CONGRESS OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS for CONGRESS OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS
What was lobbied
3 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Medicare/Medicaid MMM
S.470/H.R.977, Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act: To repeal changes made by health care reform laws to the Medicare exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals. H.R.751, Fair Access in Residency (FAIR) Act: To encourage more equitable treatment of osteopathic and allopathic candidates in the residency application and review process. H.R.2389, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act: To provide for the distribution of additional residency positions H.R. 2474, Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act: To provide an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index. H.R. 4968, the GOLD CARD Act of 2023: Prior authorization reform in Medicare Advantage No bill: Medicare physician payment reforms, including modifications to budget neutrality and the Quality Payment Program, halting implementation of the G2211 code No bill: Prior authorization reform legislation in Medicare Advantage.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ADRIENNE MORTIMER | — |
| KATHERINE ORRICO | — |
Health Issues HCR
S. 652/H.R. 2630, Safe Step Act: To require a group health plan or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol S.704/H.R 1202, Resident Education Deferred Interest (REDI) Act: To provide for interest-free deferment on student loans for borrowers serving in a medical or dental internship or residency program. S. 1001/H.R. 1843, Telehealth Expansion: To permanently extend the exemption for telehealth services from certain high deductible health plan rule. S.1026, Gun Violence Prevention Research Act: 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. HR 2819, Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act: To limit the liability of health care professionals who volunteer to provide health care services in response to a disaster. H.R.3887, Childrens Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act: To reauthorize the program of payments to childrens hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs. No bill: Reintroduction of the Accessible Care by Curbing Excessive lawSuitS (ACCESS) Act: Comprehensive medical liability reform.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ADRIENNE MORTIMER | — |
| KATHERINE ORRICO | — |
Budget/Appropriations BUD
S.895/H.R. 902, Ellies Law: Funding for comprehensive research at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke on unruptured intracranial aneurysms. S.1026/H.R. 2390, Gun Violence Prevention Research Act: 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. S. 1624/H.R. 3391, Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act 2.0: To require certain civil penalties to be transferred to a fund through which amounts are made available for the Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research Program at the National Institutes of Health. No Bill: Funding for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Institute of Justice to conduct public health research into firearm morbidity and mortality prevention. No Bill: Funding for MISSION ZERO military/civilian trauma preparedness program. No Bill: Funding for the Pediatric Subspecialty Loan Repayment Program. No Bill: Increased funding for the National Institutes of Health for biomedical research.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ADRIENNE MORTIMER | — |
| KATHERINE ORRICO | — |
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