CMS request) Issue: Institute of Medicine (IOM) study on Graduate Medical Education (GME) financing and policies Issue: Submitted comments on: National Institute's of Health's Biomedical Workforce Working Group on development of research workforce for biomedical science and on diversity of the biomedical research workforce. HHS/HRSA/SAMSHA efforts to promote culturally competent care for the LGBT communities. Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) draft agenda of research priorities. Proposed rule implementing the transparency provisions of the Affordable Care Act [P.L. 111-148, P.L. 111-152] dealing with payments from manufacturers of drugs and devices to physicians and teaching hospitals. Essential Health Benefits Bulletin Definition of "uninsured" for Medicaid disproportionate share payments.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); White House Office; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)

Bills named: S. 958 (112th), H.R. 2954 (112th), H.R. 3667 (112th), H.Con.Res. 112 (112th), S. 799 (112th), S. 1627 (112th), H.R. 1852 (112th)

Education EDU

President's Budget, 2013, Department of Education Draft Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 Issues: Support graduate/professional student aid programs. Issue: Submitted comments to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on excluding federal loans from the definition of "private education loan" under the Truth in Lending Act (TILA). H.R. 2117, Protecting Academic Freedom in Higher Education Act. Issues: Definition of academic credit hour and state authorization. Medical student loans reform bill proposal (draft) Issues: Reduce student loan interest rates, expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, and align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. H.R. 4170, Student Loan Forgiveness Act of 2012 Issue: Decrease graduate/professional Stafford loan interest rates, improve Income-Based Repayment (IBR), Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) for physicians. Issue: Draft legislation to prohibit pelvic exams performed on anesthetized patients by medical students and residents.

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 4170 (112th), H.R. 2117 (112th)

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs MED

Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Draft Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Restore NIH salary cap to Executive Level I. Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Veterans Affairs Draft Military Construction-Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2013 Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research and research infrastructure. H.R. 3433, Grant Reform and New Transparency (GRANT) Act of 2011 Issue: Support changes to the bill to protect intellectual property and the peer-review system. S. 2193, Ensuring Safe Medical Devices for Patients Act Issue: Support FDA establishing a unique device identifier (UDI) system. Issue: Recommended NIH clarify Position Statements on the Guide to Care and Use of Laboratory Animals: Eighth Edition Issue: Oppose change in status of captive chimpanzees. Submitted comments on: National Institutes of Healths Biomedical Workforce Working Group on development of research workforce for biomedical science and on diversity of the biomedical research workforce. Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) draft agenda on research priorities.

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); White House Office; SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)

Bills named: S. 2193 (112th), H.R. 3433 (112th)

Science/Technology SCI

Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Draft Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Restore NIH salary cap to Executive Level I. Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Veterans Affairs Draft Military Construction-Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2013 Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research and research infrastructure. Presidents Budget, 2013, National Science Foundation. Issues: Support funding for the National Science Foundation. H.R. 3433, Grant Reform and New Transparency (GRANT) Act of 2011 Issue: Support changes to the bill to protect intellectual property and the peer-review system. S. 2193, Ensuring Safe Medical Devices for Patients Act Issue: Support FDA establishing a unique device identifier (UDI) system. Issue: Recommended NIH clarify Position Statements on the Guide to Care and Use of Laboratory Animals: Eighth Edition Issue: Oppose change in status of captive chimpanzees. Submitted comments on: National Institutes of Healths Biomedical Workforce Working Group on development of research workforce for biomedical science and on diversity of the biomedical research workforce. Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) draft agenda on research priorities.

Contacted: Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)

Bills named: H.R. 3433 (112th), S. 2193 (112th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Issue: Expansion of prior user rights, university exception.

Contacted: Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Veterans VET

President's Budget, 2013, Department of Veterans Affairs Draft Military Constructions Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2013 Issue: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care.

Contacted: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); White House Office; SENATE; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)

Animals ANI

Issue: Recommended NIH clarify position statement on the Guide to Care and Use of Laboratory Animals: Eighth Edition Issue: Oppose change in status of captive chimpanzees

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issue: Oppose proposed reductions in Medicare GME support and proposed reductions and reforms in Medicaid. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. Issue: Modify Accountable Care Organization (ACO) proposed rules and implementation Issue: Applications for participation in CMS Bundled Payment Initiative. Issue: Address workforce shortages and primary care workforce development. Issue: Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Establishment of consumer operated and oriented plans (CO-OPs) H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings Issue: IOM Study of GME financing and policies P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act, Sec. 5506 Issue: Redistribution of residency slots from closed hospitals. Issue: Alternative Medicare/Medicaid DSH methodologies (CMS request) Issue: Institute of Medicine (IOM) study on Graduate Medical Education (GME) financing and policies. Submitted comments on: Proposed rule implementing the transparency provisions of the Affordable Care Act [P.L. 111-148, P.L. 111-152] dealing with payments from manufacturers of drugs and devices to physicians and teaching hospitals. Definition of "uninsured" for Medicaid disproportionate share payments.

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office

Bills named: H.R. 3667 (112th), S. 1627 (112th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.Con. Res. 112, FY 2013 Budget Resolution Issue: Oppose discretionary spending cuts and Medicare and Medicaid cuts and reforms. Issue: Support highest possible 302(b) allocation for Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee. Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Draft Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Restore NIH salary cap to Executive Level I. President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Oppose proposed reduction in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) support. Oppose proposed Medicaid reductions and reforms. Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Veterans Affairs Draft Military Construction-Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2013. Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. Presidents Budget, 2013, National Science Foundation Issues: Support funding for the National Science Foundation. President's Budget, 2013, Department of Education Draft Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 Issues: Support graduate/professional student and programs. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps (NHSC). H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. Issue: Funding for the National Health Care Workforce Commission.

Contacted: White House Office; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: H.R. 1852 (112th), H.Con.Res. 112 (112th), S. 958 (112th)

Immigration IMM

S. 1979, Conrad State 30 Improvement Act Issue: H-1B visa numerical cap exemption for non-profit teaching hospitals affiliated with medical schools, and reauthorization of State 30 visa waiver program.

Contacted: Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); White House Office

Bills named: S. 1979 (112th)