To amend the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 to eliminate certain inappropriate changes in law made to the Medicare Advantage program.

S. 2029 Physician Payments Sunshine Act of 2007, to provide for transparency in the relationship between physicians and manufacturers of drugs, devices, or medical supplies for which payment is made under Medicare, Medicaid, or SCHIP; (Sections relating to drug manufacturers.) H.R. 6819 To amend the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 to eliminate certain inappropriate changes in law made to the Medicare Advantage program; (Those sections pertaining to DME.)

Client expense: $1,970,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Issues and legislative policies regarding appeals and Medicare Enrollment Improvements. HR 6819, To amend the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 to eliminate certain inappropriate changes in law made to the Medicare Advantage program.

Client expense: $150,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Administration on Aging, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

HR 3162, Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007, all provisions relating to comparative effectiveness research, Medicare (including Medicare Advantage), Medicaid, and SCHIP; HR 2639, Promoting Health for Future Generations Act of 2007, all provisions relating to Medicare Advantage Medical Savings Accounts; S 2499, Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007, all provisions relating to Medicare (including Medicare Advantage and Medicare Secondary Payor), Medicaid, and SCHIP; HR 5613, Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008, all provisions relating to CMS regulatory action on Medicaid; S 2620, To provide for a temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage under the Medicaid Program, and for other purposes; all provisions relating to Medicaid payment; HR 5268, To provide for a temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage under the Medicaid Program, and for other purposes; all provisions relating to Medicaid payment; S 1701, To provide for the extension of transitional medical assistance (TMA) and the abstinence education program through the end of fiscal year 2007, and for other purposes; provisions relating to Medicare Advantage; HR 5480, Medicare Funding Warning Response Act of 2008, all provisions relating to Medicare (including Medicare Advantage), health information technology, and health care quality measurement; S 2662, Medicare Funding Warning Response Act of 2008, all provisions relating to Medicare (including Medicare Advantage), health information technology, and health care quality measurement; HR 976, Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007, all provisions relating to children's health and dental insurance coverage; HR 3963, Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007, all provisions relating to children's health and dental insurance coverage; HR 2206, U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007, all provisions relating to SCHIP funding; S 334/ HR 3163, Healthy Americans Act, all provisions relating to health insurance coverage, Medicare, Medicaid, SCHIP, and employer taxes related to health insurance; Medicare Advantage Payment; Medicaid payment and state plans oversight; SCHIP reauthorization; S.3101 - Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act of 2008; HR 6331 - Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act of 2008; HR 6819 To ammend the Medicare Improvement for Patients adn Providers act, all provisions related to the Medicare Advantage program

Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of