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Health Issues HCR

Affordable Care Act (ACA); ACA Regulations; ACA Stabilization; Health Reform; Risk Adjustment; Opioids; Individual Health Care Costs; Mental Health; Transparency; Surprise billing, Prior Authorization; All payer claims database; Medicare for All; Maternal health; Senior's health care; Community health; NBPP (Notice Benefit and Payment Parameters), COVID-19 Response/Relief Packages, Healthcare access/privacy; Risk Corridors; COBRA; Telehealth/ Audio-Only; CDC Guidance Testing; COVID-19; Postal Reform; Mental Health Parity (MHPAEA); Premium Credits; ACA Tax Credits; Black Maternal Health; H.R.3630 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) No Surprises Act Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] H.R.3107 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] H.R. 5826 - 116th Congress - Second Session Consumer Protections Against Surprise Medical Bills Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Richard Neal(D-MA-01) Public Law 116-127 (H.R. 6201) - 116th Congress - Second Session First Coronavirus Response Act Sponsor: Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY-17) H.R. 6810 - 116th Congress - Second Session Health Care Protection Act Sponsor: Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL-13) Public Law 116-123 (H.R.6074) - 116th Congress - Second Session Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY-17) H.R. 6800 - 116th Congress - Second Session HEROES Act Sponsor: Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY-17) Public Law 116-139 (H.R. 266) - 116th Congress - First Session Vehicle for Covid-19 Small Business, Hospital and Testing Funds Sponsor: Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN-04) H.R. 6763 - 116th Congress - Second Session COVID-19 Racial and Ethnic Disparities Task Force Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Robin Kelly (D-IL-02) H.R. 6545 - 116th Congress - Second Session Health Insurance Marketplace Affordability Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-FL-07) Public Law 116-136(H.R. 748) - 116th Congress - First Session Third Coronavirus Stimulus Package Sponsor: Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT-02) H.R. 2781 - 116th Congress - First Session EMPOWER for Health Act of 2019 To amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain programs relating to the health professions workforce, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-09) H.R. 2328 - 116th Congress - First Session Community Health Investment, Modernization, and Excellence Act of 2019 To reauthorize and extend funding for community health centers and the National Health Service Corps. Sponsor: Rep. Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ-01) H.R. 6800 - 116th Congress - Second Session The Heroes Act Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY-17) H.R. 7723 - 116th Congress - Second Session Behavioral Health Coordination and Communication Act of 2020 To establish the position of Interagency Coordinator for Behavioral Health to coordinate the programs and activities of the Federal Government relating to mental health, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-MA-04) H.R. 6763 - 116th Congress - Second Session COVID-19 Racial and Ethnic Disparities Task Force Act of 2020 To provide for the establishment of a COVID-19 Racial and Ethnic Disparities Task Force to gather data about disproportionately affected communities and provide recommendations to combat the racial and ethnic disparities in the COVID-19 response. Sponsor: Rep. Robin Kelly (D-IL-02) H.R. 4996 - 116th Congress - First Session Helping MOMS Act of 2020 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for a State option under the Medicaid program to provide for and extend continuous coverage for certain individuals, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Robin Kelly (D-IL-02) H.R. 925 - 116th Congress - First Session The Heroes Act To extend the authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2024. Sponsor: Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA-05)

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); White House Office; SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: H.R. 6800 (116th), H.R. 6074 (116th), H.R. 6201 (116th), H.R. 925 (116th), H.R. 6763 (116th), H.R. 266 (116th), H.R. 5826 (116th), H.R. 6545 (116th), H.R. 748 (116th), H.R. 3630 (116th), H.R. 7723 (116th), H.R. 6810 (116th), H.R. 4996 (116th), H.R. 2781 (116th), H.R. 2328 (116th), H.R. 3107 (116th)

Pharmacy PHA

Opioids; Drug Pricing; COVID-19 Testing;

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Government Issues GOV

OPM Reorganization

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Tax Extenders; ACA tax credits; H.R.748 - 116th Congress Third Coronavirus Stimulus Package (CARES Act) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage. Sponsor: Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT-02) H.R. 3107 - 116th Congress - First Session Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA-01)

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 748 (116th), H.R. 3107 (116th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Medicare Advantage; Medicaid Expansion; Medicaid General; Privacy; Medicare prescription drug prices, CMS; CHIP; MACRA; Provider funding; Medicaid FMAP Increase; Coronavirus Medicaid Response; Rate Notice and Call Letter; Star Ratings; H.R.3107 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA-01) H.R. 7659 - 116th Congress - Second Session Ensuring Parity in MA for Audio-Only Telehealth Act of 2020 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the inclusion of certain audio-only diagnoses in the determination of risk adjustment for Medicare Advantage plans, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL-07)

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); White House Office; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: H.R. 7659 (116th), H.R. 3107 (116th)