To impose a 2-year moratorium on implementation of a proposed rule relating to the Federal-State financial partnerships under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program.

Legislation regarding Medicare and Medicaid Reimbursement issues which include provisions to expand access, improve services, stabilize payments to hospitals and other providers under Medicaid, Medicare, and/or SCHIP by addressing reimbursement, parity, quality, self-referral, workforce, payment issues, rehabilitation hospitals, long term care hospitals, rural hospitals and various regulations. HR 2055 Improving Children's Access to Health Care Act, to improve children's access to health care coverage under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). HR 2606, 340B Drug Expansion Act of 2007, to revise and expand the drug discount program under that section to improve the provision of discounts on drug purchases for certain safety net providers. S 355, Social Security and Medicare Solvency Commission Act, to create a permanent, 15-member commission to make recommendations on how best to save the entitlement programs HR 4105; the Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Program Moratorium Act of 2007 that would enact a one-year, nationwide moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contract (RAC) program. H Con Res 312/S Con Res 70, fiscal year (FY)2009 budget resolutions, Medicare and Medicaid reductions HR 5480/S 2662, Medicare Funding Warning Response Act, various provisions S 2785, Save Medicare Act physician payment, exceptions process for therapy caps, direct billing by independent labs for pathology services, cost-based payment for rural lab services, and provisions allowing certain hospitals to be eligible for wage index reclassification. S. 3101; Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers physician payment, exceptions process for therapy caps, direct billing by independent labs for pathology services, cost-based payment for rural lab services, and provisions allowing certain hospitals to be eligible for wage index HR 6331, Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act physician payment, exceptions process for therapy caps, direct billing by independent labs for pathology services, cost-based payment for rural lab services, and provisions allowing certain hospitals to be eligible for wage index HR 6252/S3144, would delay for 18 months the Medicare competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies. self-referral HR 1424; Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act provision banning the growth of physician-owned specialty hospitals workforce, HR3043/S1710; Labor, HHS Appropriations bill; nursing education, national health service corp, rural health programs, childrens hospitals GME, S 543/HR 1459, Preserving Patient Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospitals Act of 2007"; to extend the 60 percent compliance threshold used to determine whether a hospital or unit of a hospital is an inpatient rehabilitation facility under the Medicare program. HR 3162, "Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act" payment: HR 2206, U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act supplemental appropriations bill (HR 2206) contained moratorium on medicaid regulations regarding capping payment to public providers and GME HR 1480/1741/S 787, to place a two-year moratorium on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services implementation of medicaid regulations regarding capping payment to public providers and GME funding from Section 1011 of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA), HR 1293, Access to Medicare Imaging Act stop the reduction Medicare reimbursements for some medical imaging services HR 882, Access to Emergency Services Act that would increase by 10 percent Medicare reimbursements to physicians who provide care in emergency departments (EDs) or post-stabilization care related to emergency medical conditions in other areas of hospitals HR 552/S 329, The Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilitation Act of 2007 to provide for coverage of items and services under a cardiac rehabilitation program and a pulmonary rehabilitation program. HR 3533/S2460, "Public & Teaching Hospital Preservation Act" to extend a moratorium prohibiting CMS from implementing the Medicaid proposed rule that would limit Medicaid payments to public hospitals and narrow the definition of government provider and eliminate Medicaid GME HR 3668, TMA, Abstinence Education, and QI Programs Extension Act includes provision which would mitigate the impact of the behavioral offset in the FY08 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final rule S 2499; Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act Permanently freezes the inpatient rehabilitation services compliance threshold at 60 percent, Extends for six months the work geographic index floor, for six months the provision that allows independent laboratories to continue to bill Medicare directly for the technical component of certain physician pathology services, Provides reasonable cost reimbursement for clinical lab tests performed by certain small rural hospitals, Section 508 hospitals quality S 1226, Children's Health Care Quality Act would allow the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to fund evidence-based demonstrations to improve hospital care for children. HR 1666, Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act which would build on existing state efforts to report hospital pricing data and require insurers to disclose estimated out-of-pocket costs to consumers S 465; Advance Directives Improvement and Education Act of 2007" to improve access to information about healthcare options and legal rights for care near the end of life rehabilitation hospitals, S543/HR 1459, Preserving Patient Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospitals Act of 2007"; to extend the 60 percent compliance threshold used to determine whether a hospital or unit of a hospital is an inpatient rehabilitation facility under the Medicare program S 2499; Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act Permanently freezes the inpatient rehabilitation services compliance threshold at 60 percent, rural hospitals, S 1605/HR 2860, Health Care Access and Rural Equity Act (H-CARE) S 1595, Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act CAHs would gain flexibility to respond to daily and seasonal fluctuations in patient load S 2499;; Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act Extends for six months the work geographic index floor, for six months the provision that allows independent laboratories to continue to bill Medicare directly for the technical component of certain physician pathology services, Provides reasonable cost reimbursement for clinical lab tests performed by certain small rural hospitals long term care hospitals: HR 562/S338, Medicare Long-Term Care Hospital Improvement establishing facility and patient criteria for long-term care hospitals and related improvements under the Medicare Program. S 2499; Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act Provides regulatory relief for three years to ensure continued access to current long-term care hospital services, while also imposing a limited moratorium on the development of new, long-term care facilities. Medicaid, HR 2512, Reducing Coverage Gaps for Kids Act To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to prohibit States from requiring eligibility determinations for children for benefits under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) more frequently than once every year. HR 2147, Healthy Kids Act to amend titles XXI and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and streamline enrollment under SCHIP and Medicaid and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a healthy savings tax credit for purchase of children's health coverage. HR1111, Kids Come First Act to ensure that every uninsured child in America has health insurance coverage, HR 1878, To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States, at their option, to require certain individuals to present satisfactory documentary evidence of proof of citizenship or nationality for purposes of eligibility for Medicaid HR 3533/S2460 "Public & Teaching Hospital Preservation Act" to extend a moratorium prohibiting CMS from implementing the Medicaid proposed rule that would limit Medicaid payments to public hospitals and narrow the definition of government provider and eliminate Medicaid GME HR 5613, Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act, temporary, one-year moratorium on seven Medicaid regulations S 2819, Economic Recovery in Health Care Act to implement a one-year moratorium on proposed regulatory changes to Medicaid and the State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), and to provide states in need with federal relief HR 2462, the supplemental funding bill for Iraq and Afghanistan provision to place a temporary, one-year moratorium on seven Medicaid regulations, including the rules to limit Medicaid payments to public hospitals and to eliminate Government Medical Education (GME). SCHIP: S 1224, that would reauthorize the State Childrens Health Insurance Program and expand it to allow additional coverage to six million children within 10 years S 895/HR 1535, HR 3162, "Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act" HR 976 in the Senate, Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act S. 1893, the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 S 2049, The Better Health for America's Children Act," to block a new policy to limit states' ability to enroll children in the State Children's Health Insurance Program S 2152, Kids First Actalternative SCHIP bill that would restrict coverage to individuals younger than age 19 in low-income families HR 3963; Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act revised bill to extend and expand the State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) S 2499 the bill extends SCHIP through March 31, 2009, and provides adequate funding to states to maintain their current enrollment through that date. HR 3533, "Public & Teaching Hospital Preservation Act" to extend a moratorium prohibiting CMS from implementing the Medicaid proposed rule that would limit Medicaid payments to public hospitals and narrow the definition of government provider and eliminate Medicaid GME regulations including, but not limited to, provisions of PL 106-554, Consolidated Appropriations Act, provisions related to critical access hospitals, inpatient hospital services Direct Graduate Medical Education, Hospital Outpatient Services, Skilled Nursing Facilities, State Children's Health Insurance Program PL 108-173, Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act, provisions related to rural hospitals, inpatient hospital services, skilled nursing facilities, hospice care, hospital outpatient departments, health care quality PL 109-171; Deficit Reduction Act, provisions related to rehabilitation hospitals, medicaid DSH payment, medicare-dependent hospitals, gainsharing, Medicaid, SHCHIP the FY08 IPPS proposed rule, proposed Medicaid rule (CMS 2258-P), the Recovery Audit Contract (RAC) demonstration.

Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: Not reported

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

H.R. 5613-- Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008 To extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. S. 2819--Economic Recovery in Health Care Act of 2008 To preserve access to Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program during an economic downturn, and for other purposes. S. 787--To impose a 2-year moratorium on implementation of a proposed rule relating to the Federal-State financial partnerships under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program To impose a 2-year moratorium on implementation of a proposed rule relating to the Federal-State financial partnerships under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program. H.R. 1480-- To impose a 2-year moratorium on implementation of a proposed rule relating to the Federal-State financial partnerships under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program. H.R. 2642-- Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 That the House agree to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2642 ) entitled `An Act making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes' (Relative to Medicaid and other health related provisions.) S. 3101-- Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes. H.R. 6331-- Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes.

H.R.1480/S.787 A bill to impose a 2-year moratorium on implementation of a proposed rule relating to the Federal-State financial partnerships under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program; H.R. 2642 Supplemental Appropriations Act (Medicaid IGT rule on behalf of the University of Colorado Hospital, Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation science funding) H.R. 5613/S. 2819 Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act H.R. 6089/S. 2773 Pediatric Research Consortia Establishment Act H.R. 6331/S.3101 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 H.R. 5549/S. 2723 Deamonte Driver Dental Care Access Improvement of 2008 S. 2056 Medicare Anesthesiology Teaching Funding Restoration Act

Client expense: $80,686 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Legislation regarding Medicare and Medicaid Reimbursement issues which include provisions to expand access, improve services, stabilize payments to hospitals and other providers under Medicaid, Medicare, and/or SCHIP by addressing reimbursement, parity, quality, self-referral, workforce, payment issues, rehabilitation hospitals, long term care hospitals, rural hospitals and various regulations. HR 2055 Improving Children's Access to Health Care Act, to improve children's access to health care coverage under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). HR 2606, 340B Drug Expansion Act of 2007, to revise and expand the drug discount program under that section to improve the provision of discounts on drug purchases for certain safety net providers. S 355, Social Security and Medicare Solvency Commission Act, to create a permanent, 15-member commission to make recommendations on how best to save the entitlement programs HR 4105; the Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Program Moratorium Act of 2007 that would enact a one-year, nationwide moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contract (RAC) program. H Con Res 312/S Con Res 70, fiscal year (FY)2009 budget resolutions, Medicare and Medicaid reductions HR 5480/S 2662, Medicare Funding Warning Response Act, various provisions self-referral HR 1424; Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act provision banning the growth of physician-owned specialty hospitals workforce, HR3043/S1710; Labor, HHS Appropriations bill; nursing education, national health service corp, rural health programs, childrens hospitals GME, S 543/HR 1459, Preserving Patient Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospitals Act of 2007"; to extend the 60 percent compliance threshold used to determine whether a hospital or unit of a hospital is an inpatient rehabilitation facility under the Medicare program. HR 3162, "Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act" payment: HR 2206, U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act supplemental appropriations bill (HR 2206) contained moratorium on medicaid regulations regarding capping payment to public providers and GME HR 1480/1741/S 787, to place a two-year moratorium on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services implementation of medicaid regulations regarding capping payment to public providers and GME funding from Section 1011 of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA), HR 1293, Access to Medicare Imaging Act stop the reduction Medicare reimbursements for some medical imaging services HR 882, Access to Emergency Services Act that would increase by 10 percent Medicare reimbursements to physicians who provide care in emergency departments (EDs) or post-stabilization care related to emergency medical conditions in other areas of hospitals HR 552/S 329, The Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilitation Act of 2007 to provide for coverage of items and services under a cardiac rehabilitation program and a pulmonary rehabilitation program. HR 3533/S2460, "Public & Teaching Hospital Preservation Act" to extend a moratorium prohibiting CMS from implementing the Medicaid proposed rule that would limit Medicaid payments to public hospitals and narrow the definition of government provider and eliminate Medicaid GME HR 3668, TMA, Abstinence Education, and QI Programs Extension Act includes provision which would mitigate the impact of the behavioral offset in the FY08 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final rule S 2499; Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act Permanently freezes the inpatient rehabilitation services compliance threshold at 60 percent, Extends for six months the work geographic index floor, for six months the provision that allows independent laboratories to continue to bill Medicare directly for the technical component of certain physician pathology services, Provides reasonable cost reimbursement for clinical lab tests performed by certain small rural hospitals, Section 508 hospitals quality S 1226, Children's Health Care Quality Act would allow the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to fund evidence-based demonstrations to improve hospital care for children. HR 1666, Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act which would build on existing state efforts to report hospital pricing data and require insurers to disclose estimated out-of-pocket costs to consumers S 465; Advance Directives Improvement and Education Act of 2007" to improve access to information about healthcare options and legal rights for care near the end of life rehabilitation hospitals, S543/HR 1459, Preserving Patient Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospitals Act of 2007"; to extend the 60 percent compliance threshold used to determine whether a hospital or unit of a hospital is an inpatient rehabilitation facility under the Medicare program S 2499; Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act Permanently freezes the inpatient rehabilitation services compliance threshold at 60 percent, rural hospitals, S 1605/HR 2860, Health Care Access and Rural Equity Act (H-CARE) S 1595, Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act CAHs would gain flexibility to respond to daily and seasonal fluctuations in patient load S 2499;; Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act Extends for six months the work geographic index floor, for six months the provision that allows independent laboratories to continue to bill Medicare directly for the technical component of certain physician pathology services, Provides reasonable cost reimbursement for clinical lab tests performed by certain small rural hospitals long term care hospitals: HR 562/S338 Medicare Long-Term Care Hospital Improvement establishing facility and patient criteria for long-term care hospitals and related improvements under the Medicare Program. S 2499; Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act Provides regulatory relief for three years to ensure continued access to current long-term care hospital services, while also imposing a limited moratorium on the development of new, long-term care facilities. Medicaid, HR 2512, Reducing Coverage Gaps for Kids Act To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to prohibit States from requiring eligibility determinations for children for benefits under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) more frequently than once every year. HR 2147, Healthy Kids Act to amend titles XXI and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and streamline enrollment under SCHIP and Medicaid and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a healthy savings tax credit for purchase of children's health coverage. HR1111, Kids Come First Act to ensure that every uninsured child in America has health insurance coverage, HR 1878, To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States, at their option, to require certain individuals to present satisfactory documentary evidence of proof of citizenship or nationality for purposes of eligibility for Medicaid HR 3533/S2460 "Public & Teaching Hospital Preservation Act" to extend a moratorium prohibiting CMS from implementing the Medicaid proposed rule that would limit Medicaid payments to public hospitals and narrow the definition of government provider and eliminate Medicaid GME HR 5613, Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act, temporary, one-year moratorium on seven Medicaid regulations SCHIP: S 1224, that would reauthorize the State Childrens Health Insurance Program and expand it to allow additional coverage to six million children within 10 years S 895/HR 1535, HR 3162, "Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act" HR 976 in the Senate, Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act S. 1893, the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 S 2049, The Better Health for America's Children Act," to block a new policy to limit states' ability to enroll children in the State Children's Health Insurance Program S 2152, Kids First Actalternative SCHIP bill that would restrict coverage to individuals younger than age 19 in low-income families HR 3963; Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act revised bill to extend and expand the State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) S 2499 the bill extends SCHIP through March 31, 2009, and provides adequate funding to states to maintain their current enrollment through that date. HR 3533, "Public & Teaching Hospital Preservation Act" to extend a moratorium prohibiting CMS from implementing the Medicaid proposed rule that would limit Medicaid payments to public hospitals and narrow the definition of government provider and eliminate Medicaid GME regulations including, but not limited to, provisions of PL 106-554, Consolidated Appropriations Act, provisions related to critical access hospitals, inpatient hospital services Direct Graduate Medical Education, Hospital Outpatient Services, Skilled Nursing Facilities, State Children's Health Insurance Program PL 108-173, Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act, provisions related to rural hospitals, inpatient hospital services, skilled nursing facilities, hospice care, hospital outpatient departments, health care quality PL 109-171; Deficit Reduction Act, provisions related to rehabilitation hospitals, medicaid DSH payment, medicare-dependent hospitals, gainsharing, Medicaid, SHCHIP the FY08 IPPS proposed rule, proposed Medicaid rule (CMS 2258-P), the Recovery Audit Contract (RAC) demonstration.

Extending moratorium on various Medicaid regulations regarding: provider cost limits; graduate medical education; and hospital outpatient services (Legislation to impose a 2-year moratorium on cost limit regulation (S. 787, H.R. 1480, H.R. 1741) -- all provisions; The Public and Teaching Hospital Preservation Act (H.R. 3533) -- all provisions; [continued next page] Legislation to impose a 1-year moratorium on regulations pertaining to provider cost limit; graduate medical education; and hospital outpatient services (S. 2460) -- all provisions; Resolution of Congressional disapproval of provider cost limit regulation (H.J.Res. 49, S.J.Res. 18) -- all provisions; Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act (H.R. 5613) -- all provisions)

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE

H.R.1480/S.787 A bill to impose a 2-year moratorium on implementation of a proposed rule relating to the Federal-State financial partnerships under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program S. 1233 Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Rehab Act H.R. 5613 Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act S. 2773 Pediatric Research Consortia Establishment Act H.R.2199 Traumatic Brain Injury Health Enhancement and Long-Term Support Act

Client expense: $71,622 · Firm income: Not reported

Medicare and Medicaid Issues (S. 2819, S. 1376, H.R. 2606, H.R. 3014, S. 1576, H.R. 3333) Medicaid regulation regarding provider cost limits (S. 787, H.R. 1480, H.R. 1741, H.R. 3533, S. 2460, H.J. Res. 49, S.J. Res. 18) Medicaid regulation regarding graduate medical education (H.R. 3533, S. 2460) - all provisions Medicaid regulation regarding hospital outpatient services (S. 2460) Protecting the Medicaid Safety Act (H.R. 5613) - all provisions

Client expense: $490,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE

Quality Enhancement Act of 2007 (HR 3370, S 1544) Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Program Moratorium Act (HR 4105) Hospital and Physician Payments Under Medicare Physician Self-Referral to Acute Hospitals in Which They Have Ownership Interest A two-year moratorium on implementation of rules relating to the Federal-State financial partnerships and hospital GME payments under Medicaid (HR 1480, S 787, HR 5613) Enhanced Healthcare Value for All Act of 2007 (HR 2184)

Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 1480, H.R. 1741, S. 787, To impose a 2-year moratorium on implementation of a proposed rule relating to the Federal-State financial partnerships under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program, all provisions. H.R. 3162 "Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act," provisions relating to the State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid. S. 1893, H.R. 976 "Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007," all provisions. H.R. 1535, S. 895, "Children's Health First Act," all provisions H.R. 1111, S. 95, "Kids Come First Act," all provisions. H.R. 3176, "SCHIP Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2007," all provisions. H.R. 2357, "MediKids Health Insurance Act of 2007," all provisions. S. 1224, "Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Reauthorization Act of 2007," all provisions. H.R. 3963, Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act, all provisions. S. 2499, Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007, provisions relating to Medicaid and SCHIP. H.R. 3269, Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act, all provisions. H.R. 2147/S. 1364, Healthy Kids Act of 2007, all provisions. H.R. 3533/S. 2466, The Public and Teaching Hospital Preservation Act, all provisions. S. 2578, To temporarily delay application of proposed changes to Medicaid payment rules for case management and targeted case management services, all provisions.

Client expense: $834,165 · Firm income: Not reported

Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-171) -- Implementation issues related to Medicaid citizenship verification provisions Medicaid regulation regarding provider cost limits (S. 787, H.R. 1480, H.R. 1741, H.R. 3533, S. 2460, H.J.Res. 49, S.J.Res. 18) Medicaid regulation regarding graduate medical education (H.R. 3533, S. 2460) -- all provisions Medicaid reform (various proposals) -- Waiver and intergovernmental transfer issues Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement (general legislation) Tax Relief and Health Care Act (P.L. 109-432) -- Implementation issues related to Medicaid provisions MediKids Health Insurance Act (H.R. 2357) -- all provisions Medicaid access issues for newborns (S. 751, H.R. 1238) -- all provisions Children's Health First Act (S. 909, H.R. 1535) -- all provisions Legal Immigrant Children's Health Improvement Act (S. 764, H.R. 1308) -- all provisions Medicaid citizenship verification issues (S. 1893, H.R. 3162) -- relevant provisions Issues concerning the implementation of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System rule

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $120,000

H.R. 1480, H.R. 1741, S. 787, To impose a 2-year moratorium on implementation of a proposed rule relating to the Federal-State financial partnerships under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program, all provisions.

Client expense: $834,165 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office

Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-171) -- Implementation issues related to Medicaid citizenship verification provisions Medicaid regulation regarding provider cost limits (S. 787, H.R. 1480, H.R. 1741, H.R. 3533, S. 2460, H.J.Res. 49, S.J.Res. 18) Medicaid regulation regarding graduate medical education (H.R. 3533, S. 2460) -- all provisions

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $120,000

H.R.2199 Traumatic Brain Injury Health Enhancement and Long-Term Support Act S. 2112 / The Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment Act of 2007 H.R.1480/S.787 A bill to impose a 2-year moratorium on implementation of a proposed rule relating to the Federal-State financial partnerships under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program H.R.2206 Emergency Supplemental Spending Bill (1 year moratorium on proposed Medicaid rule) H.R.3/S.5 Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act

Client expense: $140,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (P.L.109-171)- Implementation issues related to Medicaid citizenship verification provisions Medicaid regulation regarding provider cost limits (S. 787, H.R. 1480. H.R. 1741, H.R. 3533, S. 2460, H.J. Res. 49, S.J. Res.18) Medicaid regulation regarding graduate medical education (H.R. 3533, S. 2460) - all provisions Medicaid reform (various proposals)- Waiver and intergovernmental transfer issues

Client expense: $600,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE

Medicaid reform (various proposals) -- Waiver and intergovernmental transfer issues Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement (general legislation) Tax Relief and Health Care Act (P.L. 109-432) -- Implementation issues related to Medicaid provisions MediKids Health Insurance Act (H.R. 2357) -- all provisions Medicaid access issues for newborns (S. 751, H.R. 1238) -- all provisions Children's Health First Act (S. 909, H.R. 1535) -- all provisions Legal Immigrant Children's Health Improvement Act (S. 764, H.R. 1308) -- all provisions Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-171) -- Implementation issues related to Medicaid citizenship verification provisions Medicaid regulation regarding provider cost limits (S. 787, H.R. 1480, H.R. 1741) Medicaid regulation regarding graduate medical education

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $180,000

H.R. 3162, “Children’s Health And Medicare Protection Act,” provisions relating to the State Children’s Health Insurance Program and Medicaid. S. 1893, H.R. 976 “Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007,” all provisions. H.R. 1535, S. 895, “Children’s Health First Act,” all provisions. H.R. 1111, S. 95, “Kids Come First Act,” all provisions. H.R. 3176, “SCHIP Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2007,” all provisions. H.R. 2357, “MediKids Health Insurance Act of 2007,” all provisions. S. 1224, “Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Reauthorization Act of 2007,” all provisions. H.R. 1480, H.R. 1741, S. 787, To impose a 2-year moratorium on implementation of a proposed rule relating to the Federal-State financial partnerships under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program, all provisions.

Client expense: $1,234,877 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office

HR2199 Traumatic Brain Injury Health Enhancement and Long-Term Support Act HR1480/S787 A bill to impose a 2-year moratorium on implementation of a proposed rule relating to the Federal-State financial partnerships under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program HR2206 Emergency Supplemental Spending Bill (1 year moratorium on proposed Medicaid rule) HR3/S5 Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act

Client expense: $140,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement (general legislation) Tax Relief and Health Care Act (P.L. 109-432)- Implementation issues related to Medicaid provisions MediKids Health Insurance Act (H.R. 2357) - all provisions Medicaid access issues for newborns (S. 751, H.R. 1238)- all provisions Childrens Health First Act (S. 909, H.R. 1535) - all provisions Legal Immigrant Children's Health Improvement Act (S. 764, H.R. 1308) - all provisions Bills to impose a two year moratorium on implementation of a proposed rule relating to the Federal-State financial partnerships under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance program (H.R. 1480, H.R. 1741, S. 787) Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-171) -Implementation issues related to Medicaid citizenship verification provisions Medicaid regulation regarding provider cost limits (S. 787, H.R.1480, H.R. 1741, S. 787) Medicaid regulation regarding graduate medical education Medicaid reform (various proposals) - Waiver and intergovernmental transfer issues

Client expense: $550,000 · Firm income: Not reported