Nursing Home Transparency and Quality of Care Improvement Act of 2008
Legislative Progress
Introduced
September 26, 2008
Latest Action
September 28, 2008
Primary Sponsor
Fortney Pete StarkDemocratic(CA)
Momentum (last 30 days)
0
score
0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes
Speed vs cohort
41pct
2d open
vs 7,255 other HR bills in the 110th — cohort avg 47d
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S.330/H.R.684, Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2009 - Discussed legislation which would create a government-operated Medicare prescription drug plan. Provided information on the need for nursing education capacity and the retention of newer and older nurses in the workplace (no bill). S.683/H.R.1670, Community Choice Act - Engaged in discussions about the bill and it's provisions to balance Medicaid. Discussed ideas to balance state long-term care systems including enhanced FMAP provisions for Medicaid (no bill). Discussed chronic care issues and caregiver assessment in Medicaid. Provided feedback on Medicare Realigning CARE Act (?) chronic care coordinating HCBS and provided feedback on draft proposals (no bill). Discussed challenges to replication of the PACE program. Discussed lessons learned from PACE that could be applicable to dual eligible SNPs (no bill). Discussed ways to provide better care coordination to dual eligibles and possible legislation. S.647/H.R.7128, Nursing Home Transparency and Quality of Care Improvement Act - Discussed reintroduction of the Nursing Home Transparency and Improvement Act in the House and discussed feedback on the bill's provisions. Also discussed provisions of S.647 Nursing Home Quality of Care and Transparency and Improvement Act (S.647). S.245/H.R. 468/S.434/H.R.468 Retooling the Health Care Workforce for an Aging America Act, the Empowered at Home Act and the Independence at Home Act - Discussed long-term care and chronic care legislation that AARP endorsed and shared endorsement letters. Discussed co-sponsors of Medicaid HCBS legislation. S.631/H.R.2223, Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act - Endorsed legislation on criminal background checks for employees of long-term care providers and specific bill provisions. Discussed system delivery reform in health care reform and logistics for testimony. Submitted delivery system reform testimony and comments to Finance Committee. Discussed health care reform substance and process in Finance and HELP Committees (no bill). Discussed Budget Committee letter on health care reform, shared AARP's position on the budget and health care reform. (no bill) S. 697/H.R.1721, Class Act - Discussed this bill, (next steps, scoring, actual analysis, testimony, markup and AARP position, S.1131/H.R.2560 Independence at Home Act - Discussed AARP's support for Medicare care coordination bill; a Hill briefing, bill reintroduction, and urged co-sponsorship. Discussed healthcare coverage for the 50-64 year old population and scheduled meetings for volunteers to share their coverage stories (no bill). S.1133/H.R. 2580, Empowering Medicare Patient Choices Act - To promote patient decision aids to help people make informed, evidence-based decisions about health care treatment options. H.R. 2773/S 1295, Medicare Transitional Care Act of 2009 - To reduce unnecessary hospital readmissions, improving quality for Medicare beneficiaries, and reducing wasteful spending in Medicare. S. 960, Medicare Early Access Act of 2009 - To let Americans aged 55-64 who are otherwise without access to grup or public coverage buy into Medicare. H.R. 2700, Prescription Coverage Now Act of 2009 - To assist low-invome individuals in obtaining subsidized prescription drug coverage under the Medicare prescription drug program by expediting the application and qualification process and by revising the resource standards used to determine eligibility for such subsidies, and for other purposes. S. 1185, Medicare Financial Stability for Beneficiaries Act of 2009 - To ensure that low-income beneficiaries have improved access to health care under the Medicare and Medicaid programs. H.R. 2716, Medicare Savings Program Improvement Act of 2009 - To provide financial stability for older Americans and people with disabilities through improvements in the Medicare Savings Program. Advocated for modernizing Medicare funding so that nursing education funds are directed to advanced nurse practice programs to help produce more highly-skilled nurses to care for the Medicare population. Labor, HHS, Education and related agencies Appropriations bill for FY2010-Lobbied for funding for SSA, Older Americans Act programs, Lifespan Respite Care Act, Nursing Education/Workforce Development, National Corporation for Community Service (Kennedy Serve America Act), among other items (no bill numbers). S.1004 Re-Aligning CARE Act - Discussed feedback on draft Re-aligning CARE Act and urged Sen. Lincoln to sponsor a bill to establish a transitional care benefit in Medicare. Discussed AARP proposal for a Medicare transitional care benefit (no bill number). Set up meeting with MedPAC staff to discuss Medicare transitional care benefit; meeting subsequently held. S.750 Caring for an Aging america Act - Lobbied in support of legislation. Discussed concerns over HHA regulation which would make it more difficult for state surveyors to share information about their surveys of nursing homes. (no bill) S.1257/H.R.2852 Project 2020:Building the Promise of Home and Community Based Services Act - Lobbied in support of legislation. Discussed ideas to improve medicare for medicare beneficiaries. (no bill) S.975 Seniors and Taxpayers Obligation and Protection Act - Lobbied in support of legislation. Inquired regarding use of Medicaid stimulus funds for an enhanced match in the Money Follows the Person Demonstration Program. Set up meetings to discuss AARP Health Care Reform priorities. Discussed Medicare physician payment issues and SGR. Inquired about information regarding a Medicare waiver and five New England states. Responded to staff inquiry about AARP position on Medicare fraud bill; referred staff to appropriate AARP staff. Discussed idea of an annual physical for Medicare beneficiaries. S.1009 Medicare Care Transitions Program Act - Discussed provisions of Medicare Care Transitions Program Act. Discussed care coordination for dual eligibles and policy ideas to address this. Provided information to help educate family caregivers about benefits under Medicare and Medicaid. (no bill) Discussed proposals to address LTC and HCBS in the context of health care reform. (no bill) S.1150 Advance Planning and Compassionate Care Act - Discussed concerns on draft advance care planning legislation. S.1263 Senior Navigation and Planning Act - Discussed legislation. S.1256 Home and Community Balanced Incentives Act - Discussed inclusion of this legislation in health reform legislation.
Client expense: $5,300,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Energy, Dept of, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Social Security Administration (SSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2008 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
S. 543 Preserving Patient Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospitals Act of 2007 H.R.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. 1107 Home and Community Services Copayment Equity Act of 2007 S. 1102 Part D Equity for Low-Income Seniors Act of 2007 S.2641 Nursing Home Transparency and Improvement Act of 2008 H.R.5799 Nursing Home Transparency and Improvement Act of 2008 H.R.7128 Nursing Home Transparency and Quality of Care Improvement Act of 2008
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2008 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
H.R. 7128 - Nursing Home Transparency Act of 2008 Senator Baucus report outlining platform for healthcare reforms Medicaid FMAP relief - various Economic Stimulus plans CMS implementation of "Five Star" Nursing Home Rating System
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
S 2337/HR 3363 Long-Term Care Affordability and Security Act - Discussed consumer protections for LTC insurance. S 1070/HR 1783 Elder Justice Act/S 1577 Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act of 2007 - Support for both pieces of legislation, strategy for how they might both move forward next year. S 3327/HR 7212 - Empowered at Home Act - Lobbied to adjust budget neutrality requirement in waivers to include costs in both Medicare and Medicaid and other improvements to bill. Also lobbied in support of the bill. HR 7110/S 3604 Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act - Lobbied for FMAP funding. HR 5613 Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008 - Supported this legislation, particularly provisions related to placing a moratorium on seven harmful Medicaid regulations. Discussed need to strengthen low-income programs by raising asset limits and streamlining rules, and to keep premiums affordable for all beneficiaries, and promote e-prescriptions in medicare (no bill number). S 2408/HR 4296 Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection (E-Meds) Act of 2007- Supported provisions related to requiring e-prescribing in Medicare Part D, at first by providing incentive payments to providers who do and after 2011 lower payments to providers who do not. S 2641 Nursing Home Transparency and Improvement Act and HR 7128 Nursing Home Transparency and Quality of Care Improvement Act - Discussed the bill and provided suggestions for changes to the bill, nursing home quality and proposed five star rating system cms; poor performing nursing homes, family caregiving initiative, nursing home compliance guidelines, Home Health CAHPS, LTC Partnership Program (under Medicaid data reporting requirements), LTC Quality Alliance. To build support and obtain sponsors for Medicaid Family Caregiver Assessment Demonstration proposal (no bill number). Discussion and input on legislation to improve the health/LTC workforce and support family caregivers (no bill number). Advance directives and end-of-life care, education of the public about these issues, portability, and other issues relating to advance directives (no bill number). HR 7114/S3613 Independence at Home Act/Chronic Care Coordination - Lobbied on and support for legislation to provide chronic care coordination services to certain Medicare beneficiaries. S 3101/HR 6331 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 - Discussed implementation to help improve Medicare. Lobbied for appeal notices for Medicare beneficiaries in Medicare Advantage plans (no bill number). S 1102 Part D Equity for Low-Income Services - Lobbied for legislation to increase Medicare Part D LIS. HR 1536 Prescription Coverage Now Act - Lobbied for legislation to increase Medicare Part D LIS asset limits. HR 6033 - Discussed provisions of Home-Based Health Services Job Training and Caregiving Act and ways to improve bill.
Client expense: $6,870,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration on Aging, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Reserve System, Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2008 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
H.R.7128 - To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the transparency of information on skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities and to clarify and improve the targeting of the enforcement of requirements with respect to such facilities. H.R.7110 - Making supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investment, and economic and energy assistance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes. H.R. 2807 - To intensify stem cell research showing evidence of substantial clinical benefit to patients, and for other purposes. H.R. 1783 - To amend the Social Security Act to enhance the social security of the Nation by ensuring adequate public-private infrastructure and to resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, & for other purposes. H.R. 2521 - To provide loans and grants for fire sprinkler retrofitting in nursing facilities. H.R. 3025 - To amend title XVII of the Social Security Act to provide comprehensive improvements to the Medicare Prescription Drug Program, and for other purposes. H.R.1046 - To amend titles XI and XVIII of the Social Security Act to modernize the quality improvement organization (QIO) program. H.R.1841 - To amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an AmeriCare that assures the provision of health insurance coverage to all residents, and for other purposes. H.R.4082 - To improve the quality of, and access to, long-term care. H.R.3784 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the quality of care in skilled nursing facilities under the Medicare Program through requiring the reporting of expenditures for nursing. H.R.976 - An act to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes. H.R.4854 - To amend the provisions of title 31, United States Code, relating to false claims to clarify and make technical amendments to those provisions, and for other purposes. H.R.3453 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare competitive bidding demonstration project for clinical laboratory services. H.R.3180 - To amend title 31, United States Code, to clarify who is an original source for purposes of bringing a qui tam action. H.R. 5480 - To repond to a Medicare funding warning. H.R.6337 - To amend the Public Health Service Act to attract and retain trained health care professionals and direct care workers dedicated to providing quality care to the growing population of older Americans. H.R.5878 - To authorize programs to increase the number of nurses within the Armed Forces through assistance for service as nurse faculty or education as nurses, and for other purposes. H.R.2705 - To amend the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003, and for other purposes. H.R.6252 - To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to delay and reform the Medicare competitive acquisition program for purchase of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies. H.R. 5799 - To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the transparency of information on skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities and to clarify and improve the targeting of the enforcement of requirements with respect to such facilities. H.Res.1203 - Expressing support for designation of the week beginning May 11, 2008, as "National Nursing Home Week". S.Res.543 - A resolutioni designating the week beginning May 11, 2008, as "National Nursing Home Week". S. 2641 - A bill to amend title XVII and XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the transparenct of information on skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities and to clarift and improce the targeting of the enforcement of requitements with respect to such facilities. S. 1980 - A bill to improve the quality of, and access to, long-term care. S. 2662 - A bill to respond to a Medicare funding warning. S. 2041 - A bill to amend the False Claims Act. S. 1693 - A bill to enhance the adoption of a nationwide interoperable health information technology system and to improce the quality and reduce the costs of health care in the United States. S. 1947 - A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to improve the quality improvement organization (QIO) program. S. 2099 - A bill to amend title XVII of teh Social Security Act to repeal the medicare competitive bidding project for clinical laboratory services. S. 1070 - A bill to amend the Social Security Act to enhance the social security of the Nation by ensuring adequate public-private infrastructure and to resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, and for other purposes. S. 1019 - A bill to provide comprehensive reform of the health care system of the United States, and for other purposes. S. 1814 - A bill to provide individuals with access to health information of which they are a subject, ensure personal privacy with respect to health related information, promote the use of non-identifiabel information for health research, impose criminal and civil penalties for unauthorized use of protected health information, to provide for the strong enforcement of these rights, and to protect States' rights. S. 1615 - A bill to provide loans and grants for fire sprinkler retrofitting in nursing facilities. S. 845 - A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to expand and intensify programs with respect to research and related activities concerning elder falls. S. 334 - A bill to provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage that will make Americans healthier and can never be taken away. S. 325 - A bill to provide for innovation in health care through State initiatives that expand coverage and access and improve quality and efficiency in the health care system. S. 1980 - A bill to improve the quality of, and access to, long-term care. S.2708 - A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to attract and retain trained health care professionals and direct care workers dedicated to providing quality care to the growing population of older Americans. S. 3144 - A bill to amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to delay and reform the Medicare competitive acquisition program for purchase of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies. S.2603 - A bill to amend title XI and XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide increased civil and criminal penalties for acts involving fraud and abuse under the Medicare program and to increase the amount of the surety bond required for suppliers of durable medical equipment. S.2641- A bill to amend title XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the transparency of information on skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities and to clarify and improve the targeting of the enforcement of requirements with respect to such facilities. H.R.1424 - A bill to provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and insure certain types of troubled assets for the purposes of providing stability to and preventing disruption in the economy and financial system and protecting taxpayers, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes. H.R. 5268 H.R. 5613 H.R. 6331 S. 2820
Client expense: $460,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2008 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Healthy Families (S 910, HR 1542); Nursing Home Fairness (S 2838); Health IT (S 1693, HR 3800, HR 6357); Small Business Health Options (HR 6210); Stimulus (S 3604, HR 7110); Bankruptcy Bill (HR 1424); Empowered at Home Act (S 3327, HR 7212); Nursing Home Transparency Act (S 2641, HR 7128)
Client expense: $475,204 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE
2008 · third_quarter · Health Issues
H.R.7128 - To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the transparency of information on skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities and to clarify and improve the targeting of the enforcement of requirements with respect to such facilities. H.R.7110 - Making supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investment, and economic and energy assistance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes. H.R. 2807 - To intensify stem cell research showing evidence of substantial clinical benefit to patients, and for other purposes. H.R. 1783 - To amend the Social Security Act to enhance the social security of the Nation by ensuring adequate public-private infrastructure and to resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, & for other purposes. H.R. 2521 - To provide loans and grants for fire sprinkler retrofitting in nursing facilities. H.R. 3025 - To amend title XVII of the Social Security Act to provide comprehensive improvements to the Medicare Prescription Drug Program, and for other purposes. H.R.1046 - To amend titles XI and XVIII of the Social Security Act to modernize the quality improvement organization (QIO) program. H.R.1841 - To amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an AmeriCare that assures the provision of health insurance coverage to all residents, and for other purposes. H.R.4082 - To improve the quality of, and access to, long-term care. H.R.3784 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the quality of care in skilled nursing facilities under the Medicare Program through requiring the reporting of expenditures for nursing. H.R.976 - An act to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes. H.R.4854 - To amend the provisions of title 31, United States Code, relating to false claims to clarify and make technical amendments to those provisions, and for other purposes. H.R.3453 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare competitive bidding demonstration project for clinical laboratory services. H.R.3180 - To amend title 31, United States Code, to clarify who is an original source for purposes of bringing a qui tam action. H.R. 5480 - To repond to a Medicare funding warning. H.R.6337 - To amend the Public Health Service Act to attract and retain trained health care professionals and direct care workers dedicated to providing quality care to the growing population of older Americans. H.R.5878 - To authorize programs to increase the number of nurses within the Armed Forces through assistance for service as nurse faculty or education as nurses, and for other purposes. H.R.2705 - To amend the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003, and for other purposes. H.R.6252 - To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to delay and reform the Medicare competitive acquisition program for purchase of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies. H.R. 5799 - To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the transparency of information on skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities and to clarify and improve the targeting of the enforcement of requirements with respect to such facilities. H.Res.1203 - Expressing support for designation of the week beginning May 11, 2008, as "National Nursing Home Week". S.Res.543 - A resolutioni designating the week beginning May 11, 2008, as "National Nursing Home Week". S. 2641 - A bill to amend title XVII and XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the transparenct of information on skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities and to clarift and improce the targeting of the enforcement of requitements with respect to such facilities. S. 1980 - A bill to improve the quality of, and access to, long-term care. S. 2662 - A bill to respond to a Medicare funding warning. S. 2041 - A bill to amend the False Claims Act. S. 1693 - A bill to enhance the adoption of a nationwide interoperable health information technology system and to improce the quality and reduce the costs of health care in the United States. S. 1947 - A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to improve the quality improvement organization (QIO) program. S. 2099 - A bill to amend title XVII of teh Social Security Act to repeal the medicare competitive bidding project for clinical laboratory services. S. 1070 - A bill to amend the Social Security Act to enhance the social security of the Nation by ensuring adequate public-private infrastructure and to resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, and for other purposes. S. 1019 - A bill to provide comprehensive reform of the health care system of the United States, and for other purposes. S. 1814 - A bill to provide individuals with access to health information of which they are a subject, ensure personal privacy with respect to health related information, promote the use of non-identifiabel information for health research, impose criminal and civil penalties for unauthorized use of protected health information, to provide for the strong enforcement of these rights, and to protect States' rights. S. 1615 - A bill to provide loans and grants for fire sprinkler retrofitting in nursing facilities. S. 845 - A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to expand and intensify programs with respect to research and related activities concerning elder falls. S. 334 - A bill to provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage that will make Americans healthier and can never be taken away. S. 325 - A bill to provide for innovation in health care through State initiatives that expand coverage and access and improve quality and efficiency in the health care system. S. 1980 - A bill to improve the quality of, and access to, long-term care. S.2708 - A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to attract and retain trained health care professionals and direct care workers dedicated to providing quality care to the growing population of older Americans. S. 3144 - A bill to amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to delay and reform the Medicare competitive acquisition program for purchase of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies. S.2603 - A bill to amend title XI and XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide increased civil and criminal penalties for acts involving fraud and abuse under the Medicare program and to increase the amount of the surety bond required for suppliers of durable medical equipment. S.2641- A bill to amend title XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the transparency of information on skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities and to clarify and improve the targeting of the enforcement of requirements with respect to such facilities. H.R.1424 - A bill to provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and insure certain types of troubled assets for the purposes of providing stability to and preventing disruption in the economy and financial system and protecting taxpayers, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes.
2008 · third_quarter · Health Issues
S. 1758/H.R. 3001 - CLASS Act, to establish a national insurance trust for long-term care - for S. 2708/HR 6337 - Caring for an Aging America Act, to recruit and retain health professionals for the field of long-term care - for S 2641/HR 5799, Nursing Home Transparency and Improvement Act - for requirements on reporting nursing home ownership and staffing. Opposed to provisions for increased penalties for survey deficiencies. HR 7128, Nursing Home Transparency and Quality of Care Improvement Act - for requirements on reporting nursing home ownership and staffing. Opposed to provisions for increased penalties for survey deficiencies.
Client expense: $100,140 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE
2008 · third_quarter · Health Issues
S. 543 Preserving Patient Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospitals Act of 2007 H.R.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. 1107 Home and Community Services Copayment Equity Act of 2007 S. 1102 Part D Equity for Low-Income Seniors Act of 2007 S.2641 Nursing Home Transparency and Improvement Act of 2008 H.R.5799 Nursing Home Transparency and Improvement Act of 2008 H.R.7128 Nursing Home Transparency and Quality of Care Improvement Act of 2008
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Client expense: $390,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE