Pain Relief Promotion Act of 2000

S.1344/HR 2990, Patients' Bill of Rights Plus Act: advocated for House and Senate support of bill; HR 2723, Bipartisan Consensus Managed Care Improvement Act: advocated for House support of bill; HR 4431, Twenty-First Century Research Laboratories Act: advocated for House support of bill; HR 4680, Medicare Rx 2000 Act: monitored and gauged the impact of House bill;HR 4585, Medical Financial Privacy Protection Act:monitored and gauged impact of House bill regarding medical privacy; HR 4577, Department of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001: monitored and gauged impact of House bill regarding medical privacy and errors;S.2038, Medical Error Reduction Act of 2000:monitored and gauged impact of bill regarding medical errors; S.2738, Patient Safety & Errors Reduction Act: monitored and gauged impact of bill regarding medial errors; S.2743, Voluntary Error Reduction & Improvement in Patient Safety Act: monitored and gauged impact of bill regarding medical errors;S.2378, Stop All Frequent Errors (SAFE) in Medicare & Medicaid Act of 2000:monitored and gauged impact of bill regarding medical errors;HR 3672, Medication Error Prevention Act of 2000:monitored and gauged impact of bill regarding medical errors;HR 1304, Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2000: opposed bill to allow doctors to bargain collectively with insurers;HR 2418, Organ Procurement & Transplantation Network Amendments of 1999: monitored and gauged impact of bills dealing with national allocation of organs; S.2366, Organ Procurement & Transplantation Network Amendments of 2000: monitored and gauged impact of bill dealing with national allocation of organs; S.1272/HR 2260, Pain Relief Promotion Act of 1999:opposed the passage of House and Senate bills;HR 4605, Human Research Subject Protections Act of 2000: monitored and gauged impact of bill;

Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S 941, Conquering Pain Act, physican assisted suicide and palliative care Hr 2188, Conquering Pain Act, physican assisted suicide and palliative care HR 2260, Pain Releif Promotion Act, physican assisted suicide and palliative care S 1272, Pain Releif Promotion Act, physican assisted suicide and palliative care S 573, Medical Information Privacy and Security Act S 578, Health Care Personal Information Nondisclosure Act S 881, Medical Information Protection Act S 2614, Certified Development Company Program Improvements Act of 2000, provisions in tax bill related to Pain Relief Promotion Act HR 4577, Departments of Labor, Health, and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2001, Provisions relating to medical errors studies

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Patient Right to Know Confidentiality of Electronic Medical Records Workforce, Graduate Medical Education Quality Measurment Access to Health Care for the Uninsured Medicare reform including Medicare Modernization S1344 Patients Bill of Rights Act et al HR 1304 Quality Health Care Coalition Acr HR 2260/S 1792 the Pain Relief Promotion Acr HR 2651 Phyusician Self Referral Amendments

Client expense: $1,060,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), President of the U.S., SENATE, White House Office