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Health Issues HCR

H.R. 1701, Cutting Costly Codes Act of 2013, all provisions S. 972, Cutting Costly Codes Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 3750, Telehealth Modernization Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 4341, Truth in Advertising Act of 2014, all provisionsH.R. 2027, Expanding Patients' Access to Quality Care Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 4707, To authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention, all provisions S. 2373, A bill to authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention, all provisions Food and Drugs Administration Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA) Prescription Drug Abuse and Diversion DEA Registration and Registration Fees Telemedicine Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) ICD-10 Repeal Prescriber education and mandatory/voluntary CME training Sunshine Act - Reprints Meaningful Use of EHRs/Health Information Technology EHR Patient Safety Prescription requirements for OTC medications Continuity of Care Hydrocodone Rescheduling Mental health care Diabetes Prevention Hospital Consolidation HIPAA Follow-on Biologics Access to care ACA Implementation Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement (PCPI) Compounding Laboratory developed tests Genetics

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); President of the U.S.; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Secret Service; Government Accountability Office (GAO); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 1701 (113th), H.R. 4707 (113th), S. 972 (113th), H.R. 3750 (113th), H.R. 4341 (113th), S. 2373 (113th)

Veterans VET

S. 2450, Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014, all provisions H.R. 3230, Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014, all provisions House Committee on Appropriations Report 113-416 accompanying H.R. 4486, the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, provisions relating to draft Veterans Health Administration Nursing HandbookH.R. 4810, Veteran Access to Care Act of 2014, all provisions Veterans' Affairs Reform TRICARE Scope of Practice

Contacted: Government Accountability Office (GAO); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; SENATE; Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Treasury, Dept of; President of the U.S.; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); U.S. Secret Service

Bills named: H.R. 3230 (113th), H.R. 4486 (113th), S. 2450 (113th)

Tobacco TOB

2015 Youth Tobacco Survey Exempting cigars from FDA regulation

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); White House Office; Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Secret Service; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Treasury, Dept of; Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Government Accountability Office (GAO); President of the U.S.; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Torts TOR

H.R. 1473, Standard of Care Protection Act of 2013, all provisions S. 1769, Standard of Care Protection Act, all provisions H.R. 1733, Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2013, all provisions S. 2196, Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2014, all provisionsH.R. 3722, To provide protections for certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State, all provisions S. 2220, A bill to provide protections for certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State, all provisions Medical Liability Reform

Contacted: Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); U.S. Secret Service; Government Accountability Office (GAO); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); President of the U.S.; Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: S. 2220 (113th), S. 2196 (113th), H.R. 1733 (113th), S. 1769 (113th), H.R. 1473 (113th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

S. 2552, A bill to enhance beneficiary and provider protections and improve transparency in the Medicare Advantage market, and for other purposes, all provisions H.R. 1180, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013, all provisions S. 577, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013, all provisionsH.R. 1701, Cutting Costly Codes Act of 201, all provisions S. 972, Cutting Costly Codes Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 1179, Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2013, all provisions S. 569, Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 4015, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014, all provisions S. 2000, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014, all provisions H.R. 962, Medicare Diabetes Prevention Act of 2013, all provisions S. 452, Medicare Diabetes Prevention Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 1070, Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2013, all provisions S. 2348, Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2014, all provisions H.R. 3750, Telehealth Modernization Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 3698, Two-Midnight Rule Delay Act of 2013, all provisions S. 1180, Medicare Data Access for Transparency and Accountability Act, all provisions H.R. 4188, Establishing Beneficiary Equity in the Hospital Readmission Program Act, all provisions S. 2501, Hospital Readmissions Program Accuracy and Accountability Act of 2014, all provisions H.R. 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, provisions relating to the SGR patch Medicare program - Medicare Advantage Medicare program - SGR Repeal Medicare program - ICD-10 Repeal Medicare program - HIPAA (ICD-10, EFT) Medicare program - Physician payment and delivery reform issues Medicare program - Payment for short hospital stays Medicare program - Quality reporting penalty Medicare program - Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) Medicare program - Medicare Patient Empowerment Act Medicare program - Funding for quality measure development Medicare program - Claims Data release Medicare program - Telemedicine Medicare program - Molecular diagnostics Medicare program - In-office Ancillary Services Exception Medicare program - Laboratory payments Medicare program - Graduate Medical Education Medicare program - Continuity of Care Medicare program - Coding Issues (Misvalued Codes and RUC Timeline) Medicare program - Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Medicare program - Two-Midnight Rule Medicare program - Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs) Medicare program - Appeals backlog Medicare program - Program Integrity Medicare program - EHR Fraud Medicare program - Nursing home patients' access to Schedule II pain medication Medicare program - Physician identity theft Medicare program - Enrollment Medicare program - Grace period Medicare program - Exchanges Medicare program - Smart Cards Medicare program - Electronic Submission of Medical Documentation (esMD) Medicare program - Licensure Medicare program - Part D and Hospice Patients Medicare program - Physician Compare Medicare program - Conditions of Participation Medicare program - Quality resource use reports Medicare program - Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS)Medicare program - Value-based modifier Medicare program - Narrow networks Medicare program - Clinician and Group Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CG-CAHPS) survey Medicare and Medicaid programs - Meaningful Use of EHRs/Health Information Technology Medicare and Medicaid programs - Mental health care Medicaid program - Parity for primary care physician services

Contacted: President of the U.S.; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; White House Office; Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Secret Service; Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: H.R. 3698 (113th), S. 972 (113th), S. 1180 (113th), S. 2348 (113th), S. 2552 (113th), H.R. 4302 (113th), H.R. 1180 (113th), S. 2501 (113th), S. 569 (113th), H.R. 1070 (113th), H.R. 4188 (113th), H.R. 962 (113th), H.R. 4015 (113th), H.R. 3750 (113th), S. 452 (113th), H.R. 1179 (113th), S. 2000 (113th), S. 577 (113th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

House Committee on Appropriations Report 113-416 accompanying H.R. 4486, the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, provisions relating to draft Veterans Health Administration Nursing Handbook FY 2015 Labor-HHS- Education Appropriations bill, provisions relating to pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program

Contacted: Government Accountability Office (GAO); President of the U.S.; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; U.S. Secret Service; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: H.R. 4486 (113th)

Education EDU

H.R. 1180, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013, all provisions S. 577, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013, all provisions H.R. 3903, Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act of 2014, all provisions S. 1822, Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act of 2013, all provisionsGraduate Medical Education

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Government Accountability Office (GAO); U.S. Secret Service; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); President of the U.S.

Bills named: S. 577 (113th), S. 1822 (113th), H.R. 3903 (113th), H.R. 1180 (113th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Medical Licensure Follow-on Biologics Antitrust Hospital ConsolidationHealth care competition

Contacted: President of the U.S.; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Government Accountability Office (GAO); SENATE; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Secret Service