GOLDEN HORIZONS for GOLDEN HORIZONS

Housing HOU

Monitor and advocate for issues impacting Government Financing at HUD/FHA

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Veterans VET

Monitor issues impacting Veterans Community Nursing Home Program & Ancillary Program Benefits

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Health care issues related to Medicare/Medicaid Long Term Care and Post Acute Care services and benefits. Monitor and advocate funding of Medicare/Medicaid benefits. Quality care of standards, survey and certification standards and procedures for long term care providers of Medicare/Medicaid programs; Nursing Homes, Hospice, Long Term Care Hospitals, Inpatient Rehab Facilities, and related businesses. Medicare reimbursement for skilled nursing facilities, Medicare Conditions of Participation forHospice. Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014, H.R. 4994/S. 2553; Commonsense Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2014, S. 2157; Responsible Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2014, S. 2122; Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, H.R. 4302/S. 2157

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)

Bills named: H.R. 4302 (113th), S. 2553 (113th), S. 2122 (113th), S. 2157 (113th), H.R. 4994 (113th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY 2015 federal budget and appropriations relating to HHS/CMS/Medicare/Medicaid funding and appropriations.

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Monitor and advocate regarding Labor issues impacting Long Term Care and Post Acute Care providers. Monitor issues and Department of Labor and National Labor Relations Board. Protecting Health Care Providers from Increased Administrative Burdens Act, H.R. 3633.

Contacted: Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 3633 (113th)

Pharmacy PHA

Monitor and advocate regarding pharmacy issues impacting Long Term Care and Post Acute Care providers and patients. Keep the Promise to Seniors Act of 2014, H.R. 4160

Contacted: Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Bills named: H.R. 4160 (113th)