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S. 3101, the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, Medicare reimbursement for home oxygen therapy.
H.R. 6331, the Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, Medicare reimbursement for home oxygen therapy.
H.R. 6252 and S. 3144, the Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Acquisition Reform Act, to delay the DMEPOS competitive bidding
program. Technical corrections for the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, Medicare reimbursement for home oxygen therapy.
S. 3118, the Preserving Access to Medicare Act of 2008, Medicare reimbursement for home oxygen therapy.
H.R. 621 and S. 1484, the Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act of 2007, home oxygen therapy issues, including repeal of the equipment title transfer requirement.
H.R. 552 and S. 329, the Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilitation Act of 2007, pulmonary rehabilitation services and Medicare reimbursement issues.
DMEPOS Competitive bidding program, including bidding and supplier enrollment standards for home oxygen therapy providers.
CMS Rulemaking affecting coverage and reimbursement for inhalation drug and sleep disorder therapies provided under Part B of the Medicare program.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $75,000
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
H.R.1229: To amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that the provisions relating to countervailing duties apply to nonmarket economy countries, and for other purposes.
H.R.2942: To provide for identification of misaligned currency, require action to correct the misalignment, and for other purposes. S 122 - Trade Adjustment Equity for Service Workers Act of 2007
S.1607: A bill to provide for identification of misaligned currency, require action to correct the misalignment, and for other purposes.
S.1677: A bill to amend the Exchange Rates and International Economic Coordination Act of 1988 and for other purposes.
S 1848 - Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of 2007
S. 1919 - Trade Enforcement Act of 2007
HR 552 - Calling on People's Republic of China to Remove Barriers to US Financial Services Firms Doing Business in China
H.R.1229: To amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that the provisions relating to countervailing duties apply to nonmarket economy countries.
HR 1830 - To extend the authorities of the Andean Trade Preferences Act
H.R.2942: To provide for identification of misaligned currency, require action to correct the misalignment, and for other purposes.
HR 3375 - To Extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program Under the Trade Act of 1974 for 3 months
H.R. 3589: to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to extend trade adjustment assistance to certain service workers.
H.R.5665: to impose limitations on investment and certain operations by foreign entities in the United States.
H.RES.1092: Relating to the consideration of the bill (H.R. 5724) to implement the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement.
Client expense: $515,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
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 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.
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (HR 2642) Sec. 7001. (a) Moratoria on Certain Medicaid Regulations
HR 5268: To provide for a temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage under the Medicaid Program
HR 7110: Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act: Title III, temporary increase in Medicaid matching rate
S 3656: Preserving Access to Healthcare (PATH) Act -- which would delay cuts to Medicare capital indirect medical education (IME) payments for six months
provisions in the developing economic stimulus package to temporarily increase FMAP
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
HR 5268: To provide for a temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage under the Medicaid Program
the Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) final rule eliminated indirect medical education (IME) adjustments to teaching hospitals' capital payments
proposed rule to implement National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002" requirement that TRICARE payment methods for outpatient hospital care be determined outpatient reimbursement rules used by Medicare
S 3656: to delay cuts to Medicare capital indirect medical education (IME) payments for six months
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.
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
HR 552: Calling on the People's Republic of China to Remove Barriers to US Financial
Services Firms doing Business in China. Issue: Trade
H.R. 2942: the Currency Reform and Fair Trade Act of 2007. Issue: Trade H. R. 1229: The Nonmarket Economy Trade Remedy Act of 2007. Issue: Trade
S. 1607: The Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Act of 2007. Issue: Trade
S. 1677: The Currency Reform and Market Access Bill of 2007. Issue: Trade
H.R. 3375: To Extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program Under the Trade Act of 1974 for 3 months. Issue: Trade
S. 1919: Trade Enforcement Act of 2007. Issue: Trade
S. 122: Trade Adjustment Assistance Equity for Service Workers Act of 2007. Issue: Trade
S. 1848: Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance act of 2007. Issue: Trade
HR. 1830: To extend the authorities of the Andean Trade Preferences Act. Issue: Trade
HRES 1092: Relating to the consideration of the bill (H.R. 5724) to implement the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement. Issue: Trade
HRES 1077: Whereas March 10, 2008, marked the 49th anniversary of a historic uprising against Chinese rule over the Tibetan people, which forced His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama, to escape into... (Engrossed as Agreed to or Passed by House). Issue: Trade
Client expense: $1,472,800 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Client expense: $100,000 · 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), SENATE, White House Office
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
support revisions to 75% Inpatient Rehabilitation Rule (HR 110/S. 543)
support legislation regarding Hospital in Hospital regulations (HR 552/S.338)
oppose legislation mandating a moratorium on physician owned hospitals (CHAMP ACT HR 3162) (Mental Health Parity bill (HR 1424) and wherever attempted; support legislation reforming ASC reimbursement (HR 1823/S.2250)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $33,000
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
S 329 Cardiac & Pulmonary Rehabilitation Act
HR 552 - Cardiac & Pulmonary Rehabilitation Act
HR 621 & S. 1484 - The Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act of 2007
HR 1108 & S. 625 The Family Smoking Prevention & Tobacco & Tobacco Control Act S. 605 The Allied health Reinvestment Act
HR 3968 S. 2704 - Med. Resp Initiative Act of 2007
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Issues supported by congressional COPD Caucus
S 329 and HR 552 Medicare Coverage from Out patient Pulmonary Rehabilitation
HR 621 & S. 1484 - The home Oxygen Patient Protection Act of 2007
HR 3968 & S. 2704 Medicare Respiratory Therapy Initiative Act of 2007
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
S. 3101, the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, Medicare reimbursement for home oxygen therapy.
H.R. 6331, the Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, Medicare reimbursement for home oxygen therapy.
H.R. 6252 and S. 3144, the Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Acquisition Reform Act, to delay the DMEPOS competitive bidding
program. S. 3118, the Preserving Access to Medicare Act of 2008, Medicare reimbursement for home oxygen therapy.
H.R. 3162, the Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007, home oxygen therapy reimbursement issues, including the cap on monthly Medicare payments.
H.R. 621 and S. 1484, the Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act of 2007, home oxygen therapy issues, including repeal of the equipment title transfer requirement.
H.R. 552 and S. 329, the Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilitation Act of 2007, pulmonary rehabilitation services and Medicare reimbursement issues.
DMEPOS Competitive bidding program, including bidding and supplier enrollment standards for home oxygen therapy providers.
Reimbursement for inhalation drug and sleep disorder therapies provided under Part B of the Medicare program.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $75,000
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Issues related to the prevention and treatment of lung disease, including the following legislation: S. 329 Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilitation Act of 2007, HR 552 Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilitation Act of 2007, S. 968 Stop Tuberculosis (TB) Now Act of 2007, H.R. 1567 Stop Tuberculosis (TB) Now Act of 2007, S.1551 Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2007, H.R.1532 Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2007, H.R. 621 Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act, S. 1484 Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act of 2007, H.R. 2524 Asthma Act, S. 2175 Family Asthma Act, H.R. 3904 Family Asthma Act, S.1753 Healthy Workforce Act of 2007, H.R.3717 Healthy Workforce Act of 2007, S. 2456 Influenza Vaccine Security Act, H.R. 3014 Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2007, S. 3230 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009, H.R. 3014 Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2007, H.R. 6331 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008; Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009, H.R. 6201 the Student-to-School Nurse Ratio Improvement Act of 2008, H. Res. 1381 -- Title: Resolution expressing the sense of the House that there should be an increased public and private commitment prioritizing prevention and public health for all people in the United States
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Issues related to the prevention and treatment of lung disease including the following legislation S. 329 Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilitation Act of 2007, H.R. 552 Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilitation Act of 2007, H.R. 621 Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act, S.1484 Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act of 2007, H.R. 3014 Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2007, H.R. 6331 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, H.R. 6393 Quit Smoking for Life Act of 2008, S. 3206 Medicare, Medicaid, and MCH Tobacco Cessation Promotion Act of 2008
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
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.
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (HR 2642) Sec. 7001. (a) Moratoria on Certain Medicaid Regulations
HR 5268: To provide for a temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage under the Medicaid Program
HR 7110: Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act: Title III, temporary increase in Medicaid matching rate
S 3656: Preserving Access to Healthcare (PATH) Act -- which would delay cuts to Medicare capital indirect medical education (IME) payments for six months
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
HR 5268: To provide for a temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage under the Medicaid Program
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: $100,000 · 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), SENATE, White House Office
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
H.R.1229: To amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that the provisions relating to countervailing duties apply to nonmarket economy countries, and for other purposes.
H.R.2942: To provide for identification of misaligned currency, require action to correct the misalignment, and for other purposes. S 122 - Trade Adjustment Equity for Service Workers Act of 2007
S.1607: A bill to provide for identification of misaligned currency, require action to correct the misalignment, and for other purposes.
S.1677: A bill to amend the Exchange Rates and International Economic Coordination Act of 1988 and for other purposes.
S 1848 - Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of 2007
S. 1919 - Trade Enforcement Act of 2007
HR 552 - Calling on People's Republic of China to Remove Barriers to US Financial Services Firms Doing Business in China
H.R.1229: To amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that the provisions relating to countervailing duties apply to nonmarket economy countries.
HR 1830 - To extend the authorities of the Andean Trade Preferences Act
H.R.2942: To provide for identification of misaligned currency, require action to correct the misalignment, and for other purposes.
HR 3375 - To Extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program Under the Trade Act of 1974 for 3 months
H.R. 3589: to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to extend trade adjustment assistance to certain service workers.
H.R.5665: to impose limitations on investment and certain operations by foreign entities in the United States.
H.RES.1092: Relating to the consideration of the bill (H.R. 5724) to implement the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement.
Client expense: $470,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
**see addendum page Medicare Physician Reimbursement Package, Medicare Oxygen Reimbursement, DME Competitive Bidding
S. 3118 - Preserving Access to Medicare Act of 2008
H.R. 6331 - Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act of 2008
S. 3101 - Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act of 2008
S. 1484/H.R. 621 - Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act of 2007
S. 329/H.R. 552 - Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilition Act of 2007
H.R. 6252/S. 3144 - Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Acquisition Reform Act of 2008
***, no specific bill(s), Medicare Inhalation Drug Therapies and Oxygen Reimbursement, provider enrollment standards, DME Competitive Bidding, CPAP coverage & reimbursement
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $70,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
HR 552: Calling on the People's Republic of China to Remove Barriers to US Financial
Services Firms doing Business in China. Issue: Trade
H.R. 2942: the Currency Reform and Fair Trade Act of 2007. Issue: Trade H. R. 1229: The Monmarket Economy Trade Remedy Act of 2007. Issue: Trade
S. 1607: The Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Act of 2007. Issue: Trade
S. 1677: The Currency Reform and Market Access Bill of 2007. Issue: Trade
H.R. 3375: To Extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program Under the Trade Act of 1974 for 3 months. Issue: Trade
S. 1919: Trade Enforcement Act of 2007. Issue: Trade
S. 122: Trade Adjustment Assistance Equity for Service Workers Act of 2007. Issue: Trade
S. 1848: Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of 2007. Issue: Trade
HR. 1830: To extend the authorities of the Andean Trade Preferences Act. Issue: Trade
HRES 1092: Relating to the consideration of the bill (H.R. 5724) to implement the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement. Issue: Trade
HRES 1077: Whereas March 10, 2008, marked the 49th anniversary of a historic uprising against Chinese rule over the Tibetan people, which forced His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama, to escape into... (Engrossed as Agreed to or Passed by House). Issue: Trade
Client expense: $1,219,600 · Firm income: Not reported
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
support revisions to 75% Inpatient Rehabilitation Rule (HR 110/S. 543)
support legislation regarding Hospital in Hospital regulations (HR 552/S.338)
oppose legislation mandating a moratorium on physician owned hospitals (CHAMP ACT HR 3162) (Mental Health Parity bill (HR 1424) and wherever attempted; support legislation reforming ASC reimbursement (HR 1823/S.2250)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $33,000
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES, APPROPRIATIONS, FY 2009
S 329 CARDIAC & PULMONARY REHABILITATION ACT
HR 552 CARDIAC & PULMONARY REHABILITATION ACT
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, FY 2009
S 329 CARDIAC & PULMONARY REHABILITATION ACT
HR 552 CARDIAC & PULMONARY REHABILITATION ACT
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
H.R.1229: To amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that the provisions relating to countervailing duties apply to nonmarket economy countries, and for other purposes.
H.R.2942: To provide for identification of misaligned currency, require action to correct the misalignment, and for other purposes. S 122 - Trade Adjustment Equity for Service Workers Act of 2007
S.1607: A bill to provide for identification of misaligned currency, require action to correct the misalignment, and for other purposes.
S.1677: A bill to amend the Exchange Rates and International Economic Coordination Act of 1988 and for other purposes.
S 1848 - Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of 2007
S. 1919 - Trade Enforcement Act of 2007
HR 552 - Calling on People's Republic of China to Remove Barriers to US Financial Services Firms Doing Business in China
H.R.1229: To amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that the provisions relating to countervailing duties apply to nonmarket economy countries.
HR 1830 - To extend the authorities of the Andean Trade Preferences Act
H.R.2942: To provide for identification of misaligned currency, require action to correct the misalignment, and for other purposes.
HR 3375 - To Extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program Under the Trade Act of 1974 for 3 months
H.R. 3589: to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to extend trade adjustment assistance to certain service workers.
H.R.5665: to impose limitations on investment and certain operations by foreign entities in the United States.
H.RES.1092: Relating to the consideration of the bill (H.R. 5724) to implement the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement.
Client expense: $540,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
S. 3101, the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, Medicare reimbursement for home oxygen therapy.
H.R. 6331, the Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, Medicare reimbursement for home oxygen therapy.
H.R. 6252 and S. 3144, the Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Acquisition Reform Act, to delay the DMEPOS competitive bidding
program. S. 3118, the Preserving Access to Medicare Act of 2008, Medicare reimbursement for home oxygen therapy.
H.R. 3162, the Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007, home oxygen therapy reimbursement issues, including the cap on monthly Medicare payments.
H.R. 621 and S. 1484, the Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act of 2007, home oxygen therapy issues, including repeal of the equipment title transfer requirement.
H.R. 552 and S. 329, the Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilitation Act of 2007, pulmonary rehabilitation services and Medicare reimbursement issues.
DMEPOS Competitive bidding program, including bidding and supplier enrollment standards for home oxygen therapy providers.
Reimbursement for inhalation drug therapies provided under Part B of the Medicare program.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $75,000
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Issues related to the prevention and treatment of lung disease, including the following legislation: S. 329 Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilitation Act of 2007, HR 552 Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilitation Act of 2007, S 968 Stop Tuberculosis (TB) Now Act of 2007, HR 1567 Stop Tuberculosis (TB) Now Act of 2007, S.1551 Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2007, H.R.1532 Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2007, HR 621 Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act, S 1484 Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act of 2007, HR 2524 Asthma Act, S 2175 Family Asthma Act, HR 3904 Family Asthma Act, S 1753 Healthy Workforce Act of 2007, H.R.3717 Healthy Workforce Act of 2007, S 2456 Influenza Vaccine Security Act, HR 3014 Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2007, S 3230 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009, HR 3014 Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2007, HR 6331 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008; Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009, S 3101 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, H.R.6212 Medicare Efficiency and Development of Improvement of Care and Services Act (MEDICS Act) of 2008
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Issues related to the prevention and treatment of lung disease including the following legislation S. 329 Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilitation Act of 2007, HR 552 Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilitation Act of 2007, HR 621 Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act, S 1484 Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act of 2007, HR 3014 Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2007, HR 6331 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, S 3101 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, H.R.6212 Medicare Efficiency and Development of Improvement of Care and Services Act (MEDICS Act) of 2008, HR 6393 Quit Smoking for Life Act of 2008, S 3206 Medicare, Medicaid, and MCH Tobacco Cessation Promotion Act of 2008
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
HR 552: Calling on the People's Republic of China to Remove Barriers to US Financial
Services Firms doing Business in China
H.R. 2942: the Currency Reform and Fair Trade Act of 2007 H. R. 1229: The Monmarket Economy Trade Remedy Act of 2007
S. 1607 The Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Act of 2007
S. 1677: The Currency Reform and Market Access Bill of 2007
H.R. 3375: To Extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program Under the Trade Act of 1974 for 3 months.
S. 1919: Trade Enforcement Act of 2007
S. 122: Trade Adjustment Assistance Equity for Service Workers Act of 2007
S. 1848: Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance act of 2007
HR. 1830: To extend the authorities of the Andean Trade Preferences Act
HRES 1092: Relating to the consideration of the bill (H.R. 5724) to implement the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement.
HRES 1077: Whereas March 10, 2008, marked the 49th anniversary of a historic uprising against Chinese rule over the Tibetan people, which forced His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama, to escape into... (Engrossed as Agreed to or Passed by House)
Client expense: $920,600 · Firm income: Not reported
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
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
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Issues supported by congressional COPD Caucus
S 329 and HR 552 Medicare Coverage from Out patient Pulmonary Rehabilitation
HR 621 & S. 1484 - The Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act of 2007
HR 3968 & S 2704 Medicare Respiratory Therapy Initiative Act of 2007
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
S 329 - Cardiac & Pulmonary Rehabilitation Act
HR 552 - Cardiac & Pulmonary Rehabilitation Act
HR 621 & S. 1484 - The Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act of 2007
HR 1108 & S. 625 The Family Smoking Prevention & Tobacco Control Act S. 605 The Allied Health Reinvestment Act
HR 3968 S. 2704 - Med. Resp Initiative Act of 2007
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
H.R.1229: To amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that the provisions relating to countervailing duties apply to nonmarket economy countries, and for other purposes.
H.R.2942: To provide for identification of misaligned currency, require action to correct the misalignment, and for other purposes. S 122 - Trade Adjustment Equity for Service Workers Act of 2007
S.1607: A bill to provide for identification of misaligned currency, require action to correct the misalignment, and for other purposes.
S.1677: A bill to amend the Exchange Rates and International Economic Coordination Act of 1988 and for other purposes.
S 1848 - Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of 2007
S. 1919 - Trade Enforcement Act of 2007
HR 552 - Calling on People's Republic of China to Remove Barriers to US Financial Services Firms Doing Business in China
H.R.1229: To amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that the provisions relating to countervailing duties apply to nonmarket economy countries.
HR 1830 - To extend the authorities of the Andean Trade Preferences Act
H.R.2942: To provide for identification of misaligned currency, require action to correct the misalignment, and for other purposes.
HR 3375 - To Extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program Under the Trade Act of 1974 for 3 months
H.R. 3589: to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to extend trade adjustment assistance to certain service workers.
H.R.5665: to impose limitations on investment and certain operations by foreign entities in the United States.
H.RES.1092: Relating to the consideration of the bill (H.R. 5724) to implement the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement.
Client expense: $540,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
**see addendum page Medicare Physician Reimbursement Package, Medicare Oxygen Reimbursement, DME Competitive Bidding
S. 3118, "Preserving Access to Medicare Act of 2008"
H.R. 6331, "Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act of 2008"
S. 3101, " Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act of 2008"
S. 1484/H.R. 621, "Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act of 2007"
S. 329/H.R. 552, " Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilition Act of 2007"
H.R. 6252, S. 3144, " Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Acquisition Reform Act of 2008"
***, no specific bill(s), Medicare Inhalation Drug Therapies and Oxygen Reimbursement, provider enrollment standards, DME Competitive Bidding
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $70,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
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.
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
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
H.R. 3162, the Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007, home oxygen therapy reimbursement issues, including the cap on monthly Medicare payments.
H.R. 621 and S. 1484, the Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act of 2007, home oxygen therapy issues, including repeal of the equipment title transfer requirement. H.R. 552 and S. 329, the Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilitation Act of 2007, pulmonary rehabilitation services and Medicare reimbursement issues.
DMEPOS Competitive bidding program, including bidding and supplier enrollment standards for home oxygen therapy providers.
Reimbursement for inhalation drug therapies provided under Part B of the Medicare program.
Unnumbered Senate Medicare reform package currently under development, home oxygen therapy reimbursement rates and the DMEPOS competitive bidding program .
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
*see addendum page Medicare Physician Reimbursement Package, Medicare Oxygen Reimbursement
S. 1484/H.R. 621- Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act of 2007
H.R. 3162 - Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007
S. 329/H.R. 552, "Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilition Act of 2007"
***, no specific bill(s), Medicare Inhalation Drug Therapies and Oxygen Reimbursement, provider enrollment standards,
competitive bidding
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $70,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Issues related to the prevention and treatment of lung disease, including the following legislation: S. 329 Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilitation Act of 2007, HR 552 Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilitation Act of 2007, S 968 Stop Tuberculosis (TB) Now Act of 2007, HR 1567 Stop Tuberculosis (TB) Now Act of 2007,S.1551 Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2007, H.R.1532 Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2007, HR 621 Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act, S 1484 Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act of 2007, HR 2524 Asthma Act, S 2175 Family Asthma Act, HR 3904 Family Asthma Act, S 1753 Healthy Workforce Act of 2007, H.R.3717 Healthy Workforce Act of 2007, S 2456 Influenza Vaccine Security Act, HR 3014 Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2007, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Issues related to the prevention and treatment of lung disease including the following legislation S. 329 Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilitation Act of 2007, HR 552 Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilitation Act of 2007,HR 621 Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act, S 1484 Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act of 2007,HR 3014 Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2007, Section 201 of Medicare,
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
*see addendum page Medicare Physician Reimbursement Package, Medicare Oxygen Reimbursement
S. 1484/H.R. 621- Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act of 2007
H.R. 3162 - Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007
S. 329/H.R. 552, "Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilition Act of 2007"
***, no specific bill(s), Medicare Inhalation Drug Therapies and Oxygen Reimbursement, provider enrollment standards,
competitive bidding
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $80,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
HR 552: Calling on the People's Republic of China to Remove Barriers to US Financial
Services Firms doing Business in China
H.R. 2942: the Currency Reform and Fair Trade Act of 2007 H. R. 1229: The Monmarket Economy Trade Remedy Act of 2007
S. 1607 The Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Act of 2007
S. 1677: The Currency Reform and Market Access Bill of 2007
H.R. 3375: To Extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program Under the Trade Act of 1974 for 3 months.
S. 1919: Trade Enforcement Act of 2007
S. 122: Trade Adjustment Assistance Equity for Service Workers Act of 2007
S. 1848: Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance act of 2007
HR. 1830: To extend the authorities of the Andean Trade Preferences Act
HRES 1092: Relating to the consideration of the bill (H.R. 5724) to implement the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement.
HRES 1077: Whereas March 10, 2008, marked the 49th anniversary of a historic uprising against Chinese rule over the Tibetan people, which forced His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama, to escape into... (Engrossed as Agreed to or Passed by House)
Client expense: $2,762,032 · Firm income: Not reported
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
*see addendum page Medicare Physician Reimbursement Package, Medicare Oxygen Reimbursement
S. 1484/H.R. 621- Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act of 2007
H.R. 3162 - Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007
S. 329/H.R. 552, "Pulmonary and Cardiac Rehabilition Act of 2007"
***, no specific bill(s), Medicare, Inhalation Drug Therapies and Oxygen Reimbursement, provider enrollment standards,
competitive bidding
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $80,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
support revisions to 75% Inpatient Rehabilitation Rule (HR 110/S. 543)
support legislation regarding Hospital in Hospital regulations (HR 552/S.338)
oppose legislation mandating a moratorium on physician owned hospitals (CHAMP ACT HR 3162) (Mental Health Parity bill (HR 1424) and wherever attempted; support legislation reforming ASC reimbursement (HR 1823/S.2250)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $33,000
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Issues supported by congressional COPD Caucus
S 329 and HR 552 Medicare Coverage from Out patient Pulmonary Rehabilitation
HR 621 & S. 1484 - The Home oxygen Patient Protection Act of 2007
HR 3968 & S2704 Medicare Respiratory Therapy Initiative Act of 2007 HHS Appropriations Request '09
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
Department of Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations, FY 2009
S 329 Cardiac & Pulmonary Rehabilitation Act
HR 552 Cardiac & Pulmonary Rehabilitation Act
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported