AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS for AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS

Veterans VET

No lobbying activity in this issue area in Q3 2010.

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Health Issues HCR

Healthcare Reform: S.391, H.R. 1321 Healthy Americans Act; H.R. 193 American Healthcare Act; H.R. 3200, America's Affordable Health Choices Act; America's Healthy Futures Act of 2009; H.R. 3962, Affordable Healthcare for America Act; H.R. 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pub. Law No: 111-148 H.R. 5710, National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Reauthorization Act H.R. 4872, The Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 H.R. 5808, To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to establish a public health insurance option. Nondiscrimination language regarding paraprofessionals H.R. 5295, Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act: Healthcare Provider Transparency, Healthcare Provider Misrepresentation H.R. 756, National Pain Care Policy Act, S.660, National Pain Care Policy Act DEA E-Prescribing DEA Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research Hospital Acquired Infections HITECH Implemenation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use Data Registry Funding HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies Physician Antitrust Relief Physician Workforce Issues Medical Liability Reform FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA ACTION Initiative FDA Propofol Shortage Compliance with Senate Finance Committee request FDA Scheduling of Propofol FDA Sentinel Non-Anesthesia Provider Use of Propofol Prescription Drug User Fee Act Deep sedation NASPER Funding Required Physician Supervision of Nurse Anesthetists, Nurse error rates State Exchanges pursuant to PPACA Patient Safety Initiatives

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 4872 (111th), H.R. 3200 (111th), H.R. 193 (111th), H.R. 5808 (111th), S. 391 (111th), H.R. 756 (111th), S. 660 (111th), H.R. 5710 (111th), H.R. 3962 (111th), H.R. 1321 (111th), H.R. 5295 (111th), H.R. 3590 (111th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

H.R. 2204, Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act: Rural Pass Through; S.1157, Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2009; S.1776, Medicare Physician Fairness Act of 2009; H.R. 3961, Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009; Johnson Amendment, An amendment to H.R. 3200 to set Medicare payment rates for anesthesia services at a rate not less than the average paid by exchange participant health benefit plans. H.R. 4371, To amend the Social Security Act to continue using 2009 relative value units for certain cardiology services. Part B Medicare Physician's Fee Schedule: Implementation of Medicare Anesthesiology Teaching Funding Restoration Act H.R. 4851, The Continuing Extension Act of 2010 H.R. 4213, Tax Extenders Act of 2009 H.R. 4691, The Temporary Extension Act of 2010 H.J. Res. 45 Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 H.R. 4872, The Health Care and Education Affordability and Reconciliation Act of 2010 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed and final rules Medicare Reform, Payment Issues: Physician Quality Reporting Initiative, Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate Physician Payment Update Scope of Practice Bundled payments CMS ACE Demonstration CMS Interpretive Guidelines CMS IPPS Medicare Payment CMS Physician Resource Use Reports CMS ICD-10 CMS Medicare Physician Practice Expense Relative Value Units CMS Hospital Outpatient Payment Proposed Rule CMS Hospital Acquired Conditions CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Recovery Audit Contractors Program CMS Practicing Physicians' Advisory Council Nominations Medicaid Expansion: Provider payment levels Medicare Expansion, Ages 55-64 Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) Balance billing MedPAC nominations CMS Handoffs Anesthesia Information Management System (AIMS) Accountable Care Organizations Misvalued codes Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Medical loss ratios Nevada Medicaid anesthesia payment rates Anesthesia Conversion Factor Public Plan - Negotiated Provider Payment Rates

Contacted: SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: S. 1776 (111th), H.R. 3200 (111th), H.J.Res. 45 (111th), H.R. 4691 (111th), H.R. 4872 (111th), H.R. 2204 (111th), H.R. 3961 (111th), H.R. 4851 (111th), S. 1157 (111th), H.R. 4213 (111th), H.R. 4371 (111th)