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Medicare Long-Term Care Patient Safety and Improvement Act of 2007
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2008 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Medicare inpatient and outpatient hospital payments; Medicaid payments; H.R. 1177 and S. 2381 Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act of 2007, all provisions to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend and improve protections for sole community hospitals under the Medicare Program; H.R. 2159 and S. 630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act of 2007, all provisions to amend part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a minimum payment rate by Medicare Advantage organizations for services furnished by a critical access hospital and a rural health clinic under the Medicare Program; H.R. 1105 and S. 458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act of 2007, all provisions to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the treatment of certain physician pathology services under the Medicare Program; H.R. 2050 Medicaid Emergency Psychiatric Care Act of 2007, all provisions to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States to obtain reimbursement under the Medicaid Program for care or services required under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act that are provided in a nonpublicly owned or operated institution for mental diseases; H.R. 2860 Health Care Access and Rural Equity (H-CARE) Act of 2007, all provisions related to TITLE I--MEDICARE HOSPITAL SERVICES, including Sec. 101. Fairness in the Medicare disproportionate share hospital (DSH) adjustment for rural hospitals, Sec. 102. Treatment of Medicare hospital reclassifications, Sec. 103. Critical access hospital improvements, Sec. 104. Rebasing for sole community hospitals, Sec. 105. Establishment of rural community hospital (RCH) program and Sec. 106. Hold harmless through 2012 for small rural hospitals and sole community hospitals under the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services under the Medicare program; S. 1277 Critical Access to Clinical Lab Services Act of 2007, all provisions to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify the treatment of payment under the Medicare program for clinical laboratory tests furnished by critical access hospitals; H.R. 3057 Medicare Long-Term Patient Safety and Improvement Act of 2007, all provisions related to the steps to develop and implement criteria to differentiate long-term care hospitals from other post-acute care settings; H.R. 3453 The Community Clinical Laboratory Fairness in Competition Act of 2007, all provisions related to the Medicare competitive bidding demonstration project for clinical laboratory services; H.R. 5613 Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008, all provisions to extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009; S. 2819 Economic Recovery in Health Care Act,to enact moratoria on the Medicaid and CHIP regulations issued by the Administration over the last year and to provide targeted state fiscal relief; H.R. 4105 Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Program Moratorium Act of 2007, all provisions relating to impose a moratorium on the use of recovery audit contractors under the Medicare Integrity Program; S. 1605 Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2007 all provisions To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect and preserve access of Medicare beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers under the Medicare program, and for other purposes; H.R. 615 Puerto Rico Medicare Reimbursement Act 2005, all provisions to increase of the Federal share of Medicare beneficiaries to 100% reimbursement for inpatient services; H.R. 5901Eliminating Disparities in Breast Cancer Treatment Act of 2008, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate contributing factors to disparities in breast cancer treatment through the development of a uniform set of consensus-based breast cancer treatment performance measures for a 6-year quality reporting system and value-based purchasing system under the Medicare Program; H.R. 5721Strengthening the Safety Net Act of 2008, to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for a DSH redistribution pool from unexpended Medicaid DSH allotments in order to increase Medicaid DSH allotments for low DSH States and to provide grants for health access networks serving the uninsured; H.R. 2642 Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2008, Title V Medicaid Provisions, all sections related to Medicaid Rules Moratorium, banning physician self-referral and August 17th directive (contained in domestic spending amendment); Section 1011 (MMA, P.L. 108-173) Medicare Modernization Act, two year extension; H.R. 5998 Protecting Children's Health Coverage Act of 2008, to nullify any effectiveness of the August 17, 2007, State health official letter issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; H.R. 5953 and S. 2962 MediFair Act of 2008, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the provision of items and services provided to Medicare beneficiaries residing in rural areas; S. 3116 Outpatient Mental Health Modernization Act of 2008, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to stabilize and modernize the provision of partial hospitalization services under the Medicare program, and for other purposes; S. 3118 Preserving Access to Medicare Act of 2008, to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to preserve beneficiary access to care by preventing a reduction in the Medicare physician fee schedule, to improve the quality of care by advancing value based purchasing, electronic health records, and electronic prescribing, and to maintain and improve access to care in rural areas, and for other purposes; H.R. 6212 and S. 3101 Medicare Efficiency and Development of Improvement of Care and Services Act (MEDICS Act) of 2008 and 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. 6091Save Medicare Act of 2008, to amend title XVIII of the Security Act to preserve access to physicians' services under the Medicare Program; S. 3164 Seniors and Taxpayers Obligation Protection Act of 2008, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce fraud under the Medicare program; H.R. 6912 and S. 3300 Rural Hospital Assistance Act of 2008, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for temporary improvements to the Medicare inpatient hospital payment adjustment for low-volume hospitals and to provide for the use of the non-wage adjusted PPS rate under the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program, and for other purposes; S. 3327 Empowered at Home Act of 2008, to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the State plan amendment option for providing home and community-based services under the Medicaid program, and for other purposes; H.R. 6394 Border Health Care Relief Act of 2008, to amend the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to extend Federal reimbursement of emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens, and for other purposes; S. 3367, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to revise the timeframe for recognition of certain designations in certifying rural health clinics under the Medicare program; S. 3656 and H.R. 7241 Preserving Access to Healthcare (PATH) Act of 2008, a bill to preserve access to healthcare under the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The sections related to the Medicare indirect medical education adjustment factor and the delay in implementation of Medicaid outpatient hospital services regulation; S. 1595 Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2007, all provisions to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide flexibility in the manner in which beds are counted for purposes of determining whether a hospital may be designated as a critical access hospital under the Medicare program; S. 2853, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove the cap on disproportionate share adjustment percentages for certain rural hospitals; H. R. 7067 Quality FIRST (From Incentives, Reporting, Standards, and Technology) Act of 2008, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand the development of quality measures for inpatient hospital services, to implement a performance-based payment methodology for the provision of such services under the Medicare Program; H. R. 6966 and S. 3582 Safeguarding Our Hospitals' Futures Act of 2008, all provisions to require continued application of budget neutrality on a national basis in calculation of the Medicare urban hospital wage floor.
Client expense: $4,910,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA)
2008 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
HR 748 - Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act, Repeal of Therapy Caps S 450 - Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act, Repeal of Therapy Caps HR 1552 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act S 932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act HR 1846 - Medicare Access to Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Services Improvement Act of 2007 HR 5445 - To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase Medicare payments for physicians' services through December 31, 2009 S 2785 - Save Medicare Act of 2008 S 2460 - To extend by one year the moratorium on implementation of a rule relating to the Federal-State financial partnership under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program. 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 HR 5590 - Medicare Oral Health Rehabilitative Enhancement Act of 2008 HR 5613 - Protecting Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008 HR 4105 - Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Program Moratorium Act of 2007 H CON RES 312 - Revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008, establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2010 through 2013 HR 1459 - To improve Medicare beneficiary access by extending the 60 percent compliance threshold used to determine whether a hospital or unit of a hospital is an inpatient rehabilitation facility S 1958 - Medicare Long-Term Care Hospital Patient Safety and Improvement Act of 2007 HR 3057 - Medicare Long-Term Care Patient Safety and Improvement Act of 2007 CORF, ORF conditions of participation- social and vocational services requirements Medicaid regulations promulgated by CMS Stark provisions in Fee Schedule Rule Physician Quality Reporting Initiative Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetic, Orthotic & Supplies (DMEPOS) Regulations Medicare Post Acute Care Demo Medicare Home Health Demo Medicare Electronic Health Record demo CMS Alternative Payment System Project Comments to American Health Information Community re: successor Payment updates for physicians, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and home health Medicare Manual revisions In office ancillary services exception Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities under Medicare Improving Funding for the Medicaid Program Extending legislative moratoria on Medicaid Regulations in President's FY 2009 budget Working with plan to mandate implementation of the International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition Medicaid Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule HR 6331-the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act S 3101- the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act S 3118 - Preserving Access to Medicare Act of 2008 HR 6252 - Medicare DMEPOS Competive Acquisition Reform Act of 2008 S 3144- Medicare DMEPOS Competive Acquisition Reform Act of 2008 HR 4105 - Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Program S 2812 - Medicare Telehealth Improvement Act of 2008 HR 5445 - Increase Medicare Payments for physician services S 2785 - Increase Medicare Payments for physician services HR 5704 - Home Health Flexibility Act of 2008 Outpatient Hospital Medicaid Regulations
2008 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Medicare inpatient and outpatient hospital payments; Medicaid payments; H.R. 1177 and S. 2381 Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act of 2007, all provisions to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend and improve protections for sole community hospitals under the Medicare Program; H.R. 2159 and S. 630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act of 2007, all provisions to amend part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a minimum payment rate by Medicare Advantage organizations for services furnished by a critical access hospital and a rural health clinic under the Medicare Program; H.R. 1105 and S. 458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act of 2007, all provisions to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the treatment of certain physician pathology services under the Medicare Program; H.R. 2050 Medicaid Emergency Psychiatric Care Act of 2007, all provisions to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States to obtain reimbursement under the Medicaid Program for care or services required under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act that are provided in a nonpublicly owned or operated institution for mental diseases; H.R. 2860 Health Care Access and Rural Equity (H-CARE) Act of 2007, all provisions related to TITLE I--MEDICARE HOSPITAL SERVICES, including Sec. 101. Fairness in the Medicare disproportionate share hospital (DSH) adjustment for rural hospitals, Sec. 102. Treatment of Medicare hospital reclassifications, Sec. 103. Critical access hospital improvements, Sec. 104. Rebasing for sole community hospitals, Sec. 105. Establishment of rural community hospital (RCH) program and Sec. 106. Hold harmless through 2012 for small rural hospitals and sole community hospitals under the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services under the Medicare program; S. 1277 Critical Access to Clinical Lab Services Act of 2007, all provisions to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify the treatment of payment under the Medicare program for clinical laboratory tests furnished by critical access hospitals; H.R. 3057 Medicare Long-Term Patient Safety and Improvement Act of 2007, all provisions related to the steps to develop and implement criteria to differentiate long-term care hospitals from other post-acute care settings; H.R. 3453 The Community Clinical Laboratory Fairness in Competition Act of 2007, all provisions related to the Medicare competitive bidding demonstration project for clinical laboratory services; H.R. 5613 Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008, all provisions to extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009; S. 2819 Economic Recovery in Health Care Act,to enact moratoria on the Medicaid and CHIP regulations issued by the Administration over the last year and to provide targeted state fiscal relief; H.R. 4105 Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Program Moratorium Act of 2007, all provisions relating to impose a moratorium on the use of recovery audit contractors under the Medicare Integrity Program; S. 1605 Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2007 all provisions To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect and preserve access of Medicare beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers under the Medicare program, and for other purposes; H.R. 615 Puerto Rico Medicare Reimbursement Act 2005, all provisions to increase of the Federal share of Medicare beneficiaries to 100% reimbursement for inpatient services; H.R. 5901Eliminating Disparities in Breast Cancer Treatment Act of 2008, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate contributing factors to disparities in breast cancer treatment through the development of a uniform set of consensus-based breast cancer treatment performance measures for a 6-year quality reporting system and value-based purchasing system under the Medicare Program; H.R. 5721Strengthening the Safety Net Act of 2008, to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for a DSH redistribution pool from unexpended Medicaid DSH allotments in order to increase Medicaid DSH allotments for low DSH States and to provide grants for health access networks serving the uninsured; H.R. 2642 Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2008, Title V Medicaid Provisions, all sections related to Medicaid Rules Moratorium, banning physician self-referral and August 17th directive (contained in domestic spending amendment); Section 1011 (MMA, P.L. 108-173) Medicare Modernization Act, two year extension; H.R. 5998 Protecting Children's Health Coverage Act of 2008, to nullify any effectiveness of the August 17, 2007, State health official letter issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; H.R. 5953 and S. 2962 MediFair Act of 2008, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the provision of items and services provided to Medicare beneficiaries residing in rural areas; S. 3116 Outpatient Mental Health Modernization Act of 2008, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to stabilize and modernize the provision of partial hospitalization services under the Medicare program, and for other purposes; S. 3118 Preserving Access to Medicare Act of 2008, to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to preserve beneficiary access to care by preventing a reduction in the Medicare physician fee schedule, to improve the quality of care by advancing value based purchasing, electronic health records, and electronic prescribing, and to maintain and improve access to care in rural areas, and for other purposes; H.R. 6212 and S. 3101 Medicare Efficiency and Development of Improvement of Care and Services Act (MEDICS Act) of 2008 and 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. 6091Save Medicare Act of 2008, to amend title XVIII of the Security Act to preserve access to physicians' services under the Medicare Program; S. 3164 Seniors and Taxpayers Obligation Protection Act of 2008, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce fraud under the Medicare program; H.R. 6912 and S. 3300 Rural Hospital Assistance Act of 2008, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for temporary improvements to the Medicare inpatient hospital payment adjustment for low-volume hospitals and to provide for the use of the non-wage adjusted PPS rate under the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program, and for other purposes; S. 3327 Empowered at Home Act of 2008, to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the State plan amendment option for providing home and community-based services under the Medicaid program, and for other purposes; H.R. 6394 Border Health Care Relief Act of 2008, to amend the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to extend Federal reimbursement of emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens, and for other purposes; S. 3367, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to revise the timeframe for recognition of certain designations in certifying rural health clinics under the Medicare program; S. 3656 Preserving Access to Healthcare (PATH) Act of 2008, a bill to preserve access to healthcare under the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The sections related to the Medicare indirect medical education adjustment factor and the delay in implementation of Medicaid outpatient hospital services regulation; S. 1595 Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2007, all provisions to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide flexibility in the manner in which beds are counted for purposes of determining whether a hospital may be designated as a critical access hospital under the Medicare program; S. 2853, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove the cap on disproportionate share adjustment percentages for certain rural hospitals; H. R. 7067 Quality FIRST (From Incentives, Reporting, Standards, and Technology) Act of 2008, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand the development of quality measures for inpatient hospital services, to implement a performance-based payment methodology for the provision of such services under the Medicare Program; H. R. 6966 and S. 3582 Safeguarding Our Hospitals' Futures Act of 2008, all provisions to require continued application of budget neutrality on a national basis in calculation of the Medicare urban hospital wage floor.
2008 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
HR 748 - Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act, Repeal of Therapy Caps S 450 - Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act, Repeal of Therapy Caps HR 1552 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act S 932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act HR 1846 - Medicare Access to Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Services Improvement Act of 2007 HR 5445 - To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase Medicare payments for physicians' services through December 31, 2009 S 2785 - Save Medicare Act of 2008 S 2460 - To extend by one year the moratorium on implementation of a rule relating to the Federal-State financial partnership under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program. 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 HR 5590 - Medicare Oral Health Rehabilitative Enhancement Act of 2008 HR 5613 - Protecting Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008 HR 4105 - Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Program Moratorium Act of 2007 H CON RES 312 - Revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008, establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2010 through 2013 HR 1459 - To improve Medicare beneficiary access by extending the 60 percent compliance threshold used to determine whether a hospital or unit of a hospital is an inpatient rehabilitation facility S 1958 - Medicare Long-Term Care Hospital Patient Safety and Improvement Act of 2007 HR 3057 - Medicare Long-Term Care Patient Safety and Improvement Act of 2007 CORF, ORF conditions of participation- social and vocational services requirements Medicaid regulations promulgated by CMS Stark provisions in Fee Schedule Rule Physician Quality Reporting Initiative Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetic, Orthotic & Supplies (DMEPOS) Regulations Medicare Post Acute Care Demo Medicare Home Health Demo Medicare Electronic Health Record demo CMS Alternative Payment System Project Comments to American Health Information Community re: successor Payment updates for physicians, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and home health Medicare Manual revisions In office ancillary services exception Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities under Medicare Improving Funding for the Medicaid Program Extending legislative moratoria on Medicaid Regulations in President's FY 2009 budget Working with plan to mandate implementation of the International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition Medicaid Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule HR 6331-the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act S 3101- the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act S 3118 - Preserving Access to Medicare Act of 2008 HR 6252 - Medicare DMEPOS Competive Acquisition Reform Act of 2008 S 3144- Medicare DMEPOS Competive Acquisition Reform Act of 2008 HR 4105 - Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Program S 2812 - Medicare Telehealth Improvement Act of 2008 HR 5445 - Increase Medicare Payments for physician services S 2785 - Increase Medicare Payments for physician services HR 5704 - Home Health Flexibility Act of 2008 Outpatient Hospital Medicaid Regulations
2008 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Medicare inpatient and outpatient hospital payments; Medicaid payments; H.R. 1177 and S. 2381 Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act of 2007, all provisions to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend and improve protections for sole community hospitals under the Medicare Program; H.R. 2159 and S. 630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act of 2007, all provisions to amend part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a minimum payment rate by Medicare Advantage organizations for services furnished by a critical access hospital and a rural health clinic under the Medicare Program; H.R. 1105 and S. 458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act of 2007, all provisions to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the treatment of certain physician pathology services under the Medicare Program; H.R. 2050 Medicaid Emergency Psychiatric Care Act of 2007, all provisions to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States to obtain reimbursement under the Medicaid Program for care or services required under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act that are provided in a nonpublicly owned or operated institution for mental diseases; H.R. 2860 Health Care Access and Rural Equity (H-CARE) Act of 2007, all provisions related to TITLE I--MEDICARE HOSPITAL SERVICES, including Sec. 101. Fairness in the Medicare disproportionate share hospital (DSH) adjustment for rural hospitals, Sec. 102. Treatment of Medicare hospital reclassifications, Sec. 103. Critical access hospital improvements, Sec. 104. Rebasing for sole community hospitals, Sec. 105. Establishment of rural community hospital (RCH) program and Sec. 106. Hold harmless through 2012 for small rural hospitals and sole community hospitals under the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services under the Medicare program; S. 1277 Critical Access to Clinical Lab Services Act of 2007, all provisions to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify the treatment of payment under the Medicare program for clinical laboratory tests furnished by critical access hospitals; H.R. 3057 Medicare Long-Term Patient Safety and Improvement Act of 2007, all provisions related to the steps to develop and implement criteria to differentiate long-term care hospitals from other post-acute care settings; H.R. 3162 Childrens Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007, all provisions related to the Children's Health Insurance Program; S. 2499 Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007, all provisions; H.R. 3453 The Community Clinical Laboratory Fairness in Competition Act of 2007, all provisions related to the Medicare competitive bidding demonstration project for clinical laboratory services; H.R. 3533 The Public and Teaching Hospital Preservation Act, all provisions to extend moratorium on implementation of a rule relating to the partnership under Medicaid SCHIP and finalization rule regarding GME; S. 2460 To extend by one year the moratorium on implementation of a rule relating to the Federal-State financial partnership under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program and on finalization of a rule regarding graduate medical education under Medicaid and to include a moratorium on the finalization of the outpatient Medicaid rule making similar changes; H.R. 5613 Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008, all provisions to extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009; S. 2819 Economic Recovery in Health Care Act,to enact moratoria on the Medicaid and CHIP regulations issued by the Administration over the last year and to provide targeted state fiscal relief; H.R. 4105 Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Program Moratorium Act of 2007, all provisions relating to impose a moratorium on the use of recovery audit contractors under the Medicare Integrity Program; S. 1605 Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2007 all provisions To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect and preserve access of Medicare beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers under the Medicare program, and for other purposes; H.R. 615 Puerto Rico Medicare Reimbursement Act 2005, all provisions to increase of the Federal share of Medicare beneficiaries to 100% reimbursement for inpatient services; H.R. 5901Eliminating Disparities in Breast Cancer Treatment Act of 2008, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate contributing factors to disparities in breast cancer treatment through the development of a uniform set of consensus-based breast cancer treatment performance measures for a 6-year quality reporting system and value-based purchasing system under the Medicare Program; H.R. 5721Strengthening the Safety Net Act of 2008, to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for a DSH redistribution pool from unexpended Medicaid DSH allotments in order to increase Medicaid DSH allotments for low DSH States and to provide grants for health access networks serving the uninsured; H.R. 2642 Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2008, Title V Medicaid Provisions, all sections related to Medicaid Rules Moratorium, banning physician self-referral and August 17th directive (contained in domestic spending amendment); Section 1011 (MMA, P.L. 108-173) Medicare Modernization Act, two year extension; H.R. 5998 Protecting Children's Health Coverage Act of 2008, to nullify any effectiveness of the August 17, 2007, State health official letter issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; H.R. 5953 and S. 2962 MediFair Act of 2008, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the provision of items and services provided to Medicare beneficiaries residing in rural areas; S. 3116 Outpatient Mental Health Modernization Act of 2008, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to stabilize and modernize the provision of partial hospitalization services under the Medicare program, and for other purposes; S. 3118 Preserving Access to Medicare Act of 2008, to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to preserve beneficiary access to care by preventing a reduction in the Medicare physician fee schedule, to improve the quality of care by advancing value based purchasing, electronic health records, and electronic prescribing, and to maintain and improve access to care in rural areas, and for other purposes; H.R. 6212 and S. 3101 Medicare Efficiency and Development of Improvement of Care and Services Act (MEDICS Act) of 2008 and 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. 976 and S. 1893 Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007, all provisions related to this bill; H.R. 6091Save Medicare Act of 2008, to amend title XVIII of the Security Act to preserve access to physicians' services under the Medicare Program; S. 3164 Seniors and Taxpayers Obligation Protection Act of 2008, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce fraud under the Medicare program
| Republican |
| LA |
| Charles Pickering | Republican | MS |
| Charles W. Dent | Republican | PA |
| Dale E. Kildee | Democratic | MI |
| Eric Cantor | Republican | VA |
| Fred Upton | Republican | MI |
| Harold Rogers | Republican | KY |
| J. Randy Forbes | Republican | VA |
| Jason Altmire | Democratic | PA |
| John A. Yarmuth | Democratic | KY |
| John B. Larson | Democratic | CT |
| John F. Tierney | Democratic | MA |
| John Tanner | Democratic | TN |
| John W. Olver | Democratic | MA |
| Lloyd Doggett | Democratic | TX |
| Michael E. Capuano | Democratic | MA |
| Paul Kanjorski | Democratic | PA |
| Philip English | Republican | PA |
| Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Democratic | VA |
| Roger F. Wicker | Republican | MS |
| Ron Kind | Democratic | WI |
| Ron Lewis | Republican | KY |
| Rosa L. DeLauro | Democratic | CT |
| Rubén Hinojosa | Democratic | TX |
| Shelley Berkley | Democratic | NV |
| Stephen F. Lynch | Democratic | MA |
| Steve Cohen | Democratic | TN |
| Thelma Drake | Republican | VA |
| Tim Walberg | Republican | MI |
| Virgil Goode | Republican | VA |
Client expense: $378,766 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Army, Dept of (Other), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Client expense: $3,950,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA)
Client expense: $355,739 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Army, Dept of (Other), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Client expense: $4,070,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA)
2008 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
HR 748 - Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act, Repeal of Therapy Caps S 450 - Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act, Repeal of Therapy Caps HR 1552 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act S 932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act HR 1846 - Medicare Access to Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Services Improvement Act of 2007 HR 5445 - To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase Medicare payments for physicians' services through December 31, 2009 S 2785 - Save Medicare Act of 2008 S 2460 - To extend by one year the moratorium on implementation of a rule relating to the Federal-State financial partnership under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program. 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 HR 5590 - Medicare Oral Health Rehabilitative Enhancement Act of 2008 HR 5613 - Protecting Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008 HR 4105 - Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Program Moratorium Act of 2007 H CON RES 312 - Revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008, establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2010 through 2013 HR 1459 - To improve Medicare beneficiary access by extending the 60 percent compliance threshold used to determine whether a hospital or unit of a hospital is an inpatient rehabilitation facility S 1958 - Medicare Long-Term Care Hospital Patient Safety and Improvement Act of 2007 HR 3057 - Medicare Long-Term Care Patient Safety and Improvement Act of 2007 CORF, ORF conditions of participation- social and vocational services requirements Medicaid regulations promulgated by CMS Stark provisions in Fee Schedule Rule Physician Quality Reporting Initiative Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetic, Orthotic & Supplies (DMEPOS) Regulations Medicare Post Acute Care Demo Medicare Home Health Demo Medicare Electronic Health Record demo CMS Alternative Payment System Project Comments to American Health Information Community re: successor Payment updates for physicians, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and home health Medicare Manual revisions In office ancillary services exception Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities under Medicare Improving Funding for the Medicaid Program Extending legislative moratoria on Medicaid Regulations in President's FY 2009 budget Working with plan to mandate implementation of the International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition Medicaid Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule HR 6331-the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act S 3101- the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act S 3118 - Preserving Access to Medicare Act of 2008 HR 6252 - Medicare DMEPOS Competive Acquisition Reform Act of 2008 S 3144- Medicare DMEPOS Competive Acquisition Reform Act of 2008 HR 4105 - Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Program S 2812 - Meciare Telehealth Improvement Act of 2008 HR 5445 - Increase Medicare Payments for physician services S 2785 - Increase Medicare Payments for physician services
Client expense: $566,146 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Army, Dept of (Other), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2008 · first_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Medicare inpatient and outpatient hospital payments; Medicaid payments; H.R. 1459 all provisions to improve Medicare beneficiary access by extending the 60 percent compliance threshold used to determine whether a hospital or unit of a hospital is an inpatient rehabilitation facility; H.R. 1177 and S. 2381 Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act of 2007, all provisions to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend and improve protections for sole community hospitals under the Medicare Program; H.R. 2159 and S. 630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act of 2007, all provisions to amend part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a minimum payment rate by Medicare Advantage organizations for services furnished by a critical access hospital and a rural health clinic under the Medicare Program; H.R. 1105 and S. 458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act of 2007, all provisions to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the treatment of certain physician pathology services under the Medicare Program; H.R. 2050 Medicaid Emergency Psychiatric Care Act of 2007, all provisions to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States to obtain reimbursement under the Medicaid Program for care or services required under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act that are provided in a nonpublicly owned or operated institution for mental diseases; H.R. 1741 all provisions 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. 2860 Health Care Access and Rural Equity (H-CARE) Act of 2007, all provisions related to TITLE I--MEDICARE HOSPITAL SERVICES, including Sec. 101. Fairness in the Medicare disproportionate share hospital (DSH) adjustment for rural hospitals, Sec. 102. Treatment of Medicare hospital reclassifications, Sec. 103. Critical access hospital improvements, Sec. 104. Rebasing for sole community hospitals, Sec. 105. Establishment of rural community hospital (RCH) program and Sec. 106. Hold harmless through 2012 for small rural hospitals and sole community hospitals under the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services under the Medicare program; S. 543 Preserving Patient Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospitals Act of 2007, all provisions to improve Medicare beneficiary access by extending 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. 1277 Critical Access to Clinical Lab Services Act of 2007, all provisions to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify the treatment of payment under the Medicare program for clinical laboratory tests furnished by critical access hospitals; H.R. 3057 Medicare Long-Term Patient Safety and Improvement Act of 2007, all provisions related to the steps to develop and implement criteria to differentiate long-term care hospitals from other post-acute care settings; H.R. 3162 Childrens Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007, all provisions related to the Children's Health Insurance Program; S. 2499 Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007, all provisions; H.R. 3453 The Community Clinical Laboratory Fairness in Competition Act of 2007, all provisions related to the Medicare competitive bidding demonstration project for clinical laboratory services; H.R. 3533 The Public and Teaching Hospital Preservation Act, all provisions to extend moratorium on implementation of a rule relating to the partnership under Medicaid SCHIP and finalization rule regarding GME; H.R. 5613 Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008, all provisions to extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009; H.R. 4105 Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Program Moratorium Act of 2007, all provisions relating to impose a moratorium on the use of recovery audit contractors under the Medicare Integrity Program; H.R. 2860 and S. 1605 Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2007 all provisions To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect and preserve access of Medicare beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.
Client expense: $3,800,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
2008 · first_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
HR 748 - Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act, Repeal of Therapy Caps S 450 - Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act, Repeal of Therapy Caps HR 1552 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act S 932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act HR 1846 - Medicare Access to Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Services Improvement Act of 2007 HR 5445 - To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase Medicare payments for physicians' services through December 31, 2009 S 2785 - Save Medicare Act of 2008 S 2460 - To extend by one year the moratorium on implementation of a rule relating to the Federal-State financial partnership under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program. 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 HR 5590 - Medicare Oral Health Rehabilitative Enhancement Act of 2008 HR 5163 - Protecting Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008 HR 4105 - Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Program Moratorium Act of 2007 H CON RES 312 - Revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008, establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2010 through 2013 HR 4159 - To improve Medicare beneficiary access by extending the 60 percent compliance threshold used to determine whether a hospital or unit of a hospital is an inpatient rehabilitation facility S 1958 - Medicare Long-Term Care Hospital Patient Safety and Improvement Act of 2007 HR 3057 - Medicare Long-Term Care Patient Safety and Improvement Act of 2007 CORF, ORF conditions of participation- social and vocational services requirements Medicaid regulations promulgated by CMS Stark provisions in Fee Schedule Rule PQRI DMEPOS Regs Medicare PAC demo Medicare Home Health Demo Medicare GHR demo CMS Alternative Payment System Project Comments to AHIC re: successor Payment updates for physicians, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and home health Medicare Manual revisions In office ancillary services exception Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities under Medicare Improving Funding for the Medicaid Program Extending legislative moratoria on Medicaid Regulations in President's FY 2009 budget Working with plan to mandate implementation of the International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition Medicaid Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP)
Client expense: $330,575 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Army, Dept of (Other), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2007 · year_end · Health Issues
S. 1595 - Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2007 S. 1277 - Critical Access to Clinical Lab Services Act of 2007 S. 543/H.R. 1459 - Preserving Patient Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospitals Act of 2007 S. 630/H.R. 1563/H.R. 2159 - Rural Health Services Preservation Act of 2007 S. 458/H.R. 1105 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act of 2007 H.R. 1899 Enhanced Options for Rural Health Care Act of 2007 S. 629 Loans and Grants for Construction and Rehabilitation of CAHs S. 1605 The Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2007 (R-HoPE) S. 1376/H.R. 2606 340B Program Improvement and Integrity Act of 2007 H.R. 1177 Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act of 2007 H.R. 1730 MedPAC Rural Representation Act S. 1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007 H.R. 1866 Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 2007 H.R. 3162/H.R. 976 State Childrens Health Insurance Program S. 1958/H.R. 3057 Medicare Long-Term Care Hospital Patient Safety and Improvement Act of 2007 H.R. 3043 2008 Appropriations for U.S. Departments of Labor, Health & Human Services and Education (Health Spending Bill) H.R. 3997 Renewal of Federal Mental Health Parity Law S. 558 Mental Health Parity Act of 2007 H.R. 2699 Medical Student Loan Repayment S. 1947/H.R. 1046 Medicare Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) System Medicaid Prescription Drug 340B Program Expansion Proposed Medicaid Regulations to Limit the Use of Local and State Funds Proposed Medicaid Regulations to Eliminate Federal Funding of Medical Graduate Medical Education Behavioral Offset Cuts Under Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 Repeal of the Whole Hospital Exception Under the Stark Anti-Fraud Law Renewal of the Missouri Medicaid Partnership Agreement Between the State of Missouri and CMS Medicare Inpatient PPS Behavioral Offset
Client expense: $370,323 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2007 · year_end · Medicare/Medicaid
Medicare Long-Term Care Patient Safety and Improvement Act of 2007 (HR 3057, S.1958) Medicare Long-Term Care Hospital Improvement Act (HR 562, S.338) Preserving Patient Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital Act of 2007 (HR 1459, S.543) Medicare Quality Enhancement Act of 2007 (HR 3370, S.1544)
Client expense: $195,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2007 · year_end · Medicare/Medicaid
H.R. 3057 Medicare Long-Term Patient Safety and Improvement Act of 2007, all provisions related to the steps to develop and implement criteria to differentiate long-term care hospitals from other post-acute care settings; H.R. 3162 Childrens Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007, all provisions related to the Children's Health Insurance Program; S. 2499 Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007, all provisions; H.R. 3453 The Community Clinical Laboratory Fairness in Competition Act of 2007, all provisions related to the Medicare competitive bidding demonstration project for clinical laboratory services; H.R. 3533 The Public and Teaching Hospital Preservation Act, all provisions to extend moratorium on implementation of a rule relating to the partnership under Medicaid SCHIP and finalization rule regarding GME. H.R. 1459 all provisions to improve Medicare beneficiary access by extending the 60 percent compliance threshold used to determine whether a hospital or unit of a hospital is an inpatient rehabilitation facility; H.R. 1177 Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act of 2007, all provisions to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend and improve protections for sole community hospitals under the Medicare Program; H.R. 2159 and S. 630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act of 2007, all provisions to amend part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a minimum payment rate by Medicare Advantage organizations for services furnished by a critical access hospital and a rural health clinic under the Medicare Program; H.R. 1105 and S. 458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act of 2007, all provisions to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the treatment of certain physician pathology services under the Medicare Program; H.R. 2050 Medicaid Emergency Psychiatric Care Act of 2007, all provisions to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States to obtain reimbursement under the Medicaid Program for care or services required under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act that are provided in a nonpublicly owned or operated institution for mental diseases; H.R. 1741 all provisions 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. 2860 Health Care Access and Rural Equity (H-CARE) Act of 2007, all provisions related to TITLE I--MEDICARE HOSPITAL SERVICES, including Sec. 101. Fairness in the Medicare disproportionate share hospital (DSH) adjustment for rural hospitals, Sec. 102. Treatment of Medicare hospital reclassifications, Sec. 103. Critical access hospital improvements, Sec. 104. Rebasing for sole community hospitals, Sec. 105. Establishment of rural community hospital (RCH) program and Sec. 106. Hold harmless through 2012 for small rural hospitals and sole community hospitals under the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services under the Medicare program; S. 543 Preserving Patient Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospitals Act of 2007, all provisions to improve Medicare beneficiary access by extending 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. 1277 Critical Access to Clinical Lab Services Act of 2007, all provisions to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify the treatment of payment under the Medicare program for clinical laboratory tests furnished by critical access hospitals; Medicare inpatient and outpatient hospital payment rates; Issues pertaining to coverage of the uninsured; see next page
Client expense: $9,080,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
2007 · year_end · Health Issues
HR 3057 and S 1950 Medicare Long Term Care Hospital Improvement Act - all provisions - lobbying for support of passage HR 3162 CHAMP Act - provisions related to Ltachs S 2499 Medicare, Medicaid, & SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 - provisions related to Ltachs
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $180,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2007 · year_end · Medicare/Medicaid
Medicare hospital survey delays HR 3057 and S 1950 Medicare Long Term Care Hospital Improvement Act - all provisions - lobbying for support of passage HR 3162 CHAMP Act - provisions related to Ltachs S 2499 Medicare, Medicaid, & SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 - provisions related to Ltachs
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $180,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2007 · year_end · Medicare/Medicaid
Reimbursement for Long Term Care Hospitals Medicare criteria for the establishment of long term care hospitals - HR 3057, S 1958 Medicare payment reform - HR 3162
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $80,000
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
2007 · year_end · Medicare/Medicaid
Medicare inpatient hospital rehabilitation reform - S 543, HR 1459 Medicare criteria for the establishment of long-term care hospitals - HR 3057, S 1958 Medicare Payment Reform - HR 3162
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $120,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2007 · year_end · Health Issues
Medicare Issues Medicare Long Term Care Patient Saftey and Hospital Improvment Act HR 3057/ S 1958 Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act HR 3162 Medicare, Medicaid, SCHIP Extenention Act S 2499
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $100,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2007 · year_end · Health Issues
Issues involving long term care hospitals that led to the introduction of HR 3057 and S. 1958.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2007 · year_end · Medicare/Medicaid
H.R. 3553, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services - Opposition to proposed elimination of Graduate Medical Education payments. H.R. 3057, Provisions related to CMS Rule to prohibit certain referrals to free-standing, long-term care facilities.
Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2007 · year_end · Medicare/Medicaid
Medicare Long-Term Care Patient Safety & Improvement Act of 2007 (H.R. 3057/S. 1958), Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (S. 2499)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2007 · year_end · Health Issues
Long-Term Care Hospital Regulation; Long-Term Care Regulation Relief; H.R. 3057, the Medicare Long-Term Hospital Patient Safety and Improvement Act
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2007 · mid_year · Health Issues
Long-Term Care Hospital Regulation; Long-Term Care Regulation Relief; H.R. 3057, the Medicare Long-Term Hospital Patient Safety and Improvement Act
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
H.R. 3428 OTC Medicine Tax Fairness Act of 2005 S. 1514 OTC Medicine Tax Fairness Act of 2005 H.R. 5280 Distribution Act of 2006 H.R. 6111 Tax Relief and health Care Act (Medicare) S.3678 Pandemic All Hazards Preparedness Act (Biodefense) S.103 Combat Meth Act of 2005 H.R. 314 Combat Meth Act of 2005 S.950 Elimination of Neglected Diseases Act of 2005 H.R. 3057 Dept. of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2006 H.R. 2744 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (Section 767) H.R. 5762 Contact Lens Consumer Protection Act H.R. 5337 National Security Foreign Investment Reform and Strengthened Transparency Act of 2006 H.R. 2206 - Suplemental Appropriations H.R. 2207 - Agricultural Disaster Assistance and Western States Emergency Unfinished Business Appropriations Act of 2007 H.R. 1591 and S. 965 - US Troops Readiness, Veteran's Health, and Iraq Accountability Act of 2007 H.R. 3043 and S. 1710 - Department of Labor, Health and Human Services and Related Agenices Appropriations Act, 2008 H.R. 1908 and S. 1710 - Patent Reform Act of 2007 H.R 1 - Implementing the 9/11 Commission Recommendations Act of 2007 S. 1082 - Prescription Drug User Fee H.R. 2900 - Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 H.R. 3282 - Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2007 H.R. 3162 - Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007 Access to Life Saving Medicines Act Citizens Petition Access to Generics Public Health Service Act Drug Importation Medicare Part B and Part D Sickle Cell Anemia Immunosuppressant Legislation Gene Therapy Direct to Consumer Advertising Medicare Prescription Drugs and Modernization Act Follow-on Biologics Patent Law Reform Authorized Generics Drug Safety Legislation DoD Authorization Language Global Hypertension Best Pharmaceuticals for Children's Act Pediatric Research Equity Act H.R. 970 and S. 1378 - Dextromethorphan Distribution Act of 2007 S. 930 - Food and Drug Administration Safety Act of 2005 H.R. 2090 - Food and Drug Administration Improvement Act of 2005 S. 470 FACT Act
Client expense: $2,700,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
2007 · mid_year · Health Issues
Issues involving long term care hospitals that led to the introduction of HR 3057 and S. 1958.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2007 · mid_year · Medicare/Medicaid
Medicare Long-Term Care Patient Safety and Improvement Act of 2007 (H.R. 3057), Medicare Long-Term Care Hospital Improvement Act of 2007 (S. 338, H.R. 562), Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007 (H.R. 3162), CMS Final Rule for Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals PPS in FY08 and other administrative regulatory policies
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2007 · mid_year · Medicare/Medicaid
HR 3057, Provisions related to CMS Rule to prohibit certain referrals to free-standing long-term care facilities Medicaid, provisions regarding potential administrative action to reduce funding Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services - Opposition to FY 2008 Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule CMS-1533-P Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services - Opposition to proposed elimination of Graduate Medical Education Medicaid payments
Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2007 · mid_year · Health Issues
Medicare & Medicaid specific legislation and amendments related to reimbursements for hosptials; legislation related to Medicare payment reform for Long Term Acute Care Hospitals (H.R. 3057).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $150,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2007 · mid_year · Health Issues
H.R.3057, Long Term Care Hospital Bill H.R.800, Employee Free Choice Act Enact a permanent ban on new physician-owned, limited service hospitals to replace the expired moratorium.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $12,500
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE