THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC for HOSPICE ACTION NETWORK

Health Issues HCR

S. 2080 / H.R. 647, Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act and issues regarding access to palliative care. H.R. 925 / H.R. 8406, The HEROES Act. S. 4317, SAFE TO WORK Act. S. 4322 Safely Back to School and Back to Work Act. Issues related to covid testing and vaccine dissemination to hospice caregivers.

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Bills named: S. 4322 (116th), H.R. 925 (116th), S. 2080 (116th), H.R. 8406 (116th), S. 4317 (116th), H.R. 647 (116th)

Veterans VET

Issues related to the We Honor Veterans program and bereavement services for Veterans. FY21 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.

Contacted: Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Issues concerning access to the Medicare hospice benefit. S. 1190 / H.R. 2594, Rural Access to Hospice Act of 2019 and issues involving access to hospice for Rural Health Clinic (RHC) and Federally Qualified Health Clinic (FQHC) patients. Issues regarding reimbursement for the Medicare hospice benefit. Issues related to community based palliative care and advanced care illness management. Issues related to regulatory relief. S. 2807, Hospice Care Improvement Act of 2019, H.R. 5821, Helping Our Senior Population in Comfort Environments Act, and issues regarding hospice program integrity. Issues concerning Medicare Advantage and the hospice benefit. S. 4423 / H.R. 8322, COVID-19 Hospice Respite Care Relief Act of 2020 and issues involving inpatient respite care. Issues involving hospice providers and The Cares Act provider relief fund. Issues related to the corona virus. S. 2741 / H.R. 4931, CONNECT for Health Act of 2019, as it relates to use of telehealth in the recertification of a beneficiary for the hospice benefit. Monitored H.R. 8337, Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act. H.R. 133, The Continuing Appropriations Act of 2021, including issues regarding rural access to hospice services, program integrity, Medicare sequestration relief and the hospice aggregate cap.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE

Bills named: S. 4423 (116th), S. 1190 (116th), S. 2807 (116th), H.R. 8322 (116th), H.R. 2594 (116th), S. 2741 (116th), H.R. 133 (116th), H.R. 4931 (116th), H.R. 8337 (116th), H.R. 5821 (116th)