AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS for AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

HR3667, GME Modernization pilot program authorization. HR5707, Repeal Medicare SGR; implement primary care centric payment and care system; offset with Overseas Operations Fund, Prevent Medicare physician pay cut effective January 1, 2013. HR5, Protecting Access to Healthcare Act, Medical liability reform, support extension of current payment rate for Medicare. HR5979 Medicaid Accountability and Care Act of 2012, Prevent per capita cap reform of the Medicaid program. HR6688, Averting the Fiscal Cliff Act, American Tax Payer Relief Act, Prevent SGR sequester Medicare payment cuts, protect Medicaid parity primary care rates. Avoid sequester cuts to title VII primary care training grants, GME, AHRQ, NHSC, Prevention and public health trust funds, stop the 2% cut due January 2, 2013. No Bill Number, Medicaid parity for primary care, Ensuring payments for true primary care physicians. No Bill Number, Medicare physician payment reform of the Sustainable Growth Rate, Medicare physician pay cuts scheduled for 2013. No Bill Number, Meaningful use meetings, Medical Home and Health Care Reform. No Bill Number, Electronic Health Records, Meaningful use funds and quality improvement. No Bill Number, Medicaid parity for primary care, Ensuring payments for true primary care physicians. No Bill Number, Primary Care meetings. Medical Home and Health Care Reform. No Bill Number, Medicaid payment for primary care, Support for Medicaid payment for primary care services. No Bill Number, Medicaid Expansion, Expansion of access to health care coverage for uninsured and underinsured individuals. No Bill Number, Patient Centered Medical Homes, Increase support for the model.

Contacted: Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); SENATE; Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Bills named: H.R. 5707 (112th), H.R. 6688 (112th), H.R. 3667 (112th), H.R. 5979 (112th), H.R. 5 (112th)

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs MED

HR5888 Physician Re-entry Demonstration Program, Bill attempts to address the shortage of primary care physicians. No Bill Number, Health research, Primary Care research agenda.

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 5888 (112th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

HR5, Protecting Access to Healthcare Act, Medical liability reform, support extension of current payment rate for Medicare.

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); White House Office; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP)

Bills named: H.R. 5 (112th)

Tobacco TOB

No Bill Number, Health labels for smokeless tobacco products, Opposition to changes in health safety warning for smokeless tobacco products.

Contacted: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Government Issues GOV

No Bill Number, Veterans' Health, Access of veterans to community physicians.

Contacted: Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); White House Office; SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Health Issues HCR

HR6688, Averting the Fiscal Cliff Act, American Tax Payer Relief Act, Prevent SGR sequester Medicare payment cuts, protect Medicaid parity primary care rates. Avoid sequester cuts to title VII primary care training grants, GME, AHRQ, NHSC, Prevention and public health trust funds, stop the 2% cut due January 2, 2013 and medical liability reform. HR3667, GME Modernization pilot program authorization. HR5, Protecting Access to Healthcare Act, Medical liability reform. HR5707, Repeal Medicare SGR; implement primary care centric payment and care system; offset with Overseas Operations Fund, Prevent Medicare physician pay cut effective January 1, 2013. HR5979 Medicaid Accountability and Care Act of 2012, Prevent per capita cap reform of the Medicaid program. HR6400, Restoring the Doctors of our Country through scholarships RDOCS Act, Support medical student debt relief, increase family physician workforce. S3295, Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2013, Support increased FY13 spending on Title VII Sec 747 primary care training grants and AHRQ funding. No Bill Number, Meeting with OMB Public Health Program Examiner, Supporting AAFP federal budgetary priorities. No Bill Number, Coalition for Health Funding Townhall, Supporting AAFP federal budgetary priorities. No Bill Number, Medicare physician payment reform of the Sustainable Growth Rate, Medicare physician pay cuts scheduled for 2013. No Bill Number, Patient Centered Medical Homes, Increase support for the model. No Bill Number, SGR Fix, Stop the 27% cut due to go into effect January 1st, 2013. No Bill Number, Briefing on ONDCP/NIDA e-Learning tools on opioid prescribing, monitor federal activities on tools for prescribers, support policies which do not burden family physicians. No Bill Number, Meeting with ONDCP director to eliminate CME mandates from National Drug Control strategy. No Bill Number, Meeting with AHRQ director on primary care research HIT promotion and work to support family physicians. No Bill Number, Promote expanding primary care physician workforce, Increase family physician workforce. No Bill Number, Adequacy and accuracy of Medicare physician payment, Positive payment differential for primary care physicians. No Bill Number, Health Insurance Exchanges, Expansion of access to health care coverage for uninsured and underinsured individuals. No Bill Number, Essential Health Benefits, Expansion of access to health care coverage for uninsured and underinsured individuals. No Bill Number, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative. No Bill Number, Medicaid Expansion, Expansion of access to health care coverage for uninsured and underinsured individuals. No Bill Number, Meaningful use meetings, Medical Home and Health Care Reform. No Bill Number, Electronic Health Records, Meaningful use funds and quality improvement. No Bill Number, Medicaid parity for primary care, Ensuring payments for true primary care physicians. No Bill Number, Primary Care meetings. Medical Home and Health Care Reform. No Bill Number, Veterans health, Access of veterans to community physicians. No Bill Number, Health research, Primary care research agenda. No Bill Number, Medicare physician payment system, Support for transition care provision of the payment schedule. No Bill Number, Medicaid payment for primary care, Support for Medicaid payment for primary care services. No Bill Number, Health labels for smokeless tobacco products, Opposition to changes in health safety warning for smokeless tobacco products.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); White House Office; Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 6400 (112th), H.R. 3667 (112th), H.R. 6688 (112th), H.R. 5979 (112th), H.R. 5707 (112th), H.R. 5 (112th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

HR6688, Averting the Fiscal Cliff Act, American Tax Payer Relief Act, Prevent SGR sequester Medicare payment cuts, protect Medicaid parity primary care rates. Avoid sequester cuts to title VII primary care training grants, GME, AHRQ, NHSC, Prevention and public health trust funds, stop the 2% cut due January 2, 2013. S3295, Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2013, Support increased FY13 spending on Title VII Sec 747 primary care training grants and AHRQ funding. No Bill Number, Meeting with OMB Public Health Program Examiner, Supporting AAFP federal budgetary priorities. No Bill Number, Coalition for Health Funding Townhall, Supporting AAFP federal budgetary priorities. No Bill Number, Medicare physician payment reform of the Sustainable Growth Rate, Medicare physician pay cuts scheduled for 2013. No Bill Number, Patient Centered Medical Homes, Increase support for the model. No Bill Number, SGR Fix, Stop the 27% cut due to go into effect January 1st, 2013.

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP)

Bills named: H.R. 6688 (112th)

Insurance INS

No Bill Number, SGR Fix, Stop the 27% cut in effect January 1, 2013.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); White House Office; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)

Education EDU

HR3667, GME Modernization pilot program authorization. HR5888, Physician Reentry Demonstration Program, Bill to address the shortage of primary care physicians. HR6400, Restoring the Doctors of our Country through scholarships RDOCS Act, Support medical student debt relief, increase family physician workforce. HR6688, Averting the Fiscal Cliff Act, American Tax Payer Relief Act, Prevent SGR sequester Medicare payment cuts, protect Medicaid parity primary care rates. Avoid sequester cuts to title VII primary care training grants, GME, AHRQ, NHSC, Prevention and public health trust funds, stop the 2% cut due January 2, 2013. S3295, Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2013, Support increased FY13 spending on Title VII Sec 747 primary care training grants and AHRQ funding. S507, Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, Support for national database and opposition to mandated CME.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office

Bills named: H.R. 5888 (112th), H.R. 6688 (112th), H.R. 3667 (112th), H.R. 6400 (112th)

Pharmacy PHA

No Bill Number, Briefing on ONDCP/NIDA e-Learning tools on opioid prescribing, monitor federal activities on tools for prescribers, support policies which do not burden family physicians. No Bill Number, Meeting with ONDCP director to eliminate CME mandates from National Drug Control strategy. No Bill Number, Prescription Drug Abuse, Support for national database and opposition to mandated CME. No Bill, National Drug Control Strategy announcement, New CME for prescribers of opioid analgesics, Support drug control policies which are not burdensome to family physicians.

Contacted: SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); White House Office; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP)

Torts TOR

HR5, Protecting Access to Healthcare Act, Medical liability reform. HR6688, Averting the Fiscal Cliff Act, American Tax Payer Relief Act, Prevent SGR sequester Medicare payment cuts, protect Medicaid parity primary care rates. Avoid sequester cuts to title VII primary care training grants, GME, AHRQ, NHSC, Prevention and public health trust funds, stop the 2% cut due January 2, 2013.

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); White House Office; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 6688 (112th), H.R. 5 (112th)