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Pharmacy PHA

HR 3204, S. 959 Drug Quality and Security Act (track and trace supply chain provisions); issues regarding biosimilars; 340B

Contacted: Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: S. 959 (113th), H.R. 3204 (113th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

H.R. 3309 Innovation Act and S. 1720 Patent Transparency and Improvements Act of 2013 (patent litigation and assertion); demand letters

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: S. 1720 (113th), H.R. 3309 (113th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

R&D Tax Credit;H.R. 2052; S. 1023 Global Investment in American Jobs Act of 2013; corporate tax inversion; P.L.113-295 Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Bills named: H.R. 2052 (113th), S. 1023 (113th)

Health Issues HCR

National Diabetes Prevention Program; Better care and treatment of people with diabetes under P.L. 111-148 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009 (ACA) and P.L. 111-152 The Health Care & Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010: Issues related to diabetes generally, and specifically diabetes screening, medical education and death certificate reporting (Catalyst for Better Diabetes), AHRQ and USPSTF diabetes screening standards;diabetes issues in Healthy People 2020 and the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP); H.R. 1074 and S. 539 National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission Act of 2013; S.RES 489, S.RES.242 and H.RES.313 Supporting the goals and ideals of "Growth Awareness Week" and the MAGIC Foundation; H.R. 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act; S. 2157, Commonsense Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2014 (Special Diabetes Program reauthorization); H.R. 1915 and S. 907 Gestational Diabetes Act of 2013; H.R. 3322, Eliminating Disparities in Diabetes Prevention, Access, and Care Act of 2013; H.R. 351 and S. 351 Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2013 (IPAB repeal); cost of diabetes

Contacted: Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)

Bills named: S. 2157 (113th), H.Res. 313 (113th), H.R. 1074 (113th), H.R. 4302 (113th), H.R. 1915 (113th), S.Res. 489 (113th), H.R. 351 (113th), S. 907 (113th), H.R. 3322 (113th), S.Res. 242 (113th), S. 539 (113th), S. 351 (113th)

Veterans VET

Issues related to insulin pen safety and access in the VA

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

H.R. 962 and S. 452 Medicare Diabetes Prevention Act of 2013; Issues related to Medicare Part D and Medicaid rebates as contained in P.L. 112-25 Budget Control Act of 2011 and H.R. 8 American Taxpayer Relief Actof 2012; H.R. 1588 & S. 740 Medicare Drug Savings Act of 2013; H.R. 1257 Preventing Diabetes in Medicare Act of 2013 and prediabetes generally; H.R. 1274 and S 945 Access to Quality Diabetes Education Act of 2013 (Diabetes Self-Management Training in Medicare);Medicare diabetes screening generally; S. 1184 and H.R. 2415 Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2013 and obesity medication coverage generally; Diabesity amendment to S. 1871 SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access; Physician Quality and Reporting System (PQRS)

Contacted: Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)

Bills named: H.R. 962 (113th), H.R. 1274 (113th), H.R. 8 (113th), S. 740 (113th), H.R. 1257 (113th), H.R. 1588 (113th), S. 452 (113th), S. 1184 (113th), S. 1871 (113th), H.R. 2415 (113th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Issues related to Medicare Part D, FDA and patents in S. Con. Res. 8; FY14 Omnibus; H. Con Res. 25 House Budget Resolution; H.R. 2663 and S. 1422 The Preventative Health Savings Act of 2013 (Modernizing CBO scoring with respect to preventive health legislation); National Diabetes Prevention Program; HR 933 -- Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013; FY15 Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations (National Diabetes Prevention Program);H.J. Res. 59 FY14 Continuing Appropriations Resolution (contains Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013). H Con Res 96 the House FY 2015 Budget; H.J.Res 124 Continuing Appropriations Resolution FY15; P.L. 113-235 FY15 Consolidated and Continuing Appropriations

Contacted: Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); SENATE

Bills named: H.J.Res. 124 (113th), H.R. 933 (113th), H.J.Res. 59 (113th), S. 1422 (113th), H.Con.Res. 25 (113th), H.R. 2663 (113th), H.Con.Res. 96 (113th), S.Con.Res. 8 (113th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

EU/US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) (intellectual property)

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)