GOLDEN HORIZONS for GOLDEN HORIZONS

Housing HOU

Monitor and advocate for issues impacting Government Financing at HUD/FHA

Contacted: Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); SENATE

Veterans VET

Monitor issues impacting Veterans Community Nursing Home Program & Ancillary Program Benefits

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Health care issues related to Medicare/Medicaid Long Term Care and Post Acute Care services and benefits. Monitor and advocate funding of Medicare/Medicaid benefits. Quality care of standards, survey and certification standards and procedures for long term care providers of Medicare/Medicaid programs; Nursing Homes, Hospice, Long Term Care Hospitals, Inpatient Rehab Facilities, and related businesses. Medicare reimbursement for skilled nursing facilities, Medicare Conditions of Participation forHospice. Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014; Commonsense Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2014, S. 2157; Responsible Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2014, S. 2122; Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, H.R. 4302/S. 2157

Contacted: Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)

Bills named: H.R. 4302 (113th), S. 2157 (113th), S. 2122 (113th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY 2015 federal budget and appropriations relating to HHS/CMS/Medicare/Medicaid funding and appropriations. Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); SENATE; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Monitor and advocate regarding Labor issues impacting Long Term Care and Post Acute Care providers. Monitor issues and Department of Labor and National Labor Relations Board. Protecting Health Care Providers from Increased Administrative Burdens Act, H.R. 3633.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 3633 (113th)

Pharmacy PHA

Monitor and advocate regarding pharmacy issues impacting Long Term Care and Post Acute Care providers and patients. Keep the Promise to Seniors Act of 2014, H.R. 4160

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 4160 (113th)