Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007

Improve Tax Equity for servicemembers. S.206,S.207,S.326,S.384,S.450,S.455,S.773,S.935,S.1166,S.1575,S.1593,S.1927, S.3001, HR418,HR843,HR867, HR1110,HR1424,HR1974,HR2234,HR2639,HR2772,HR3038,HR3827,HR3996,HR3997,HR5140,HR5441, HR5658,HR5787,HR5797,HR5987,HR6049,HR6081

Client expense: $408,526 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Other), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.

Improve Tax Equity for servicemembers. S.206,S.207,S.326,S.384,S.450,S.455,S.773,S.935,S.1166,S.1593,S.1927,S.HR418,HR843,HR867,HR1110,HR1974,HR2234,HR2639,HR2772,HR3038,HR3827,HR3996,HR3997,HR5140,HR5441,HR5787,HR5797,HR5987

Client expense: $429,304 · Firm income: Not reported

Improvements in Military compensation and benefits. S.38,S,67,S.206,S.439,S.604,S.648,S.773,S.935,S.986,S.1002,S.1200,S.1243,S.1547,S.1606,S.2052,S.2273,S2377,S.2383,S.2400,S.2573,S.2599,S.2639,S.2641,S.2689,S.2796,S.2797,S.2799,S.2824,S.2836,S.2838,S.2863,S.2889,S.2921,S.2926,S.2937,S.2963,S.2984,S.3001,S.3057,S.3101,S.3621,SCONRES70,S.28,HR81,HR82,HR303,HR327,HR333,HR579,HR599,HR657,HR690, HR704,HR737,HR784,HR992,HR1023,HR1102,HR1110,HR1223,HR1428,HR1436,HR1439,HR1593,HR1927,HR2027,HR2319,HR2638,HR2642,HR2682,HR2721,HR2889,HR3026,HR3038,HR3174,HR4089,HR4255,HR4463,HR5481,HR5604,HR5658,HR5729,HR5825,HR5826,HR5832,HR5925,HR5441,HR6930,HR6070,HR3221,HR7011,HR5658,HR5888

Client expense: $429,304 · Firm income: Not reported

To improve Medicare, Medicaid equity. S.456,S.773,S.1075,S.2785,S.3101 HR748,HR1108,HR2319,HR3038,HR5465,HR6185,HR6331,HR6600

Client expense: $429,304 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.

HR1223,HR1428,HR1436,HR1439,HR1593,HR1927,HR2027,HR2319,HR2638,HR2642,HR2682,HR2721,HR2889,HR3026, HR3038,HR3174,HR4089,HR4255,HR4463,HR5481,HR5604,HR5658,HR5729,HR5888,HR5925,HR5825,HR5826,HR5832

Client expense: $626,803 · Firm income: Not reported

To improve Medicare, Medicaid equity. S456,S773,S2785,S3101 HR748,HR2319,HR3038,HR5465,HR6185,HR6331

Client expense: $626,803 · Firm income: Not reported

Improve Tax equity for servicemembers. S206,S207,S326,S384,S450,S455,S773,S935,S1166,S1593,S1927,HR418,HR843,HR867,HR1110,HR1974,HR2234,HR2639, HR2772,HR3038,HR3827,HR3996,HR3997,HR5140,HR5441,HR5787,HR5797,HR5987

Client expense: $626,803 · Firm income: Not reported

Improve Tax equity for servicemembers. S.206,S207,S326,S384,S450,S455,S773,S1166,S1593 HR418,HR843,HR867,HR1110,HR1974,HR2234,HR2639,HR2772,HR3038,HR3827,HR3996,HR3997,HR5140

Client expense: $515,000 · Firm income: Not reported

To improve Medicare, Medicaid equity. S.450,S.2785 HR748,HR2741,HR3038

Client expense: $515,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Improvements in Military compensation and benefits. S.38,S.67,S206,S.439,S.604,S648,S773,S935,S986,S1243,S1547,S1606,S2400,S2573,S2599,S2641,S2689,SCONRES70 HR81,HR82,HR89,HR303,HR333,HR579,HR599,HR657,HR690,HR704,HR737,HR784,HR992,HR1023,HR1102,HR1110, HR1223,HR1428,HR1436,HR1439,HR1593,HR1927,HR2027,HR2319,HR2638,HR2682,HR3026,HR3038,HR3174, HR3191,HR3793,HR4930,HR5441,HR5481,HCONRES32

Client expense: $515,000 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.

Improvements in Military compensation and benefits. S.38, S.67, S.206,S.439,S.604,S.648,S.773,S.935,S.986,S.1243,S.1606,S.1547,S.2400,S.2573 HR81,HR82,HR89,HR303,H333,HR579,HR657,HR690,HR704,HR737,HR1102,HR1110,HR1223 HR1428,HR1023,HR1436,HR1439,HR1593,HR1927,HR2027,HR2319,HR2638,HR3038,HR3174,HR3191,HR3793,HR4930

Client expense: $850,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Improve Tax equity for servicemembers and improve Social Security and Medicare. S.206,S207,S326,S384,S439,S450,S455,S773,S843,S,1063,S1166,S1593 HR83,HR333,HR382,HR418,HR748,HR843,HR867,HR1110,HR1974,HR2234,HR2639,HR3827,HR3996,HR3997,HR3038

Client expense: $850,000 · Firm income: Not reported

HR1934 Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007 HR3038 Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007 HR1408 Health Information Technology Act of 2007 HR1552/S.932 Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007 HR2749/S.1519 Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007 S.1693 Wired for Health Care Quality Act Medicaid Funding Practice Expense Payment under Medicare Payment of Teaching Physicians under Medicare Payment of Graduate Medical Education under Medicare Stark II- Physician Ban on Self-Referral and other Fraud & Abuse HR1552/S.932 Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007 HR1293/S.1338 Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007

Client expense: $480,000 · Firm income: Not reported

S. Con. Res. 21, 2008 Federal Budget Resolution, Budget resolutions would include funding for Medicare payments to physicians, Children’s health insurance program and Health Professions Grants for Family Medicine Training. S. 290, Rural Physicians’ Relief Act, The bill would provide primary care physicians with a $1000 tax credit for each month she provided services in a designated “frontier” area. S. 498, Rural Medicare Equity Act, The bill would provide additional support payments for physicians in rural areas. S. 558, Paul Wellstone Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act, The bill would require insurers offering mental health coverage impose financial requirements for mental health benefits that are no more restrictive than those applied to other medical benefits. S. 588, The Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2007, Increase the number of residency slots in rural areas. S. 1218, Medicare for All, The bill would extend Medicare coverage to all Americans who are not otherwise covered by health insurance. S. 1224, Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act, The bill extends the Children’s Health Insurance Program; the House version should include Medicare physician payment provisions. S. 1710, 2008 Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations Act, The bill would fund grants for health professions development programs and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. S. 1307, Medicare Provider Accountability Act, The bill would have CMS withhold Medicare payments from providers who owe federal taxes. H. Con. Res. 99, 2008 Federal Budget Resolution, Budget resolutions would include funding for Medicare payments to physicians, Children’s health insurance program and Health Professions Grants for Family Medicine Training. HR 1424, Paul Wellstone Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act, The bill would require insurers offering mental health coverage impose financial requirements for mental health benefits that are no more restrictive than those applied to other medical benefits. HR 1591, FY 2007 Supplemental Spending Act, The bill would provide funding to cover the SCHIP shortfall, delay proposed Medicaid rules on GME and IGTs, require the use of tamper-proof prescription pads, and fund flu pandemic preparation and response efforts. HR 1730, The Rural Medicare Equity Act, Increase rural representation on MedPAC. HR 1781, Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act, The bill extends the Children’s Health Insurance Program; the House version should include Medicare physician payment provisions. HR 2034, Medicare for All, The bill would extend Medicare coverage to all Americans who are not otherwise covered by health insurance. HR 2206, FY 2007 Supplemental Spending Act, The bill would provide funding to cover the SCHIP shortfall, delay proposed Medicaid rules on GME and IGTs, require the use of tamper-proof prescription pads, and fund flu pandemic preparation and response efforts. HR 2860, Health Care Access and Rural Equity (H-CARE) Act of 2007, Improve Medicare payment and access. HR 3038, Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007, Revise the sustainable growth rate formula. HR 3043, 2008 Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations Act, The bill would fund grants for health professions development programs and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. No Bill Number, Graduate Medical Education Funding Formula, Interpret “all or substantially all.” No Bill Number, Children’s Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007, Revise the Medicare SGR formula. No Bill Number, Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007, Stop the physician quality reporting initiative.