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Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009
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2010 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
S. 46/H.R. 43 - Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act; S. 54/H.R. 2273 - Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act; S. 318 - Medical Rural Health Access Improvement Act; H.R. 2307 - Reaching Elders with Assessment and Chronic Care Management and Coordination Act; Health Reform; S. 179 - Health Information Technology Act; S. 1174/H.R. 2350 - Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act; H.R. 2479 - Medicare Orthotics and Prosthetics Improvement Act; H.R. 3962 - Affordable HealthCare for America Act; H.R. 3590 - Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; H.R. 4787/S. 1217 - Medicaid Services Restoration Act of 2010; S. 2987 - Securing Effective and Necessary Individual Outpatient Services (SENIORS) Act of 2010; H.R. 4872 - Reconciliation Act of 2010.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE
2010 · second_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 724 - America's Partnership for Nursing Education Act; H.R. 1460/S. 1022 - Nurses' Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act; H.R. 1494 - Nursing Home Emergency Assistance Act; S. 179 - Health Information Technology Act; S. 497/H.R. 2043 - Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act; H.R. 2350 - Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act; Health Reform; H.R. 2381 - Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act; H.R. 3962 - Affordable Health Care for America Act; H.R. 3590 - PatientProtection and Affordable Care Act; H.R. 307 - Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act; H.R. 868 - Direct Support Professional Fairness and Security Act; H.R. 2575/S. 3223 - Prosthetic and Custom Orthotic Parity Act; H.R. 4872 - Reconciliation Act of 2010; H. Res. 510 - Safe Patient Handling and Movement.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
2010 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Legislation and issues relating to: Provisions of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148); H.R. 2043/S. 497 - Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act; H.R. 2350/S. 1174 - Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act; H.R. 3098/S. 750 - Caring for an Aging America Act; nursing provisions in potential job creation legislation.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $23,835
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), SENATE
2010 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Legislation and issues relating to: Provisions of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148); H.R. 2043/S. 497 - Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act; H.R. 2350/S. 1174 - Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act; H.R. 3098/S. 750 - Caring for an Aging America Act; nursing provisions in potential job creation legislation.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $23,835
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), SENATE
2010 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
S 2 Middle Class Opportunity Act, Card Check provisions; S 45 MCAP Act, a bill to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system; S 77 Children's Mental Health Parity Act, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for equal coverage of mental health services under the State Children's Health Insurance Program; HR 241, a bill to amend title 10, United States Code to require the amounts reimbursed to institutional providers of health care services under the TRICARE program to be the same as amounts reimbursed under Medicare, and to require the Secretary of Defense to contract for health care services with at least one teaching hospital in urban areas; HR 298 Improving Children's Doctor Access Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to require SCHIP annual reports to include information on the HEDIS measure relating to access to primary care practitioners by individuals eligible for child health assistance under such plans and on State efforts to avoid certain displacement of private health coverage, and to express the sense of Congress that such States should utilize Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems consumer satisfaction surveys to measure access by such individuals to physicians; HR 468 and S 245 Retooling the Health Care Workforce for an Aging America Act of 2009, a bill to expand, train, and support all sectors of the health care workforce to care for the growing population of older individuals in the United States; HR 676 United States National Health Care Act or the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act, a bill to provide for comprehensive health insurance coverage for all United States residents, improved health care delivery, and for other purposes; HR 688 and S 326 Kids First Act, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program through fiscal year 2013, and for other purposes; Tricare letter sent to DOD from Sen. Ben Nelson urging DoD to revise the rule, expand the transition to the new payment system, offer other adjustments to cushion the financial blow on certain hospitals, and conduct a detailed analysis of its impact on the field; S 391 Healthy Americans Act, a bill to provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage that will make Americans healthier and can never be taken away; HR 914 Physician Workforce Enhancement Act of 2009, a bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to establish a loan program for eligible hospitals to establish residency training programs; HR 936 National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2009, a bill to ensure the continued and future availability of lifesaving trauma health care in the United States and to prevent further trauma center closures and downgrades by assisting trauma centers with uncompensated care costs, core mission services, emergency needs, and information technology; S 408 Wakefield Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide a means for continued improvement in emergency medical services for children; HR 1086 Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2009; a bill to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system; HR 1101 Midwifery Care Access and Reimbursement Equity Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for reimbursement of certified midwife services and to provide for more equitable reimbursement rates for certified nurse-midwife services; HR 1296 Access for All America Act, a bill to achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services for all Americans and to reform the organization of primary care delivery through an expansion of the Community Health Center and National Health Service Corps programs; HR 1411 United States Primary and Preventive Health Care Corps Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a Primary and Public Health Scholarship Program; HR 1460 Nurses Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a graduate degree loan repayment program for nurses who become nursing school faculty members; HR 1494 Nursing Home Emergency Assistance Act, a bill to ensure that a private for-profit nursing home affected by a major disaster receives the same reimbursement as a public nursing home affected by a major disaster; HR 1558 and S 623 Preexisting Condition Patient Protection Act of 2009, to prohibit health insurers from denying coverage to people with pre-existing conditions; S 616 Enhancing Safety in Medicine Utilizing Leading Advanced Simulation Technologies to Improve Outcomes Now Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize medical simulation enhancement programs, and for other purposes; HR 1581 Patient-Focused Critical Care Enhancement Act, a bill to optimize the delivery of critical care medicine and expand the critical care workforce; S 628 Conrad State 30 Improvement Act, a bill to provide incentives to physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities; HR 1614 and S 652 Community Coalitions for Access and Quality Improvement Act of 2009, a bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to community health coalitions to assist in the development of integrated health care delivery; HR 1691 and S 688 Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2009, a bill to require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations; HR 1699 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act, a bill to require that certain complex diagnostic laboratory tests performed by an independent laboratory after a hospital outpatient encounter or inpatient stay during which the specimen involved was collected shall be treated as services for which payment may be made directly to the laboratory under part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act; S 703 American Health Security Act of 2009, a bill to provide for health care for every American and to control the cost and enhance the quality of the health care system; HR 1745 Family Health Care Accessibility Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide liability protections for volunteer practitioners at health centers under section 330 of such Act; S 733 National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2009, a bill to ensure the continued and future availability of life saving trauma health care in the United States and to prevent further trauma center closures and downgrades by assisting trauma centers with uncompensated care costs, core mission services, and emergency needs; Letter to HHS about the action plan to prevent Healthcare associated infections; Provided information to members of Congress about the Quality and Patient Safety Transparency initiatives by state; Working with Rep. Nathan Deal to get legislation introduced on provider price transparency; HR 1670 and S 683 Community Choice Act of 2009, to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide individuals with disabilities and older Americans with equal access to community-based attendant services and supports and which would allow disabled Medicaid recipients to receive care in their homes rather than in nursing homes; HR 2003 and S 830 Children's Hospitals Education Equity Act, a bill to modify the definition of children's hospital for purposes of making payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs; HR 1998 Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2009, a bill to improve access to emergency medical services; HR 2043 Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize capitation grants to increase the number of nursing faculty and students; HR 2066 Graduate Psychology Education Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to promote mental and behavioral health services for underserved populations; S 890 Health Information Technology (IT) Public Utility Act of 2009, a bill to provide for the use of improved health information technology with respect to certain safety net health care providers; HR 2176 Nursing and Allied Health Education Preservation Act of 2009, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to continue the ability of hospitals to supply a needed workforce of nurses and allied health professionals by preserving funding for hospital operated nursing and allied health education programs; HR 2218 Parental Consent Act of 2009, a bill to prohibit the use of Federal funds for any universal or mandatory mental health screening program; S 957 Public Health Emergency Response Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that victims of public health emergencies have meaningful and immediate access to medically necessary health care services; S 958 MediKids Health Insurance Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Social Security Act to guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children born after 2009; HR 2231 Public Health Emergency Response Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that victims of public health emergencies have meaningful and immediate access to medically necessary health care services; HR 2233 Health Empowerment Zone Act of 2009, a bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate health empowerment zones; S 966 and HR 2252 National Health Care Quality Act, a bill to improve the Federal infrastructure for health care quality improvement in the United States; HR 2249 Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for increased price transparency of hospital information and to provide for additional research on consumer information on charges and out-of-pocket costs; HR 2251 and S 973 Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the distribution of additional residency positions; S 979 and HR 2360 SHOP Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed that would offer a choice of private health plans and make health coverage more affordable, predictable, and accessible; HR 2273 Nurse Staffing Standards for Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals; S 999 Child Health Care Crisis Relief Act of 2009, a bill to increase the number of well-trained mental health service professionals (including those based in schools) providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents; S 1001 Health Promotion FIRST Act, a bill to provide for increased research, coordination and expansion of health promotion programs through the Department of Health and Human Services; HR 2350 Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Social Security Act to increase the number of primary care physicians and primary care providers and to improve patient access to primary care services; HR 2369 Improving the Quality of Mental and Substance Use Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to improve mental and substance use health care; S 1020 Patient-Focused Critical Care Enhancement Act, a bill to optimize the delivery of critical care medicine and expand the critical care workforce; S 1022 Nurses' Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a graduate degree loan repayment program for nurses who become nursing school faculty members; HR 2381 Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2009, a bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to issue an occupational safety and health standard to reduce injuries to patients, direct-care registered nurses, and all other health care workers by establishing a safe patient handling and injury prevention standard, and for other purposes; HR 2388 Physician Availability Act of 2009, a bill to assure that the services of a nonemergency department physician are available to hospital patients 24 hours a day, seven days a week in all non-Federal hospitals with at least 100 licensed beds; S 1028 Strengthening America's Public Health System Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the Nation's surveillance and reporting for diseases and conditions; S 1031 National Nursing Shortage Reform and Patient Advocacy Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals; HR 2427 and S 1050 Informed Consumer Choices in Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to establish Federal standards for health insurance forms, quality, fair marketing, and honesty in out-of-network coverage in the group and individual health insurance markets, to improve transparency and accountability in those markets, and to establish a Federal Office of Health Insurance Oversight to monitor performance in those markets; S 1104 Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish the Nurse- Managed Health Clinic Investment program; HR 2536 Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act, to provide relief for the shortage of nurses in the United States; HR 2691 a bill to provide assistance to adolescents and young adults with serious mental health disorders as they transition to adulthood ; S 1173 Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act, a bill to establish a demonstration project to train unemployed workers for employment as health care professionals; S 1174 Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Social Security Act to increase the number of primary care physicians and primary care providers and to improve patient access to primary care services; S 1176 Allied Health Reinvestment Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to promote and improve the allied health professionals; HR 2744 Equal Rights for Health Care Act Title 42, a bill to prohibit discrimination in Federal assisted health care services and research programs on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability status; HR 2754 Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish the Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment program; S 1220 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act, a bill to require that certain complex diagnostic laboratory tests performed by an independent laboratory after a hospital outpatient encounter or inpatient stay during which the specimen involved was collected shall be treated as services for which payment may be made directly to the laboratory under part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act; HR 2785 Health Care Paperwork Reduction and Fraud Prevention Act of 2009, a bill to reduce the amount of paperwork and improve payment policies for health care services, to prevent fraud and abuse through health care provider education; HR 2804Ensuring Continuous Coverage under SCHIP Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to require 12-month continuous coverage under the State Children's Health Insurance Program; HR 2810 Public Health Workforce Investment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish various programs for the recruitment and retention of public health workers and to eliminate critical public health workforce shortages in Federal, State, local, and tribal public health agencies and health centers; HR 2816 States' Right To Innovate in Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide grants and flexibility through demonstration projects for States to provide universal, comprehensive, cost-effective systems of health care coverage, with simplified administration; HR 2824 Doctor-Patient Relationship and Research Protection Act, to enhance the conduct and support of federally funded comparative effectiveness research relating to health care; HR 2891 Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Frontline Providers Loan Repayment Program; HR 2925 Communities Building Access Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for community projects that will reduce the number of individuals who are uninsured with respect to health care; HR 2930 Primary Care Training Enhancement Act, a bill to enhance the primary care workforce through modifications to the medical residency training programs and use of qualified teaching health centers and through State primary care scholarship and loan repayment programs; S 1278 Consumers Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to establish the Consumers Choice Health Plan, a public health insurance plan that provides an affordable and accountable health insurance option for consumers; HR 2937 and S 1305 MRSA Infection Prevention and Patient Protection Act, a bill to prevent health care facility-acquired infections; HR 2948 Healthcare Improvements for Generating High Performance (HIGH Performance) Act of 2009, a bill to amend title IX of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the implementation of best practices in the delivery of health care in the United States; HR 2957 Rural Health Access Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the National Health Service Corps Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs; S 1299 Worker Infection Protection Act, a bill to protect health care workers and first responders, including police, firefighters, emergency medical personnel, and other workers at risk of workplace exposure to infectious agents and drug resistant infections; Hatch amendment # 21 requiring the IOM to make recommendations to Congress on how to reduce unnecessary hospital readmissions; HR 2975 Medical Practice Protection Act of 2009, a bill to improve the medical care by reducing the excessive burden imposed by the civil liability system on the health care delivery system; HR 3000 Josephine Butler United States Health Service Act, a bill to establish a United States Health Service to provide high quality comprehensive health care for all Americans and to overcome the deficiencies in the present system of health care delivery; HR 3002 and S 1259 PATIENTS Act of 2009, a bill to protect all patients by prohibiting the use of data obtained from comparative effictiveness research accounts to deny coverage of items or services under Federal health care programs and to ensure that comparative effectiveness research accounts for advancements in personalized medicine and differences in patient treatment response; S 1355 Rural Health Clinic Patient Access and Improvement Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to health care for individuals residing in underserved rural areas; S 1403 Strengthen Social Work Training Act of 2009, a bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to ensure that social work students or social work schools are eligible for support under certain programs that would assist individuals in pursuing health careers or for grants for training projects in geriatrics, and to establish a social work training program; S 1404 Supporting Child Maltreatment Prevention Efforts in Community Health Centers Act of 2009, a bill to implement demonstration projects at federally qualified community health centers to promote universal access to family-centered, evidence-based behavioral health interventions that prevent child maltreatment and promote family well-being by addressing parenting practices and skills for families from diverse socio-economic, cultural, racial, ethnic, and other backgrounds; HR3134 Healthcare Innovation Zone Program Act of 2009, a bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Healthcare Innovation Zone pilot program; H.R.3148, a bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings; H.R.3151 and S 1585 Rural Access to Nurse Anesthesia Services Act of 2009, a bill to permit pass-through payment for reasonable costs of certified registered nurse anesthetist services in critical access hospitals notwithstanding the reclassification of such hospitals as urban hospitals, including hospitals located in ``Lugar counties'', and for on-call and standby costs for such services; H.R.3185 and S1569, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide payment to hospitals for costs of expanded advanced practice nurse training programs; H.R. 3191 Positive Aging Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for integration of mental health services and mental health treatment outreach teams, and for other purposes; H.R. 3199 Emergency Medic Transition (EMT) Act of 2009 , a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training; H.R. 3200 America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, a bill to provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending; H.R. 3217 Health Care Choice Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce; H.R. 3218 Improving Health Care for All Americans Act, a bill to provide a refundable tax credit for medical costs, to expand access to health insurance coverage through individual membership associations (IMAs), and to assist in the establishment of high risk pools; H.R.3234 Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act, a bill to establish a demonstration project to train unemployed workers for employment as health care professionals; H.R. 3242 Women's Health Office Act of 2009, a bill to improve the health of women through the establishment of Offices of Women's Health within the Department of Health and Human Services; S.1459 Health Care Choice Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce; H.R. 3391 NO TITLE, a bill to allow for the continuation of critical access hospital designation for certain hospitals in geographic areas experiencing population growth; H.R. 3400 Empowering Patients First Act, a bill to provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage; HR 3472 a bill to provide for health insurance coverage premium discounts for healthy behavior and improvements toward healthy behavior; HR 3483 Steps Toward Access and Reform (STAR) Act of 2009, a bill to reform the medical liability system, improve access to health care for rural and indigent patients, enhance access to affordable prescription drugs; S 1572, a bill to provide for a point of order against any legislation that eliminates or reduces the ability of Americans to keep their health plan or their choice of doctor or that decreases the number of Americans enrolled in private health insurance, while increasing the number of Americans enrolled in government-managed health care; HR 3652 Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly; S 1720 Health Professions and Primary Care Reinvestment Act, a bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to provide improved training and primary care; HR 3664 Healthcare Innovation Zone Pilot Act of 2009, a bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Healthcare Innovation Zone pilot program; S 1730 Fairness in Health Insurance Act, a bill to provide for minimum loss ratios for health insurance coverage; S 1734 Medical Liability Reform Act of 2009, a bill to reduce the cost of health care and ensure patient access to doctors by ending excessive malpractice verdicts through common-sense lawsuit reform; S 1742 Women's Hospitals Education Equity Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide assistance for graduate medical education funding for women's hospitals; Comment letter expressing concerns taht ONC's certification criteria for EHR eliminates flexibility CMS established in rule for achieving meaningful use; HR 4626 Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act, to restore the application of the Federal antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect competition and consumers; HR 4851 Continuing Extension Act of 2010, to provide a temporary extension of certain programs; Meetings with CMS and HHS to encourage reimbursement under the National Disaster Medical System for hospitals that provided services to victims of the Haitian earthquake; HR 4700 The Transparency in All Health Care Pricing Act of 2010, to provide for transparency in health care pricing; HR 4803 The Patients Right to Know Act, to ensure health care consumer and provider access to certain health benefits plan information and to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide transparency in hospital price and quality information; HR 6072 and S 3708 Electronic Health Record Incentives for Multi-Campus Hospitals Act of 2010, to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to clarify the application of EHR payment incentives in cases of multi-campus hospitals; HR 6376 to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to physician supervision of therapeutic hospital outpatient services; HR 6095 to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve integrated care for durable medical equipment under the competitive bidding program for qualified hospital-related DME entities; S 3653 Healthcare Bureacrats Elimination Act, A bill to remove unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats from seniors' personal health decisions by repealing the IPAB.
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| Anthony Weiner | Democratic | NY |
| Barbara Lee | Democratic | CA |
| Barney Frank | Democratic | MA |
| Betty McCollum | Democratic | MN |
| Betty Sutton | Democratic | OH |
| Bob Etheridge | Democratic | NC |
| Bob Filner | Democratic | CA |
| Brian Baird | Democratic | WA |
| Brian Higgins | Democratic | NY |
| Carol Shea-Porter | Democratic | NH |
| Carolyn B. Maloney | Democratic | NY |
| Carolyn McCarthy | Democratic | NY |
| Chaka Fattah | Democratic | PA |
| Charles Wilson | Democratic | OH |
| Chellie Pingree | Democratic | ME |
| Chris Van Hollen | Democratic | MD |
| Christopher Carney | Democratic | PA |
| Christopher Murphy | Democratic | CT |
| Dale E. Kildee | Democratic | MI |
| Daniel B. Maffei | Democratic | NY |
| Danny K. Davis | Democratic | IL |
| David E. Price | Democratic | NC |
| David Loebsack | Democratic | IA |
| David Scott | Democratic | GA |
| David Wu | Democratic | OR |
| Deborah Halvorson | Democratic | IL |
| Dennis J. Kucinich | Democratic | OH |
| Dennis Moore | Democratic | KS |
| Diana DeGette | Democratic | CO |
| Diane Watson | Democratic | CA |
| Donald Payne | Democratic | NJ |
| Donna F. Edwards | Democratic | MD |
| Donna M. Christensen | Democratic | VI |
| Doris O. Matsui | Democratic | CA |
| Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | OR |
| Ed Pastor | Democratic | AZ |
| Ed Perlmutter | Democratic | CO |
| Eliot L. Engel | Democratic | NY |
| Emanuel Cleaver | Democratic | MO |
| Frank A. LoBiondo | Republican | NJ |
| Frederick Boucher | Democratic | VA |
| Gabrielle Giffords | Democratic | AZ |
| Gary C. Peters | Democratic | MI |
| Gerald E. Connolly | Democratic | VA |
| Grace F. Napolitano | Democratic | CA |
| Gregory W. Meeks | Democratic | NY |
| Gwen Moore | Democratic | WI |
| Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Democratic | GA |
| Henry Cuellar | Democratic | TX |
| Howard L. Berman | Democratic | CA |
| Jackie Speier | Democratic | CA |
| James A. Himes | Democratic | CT |
| James Oberstar | Democratic | MN |
| James P. McGovern | Democratic | MA |
| James P. Moran | Democratic | VA |
| James R. Langevin | Democratic | RI |
| Janice D. Schakowsky | Democratic | IL |
| Jason Altmire | Democratic | PA |
| Jesse L. Jackson Jr. | Democratic | IL |
| Jim McDermott | Democratic | WA |
| Joe Courtney | Democratic | CT |
| Joe Sestak | Democratic | PA |
| John A. Yarmuth | Democratic | KY |
| John B. Larson | Democratic | CT |
| John Hall | Democratic | NY |
| John Lewis | Democratic | GA |
| John Murtha | Democratic | PA |
| John P. Sarbanes | Democratic | MD |
| John Salazar | Democratic | CO |
| John Spratt | Democratic | SC |
| John W. Olver | Democratic | MA |
| Joseph Crowley | Democratic | NY |
| Kathy Castor | Democratic | FL |
| Keith Ellison | Democratic | MN |
| Kurt Schrader | Democratic | OR |
| Laura Richardson | Democratic | CA |
| Leonard L. Boswell | Democratic | IA |
| Leonard Lance | Republican | NJ |
| Linda T. Sánchez | Democratic | CA |
| Lloyd Doggett | Democratic | TX |
| Lois Capps | Democratic | CA |
| Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Democratic | NY |
| Lucille Roybal-Allard | Democratic | CA |
| Luis V. Gutiérrez | Democratic | IL |
| Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | OH |
| Mark Schauer | Democratic | MI |
| Martin Heinrich | Democratic | NM |
| Mary Jo Kilroy | Democratic | OH |
| Maurice D. Hinchey | Democratic | NY |
| Maxine Waters | Democratic | CA |
| Mazie K. Hirono | Democratic | HI |
| Michael F. Doyle | Democratic | PA |
| Michael M. Honda | Democratic | CA |
| Michael McMahon | Democratic | NY |
| Neil Abercrombie | Democratic | HI |
| Nita M. Lowey | Democratic | NY |
| Parker Griffith | Republican | AL |
| Patrick Kennedy | Democratic | RI |
| Patrick Murphy | Democratic | PA |
| Paul Hodes | Democratic | NH |
| Paul Kanjorski | Democratic | PA |
| Peter Welch | Democratic | VT |
| Phil Hare | Democratic | IL |
| Richard E. Neal | Democratic | MA |
| Rick Larsen | Democratic | WA |
| Robert A. Brady | Democratic | PA |
| Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Democratic | VA |
| Robert Wexler | Democratic | FL |
| Ron Kind | Democratic | WI |
| Rosa L. DeLauro | Democratic | CT |
| Rush Holt | Democratic | NJ |
| Russ Carnahan | Democratic | MO |
| Sam Farr | Democratic | CA |
| Sander M. Levin | Democratic | MI |
| Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | GA |
| Sheila Jackson Lee | Democratic | TX |
| Shelley Berkley | Democratic | NV |
| Steve Cohen | Democratic | TN |
| Steve Driehaus | Democratic | OH |
| Steve Israel | Democratic | NY |
| Steven C. LaTourette | Republican | OH |
| Steven R. Rothman | Democratic | NJ |
| Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | WI |
| Thomas Edwards | Democratic | TX |
| Tim Holden | Democratic | PA |
| Timothy H. Bishop | Democratic | NY |
| Tom Latham | Republican | IA |
| Victor Snyder | Democratic | AR |
| Yvette D. Clarke | Democratic | NY |
| Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | CA |
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE
Client expense: $5,390,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
2010 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Use of NHSC funds authorized under ACA Including nurse-managed health clinics in ACA S. 1776, the Medicare Physician Fairness Act of 2009 H.R. 2350/1174; Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009 H.R. 4993/S. 2814; Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2009 H.R. 2730; Student to School Nurse Ratio Improvement Act of 2009 S. 1303; Women's Medical Home Demonstration Act All provisions related to Certified Nurses Day Resolution (H. Res. 1158) H.R. 5270; Improving access to workers compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act H.R. 5040; Health Information Technology Extension for Behavioral health Services Act of 2010 H.R. 1191: Safe Drug Disposal S. 27/H.R. 2043: Nurse Education, Expansion and Development Act of 2009 (NEED Act) Provisions related to a resolution regarding Safe Patient Handling and Movement Initiative (H. Res. 510). S. 1267; Evidence-Based Home Visitation Act of 2009 H.R. 1946; Health Workforce Investment Act of 2009 H.R. 2371; Nurse Training and Retention Act of 2009 S. 1796; America's Healthy Future Act S. 1697; Affordable Health Choices Act H.R. 3191; Positive Aging Act of 2009 H.R. 1460/S. 1022; The Nurses Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act of 2002 H.R. 2535; Blueprint for Health Act of 2009 The Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2009 H.R. 2381/S. 1788; The Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2009 S. 1679; Affordable Health Choices Act - Reasonable Break Time for Nursing Mothers U.S. Food and Drug Administration, related to re-evaluation of BPA S.A. 2928; "To include Direct Care Workers as a priority for the National Health Care Workforce Commission" H.R. 4601; National Nurse Act of 2010, provisions related to creation of the Office of the National Nurse Women's Health Amendment (Sec. 271(a)(4)) of Public Service Act H.R. 5742; Medical Checklist Act of 2010
Client expense: $391,222 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE
2010 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
HR 1884, National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2009, all sections relating to vision. HR 2350, Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act, all sections relating to vision. HR 2697, To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require Medicaid coverage of professional services of optometrists that are otherwise covered when furnished by a physician, all sections relating to vision.. HR 3961, Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009, all sections relating to vision. HR 3962, Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act of 2010, all sections relating to vision. HR 4371, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to continue using 2009 Medicare practice expense relative value units for certain cardiology services, all sections relating to vision. HR 4994, Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act of 2010, all sections relating to vision. HR 5295, Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2010, all sections relating to vision. HR 5424, Reform Americans Can Afford Act of 2010, all sections relating to vision. HR 6376, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to physician supervision of therapeutic hospital outpatient service, all sections relating to vision. S. 259, Vision Care for Kids Act of 2009, all sections relating to vision.
Client expense: $280,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2010 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
American Health Security Act (H.R. 1200); Access for All America Act (H.R. 1296/S.486); Primary Care Volunteer Incentive Act (H.R. 1185); Health Access and Health Professions Supply Act (S.790); Title VII Reauthorization (S.1720); Conrad State 30 Improvement Act (S.628); Recognizing the value of community health centers (HCon.Res.144/S.Con.Res.25). Tri-Caucus Health Equity and Accountant Act; Health Information Technology Public Utility Act of 2009 (S.890); Womens Medical House Demonstration Act (S.1303); Family Healthcare Accessibility Act (H.R.1745); Community Coalitions for Access and Quality Improvement Act (H.R.1614/S.652); Health Access and Health Professions Supply Act (S.790); GAO Study request on VA/CHCs Act (no bill#); Affordable Health Choices Act (H.R.3200); Resident Physician Shortage Act (S.973/H.R.2251); Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act (H.R.1693/S.671); Public Health Workforce Development Act (H.R.2620/S.1143); Helping Fill the Medicine Rx Gap Act (H.R.2777/S.1201); Primary Care Training Enhancement Act (H.R.2930); Supporting Child Maltreatment Prevention Efforts in Community Health Centers Act (S.1404); Community & Rural Medical Residency Preservation Act (S.1300) Americas Healthy Future Act of 2009, Chairmans Mark Senate Finance Committee; MedPAC Reform Act of 2009 (S.1110); Consumers Health Care Act of 2009 (S.1278); Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009 (H.R.2350); Senate HELP Affordable Health Choices Act (S.1679); Medicare Telehealth Enhancement Act of 2009 (H.R.2068); Medicare Transition Care Act of 2009 (S.1295); School Based Health Clinic Establishment Act of 2009 (H.R.3003); DSH Collaborative Care Network Pilot Program Act of 2009 (H.R.3430); Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R.3962); The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R.3590); Community-Based Residency Training Act (H.R.4409); Reconciliation Act of 2010 (H.R.4872); EHR Classification for health centers (H.R.6348); Senate EHR/HIT Clarification; Vision Preservation Act (draft); Family Health Care Accessibility Act of 2010(H.R.1745).
Client expense: $180,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
2010 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
S. 46/H.R. 43 - Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act; S. 54/H.R. 2273 - Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act; S. 318 - Medicare Rural Health Access Improvement Act; H.R. 2307 - Reaching Elders with Assessment and Chronic Care Management and Coordination Act; Health Reform; S. 179 - Health Information Technology Act; S. 1174/H.R. 2350 - Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act; H.R. 2479 - Medicare Orthotics and Prosthetics Improvement Act; H.R. 2307 - Reaching Elders with Assessment and Chronic Care Management and Coordination Act; H.R. 3962 - Affordable Health Care for America Act; H.R. 3590 - Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; H.R. 4787/S. 1217 - Medicaid Services Restoration Act of 2010; S. 2987 - Securing Effective and Necessary Individual Outpatient Services (SENIORS) Act of 2010; H. R. 4872 - Reconciliation Act of 2010.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE
2010 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 724 - America's Partnership for Nursing Education Act; H.R. 1460/S. 1022 - Nurses' Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act; H.R. 1494 - Nursing Home Emergency Assistance Act; S. 179 - Health Information Technology Act; S. 497/H.R. 2043 - Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act; H.R. 2350 - Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act; Health Reform; H.R. 2381 - Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act; H.R. 3962 - Affordable Health Care for America Act; H.R. 3590 - Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; H.R. 307 - Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act; H.R. 868 - Direct Support Professional Fairness and Security Act; H.R. 2575/S. 3223 - Prosthetic and Custom Orthotic Parity Act; H.R. 4872 - Reconciliation Act of 2010; H. Res. 510 - Safe Patient Handling and Movement.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE
2010 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Legislation and issues relating to: Provisions of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148); H.R. 2043/S. 497 - Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act; H.R. 2350/S. 1174 - Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act; S. 3307 - the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act (S. 3307) and reauthorization of programs under the Child Nutrition Act; insurers declining to offer child-only policies; nursing provisions in potential job creation legislation.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $7,800
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), SENATE
2010 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Legislation and issues relating to: Provisions of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148); H.R. 2043/S. 497 - Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act; H.R. 2350/S. 1174 - Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act; H.R. 3098/S. 750 - Caring for an Aging America Act; nursing provisions in potential job creation legislation.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $7,800
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), SENATE
2010 · third_quarter · Health Issues
American Health Security Act (H.R. 1200); Access for All America Act (H.R. 1296/S.486); Primary Care Volunteer Incentive Act (H.R. 1185); Health Access and Health Professions Supply Act (S.790); Title VII Reauthorization (S.1720); Conrad State 30 Improvement Act (S.628); Recognizing the value of community health centers (HCon.Res.144/S.Con.Res.25). Tri-Caucus Health Equity and Accountant Act; Health Information Technology Public Utility Act of 2009 (S.890); Womens Medical House Demonstration Act (S.1303); Family Healthcare Accessibility Act (H.R.1745); Community Coalitions for Access and Quality Improvement Act (H.R.1614/S.652); Health Access and Health Professions Supply Act (S.790); GAO Study request on VA/CHCs Act (no bill#); Affordable Health Choices Act (H.R.3200); Resident Physician Shortage Act (S.973/H.R.2251); Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act (H.R.1693/S.671); Public Health Workforce Development Act (H.R.2620/S.1143); Helping Fill the Medicine Rx Gap Act (H.R.2777/S.1201); Primary Care Training Enhancement Act (H.R.2930); Supporting Child Maltreatment Prevention Efforts in Community Health Centers Act (S.1404); Community & Rural Medical Residency Preservation Act (S.1300) Americas Healthy Future Act of 2009, Chairmans Mark Senate Finance Committee; MedPAC Reform Act of 2009 (S.1110); Consumers Health Care Act of 2009 (S.1278); Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009 (H.R.2350); Senate HELP Affordable Health Choices Act (S.1679); Medicare Telehealth Enhancement Act of 2009 (H.R.2068); Medicare Transition Care Act of 2009 (S.1295); School Based Health Clinic Establishment Act of 2009 (H.R.3003); DSH Collaborative Care Network Pilot Program Act of 2009 (H.R.3430); Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R.3962); The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R.3590); Community-Based Residency Training Act (H.R.4409); Reconciliation Act of 2010 (H.R.4872); EHR Clarification for health centers (H.R.6348); Senate EHR/HIT Clarification; Vision Preservation Act (draft).
Client expense: $170,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
2010 · third_quarter · Health Issues
S 2 Middle Class Opportunity Act, Card Check provisions; S 4 Comprehensive Health Reform Act of 2009, a bill to guarantee affordable, quality health coverage for all Americans, and for other purposes; S 45 MCAP Act, a bill to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system; S 77 Children's Mental Health Parity Act, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for equal coverage of mental health services under the State Children's Health Insurance Program; HR 241a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to require the amounts reimbursed to institutional providers of health care services under the TRICARE program to be the same as amounts reimbursed under Medicare, and to require the Secretary of Defense to contract for health care services with at least one teaching hospital in urban areas; HR 298 Improving Children's Doctor Access Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to require SCHIP annual reports to include information on the HEDIS measure relating to access to primary care practitioners by individuals eligible for child health assistance under such plans and on State efforts to avoid certain displacement of private health coverage, and to express the sense of Congress that such States should utilize Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems consumer satisfaction surveys to measure access by such individuals to physicians; S 179 Health Information Technology Act of 2009, a bill to improve quality in health care by providing incentives for adoption of modern information technology; HR 468 and S 245 Retooling the Health Care Workforce for an Aging America Act of 2009, a bill to expand, train, and support all sectors of the health care workforce to care for the growing population of older individuals in the United States; HR 676 United States National Health Care Act or the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act, a bill to provide for comprehensive health insurance coverage for all United States residents, improved health care delivery, and for other purposes; HR 688 and S 326 Kids First Act, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program through fiscal year 2013, and for other purposes; Tricare letter sent to DOD from Sen. Ben Nelson urging DoD to revise the rule, expand the transition to the new payment system, offer other adjustments to cushion the financial blow on certain hospitals, and conduct a detailed analysis of its impact on the field; S 391 Healthy Americans Act, a bill to provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage that will make Americans healthier and can never be taken away; HR 914 Physician Workforce Enhancement Act of 2009, a bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to establish a loan program for eligible hospitals to establish residency training programs; HR 936 National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2009, a bill to ensure the continued and future availability of lifesaving trauma health care in the United States and to prevent further trauma center closures and downgrades by assisting trauma centers with uncompensated care costs, core mission services, emergency needs, and information technology; HR 956 HealthCARE Act of 2009, a bill to expand the number of individuals and families with health insurance coverage, and for other purposes; S 408 Wakefield Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide a means for continued improvement in emergency medical services for children; HR 1085 Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act, a bill to impose a limitation on lifetime aggregate limits imposed by health plans; HR 1086 Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2009; a bill to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system; HR 1101 Midwifery Care Access and Reimbursement Equity Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for reimbursement of certified midwife services and to provide for more equitable reimbursement rates for certified nurse-midwife services; S 441 Quality Reform Expansion and Savings Act of 2009, a bill to encourage the development of coordinated quality reforms to improve health care delivery and reduce the cost of care in the health care system; S 444 National Health Information Technology and Privacy Advancement Act of 2009, a bill to provide for the establishment of a health information technology and privacy system; S 486 Access for All America Act, a bill to achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services for all Americans and to reform the organization of primary care delivery through an expansion of the Community Health Center and National Health Service Corps programs; HR 1253 Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act of 2009, a bill to require that limitations and restrictions on coverage under group health plans be timely disclosed to group health plan sponsors and timely communicated to participants and beneficiaries under such plans in a form that is easily understandable; HR 1296 Access for All America Act, a bill to achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services for all Americans and to reform the organization of primary care delivery through an expansion of the Community Health Center and National Health Service Corps programs; HR 1411 United States Primary and Preventive Health Care Corps Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a Primary and Public Health Scholarship Program; HR 1460 Nurses Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a graduate degree loan repayment program for nurses who become nursing school faculty members; HR 1494 Nursing Home Emergency Assistance Act, a bill to ensure that a private for-profit nursing home affected by a major disaster receives the same reimbursement as a public nursing home affected by a major disaster; HR 1558 and S 623 Preexisting Condition Patient Protection Act of 2009, to prohibit health insurers from denying coverage to people with pre-existing conditions; S 616 Enhancing Safety in Medicine Utilizing Leading Advanced Simulation Technologies to Improve Outcomes Now Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize medical simulation enhancement programs, and for other purposes; HR 1581 Patient-Focused Critical Care Enhancement Act, a bill to optimize the delivery of critical care medicine and expand the critical care workforce; S 628 Conrad State 30 Improvement Act, a bill to provide incentives to physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities; HR 1614 and S 652 Community Coalitions for Access and Quality Improvement Act of 2009, a bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to community health coalitions to assist in the development of integrated health care delivery; HR 1691 and S 688 Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2009, a bill to require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations; HR 1699 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act, a bill to require that certain complex diagnostic laboratory tests performed by an independent laboratory after a hospital outpatient encounter or inpatient stay during which the specimen involved was collected shall be treated as services for which payment may be made directly to the laboratory under part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act; S 698 State-Based Health Care Reform Act, a bill to ensure the provision of high-quality health care coverage for uninsured individuals through State health care coverage pilot projects that expand coverage and access and improve quality and efficiency in the health care system; S 703 American Health Security Act of 2009, a bill to provide for health care for every American and to control the cost and enhance the quality of the health care system; HR 1745 Family Health Care Accessibility Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide liability protections for volunteer practitioners at health centers under section 330 of such Act; S 733 National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2009, a bill to ensure the continued and future availability of life saving trauma health care in the United States and to prevent further trauma center closures and downgrades by assisting trauma centers with uncompensated care costs, core mission services, and emergency needs; Letter to HHS about the action plan to prevent Healthcare associated infections; Provided information to members of Congress about the Quality and Patient Safety Transparency initiatives by state; Working with Rep. Nathan Deal to get legislation introduced on provider price transparency; HR 1670 and S 683 Community Choice Act of 2009, to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide individuals with disabilities and older Americans with equal access to community-based attendant services and supports and which would allow disabled Medicaid recipients to receive care in their homes rather than in nursing homes; HR 2003 and S 830 Children's Hospitals Education Equity Act, a bill to modify the definition of children's hospital for purposes of making payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs; HR 1998 Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2009, a bill to improve access to emergency medical services; HR 2043 Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize capitation grants to increase the number of nursing faculty and students; HR 2066 Graduate Psychology Education Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to promote mental and behavioral health services for underserved populations; S 890 Health Information Technology (IT) Public Utility Act of 2009, a bill to provide for the use of improved health information technology with respect to certain safety net health care providers; HR 2176 Nursing and Allied Health Education Preservation Act of 2009, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to continue the ability of hospitals to supply a needed workforce of nurses and allied health professionals by preserving funding for hospital operated nursing and allied health education programs; HR 2218 Parental Consent Act of 2009, a bill to prohibit the use of Federal funds for any universal or mandatory mental health screening program; S 957 Public Health Emergency Response Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that victims of public health emergencies have meaningful and immediate access to medically necessary health care services; S 958 MediKids Health Insurance Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Social Security Act to guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children born after 2009; HR 2231 Public Health Emergency Response Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that victims of public health emergencies have meaningful and immediate access to medically necessary health care services; HR 2233 Health Empowerment Zone Act of 2009, a bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate health empowerment zones; S 966 and HR 2252 National Health Care Quality Act, a bill to improve the Federal infrastructure for health care quality improvement in the United States; HR 2249 Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for increased price transparency of hospital information and to provide for additional research on consumer information on charges and out-of-pocket costs; HR 2251 and S 973 Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the distribution of additional residency positions; S 979 and HR 2360 SHOP Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed that would offer a choice of private health plans and make health coverage more affordable, predictable, and accessible; HR 2273 Nurse Staffing Standards for Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals; S 999 Child Health Care Crisis Relief Act of 2009, a bill to increase the number of well-trained mental health service professionals (including those based in schools) providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents; S 1001 Health Promotion FIRST Act, a bill to provide for increased research, coordination and expansion of health promotion programs through the Department of Health and Human Services; HR 2350 Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Social Security Act to increase the number of primary care physicians and primary care providers and to improve patient access to primary care services; HR 2369 Improving the Quality of Mental and Substance Use Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to improve mental and substance use health care; S 1020 Patient-Focused Critical Care Enhancement Act, a bill to optimize the delivery of critical care medicine and expand the critical care workforce; S 1022 Nurses' Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a graduate degree loan repayment program for nurses who become nursing school faculty members; HR 2381 Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2009, a bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to issue an occupational safety and health standard to reduce injuries to patients, direct-care registered nurses, and all other health care workers by establishing a safe patient handling and injury prevention standard, and for other purposes; HR 2388 Physician Availability Act of 2009, a bill to assure that the services of a nonemergency department physician are available to hospital patients 24 hours a day, seven days a week in all non-Federal hospitals with at least 100 licensed beds; S 1028 Strengthening America's Public Health System Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the Nation's surveillance and reporting for diseases and conditions; S 1031 National Nursing Shortage Reform and Patient Advocacy Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals; HR 2427 and S 1050 Informed Consumer Choices in Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to establish Federal standards for health insurance forms, quality, fair marketing, and honesty in out-of-network coverage in the group and individual health insurance markets, to improve transparency and accountability in those markets, and to establish a Federal Office of Health Insurance Oversight to monitor performance in those markets; HR 2520 Patients' Choice Act, a bill to provide comprehensive solutions for the health care system of the United States; HR 2535 Blueprint for Health Act of 2009, a bill to establish a Blueprint for Health in order to create a comprehensive system of care incorporating medical homes to improve the delivery and affordability of health care through disease prevention, health promotion, and education about and better management of chronic conditions; S 1104 Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish the Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment program; HR 2536 Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act, to provide relief for the shortage of nurses in the United States; HR 2691 a bill to provide assistance to adolescents and young adults with serious mental health disorders as they transition to adulthood ; S 1173 Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act, a bill to establish a demonstration project to train unemployed workers for employment as health care professionals; S 1174 Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Social Security Act to increase the number of primary care physicians and primary care providers and to improve patient access to primary care services; S 1176 Allied Health Reinvestment Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to promote and improve the allied health professionals; HR 2744 Equal Rights for Health Care Act Title 42, a bill to prohibit discrimination in Federal assisted health care services and research programs on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability status; HR 2754 Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish the Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment program; HR 2778 Health Equity and Accountability through Research Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to redesignate the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities as the National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities; S 1220 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act, a bill to require that certain complex diagnostic laboratory tests performed by an independent laboratory after a hospital outpatient encounter or inpatient stay during which the specimen involved was collected shall be treated as services for which payment may be made directly to the laboratory under part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act; HR 2785 Health Care Paperwork Reduction and Fraud Prevention Act of 2009, a bill to reduce the amount of paperwork and improve payment policies for health care services, to prevent fraud and abuse through health care provider education; HR 2804Ensuring Continuous Coverage under SCHIP Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to require 12-month continuous coverage under the State Children's Health Insurance Program; HR 2810 Public Health Workforce Investment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish various programs for the recruitment and retention of public health workers and to eliminate critical public health workforce shortages in Federal, State, local, and tribal public health agencies and health centers; HR 2816 States' Right To Innovate in Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide grants and flexibility through demonstration projects for States to provide universal, comprehensive, cost-effective systems of health care coverage, with simplified administration; HR 2824 Doctor-Patient Relationship and Research Protection Act, to enhance the conduct and support of federally funded comparative effectiveness research relating to health care; HR 2891 Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Frontline Providers Loan Repayment Program; HR 2925 Communities Building Access Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for community projects that will reduce the number of individuals who are uninsured with respect to health care; HR 2930 Primary Care Training Enhancement Act, a bill to enhance the primary care workforce through modifications to the medical residency training programs and use of qualified teaching health centers and through State primary care scholarship and loan repayment programs; S 1278 Consumers Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to establish the Consumers Choice Health Plan, a public health insurance plan that provides an affordable and accountable health insurance option for consumers; HR 2937 and S 1305 MRSA Infection Prevention and Patient Protection Act, a bill to prevent health care facility-acquired infections; HR 2948 Healthcare Improvements for Generating High Performance (HIGH Performance) Act of 2009, a bill to amend title IX of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the implementation of best practices in the delivery of health care in the United States; HR 2957 Rural Health Access Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the National Health Service Corps Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs; S 1299 Worker Infection Protection Act, a bill to protect health care workers and first responders, including police, firefighters, emergency medical personnel, and other workers at risk of workplace exposure to infectious agents and drug resistant infections; Hatch amendment # 21 requiring the IOM to make recommendations to Congress on how to reduce unnecessary hospital readmissions; HR 2975 Medical Practice Protection Act of 2009, a bill to improve the medical care by reducing the excessive burden imposed by the civil liability system on the health care delivery system; HR 3000 Josephine Butler United States Health Service Act, a bill to establish a United States Health Service to provide high quality comprehensive health care for all Americans and to overcome the deficiencies in the present system of health care delivery; HR 3002 and S 1259 PATIENTS Act of 2009, a bill to protect all patients by prohibiting the use of data obtained from comparative effictiveness research accounts to deny coverage of items or services under Federal health care programs and to ensure that comparative effectiveness research accounts for advancements in personalized medicine and differences in patient treatment response; S 1355 Rural Health Clinic Patient Access and Improvement Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to health care for individuals residing in underserved rural areas; S. 1403 Strengthen Social Work Training Act of 2009, a bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to ensure that social work students or social work schools are eligible for support under certain programs that would assist individuals in pursuing health careers or for grants for training projects in geriatrics, and to establish a social work training program; S. 1404 Supporting Child Maltreatment Prevention Efforts in Community Health Centers Act of 2009, a bill to implement demonstration projects at federally qualified community health centers to promote universal access to family-centered, evidence-based behavioral health interventions that prevent child maltreatment and promote family well-being by addressing parenting practices and skills for families from diverse socioeconomic, cultural, racial, ethnic, and other backgrounds; HR3134 Healthcare Innovation Zone Program Act of 2009, a bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Healthcare Innovation Zone pilot program; H.R.3148, a bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings; H.R.3151 and S 1585 Rural Access to Nurse Anesthesia Services Act of 2009, a bill to permit pass-through payment for reasonable costs of certified registered nurse anesthetist services in critical access hospitals notwithstanding the reclassification of such hospitals as urban hospitals, including hospitals located in ``Lugar counties'', and for on-call and standby costs for such services; H.R.3158 Place Based Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to reform health care delivery by providing incentives for place-based health care, which seeks to bring health services to the patient by locating community health centers, federally qualified health centers, and community integrated health centers in or near settings that already serve a particular target population, such as schools, workplaces, and senior services facilities; H.R.3185 and S1569, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide payment to hospitals for costs of expanded advanced practice nurse training programs; H.R. 3191 Positive Aging Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for integration of mental health services and mental health treatment outreach teams, and for other purposes; H.R. 3199 Emergency Medic Transition (EMT) Act of 2009 , a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training; H.R. 3200 America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, a bill to provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending; H.R. 3217 Health Care Choice Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce; H.R. 3218 Improving Health Care for All Americans Act, a bill to provide a refundable tax credit for medical costs, to expand access to health insurance coverage through individual membership associations (IMAs), and to assist in the establishment of high risk pools; H.R.3234 Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act, a bill to establish a demonstration project to train unemployed workers for employment as health care professionals; H.R. 3242 Women's Health Office Act of 2009, a bill to improve the health of women through the establishment of Offices of Women's Health within the Department of Health and Human Services; S.1459 Health Care Choice Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce; S. 1479 NO TITLE, a bill to provide for the treatment of certain hospitals; H.R. 3391 NO TITLE, a bill to allow for the continuation of critical access hospital designation for certain hospitals in geographic areas experiencing population growth; H.R. 3400 Empowering Patients First Act, a bill to provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage; H.R.3421 Medical Debt Relief Act of 2009, a bill to exclude from consumer credit reports medical debt that has been in collection and has been fully paid or settled; HR 3472 a bill to provide for health insurance coverage premium discounts for healthy behavior and improvements toward healthy behavior; HR 3483 Steps Toward Access and Reform (STAR) Act of 2009, a bill to reform the medical liability system, improve access to health care for rural and indigent patients, enhance access to affordable prescription drugs, and for other purposes S 1572, a bill to provide for a point of order against any legislation that eliminates or reduces the ability of Americans to keep their health plan or their choice of doctor or that decreases the number of Americans enrolled in private health insurance, while increasing the number of Americans enrolled in government-managed health care; S 1679 Affordable Health Choices Act, an original bill to make quality, affordable health care available to all Americans, reduce costs, improve health care quality, enhance disease prevention, and strengthen the health care workforce; HR 3652 Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly; S 1720 Health Professions and Primary Care Reinvestment Act, a bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to provide improved training and primary care; HR 3664 Healthcare Innovation Zone Pilot Act of 2009, a bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Healthcare Innovation Zone pilot program; S 1730 Fairness in Health Insurance Act, a bill to provide for minimum loss ratios for health insurance coverage; S 1734 Medical Liability Reform Act of 2009, a bill to reduce the cost of health care and ensure patient access to doctors by ending excessive malpractice verdicts through common-sense lawsuit reform; Senate Finance Committee Americas Healthy Future Act of 2009, Senate Finance Committee health reform bill with provisions on coverage, disease prevention and wellness, delivery system reform, health care quality and efficiency, transparency and program integrity, and financing; Meeting with FTC, senate congressional staff re barriers to clinical integration; HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the merged product of the health reform bills from the Senate Finance and Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) committees; HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act, a bill to provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes; HR 3700 Health Care Bill of Rights Act, a bill to establish requirements for any health reform legislation enacted by the Congress or the President during the 111th Congress; HR 3713 American Health Care Solutions Act of 2009, a bill to provide bipartisan solutions to lower health costs, increase access to affordable coverage, and give patients more choices and control; S 1742 Women's Hospitals Education Equity Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide assistance for graduate medical education funding for women's hospitals; Comments to CMS proposed rule defining meaningful use of electronic Health Records concern that the rules will severely limit hospitals' ability to access federal financing for health information technology and put many hospitals at risk for Medicare payment penalties beginning in 2015; FDA Grants Hospitals 18 Months to Replace Steris System 1 Processor; HR 4626 Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act, to restore the application of the Federal antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect competition and consumers; HR 4851 Continuing Extension Act of 2010, to provide a temporary extension of certain programs; Meetings with CMS and HHS to encourage reimbursement under the National Disaster Medical System for hospitals that provided services to victims of the Haitian earthquake; HR 4700 The Transparency in All Health Care Pricing Act of 2010, to provide for transparency in health care pricing; HR 4803 The Patients Right to Know Act, to ensure health care consumer and provider access to certain health benefits plan information and to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide transparency in hospital price and quality information; HR 6072 and S 3708 Electronic Health Record Incentives for Multi-Campus Hospitals Act of 2010, to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to clarify the application of EHR payment incentives in cases of multi-campus hospitals; HR 6376 to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to physician supervision of therapeutic hospital outpatient services
Client expense: $4,270,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
2010 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
S. 46/H.R. 43 - Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act; S. 54/H.R. 2273 - Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act; S. 318 - Medicare Rural Health Access Improvement Act; H.R. 2307 - Reaching Elders with Assessment and Chronic Care Management and Coordination Act; Health Reform; S. 179 - Health Information Technology Act; S. 1174/H.R. 2350 - Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act; H.R. 2479 - Medicare Orthotics and Prosthetics Improvement Act; H.R. 2307 - Reaching Elders with Assessment and Chronic Care Management and Coordination Act; H.R. 3962 - Affordable Health Care for America Act; H.R. 3590 - Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; H.R. 4787/S. 1217 - Medicaid Services Restoration Act of 2010; S. 2987 - Securing Effective and Necessary Individual Outpatient Services (SENIORS) Act of 2010; H. R. 4872 - Reconciliation Act of 2010.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE
2010 · third_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 724 - America's Partnership for Nursing Education Act; H.R. 1460/S. 1022 - Nurses' Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act; H.R. 1494 - Nursing Home Emergency Assistance Act; S. 179 - Health Information Technology Act; S. 497/H.R. 2043 - Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act; H.R. 2350 - Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act; Health Reform; H.R. 2381 - Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act; H.R. 3962 - Affordable Health Care for America Act; H.R. 3590 - Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; H.R. 307 - Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act; H.R. 868 - Direct Support Professional Fairness and Security Act; H.R. 2575/S. 3223 - Prosthetic and Custom Orthotic Parity Act; H.R. 4872 - Reconciliation Act of 2010; H. Res. 510 - Safe Patient Handling and Movement.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE
2010 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Issues Related to Nurse Practitioners & Health Care Reform; H.R. 2043 Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act; H.R. 2350/S. 1174 Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act; Nursing Provisions in Potential Jobs Legislation; S. 1750, Aging America Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2010 · third_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 2350/1174; Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009 H.R. 2730; Student to School Nurse Ratio Improvement Act of 2009 S. 1303; Women's Medical Home Demonstration Act All provisions related to Certified Nurses Day Resolution (H. Res. 1158) H.R. 5270; Improving access to workers compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act H.R. 5040; Health Information Technology Extension for Behavioral health Services Act of 2010 H.R. 1191: Safe Drug Disposal S. 27/H.R. 2043: Nurse Education, Expansion and Development Act of 2009 (NEED Act) Provisions related to a resolution regardining Safe Patient Handling and Movement Initiative (H. Res. 510). S. 1267; Evidence-Based Home Visitation Act of 2009 H.R. 1946; Health Workforce Investment Act of 2009 H.R. 2371; Nurse Training and Retention Act of 2009 S. 1796; America's Healthy Future Act S. 1697; Affordable Health Choices Act H.R. 3191; Positive Aging Act of 2009 H.R. 1460/S. 1022; The Nurses Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act of 2002 H.R. 2535; Blueprint for Health Act of 2009 The Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2009 H.R. 2381/S. 1788; The Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2009 S. 1679; Affordable Health Choices Act - Resonable Break Time for Nursing Mothers U.S. Food and Drug Administration, related to re-evaluation of BPA H.R. 4993/S. 2814; Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2009 S.A. 2928; "To include Direct Care Workers as a priority for the National Health Care Workforce Commission" H.R. 4601; National Nurse Act of 2010, provisions related to creation of the Office of the National Nurse Women's Health Admendment (Sec. 271(a)(4)) of Public Service Act H.R. 5742; Medical Checklist Act of 2010
Client expense: $401,501 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE
2010 · first_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
S 973/HR 2251, Resident Physician shortage Reductions Act of 2009, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide the distributions of additional residency positions, and for other purposes, S 1355, Rural Health Clinic Patient Access and Improvement Act of undeserved rural area and for other purposes HR 2350, Preserving Patient Access of Primary Care Act of 2009, to amend the Public Health Service Act and the SSA to increase the number of primary care physicians and primary care provider and to improve patient access to primary care services and physicians and primary care provider and to improve patient access to primary care services and for other purposes. HR 2176, Nursing and Allied Health Education Preservations Act of 2009, to amend title XVIII of SSA to continue the ability of hospitals to supply a needed workforce of nurses and allied health professional by preserving funding for hospitals operating nursing and allied health educations programs. S 935/HR 2124 Medicare Long-Term Care Hospital Improvement Act of 2009, to extend subsections (c) and (d) of sections 114 of the Medicare,Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 to provide for regulatory stability during the development of facility and patients criteria for long-term care hospitals under the Medicare Program and for other purposes. S 254/HR 254 Medicare Home Infusion Therapy coverage Act of 2009., to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of home infusion therapy under the Medicare Program HR 1776, Quality FIRST, to amend title XVIII of the SSA to implement a performance-based payment methodology for the provisions of such service under the Medicare Program, and for other purposes. S 1796/ HR 3200 Americans Healthy Future Act. Senate bill, all Medicare provisions, to provide affordable, quality hearth care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes HR 2753, Inpatient Psychiatric Service for Individuals Under Aged 21 in Psychiatric Facilities or Programs, 42 CFR 441.151. (a)(2), centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. To delay the implementations of new Medicare hospital geographic wage reclassifications criteria until the Secretary of Heath and Human Services issues a proposal to revise the hospital wage index classifications system that addresses certain considerations. S 1679/ HR 3962 Affordable Health Choices Act, entire bill, an original bill to make quality, affordable health care available to all Americans, reduce the cost, improve health care quality all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending and for other purposes. HR 3961, Medicare Physician Payments Reforms Act of 2009. entire bill, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reform the Medicare SGR payment system for physicians and to reinstitution and update the Pay-As-you- Go requirements of budget neutrally on new tax and mandatory spending legislation, enforces by the of annual automatic sequestrations. HR 3590 - the Patient Protections and Affordable Care Act, entire bill, An act entitled The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. HR 4851 - The Continuing Extension of Act 2010 HR 4691- Temporary Extension Act 2010 HR 4872, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 HR 2847 - Hiring Incentive to Restore Employment HR 4213, American Workers, State and Business Relief Incentive Program CMS Proposed Rule: Electronic Health Record Incentive Program CME Interim Final Rule: Health Information's Technology, Initial Set of Standards, Implementations Specification and Certification Criteria for Electronic Health Record Technology
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2010 · second_quarter · Health Issues
American Health Security Act (H.R. 1200); Access for All America Act (H.R. 1296/S.486); Primary Care Volunteer Incentive Act (H.R. 1185); Health Access and Health Professions Supply Act (S.790); Title VII Reauthorization (S.1720); Conrad State 30 Improvement Act (S.628); Recognizing the value of community health centers (HCon.Res.144/S.Con.Res.25). Tri-Caucus Health Equity and Accountant Act; Health Information Technology Public Utility Act of 2009 (S.890); Womens Medical House Demonstration Act (S.1303); Family Healthcare Accessibility Act (H.R.1745); Community Coalitions for Access and Quality Improvement Act (H.R.1614/S.652); Health Access and Health Professions Supply Act (S.790); GAO Study request on VA/CHCs Act (no bill#); Affordable Health Choices Act (H.R.3200); Resident Physician Shortage Act (S.973/H.R.2251); Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act (H.R.1693/S.671); Public Health Workforce Development Act (H.R.2620/S.1143); Helping Fill the Medicine Rx Gap Act (H.R.2777/S.1201); Primary Care Training Enhancement Act (H.R.2930); Supporting Child Maltreatment Prevention Efforts in Community Health Centers Act (S.1404); Community & Rural Medical Residency Preservation Act (S.1300) Americas Healthy Future Act of 2009, Chairmans Mark Senate Finance Committee; MedPAC Reform Act of 2009 (S.1110); Consumers Health Care Act of 2009 (S.1278); Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009 (H.R.2350); Senate HELP Affordable Health Choices Act (S.1679); Medicare Telehealth Enhancement Act of 2009 (H.R.2068); Medicare Transition Care Act of 2009 (S.1295); School Based Health Clinic Establishment Act of 2009 (H.R.3003); DSH Collaborative Care Network Pilot Program Act of 2009 (H.R.3430); Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R.3962); The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R.3590); Community-Based Residency Training Act (H.R.4409); Reconciliation Act of 2010 (H.R.4872).
Client expense: $180,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
2010 · second_quarter · Health Issues
HR 186 Glaucoma Screening Act of 2009, all sections relating to vision. HR 228 To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a scholarship program for students seeking a degree or certificate in the areas of visual impairment and orientation and mobility, all sections relating to vision. HR 577 Vision Care for Kids Act of 2009, all sections relating to vision. HR1402,Catalyst to Better Diabetes Care Act of 2009, all sections relating to vision. HR 1884, National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2009, all sections relating to vision. H.R.2350, Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act, all sections relating to vision. HR 2697, To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require Medicaid coverage of professional services of optometrists that are otherwise covered when furnished by a physician, all sections relating to vision. HR 3961, Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009, all sections relating to vision. HR 3962, Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act of 2010, all sections relating to vision. HR 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, all sections relating to vision. HR 4371, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to continue using 2009 Medicare practice expense relative value units for certain cardiology services, all sections relating to vision. HR 5295, Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2010, all sections relating to vision. HR 5424, Reform Americans Can Afford Act of 2010, all sections relating to vision. H.Res. 1226. Commending EyeCare America for its work over the last 25 years, all sections relating to vision. S. 259, Vision Care for Kids Act of 2009, all sections relating to vision. S.Res.557, A resolution commending EyeCare America for its volunteerism and efforts to preserve eyesight throughout the previous 25 years, all sections relating to vision.
Client expense: $332,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2010 · second_quarter · Health Issues
S 2 Middle Class Opportunity Act, Card Check provisions; S 4 Comprehensive Health Reform Act of 2009, a bill to guarantee affordable, quality health coverage for all Americans, and for other purposes; S 45 MCAP Act, a bill to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system; S 77 Children's Mental Health Parity Act, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for equal coverage of mental health services under the State Children's Health Insurance Program; HR 241a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to require the amounts reimbursed to institutional providers of health care services under the TRICARE program to be the same as amounts reimbursed under Medicare, and to require the Secretary of Defense to contract for health care services with at least one teaching hospital in urban areas; HR 298 Improving Children's Doctor Access Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to require SCHIP annual reports to include information on the HEDIS measure relating to access to primary care practitioners by individuals eligible for child health assistance under such plans and on State efforts to avoid certain displacement of private health coverage, and to express the sense of Congress that such States should utilize Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems consumer satisfaction surveys to measure access by such individuals to physicians; S 179 Health Information Technology Act of 2009, a bill to improve quality in health care by providing incentives for adoption of modern information technology; HR 468 and S 245 Retooling the Health Care Workforce for an Aging America Act of 2009, a bill to expand, train, and support all sectors of the health care workforce to care for the growing population of older individuals in the United States; HR 676 United States National Health Care Act or the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act, a bill to provide for comprehensive health insurance coverage for all United States residents, improved health care delivery, and for other purposes; HR 688 and S 326 Kids First Act, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program through fiscal year 2013, and for other purposes; Tricare letter sent to DOD from Sen. Ben Nelson urging DoD to revise the rule, expand the transition to the new payment system, offer other adjustments to cushion the financial blow on certain hospitals, and conduct a detailed analysis of its impact on the field; S 391 Healthy Americans Act, a bill to provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage that will make Americans healthier and can never be taken away; HR 914 Physician Workforce Enhancement Act of 2009, a bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to establish a loan program for eligible hospitals to establish residency training programs; HR 936 National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2009, a bill to ensure the continued and future availability of lifesaving trauma health care in the United States and to prevent further trauma center closures and downgrades by assisting trauma centers with uncompensated care costs, core mission services, emergency needs, and information technology; HR 956 HealthCARE Act of 2009, a bill to expand the number of individuals and families with health insurance coverage, and for other purposes; S 408 Wakefield Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide a means for continued improvement in emergency medical services for children; HR 1085 Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act, a bill to impose a limitation on lifetime aggregate limits imposed by health plans; HR 1086 Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2009; a bill to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system; HR 1101 Midwifery Care Access and Reimbursement Equity Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for reimbursement of certified midwife services and to provide for more equitable reimbursement rates for certified nurse-midwife services; S 441 Quality Reform Expansion and Savings Act of 2009, a bill to encourage the development of coordinated quality reforms to improve health care delivery and reduce the cost of care in the health care system; S 444 National Health Information Technology and Privacy Advancement Act of 2009, a bill to provide for the establishment of a health information technology and privacy system; S 486 Access for All America Act, a bill to achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services for all Americans and to reform the organization of primary care delivery through an expansion of the Community Health Center and National Health Service Corps programs; HR 1253 Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act of 2009, a bill to require that limitations and restrictions on coverage under group health plans be timely disclosed to group health plan sponsors and timely communicated to participants and beneficiaries under such plans in a form that is easily understandable; HR 1296 Access for All America Act, a bill to achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services for all Americans and to reform the organization of primary care delivery through an expansion of the Community Health Center and National Health Service Corps programs; HR 1411 United States Primary and Preventive Health Care Corps Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a Primary and Public Health Scholarship Program; HR 1460 Nurses Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a graduate degree loan repayment program for nurses who become nursing school faculty members; HR 1494 Nursing Home Emergency Assistance Act, a bill to ensure that a private for-profit nursing home affected by a major disaster receives the same reimbursement as a public nursing home affected by a major disaster; HR 1558 and S 623 Preexisting Condition Patient Protection Act of 2009, to prohibit health insurers from denying coverage to people with pre-existing conditions; S 616 Enhancing Safety in Medicine Utilizing Leading Advanced Simulation Technologies to Improve Outcomes Now Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize medical simulation enhancement programs, and for other purposes; HR 1581 Patient-Focused Critical Care Enhancement Act, a bill to optimize the delivery of critical care medicine and expand the critical care workforce; S 628 Conrad State 30 Improvement Act, a bill to provide incentives to physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities; HR 1614 and S 652 Community Coalitions for Access and Quality Improvement Act of 2009, a bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to community health coalitions to assist in the development of integrated health care delivery; HR 1691 and S 688 Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2009, a bill to require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations; HR 1699 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act, a bill to require that certain complex diagnostic laboratory tests performed by an independent laboratory after a hospital outpatient encounter or inpatient stay during which the specimen involved was collected shall be treated as services for which payment may be made directly to the laboratory under part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act; S 698 State-Based Health Care Reform Act, a bill to ensure the provision of high-quality health care coverage for uninsured individuals through State health care coverage pilot projects that expand coverage and access and improve quality and efficiency in the health care system; S 703 American Health Security Act of 2009, a bill to provide for health care for every American and to control the cost and enhance the quality of the health care system; HR 1745 Family Health Care Accessibility Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide liability protections for volunteer practitioners at health centers under section 330 of such Act; S 733 National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2009, a bill to ensure the continued and future availability of life saving trauma health care in the United States and to prevent further trauma center closures and downgrades by assisting trauma centers with uncompensated care costs, core mission services, and emergency needs; Letter to HHS about the action plan to prevent Healthcare associated infections; Provided information to members of Congress about the Quality and Patient Safety Transparency initiatives by state; Working with Rep. Nathan Deal to get legislation introduced on provider price transparency; HR 1670 and S 683 Community Choice Act of 2009, to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide individuals with disabilities and older Americans with equal access to community-based attendant services and supports and which would allow disabled Medicaid recipients to receive care in their homes rather than in nursing homes; HR 2003 and S 830 Children's Hospitals Education Equity Act, a bill to modify the definition of children's hospital for purposes of making payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs; HR 1998 Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2009, a bill to improve access to emergency medical services; HR 2043 Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize capitation grants to increase the number of nursing faculty and students; HR 2066 Graduate Psychology Education Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to promote mental and behavioral health services for underserved populations; S 890 Health Information Technology (IT) Public Utility Act of 2009, a bill to provide for the use of improved health information technology with respect to certain safety net health care providers; HR 2176 Nursing and Allied Health Education Preservation Act of 2009, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to continue the ability of hospitals to supply a needed workforce of nurses and allied health professionals by preserving funding for hospital operated nursing and allied health education programs; HR 2218 Parental Consent Act of 2009, a bill to prohibit the use of Federal funds for any universal or mandatory mental health screening program; S 957 Public Health Emergency Response Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that victims of public health emergencies have meaningful and immediate access to medically necessary health care services; S 958 MediKids Health Insurance Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Social Security Act to guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children born after 2009; HR 2231 Public Health Emergency Response Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that victims of public health emergencies have meaningful and immediate access to medically necessary health care services; HR 2233 Health Empowerment Zone Act of 2009, a bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate health empowerment zones; S 966 and HR 2252 National Health Care Quality Act, a bill to improve the Federal infrastructure for health care quality improvement in the United States; HR 2249 Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for increased price transparency of hospital information and to provide for additional research on consumer information on charges and out-of-pocket costs; HR 2251 and S 973 Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the distribution of additional residency positions; S 979 and HR 2360 SHOP Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed that would offer a choice of private health plans and make health coverage more affordable, predictable, and accessible; HR 2273 Nurse Staffing Standards for Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals; S 999 Child Health Care Crisis Relief Act of 2009, a bill to increase the number of well-trained mental health service professionals (including those based in schools) providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents; S 1001 Health Promotion FIRST Act, a bill to provide for increased research, coordination and expansion of health promotion programs through the Department of Health and Human Services; HR 2350 Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Social Security Act to increase the number of primary care physicians and primary care providers and to improve patient access to primary care services; HR 2369 Improving the Quality of Mental and Substance Use Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to improve mental and substance use health care; S 1020 Patient-Focused Critical Care Enhancement Act, a bill to optimize the delivery of critical care medicine and expand the critical care workforce; S 1022 Nurses' Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a graduate degree loan repayment program for nurses who become nursing school faculty members; HR 2381 Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2009, a bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to issue an occupational safety and health standard to reduce injuries to patients, direct-care registered nurses, and all other health care workers by establishing a safe patient handling and injury prevention standard, and for other purposes; HR 2388 Physician Availability Act of 2009, a bill to assure that the services of a nonemergency department physician are available to hospital patients 24 hours a day, seven days a week in all non-Federal hospitals with at least 100 licensed beds; S 1028 Strengthening America's Public Health System Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the Nation's surveillance and reporting for diseases and conditions; S 1031 National Nursing Shortage Reform and Patient Advocacy Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals; HR 2427 and S 1050 Informed Consumer Choices in Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to establish Federal standards for health insurance forms, quality, fair marketing, and honesty in out-of-network coverage in the group and individual health insurance markets, to improve transparency and accountability in those markets, and to establish a Federal Office of Health Insurance Oversight to monitor performance in those markets; HR 2520 Patients' Choice Act, a bill to provide comprehensive solutions for the health care system of the United States; HR 2535 Blueprint for Health Act of 2009, a bill to establish a Blueprint for Health in order to create a comprehensive system of care incorporating medical homes to improve the delivery and affordability of health care through disease prevention, health promotion, and education about and better management of chronic conditions; S 1104 Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish the Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment program; HR 2536 Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act, to provide relief for the shortage of nurses in the United States; HR 2691 a bill to provide assistance to adolescents and young adults with serious mental health disorders as they transition to adulthood ; S 1173 Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act, a bill to establish a demonstration project to train unemployed workers for employment as health care professionals; S 1174 Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Social Security Act to increase the number of primary care physicians and primary care providers and to improve patient access to primary care services; S 1176 Allied Health Reinvestment Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to promote and improve the allied health professionals; HR 2744 Equal Rights for Health Care Act Title 42, a bill to prohibit discrimination in Federal assisted health care services and research programs on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability status; HR 2754 Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish the Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment program; HR 2778 Health Equity and Accountability through Research Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to redesignate the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities as the National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities; S 1220 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act, a bill to require that certain complex diagnostic laboratory tests performed by an independent laboratory after a hospital outpatient encounter or inpatient stay during which the specimen involved was collected shall be treated as services for which payment may be made directly to the laboratory under part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act; HR 2785 Health Care Paperwork Reduction and Fraud Prevention Act of 2009, a bill to reduce the amount of paperwork and improve payment policies for health care services, to prevent fraud and abuse through health care provider education; HR 2804Ensuring Continuous Coverage under SCHIP Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to require 12-month continuous coverage under the State Children's Health Insurance Program; HR 2810 Public Health Workforce Investment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish various programs for the recruitment and retention of public health workers and to eliminate critical public health workforce shortages in Federal, State, local, and tribal public health agencies and health centers; HR 2816 States' Right To Innovate in Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide grants and flexibility through demonstration projects for States to provide universal, comprehensive, cost-effective systems of health care coverage, with simplified administration; HR 2824 Doctor-Patient Relationship and Research Protection Act, to enhance the conduct and support of federally funded comparative effectiveness research relating to health care; HR 2891 Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Frontline Providers Loan Repayment Program; HR 2925 Communities Building Access Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for community projects that will reduce the number of individuals who are uninsured with respect to health care; HR 2930 Primary Care Training Enhancement Act, a bill to enhance the primary care workforce through modifications to the medical residency training programs and use of qualified teaching health centers and through State primary care scholarship and loan repayment programs; S 1278 Consumers Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to establish the Consumers Choice Health Plan, a public health insurance plan that provides an affordable and accountable health insurance option for consumers; HR 2937 and S 1305 MRSA Infection Prevention and Patient Protection Act, a bill to prevent health care facility-acquired infections; HR 2948 Healthcare Improvements for Generating High Performance (HIGH Performance) Act of 2009, a bill to amend title IX of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the implementation of best practices in the delivery of health care in the United States; HR 2957 Rural Health Access Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the National Health Service Corps Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs; S 1299 Worker Infection Protection Act, a bill to protect health care workers and first responders, including police, firefighters, emergency medical personnel, and other workers at risk of workplace exposure to infectious agents and drug resistant infections; Hatch amendment # 21 requiring the IOM to make recommendations to Congress on how to reduce unnecessary hospital readmissions; HR 2975 Medical Practice Protection Act of 2009, a bill to improve the medical care by reducing the excessive burden imposed by the civil liability system on the health care delivery system; HR 3000 Josephine Butler United States Health Service Act, a bill to establish a United States Health Service to provide high quality comprehensive health care for all Americans and to overcome the deficiencies in the present system of health care delivery; HR 3002 and S 1259 PATIENTS Act of 2009, a bill to protect all patients by prohibiting the use of data obtained from comparative effictiveness research accounts to deny coverage of items or services under Federal health care programs and to ensure that comparative effectiveness research accounts for advancements in personalized medicine and differences in patient treatment response; S 1355 Rural Health Clinic Patient Access and Improvement Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to health care for individuals residing in underserved rural areas; S. 1403 Strengthen Social Work Training Act of 2009, a bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to ensure that social work students or social work schools are eligible for support under certain programs that would assist individuals in pursuing health careers or for grants for training projects in geriatrics, and to establish a social work training program; S. 1404 Supporting Child Maltreatment Prevention Efforts in Community Health Centers Act of 2009, a bill to implement demonstration projects at federally qualified community health centers to promote universal access to family-centered, evidence-based behavioral health interventions that prevent child maltreatment and promote family well-being by addressing parenting practices and skills for families from diverse socioeconomic, cultural, racial, ethnic, and other backgrounds; HR3134 Healthcare Innovation Zone Program Act of 2009, a bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Healthcare Innovation Zone pilot program; H.R.3148, a bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings; H.R.3151 and S 1585 Rural Access to Nurse Anesthesia Services Act of 2009, a bill to permit pass-through payment for reasonable costs of certified registered nurse anesthetist services in critical access hospitals notwithstanding the reclassification of such hospitals as urban hospitals, including hospitals located in ``Lugar counties'', and for on-call and standby costs for such services; H.R.3158 Place Based Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to reform health care delivery by providing incentives for place-based health care, which seeks to bring health services to the patient by locating community health centers, federally qualified health centers, and community integrated health centers in or near settings that already serve a particular target population, such as schools, workplaces, and senior services facilities; H.R.3185 and S1569, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide payment to hospitals for costs of expanded advanced practice nurse training programs; H.R. 3191 Positive Aging Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for integration of mental health services and mental health treatment outreach teams, and for other purposes; H.R. 3199 Emergency Medic Transition (EMT) Act of 2009 , a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training; H.R. 3200 America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, a bill to provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending; H.R. 3217 Health Care Choice Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce; H.R. 3218 Improving Health Care for All Americans Act, a bill to provide a refundable tax credit for medical costs, to expand access to health insurance coverage through individual membership associations (IMAs), and to assist in the establishment of high risk pools; H.R.3234 Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act, a bill to establish a demonstration project to train unemployed workers for employment as health care professionals; H.R. 3242 Women's Health Office Act of 2009, a bill to improve the health of women through the establishment of Offices of Women's Health within the Department of Health and Human Services; S.1459 Health Care Choice Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce; S. 1479 NO TITLE, a bill to provide for the treatment of certain hospitals; H.R. 3391 NO TITLE, a bill to allow for the continuation of critical access hospital designation for certain hospitals in geographic areas experiencing population growth; H.R. 3400 Empowering Patients First Act, a bill to provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage; H.R.3421 Medical Debt Relief Act of 2009, a bill to exclude from consumer credit reports medical debt that has been in collection and has been fully paid or settled; HR 3472 a bill to provide for health insurance coverage premium discounts for healthy behavior and improvements toward healthy behavior; HR 3483 Steps Toward Access and Reform (STAR) Act of 2009, a bill to reform the medical liability system, improve access to health care for rural and indigent patients, enhance access to affordable prescription drugs, and for other purposes S 1572, a bill to provide for a point of order against any legislation that eliminates or reduces the ability of Americans to keep their health plan or their choice of doctor or that decreases the number of Americans enrolled in private health insurance, while increasing the number of Americans enrolled in government-managed health care; S 1679 Affordable Health Choices Act, an original bill to make quality, affordable health care available to all Americans, reduce costs, improve health care quality, enhance disease prevention, and strengthen the health care workforce; HR 3652 Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly; S 1720 Health Professions and Primary Care Reinvestment Act, a bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to provide improved training and primary care; HR 3664 Healthcare Innovation Zone Pilot Act of 2009, a bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Healthcare Innovation Zone pilot program; S 1730 Fairness in Health Insurance Act, a bill to provide for minimum loss ratios for health insurance coverage; S 1734 Medical Liability Reform Act of 2009, a bill to reduce the cost of health care and ensure patient access to doctors by ending excessive malpractice verdicts through common-sense lawsuit reform; Senate Finance Committee Americas Healthy Future Act of 2009, Senate Finance Committee health reform bill with provisions on coverage, disease prevention and wellness, delivery system reform, health care quality and efficiency, transparency and program integrity, and financing; Meeting with FTC, senate congressional staff re barriers to clinical integration; HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the merged product of the health reform bills from the Senate Finance and Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) committees; HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act, a bill to provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes; HR 3700 Health Care Bill of Rights Act, a bill to establish requirements for any health reform legislation enacted by the Congress or the President during the 111th Congress; HR 3713 American Health Care Solutions Act of 2009, a bill to provide bipartisan solutions to lower health costs, increase access to affordable coverage, and give patients more choices and control; S 1742 Women's Hospitals Education Equity Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide assistance for graduate medical education funding for women's hospitals; Comments to CMS proposed rule defining meaningful use of electronic Health Records concern that the rules will severely limit hospitals' ability to access federal financing for health information technology and put many hospitals at risk for Medicare payment penalties beginning in 2015; FDA Grants Hospitals 18 Months to Replace Steris System 1 Processor; HR 4626 Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act, to restore the application of the Federal antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect competition and consumers; HR 4851 Continuing Extension Act of 2010, to provide a temporary extension of certain programs; Meetings with CMS and HHS to encourage reimbursement under the National Disaster Medical System for hospitals that provided services to victims of the Haitian earthquake; HR 4700 The Transparency in All Health Care Pricing Act of 2010, to provide for transparency in health care pricing; HR 4803 The Patients Right to Know Act, to ensure health care consumer and provider access to certain health benefits plan information and to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide transparency in hospital price and quality information.
Client expense: $4,230,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
2010 · second_quarter · Health Issues
Issues Related to Nurse Practitioners & Health Care Reform; H.R. 2043 Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act; H.R. 2350/S. 1174 Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act; Nursing Provisions in Potential Jobs Legislation; H.R. 4872, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010; The Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148); S. 1750, Aging America Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2010 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
S. 46/H.R. 43 - Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act; S. 54/H.R. 2273 - Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act; S. 318 - Medicare Rural Health Access Improvement Act; H.R. 2307 - Reaching Elders with Assessment and Chronic Care Management and Coordination Act; Health Reform; S. 179 - Health Information Technology Act; S. 1174/H.R. 2350 - Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act; H.R. 2479 - Medicare Orthotics and Prosthetics Improvement Act; H.R. 2307 - Reaching Elders with Assessment and Chronic Care Management and Coordination Act; H.R. 3962 - Affordable Health Care for America Act; H.R. 3590 - Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; H.R. 4787/S. 1217 - Medicaid Services Restoration Act of 2010; S. 2987 - Securing Effective and Necessary Individual Outpatient Services (SENIORS) Act of 2010; H. R. 4872 - Reconciliation Act of 2010.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE
2010 · second_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 724 - America's Partnership for Nursing Education Act; H.R. 1460/S. 1022 - Nurses' Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act; H.R. 1494 - Nursing Home Emergency Assistance Act; S. 179 - Health Information Technology Act; S. 497/H.R. 2043 - Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act; H.R. 2350 - Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act; Health Reform; H.R. 2381 - Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act; H.R. 3962 - Affordable Health Care for America Act; H.R. 3590 - Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; H.R. 307 - Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act; H.R. 868 - Direct Support Professional Fairness and Security Act; H.R. 2575/S. 3223 - Prosthetic and Custom Orthotic Parity Act; H.R. 4872 - Reconciliation Act of 2010; H. Res. 510 - Safe Patient Handling and Movement.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE
2010 · second_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 2350/1174; Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009 H.R. 2730; Student to School Nurse Ratio Improvement Act of 2009 S. 1303; Women's Medical Home Demonstration Act All provisions related to the National Nurse Week Resolution (H. Res 1261) All provisions related to Certified Nurses Day Resolution (H. Res. 1158) H.R. 5270; "Improving access to workers compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act H.R. 5040; Health Information Technology Extension for Behavioral Health Services Act of 2010 H.R. 1191; Safe Drug Disposal S. 27H.R. 2043; Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009 (NEED Act) Provisions related to a resolution regarding Safe Patient Handling and Movement initiative (H. Res. 510). S. 1267; Evidence-Based Home Visitation Act of 2009 H.R. 1946; Health Workforce Investment Act of 2009 H.R. 2371; Nurse Training and Retention Act of 2009 S. 1796; America's Healthy Future Act S. 1697; Affordable Health Choices Act H.R. 3191; Positive Aging Act of 2009 H.R. 1460/S.1022; The Nurses Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act of 2002 H.R. 2535; Blueprint for Health Act of 2009 The Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2009 H.R. 3962; Affordale Health Care for America Act H.R. 2381/S. 1788; The Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2009 S. 1679; Affordable Health Choices Act - Resonable Break Time for Nursing Mothers U.S. Food and Drug Administration, related to re-evaluation of BPA H.R. 4993/S. 2814; Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2009 SA. 2928; "To include Direct Care Workers as a priority for the National Health Care Workforce Commission" H.R. 4872; Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act H.R. 4601; National Nurse Act of 2010, provisions related to creation of the Office of the National Nurse
Client expense: $468,758 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2010 · first_quarter · Health Issues
HR 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act- regarding redefining Average Manufacturers Price (AMP) to further clarify the reimbursements to retail pharmacies- as related to AMPs Federal Upper Limits (FULs), regarding expanding medication therapy management (MTM) services provided by pharmacists and expanding home infusion in Medicare to cover the supplies, equipment and services. H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act- regarding redefining Average Manufacturers Price (AMP) to further clarify the reimbursements to retail pharmacies- as related to AMPs Federal Upper Limits (FULs), regarding expanding medication therapy management (MTM) services provided by pharmacists and expanding home infusion in Medicare to cover the supplies, equipment and services. HR 2350 the Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009 all provisions; regarding increasing the number of primary care physicians and primary care providers, such as nurse practitioners and physician assistants, to improve patient access to primary care services.
Client expense: $350,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE
2010 · first_quarter · Health Issues
S 2 Middle Class Opportunity Act, Card Check provisions; S 4 Comprehensive Health Reform Act of 2009, a bill to guarantee affordable, quality health coverage for all Americans, and for other purposes; S 45 MCAP Act, a bill to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system; S 77 Children's Mental Health Parity Act, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for equal coverage of mental health services under the State Children's Health Insurance Program; HR 241a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to require the amounts reimbursed to institutional providers of health care services under the TRICARE program to be the same as amounts reimbursed under Medicare, and to require the Secretary of Defense to contract for health care services with at least one teaching hospital in urban areas; HR 298 Improving Children's Doctor Access Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to require SCHIP annual reports to include information on the HEDIS measure relating to access to primary care practitioners by individuals eligible for child health assistance under such plans and on State efforts to avoid certain displacement of private health coverage, and to express the sense of Congress that such States should utilize Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems consumer satisfaction surveys to measure access by such individuals to physicians; S 179 Health Information Technology Act of 2009, a bill to improve quality in health care by providing incentives for adoption of modern information technology; HR 468 and S 245 Retooling the Health Care Workforce for an Aging America Act of 2009, a bill to expand, train, and support all sectors of the health care workforce to care for the growing population of older individuals in the United States; HR 676 United States National Health Care Act or the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act, a bill to provide for comprehensive health insurance coverage for all United States residents, improved health care delivery, and for other purposes; HR 688 and S 326 Kids First Act, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program through fiscal year 2013, and for other purposes; Tricare letter sent to DOD from Sen. Ben Nelson urging DoD to revise the rule, expand the transition to the new payment system, offer other adjustments to cushion the financial blow on certain hospitals, and conduct a detailed analysis of its impact on the field; S 391 Healthy Americans Act, a bill to provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage that will make Americans healthier and can never be taken away; HR 914 Physician Workforce Enhancement Act of 2009, a bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to establish a loan program for eligible hospitals to establish residency training programs; HR 936 National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2009, a bill to ensure the continued and future availability of lifesaving trauma health care in the United States and to prevent further trauma center closures and downgrades by assisting trauma centers with uncompensated care costs, core mission services, emergency needs, and information technology; HR 956 HealthCARE Act of 2009, a bill to expand the number of individuals and families with health insurance coverage, and for other purposes; S 408 Wakefield Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide a means for continued improvement in emergency medical services for children; HR 1085 Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act, a bill to impose a limitation on lifetime aggregate limits imposed by health plans; HR 1086 Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2009; a bill to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system; HR 1101 Midwifery Care Access and Reimbursement Equity Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for reimbursement of certified midwife services and to provide for more equitable reimbursement rates for certified nurse-midwife services; S 441 Quality Reform Expansion and Savings Act of 2009, a bill to encourage the development of coordinated quality reforms to improve health care delivery and reduce the cost of care in the health care system; S 444 National Health Information Technology and Privacy Advancement Act of 2009, a bill to provide for the establishment of a health information technology and privacy system; S 486 Access for All America Act, a bill to achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services for all Americans and to reform the organization of primary care delivery through an expansion of the Community Health Center and National Health Service Corps programs; HR 1253 Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act of 2009, a bill to require that limitations and restrictions on coverage under group health plans be timely disclosed to group health plan sponsors and timely communicated to participants and beneficiaries under such plans in a form that is easily understandable; HR 1296 Access for All America Act, a bill to achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services for all Americans and to reform the organization of primary care delivery through an expansion of the Community Health Center and National Health Service Corps programs; HR 1411 United States Primary and Preventive Health Care Corps Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a Primary and Public Health Scholarship Program; HR 1460 Nurses Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a graduate degree loan repayment program for nurses who become nursing school faculty members; HR 1494 Nursing Home Emergency Assistance Act, a bill to ensure that a private for-profit nursing home affected by a major disaster receives the same reimbursement as a public nursing home affected by a major disaster; HR 1558 and S 623 Preexisting Condition Patient Protection Act of 2009, to prohibit health insurers from denying coverage to people with pre-existing conditions; S 616 Enhancing Safety in Medicine Utilizing Leading Advanced Simulation Technologies to Improve Outcomes Now Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize medical simulation enhancement programs, and for other purposes; HR 1581 Patient-Focused Critical Care Enhancement Act, a bill to optimize the delivery of critical care medicine and expand the critical care workforce; S 628 Conrad State 30 Improvement Act, a bill to provide incentives to physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities; HR 1614 and S 652 Community Coalitions for Access and Quality Improvement Act of 2009, a bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to community health coalitions to assist in the development of integrated health care delivery; HR 1691 and S 688 Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2009, a bill to require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations; HR 1699 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act, a bill to require that certain complex diagnostic laboratory tests performed by an independent laboratory after a hospital outpatient encounter or inpatient stay during which the specimen involved was collected shall be treated as services for which payment may be made directly to the laboratory under part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act; S 698 State-Based Health Care Reform Act, a bill to ensure the provision of high-quality health care coverage for uninsured individuals through State health care coverage pilot projects that expand coverage and access and improve quality and efficiency in the health care system; S 703 American Health Security Act of 2009, a bill to provide for health care for every American and to control the cost and enhance the quality of the health care system; HR 1745 Family Health Care Accessibility Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide liability protections for volunteer practitioners at health centers under section 330 of such Act; S 733 National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2009, a bill to ensure the continued and future availability of life saving trauma health care in the United States and to prevent further trauma center closures and downgrades by assisting trauma centers with uncompensated care costs, core mission services, and emergency needs; Letter to HHS about the action plan to prevent Healthcare associated infections; Provided information to members of Congress about the Quality and Patient Safety Transparency initiatives by state; Working with Rep. Nathan Deal to get legislation introduced on provider price transparency; HR 1670 and S 683 Community Choice Act of 2009, to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide individuals with disabilities and older Americans with equal access to community-based attendant services and supports and which would allow disabled Medicaid recipients to receive care in their homes rather than in nursing homes; HR 2003 and S 830 Children's Hospitals Education Equity Act, a bill to modify the definition of children's hospital for purposes of making payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs; HR 1998 Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2009, a bill to improve access to emergency medical services; HR 2043 Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize capitation grants to increase the number of nursing faculty and students; HR 2066 Graduate Psychology Education Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to promote mental and behavioral health services for underserved populations; S 890 Health Information Technology (IT) Public Utility Act of 2009, a bill to provide for the use of improved health information technology with respect to certain safety net health care providers; HR 2176 Nursing and Allied Health Education Preservation Act of 2009, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to continue the ability of hospitals to supply a needed workforce of nurses and allied health professionals by preserving funding for hospital operated nursing and allied health education programs; HR 2218 Parental Consent Act of 2009, a bill to prohibit the use of Federal funds for any universal or mandatory mental health screening program; S 957 Public Health Emergency Response Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that victims of public health emergencies have meaningful and immediate access to medically necessary health care services; S 958 MediKids Health Insurance Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Social Security Act to guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children born after 2009; HR 2231 Public Health Emergency Response Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that victims of public health emergencies have meaningful and immediate access to medically necessary health care services; HR 2233 Health Empowerment Zone Act of 2009, a bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate health empowerment zones; S 966 and HR 2252 National Health Care Quality Act, a bill to improve the Federal infrastructure for health care quality improvement in the United States; HR 2249 Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for increased price transparency of hospital information and to provide for additional research on consumer information on charges and out-of-pocket costs; HR 2251 and S 973 Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the distribution of additional residency positions; S 979 and HR 2360 SHOP Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed that would offer a choice of private health plans and make health coverage more affordable, predictable, and accessible; HR 2273 Nurse Staffing Standards for Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals; S 999 Child Health Care Crisis Relief Act of 2009, a bill to increase the number of well-trained mental health service professionals (including those based in schools) providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents; S 1001 Health Promotion FIRST Act, a bill to provide for increased research, coordination and expansion of health promotion programs through the Department of Health and Human Services; HR 2350 Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Social Security Act to increase the number of primary care physicians and primary care providers and to improve patient access to primary care services; HR 2369 Improving the Quality of Mental and Substance Use Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to improve mental and substance use health care; S 1020 Patient-Focused Critical Care Enhancement Act, a bill to optimize the delivery of critical care medicine and expand the critical care workforce; S 1022 Nurses' Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a graduate degree loan repayment program for nurses who become nursing school faculty members; HR 2381 Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2009, a bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to issue an occupational safety and health standard to reduce injuries to patients, direct-care registered nurses, and all other health care workers by establishing a safe patient handling and injury prevention standard, and for other purposes; HR 2388 Physician Availability Act of 2009, a bill to assure that the services of a nonemergency department physician are available to hospital patients 24 hours a day, seven days a week in all non-Federal hospitals with at least 100 licensed beds; S 1028 Strengthening America's Public Health System Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the Nation's surveillance and reporting for diseases and conditions; S 1031 National Nursing Shortage Reform and Patient Advocacy Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals; HR 2427 and S 1050 Informed Consumer Choices in Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to establish Federal standards for health insurance forms, quality, fair marketing, and honesty in out-of-network coverage in the group and individual health insurance markets, to improve transparency and accountability in those markets, and to establish a Federal Office of Health Insurance Oversight to monitor performance in those markets; HR 2520 Patients' Choice Act, a bill to provide comprehensive solutions for the health care system of the United States; HR 2535 Blueprint for Health Act of 2009, a bill to establish a Blueprint for Health in order to create a comprehensive system of care incorporating medical homes to improve the delivery and affordability of health care through disease prevention, health promotion, and education about and better management of chronic conditions; S 1104 Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish the Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment program; HR 2536 Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act, to provide relief for the shortage of nurses in the United States; HR 2691 a bill to provide assistance to adolescents and young adults with serious mental health disorders as they transition to adulthood ; S 1173 Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act, a bill to establish a demonstration project to train unemployed workers for employment as health care professionals; S 1174 Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Social Security Act to increase the number of primary care physicians and primary care providers and to improve patient access to primary care services; S 1176 Allied Health Reinvestment Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to promote and improve the allied health professionals; HR 2744 Equal Rights for Health Care Act Title 42, a bill to prohibit discrimination in Federal assisted health care services and research programs on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability status; HR 2754 Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish the Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment program; HR 2778 Health Equity and Accountability through Research Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to redesignate the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities as the National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities; S 1220 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act, a bill to require that certain complex diagnostic laboratory tests performed by an independent laboratory after a hospital outpatient encounter or inpatient stay during which the specimen involved was collected shall be treated as services for which payment may be made directly to the laboratory under part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act; HR 2785 Health Care Paperwork Reduction and Fraud Prevention Act of 2009, a bill to reduce the amount of paperwork and improve payment policies for health care services, to prevent fraud and abuse through health care provider education; HR 2804Ensuring Continuous Coverage under SCHIP Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to require 12-month continuous coverage under the State Children's Health Insurance Program; HR 2810 Public Health Workforce Investment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish various programs for the recruitment and retention of public health workers and to eliminate critical public health workforce shortages in Federal, State, local, and tribal public health agencies and health centers; HR 2816 States' Right To Innovate in Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide grants and flexibility through demonstration projects for States to provide universal, comprehensive, cost-effective systems of health care coverage, with simplified administration; HR 2824 Doctor-Patient Relationship and Research Protection Act, to enhance the conduct and support of federally funded comparative effectiveness research relating to health care; HR 2891 Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Frontline Providers Loan Repayment Program; HR 2925 Communities Building Access Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for community projects that will reduce the number of individuals who are uninsured with respect to health care; HR 2930 Primary Care Training Enhancement Act, a bill to enhance the primary care workforce through modifications to the medical residency training programs and use of qualified teaching health centers and through State primary care scholarship and loan repayment programs; S 1278 Consumers Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to establish the Consumers Choice Health Plan, a public health insurance plan that provides an affordable and accountable health insurance option for consumers; HR 2937 and S 1305 MRSA Infection Prevention and Patient Protection Act, a bill to prevent health care facility-acquired infections; HR 2948 Healthcare Improvements for Generating High Performance (HIGH Performance) Act of 2009, a bill to amend title IX of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the implementation of best practices in the delivery of health care in the United States; HR 2957 Rural Health Access Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the National Health Service Corps Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs; S 1299 Worker Infection Protection Act, a bill to protect health care workers and first responders, including police, firefighters, emergency medical personnel, and other workers at risk of workplace exposure to infectious agents and drug resistant infections; Hatch amendment # 21 requiring the IOM to make recommendations to Congress on how to reduce unnecessary hospital readmissions; HR 2975 Medical Practice Protection Act of 2009, a bill to improve the medical care by reducing the excessive burden imposed by the civil liability system on the health care delivery system; HR 3000 Josephine Butler United States Health Service Act, a bill to establish a United States Health Service to provide high quality comprehensive health care for all Americans and to overcome the deficiencies in the present system of health care delivery; HR 3002 and S 1259 PATIENTS Act of 2009, a bill to protect all patients by prohibiting the use of data obtained from comparative effictiveness research accounts to deny coverage of items or services under Federal health care programs and to ensure that comparative effectiveness research accounts for advancements in personalized medicine and differences in patient treatment response; S 1355 Rural Health Clinic Patient Access and Improvement Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to health care for individuals residing in underserved rural areas; S. 1403 Strengthen Social Work Training Act of 2009, a bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to ensure that social work students or social work schools are eligible for support under certain programs that would assist individuals in pursuing health careers or for grants for training projects in geriatrics, and to establish a social work training program; S. 1404 Supporting Child Maltreatment Prevention Efforts in Community Health Centers Act of 2009, a bill to implement demonstration projects at federally qualified community health centers to promote universal access to family-centered, evidence-based behavioral health interventions that prevent child maltreatment and promote family well-being by addressing parenting practices and skills for families from diverse socioeconomic, cultural, racial, ethnic, and other backgrounds; HR3134 Healthcare Innovation Zone Program Act of 2009, a bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Healthcare Innovation Zone pilot program; H.R.3148, a bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings; H.R.3151 and S 1585 Rural Access to Nurse Anesthesia Services Act of 2009, a bill to permit pass-through payment for reasonable costs of certified registered nurse anesthetist services in critical access hospitals notwithstanding the reclassification of such hospitals as urban hospitals, including hospitals located in ``Lugar counties'', and for on-call and standby costs for such services; H.R.3158 Place Based Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to reform health care delivery by providing incentives for place-based health care, which seeks to bring health services to the patient by locating community health centers, federally qualified health centers, and community integrated health centers in or near settings that already serve a particular target population, such as schools, workplaces, and senior services facilities; H.R.3185 and S1569, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide payment to hospitals for costs of expanded advanced practice nurse training programs; H.R. 3191 Positive Aging Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for integration of mental health services and mental health treatment outreach teams, and for other purposes; H.R. 3199 Emergency Medic Transition (EMT) Act of 2009 , a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training; H.R. 3200 America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, a bill to provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending; H.R. 3217 Health Care Choice Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce; H.R. 3218 Improving Health Care for All Americans Act, a bill to provide a refundable tax credit for medical costs, to expand access to health insurance coverage through individual membership associations (IMAs), and to assist in the establishment of high risk pools; H.R.3234 Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act, a bill to establish a demonstration project to train unemployed workers for employment as health care professionals; H.R. 3242 Women's Health Office Act of 2009, a bill to improve the health of women through the establishment of Offices of Women's Health within the Department of Health and Human Services; S.1459 Health Care Choice Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce; S. 1479 NO TITLE, a bill to provide for the treatment of certain hospitals; H.R. 3391 NO TITLE, a bill to allow for the continuation of critical access hospital designation for certain hospitals in geographic areas experiencing population growth; H.R. 3400 Empowering Patients First Act, a bill to provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage; H.R.3421 Medical Debt Relief Act of 2009, a bill to exclude from consumer credit reports medical debt that has been in collection and has been fully paid or settled; HR 3472 a bill to provide for health insurance coverage premium discounts for healthy behavior and improvements toward healthy behavior; HR 3483 Steps Toward Access and Reform (STAR) Act of 2009, a bill to reform the medical liability system, improve access to health care for rural and indigent patients, enhance access to affordable prescription drugs, and for other purposes S 1572, a bill to provide for a point of order against any legislation that eliminates or reduces the ability of Americans to keep their health plan or their choice of doctor or that decreases the number of Americans enrolled in private health insurance, while increasing the number of Americans enrolled in government-managed health care; S 1679 Affordable Health Choices Act, an original bill to make quality, affordable health care available to all Americans, reduce costs, improve health care quality, enhance disease prevention, and strengthen the health care workforce; HR 3652 Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly; S 1720 Health Professions and Primary Care Reinvestment Act, a bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to provide improved training and primary care; HR 3664 Healthcare Innovation Zone Pilot Act of 2009, a bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Healthcare Innovation Zone pilot program; S 1730 Fairness in Health Insurance Act, a bill to provide for minimum loss ratios for health insurance coverage; S 1734 Medical Liability Reform Act of 2009, a bill to reduce the cost of health care and ensure patient access to doctors by ending excessive malpractice verdicts through common-sense lawsuit reform; Senate Finance Committee Americas Healthy Future Act of 2009, Senate Finance Committee health reform bill with provisions on coverage, disease prevention and wellness, delivery system reform, health care quality and efficiency, transparency and program integrity, and financing; Meeting with FTC, senate congressional staff re barriers to clinical integration; HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the merged product of the health reform bills from the Senate Finance and Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) committees; HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act, a bill to provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes; HR 3700 Health Care Bill of Rights Act, a bill to establish requirements for any health reform legislation enacted by the Congress or the President during the 111th Congress; HR 3713 American Health Care Solutions Act of 2009, a bill to provide bipartisan solutions to lower health costs, increase access to affordable coverage, and give patients more choices and control; S 1742 Women's Hospitals Education Equity Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide assistance for graduate medical education funding for women's hospitals; Comments to CMS proposed rule defining meaningful use of electronic Health Records concern that the rules will severely limit hospitals' ability to access federal financing for health information technology and put many hospitals at risk for Medicare payment penalties beginning in 2015; FDA Grants Hospitals 18 Months to Replace Steris System 1 Processor; HR 4626 Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act, to restore the application of the Federal antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect competition and consumers; HR 4851 Continuing Extension Act of 2010, to provide a temporary extension of certain programs; Meetings with CMS and HHS to encourage reimbursement under the National Disaster Medical System for hospitals that provided services to victims of the Haitian earthquake.
Client expense: $3,730,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
2010 · first_quarter · Health Issues
American Health Security Act (H.R. 1200); Access for All America Act (H.R. 1296/S.486); Primary Care Volunteer Incentive Act (H.R. 1185); Health Access and Health Professions Supply Act (S.790); Title VII Reauthorization (S.1720); Conrad State 30 Improvement Act (S.628); Recognizing the value of community health centers (HCon.Res.144/S.Con.Res.25). Tri-Caucus Health Equity and Accountant Act; Health Information Technology Public Utility Act of 2009 (S.890); Womens Medical House Demonstration Act (S.1303); Family Healthcare Accessibility Act (H.R.1745); Community Coalitions for Access and Quality Improvement Act (H.R.1614/S.652); Health Access and Health Professions Supply Act (S.790); GAO Study request on VA/CHCs Act (no bill#); Affordable Health Choices Act (H.R.3200); Resident Physician Shortage Act (S.973/H.R.2251); Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act (H.R.1693/S.671); Public Health Workforce Development Act (H.R.2620/S.1143); Helping Fill the Medicine Rx Gap Act (H.R.2777/S.1201); Primary Care Training Enhancement Act (H.R.2930); Supporting Child Maltreatment Prevention Efforts in Community Health Centers Act (S.1404); Community & Rural Medical Residency Preservation Act (S.1300) Americas Healthy Future Act of 2009, Chairmans Mark Senate Finance Committee; MedPAC Reform Act of 2009 (S.1110); Consumers Health Care Act of 2009 (S.1278); Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009 (H.R.2350); Senate HELP Affordable Health Choices Act (S.1679); Medicare Telehealth Enhancement Act of 2009 (H.R.2068); Medicare Transition Care Act of 2009 (S.1295); School Based Health Clinic Establishment Act of 2009 (H.R.3003); DSH Collaborative Care Network Pilot Program Act of 2009 (H.R.3430); Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R.3962); The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R.3590); Community-Based Residency Training Act (H.R.4409); Reconciliation Act of 2010 (H.R.4872).
Client expense: $210,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
2010 · first_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 2350/S. 1174; Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009 H.R. 2730; Student to School Nurse Ratio Improvement Act of 2009 S. 1303; Women's Medical Home Demonstration Act H.R. 2043/S. 497; Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009 (NEED Act) Provisions related to a resolution regarding Safe Patient Handling and Movement initiative. Provisions related to registered nurses and advanced practice nurses related to health care reform initiatives. S. 1267; Evidence-Based Home Visitation Act of 2009 H.R. 1946; Health Workforce Investment Act of 2009 H.R. 2731; Nurse Training and Retention Act of 2009 H.R. 3200; America's Affordable Health Choices Act, Provisions related to affordability and privacy, health care disparities, nursing and healthcare. S. 1796; America's Healthy Future Act. Provision related to health care and nursing. S. 1679; Affordable Health Choices Act Provisions related to preventive wellness in health reform initiatives. Provisions related to health care choice compacts. Provisions related to mental health and addiction in health reform initiatives. Provisions related to benefit standards for health plans in health reform initiatives. Provisions related to medical malpractice in health reform initatives. Provisions related to advanced technology education programs for nursing. H.R. 3191; Positive Aging Act of 2009 H.R. 1460/S. 1022; The Nurses Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act of 2002 Provisions related to the establishment of an independent commission to advise the Secretary of HHS on an essential benefits package in health care reform initiatives. H.R. 2535; Blueprint for Health Act of 2009 Provisions related to a geriatric loan repayment program in health care reform. Provisions related to health care disparities in health care reform initiatives. The Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2009. Provisions related to quality in health care initiatives. Provisions related to the Advanced Technology Nurisng Education initiatives in health care reform legislation. H.R. 3962; Affordable Health Care for America Act. Provisions related to mental health and addiction prevention treatment and recovery services and all other health care provisions. Close the Loophole to Medical Underwriting in the Senate Health Care Reform Bill. Provisions related to medical underwriting. H.R. 3590; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Provisions related to nursing and health care quality. S. 1788; The Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2009. Provisions to eliminate manual lifting. S. 1679; Affordable Health Choices Act - Reasonable Break Time for Nursing Mothers. Provisions related to breast feeding and break time. Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA). Provision related to - genetic discrimination issues. U.S. Food and Drug Administration; related to re-evaluation of BPA. S. 2814; Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2009; Provisions related to increased access to home health services. SA. 2928; "To include Direct Care Workers as a priority for the National Health Care Workforce Commission". Senator Mikulski's Women's Health Amendment Provisions related to protecting and improving women's health care. Provision related to FDA implementation regs to create unique device identifications (UDI) system for medical devices Supporting National Influenza Vaccination week. H.R. 4872 Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act Reauthorization of SAMHSA( Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration). Provisions related to nurse home visitation services Provisions related to employer responsibility in health care reform. H.R. 4601 - National Nurse Act of 2010, provisions related to creation of the Office of the National Nurse
Client expense: $327,083 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2010 · first_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 724 - America's Partnership for Nursing Education Act; H.R. 1460/S. 1022 - Nurses' Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act; H.R. 1494 - Nursing Home Emergency Assistance Act; S. 179 - Health Information Technology Act; S. 497/H.R. 2043 - Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act; H.R. 2350 - Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act; Health Reform; H.R. 2381 - Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act; H.R. 3962 - Affordable Health Care for America Act; H.R. 3590 - Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; H.R. 307 - Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act; H.R. 868 - Direct Support Professional Fairness and Security Act; H.R. 2575 - Prosthetic and Custom Orthotic Parity Act; H.R. 4872 - Reconciliation Act of 2010.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE
2010 · first_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
S. 46/H.R. 43 - Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act; S. 54/H.R. 2273 - Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act; S. 318 - Medicare Rural Health Access Improvement Act; H.R. 2307 - Reaching Elders with Assessment and Chronic Care Management and Coordination Act; Health Reform; S. 179 - Health Information Technology Act; S. 1174/H.R. 2350 - Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act; H.R. 2479 - Medicare Orthotics and Prosthetics Improvement Act; H.R. 2307 - Reaching Elders with Assessment and Chronic Care Management and Coordination Act; H.R. 3962 - Affordable Health Care for America Act; H.R. 3590 - Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; H.R. 4787/S. 1217 - Medicaid Services Restoration Act of 2010; S. 2987 - Securing Effective and Necessary Individual Outpatient Services (SENIORS) Act of 2010; H. R. 4872 - Reconciliation Act of 2010.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE
2010 · first_quarter · Health Issues
Issues Related to Nurse Practitioners & Health Care Reform; H.R. 2043 Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act; H.R. 2350/S. 1174 Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act; H.R. 3200 America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; H.R. 3590 the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act; S. 1679 Affordable Care Choices Act; H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act; H.R. 3780 Health Care Reform Provisions; H.R. 3961 Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act, Sustainable Growth Rate Issues; Nursing Provisions in Potential Jobs Legislation; H.R. 4872, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010; The Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2010 · first_quarter · Health Issues
HR 186 Glaucoma Screening Act of 2009. HR 228 To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a scholarship program for students seeking a degree or certificate in the areas of visual impairment and orientation and mobility. HR 577 Vision Care for Kids Act of 2009. HR1402 Catalyst to Better Diabetes Care Act of 2009. HR 1884 National Health Service Corps. HR 2697 Optometric Equity in Medicaid Act of 2009. HR 2350 Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009. HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. HR 3961 Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009. HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act. HR 4371 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to continue using 2009 Medicare practice expense relative value units for certain cardiology services. HR 4872 Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. S 259 Vision Care for Kids Act of 2009.
Client expense: $450,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2009 · second_quarter · Health Issues
S. 391 Healthy Americans Act S.4, Comprehensive Health Reform Act of 2009 H.R. 193, AmeriCare Health Care Act of 2009 H.R. 1321 Healthy Americans Act H.R. 194, MediKids Health Insurance Act of 2009 H.R. 2360 the Small Business Health Options Program Act of 2009 S. 979, the Small Business Health Options Program Act of 2009 H.R. 2399, the American Health Benefits Program Act of 2009 H.R. 1409 Employee Free Choice Act S. 560, Employee Free Choice Act S.1020 Patient-Focuses Critical Care Enhancement Act H.R. 1581, Patient-Focuses Critical Care Enhancement Act S. 973 Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009 H.R. 2251, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009 S. 1143 Public Health Workforce Development Act of 2009 H.R. 2620, Public Health Workforce Development Act of 2009 S.1022, Nurses Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act of 2009 H.R. 2350, Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009 S. 1213, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Act of 2009 H.R. 1776, Quality FIRST (From Incentives, Reporting, Standards, and Technology) Act H.R. 759, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Globalization Act H.R. 2502, Comparative Effectiveness Research Act of 2009 H.R. 1548, Pathway for Biosimilars Act H.R. 1427, Promoting Innovation and Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act S. 634 Fitness Integrated with Teaching (FIT) Kids Act H.R. 1585, Fitness Integrated with Teaching (FIT) Kids Act S. 934 Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act of 2009 H.R. 1324, Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act of 2009 S. 584 Complete the Streets Act of 2009 Healthy Workforce Act H.R. 1443, Complete the Streets Act of 2009 Healthy Workforce Act H.R. 2105, Personal Health Investment Today (PHIT) Act of 2009 H.R. 1402, Catalyst to Better Diabetes Care bill S. 803 Healthy Workforce Act H.R. 1897, Healthy Workforce Act S. 717, 21st Century Cancer ALERT(Access to Life-Saving Early detection, Reseach and Tratment)
Client expense: $280,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2009 · third_quarter · Health Issues
American Health Security Act (H.R. 1200); Access for All America Act (H.R. 1296/S.486); Primary Care Volunteer Incentive Act (H.R. 1185); Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act (H.R. 1388/S.277); Health Access and Health Professions Supply Act (S.790); Title VII Reauthorization (S.1720); Health Care Reform; Conrad State 30 Improvement Act (S.628); Recognizing the value of community health centers (HCR 144/SCR25). Tri-Caucus Health Equity and Accountant Act; Health Information Technology Public Utility Act of 2009 (S.890); Womens Medical House Demonstration Act (S.1303); Family Healthcare Accessibility Act (H.R.1745); Community Coalitions for Access and Quality Improvement Act (H.R.1614/S.652); Health Access and Health Professions Supply Act (S.790); GAO Study request on VA/CHCs Act (no bill#); Affordable Health Choices Act (H.R.3200); Resident Physician Shortage Act (S.973/H.R.2251); Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act (H.R.1693/S.671); Public Health Workforce Development Act (H.R.2620/S.1143); Helping Fill the Medicine Rx Gap Act (H.R.2777/S.1201); Primary Care Training Enhancement Act (H.R.2930); Supporting Child Maltreatment Prevention Efforts in Community Health Centers Act (S.1404); Community & Rural Medical Residency Preservation Act (S.1300) Americas Healthy Future Act of 2009, Chairmans Mark Senate Finance Committee; MedPAC Reform Act of 2009 (S.1110); Consumers Health Care Act of 2009 (S.1278); Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009 (H.R.2350); Senate HELP - Affordable Health Choices Act (S.1679); Ryan White Reauthorization House and Senate; Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2009 (H.R.3090); Medicare Telehealth Enhancement Act of 2009 (H.R.2068); Medicare Transition Care Act of 2009 (S.1295); School Based Health Clinic Establishment Act of 2009 (H.R.3003);DSH Collaborative Care Network Pilot Program Act of 2009 (H.R.3430).
Client expense: $200,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
2009 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
S 973/HR 2251, Resident Physician shortage Reductions Act of 2009, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide the distributions of additional residency positions, and for other purposes, S 1355, Rural Health Clinic Patient Access and Improvement Act of undeserved rural area and for other purposes HR 2350, Preserving Patient Access of Primary Care Act of 2009, to amend the Public Health Service Act and the SSA to increase the number of primary care physicians and primary care provider and to improve patient access to primary care services and physicians and primary care provider and to improve patient access to primary care services and for other purposes. HR 2176, Nursing and Allied Health Education Preservations Act of 2009, to amend title XVIII of SSA to continue the ability of hospitals to supply a needed workforce of nurses and allied health professional by preserving funding for hospitals operating nursing and allied health educations programs. S 935/HR 2124 Medicare Long-Term Care Hospital Improvement Act of 2009, to extend subsections (c) and (d) of sections 114 of the Medicare,Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 to provide for regulatory stability during the development of facility and patients criteria for long-term care hospitals under the Medicare Program and for other purposes. S 254/HR 254 Medicare Home Infusion Therapy coverage Act of 2009., to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of home infusion therapy under the Medicare Program HR 1776, Quality FIRST, to amend title XVIII of the SSA to implement a performance-based payment methodology for the provisions of such service under the Medicare Program, and for other purposes. S 1796/ HR 3200 Americans Healthy Future Act. Senate bill, all Medicare provisions, to provide affordable, quality hearth care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes HR 2753, Inpatient Psychiatric Service for Individuals Under Aged 21 in Psychiatric Facilities or Programs, 42 CFR 441.151. (a)(2), centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. To delay the implementations of new Medicare hospital geographic wage reclassifications criteria until the Secretary of Heath and Human Services issues a proposal to revise the hospital wage index classifications system that addresses certain considerations. S 1679/ HR 3962 Affordable Health Choices Act, entire bill, an original bill to make quality, affordable health care available to all Americans, reduce the cost, improve health care quality all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending and for other purposes. HR 3961, Medicare Physician Payments Reforms Act of 2009. entire bill, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reform the Medicare SGR payment system for physicians and to reinstitution and update the Pay-As-you- Go requirements of budget neutrally on new tax and mandatory spending legislation, enforces by the of annual automatic sequestrations. HR 3590 - the Patient Protections and Affordable Care Act, entire bill, An act entitled The Patient Protectiom and Affordable Care Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2009 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
S 973/HR 2251, Resident Physician shortage Reductions Act of 2009, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide the distributions of additional residency positions, and for other purposes, S 1355, Rural Health Clinic Patient Access and Improvement Act of undeserved rural area and for other purposes HR 2350, Preserving Patient Access of Primary Care Act of 2009, to amend the Public Health Service Act and the SSA to increase the number of primary care physicians and primary care provider and to improve patient access to primary care services and physicians and primary care provider and to improve patient access to primary care services and for other purposes. HR 2176, Nursing and Allied Health Education Preservations Act of 2009, to amend title XVIII of SSA to continue the ability of hospitals to supply a needed workforce of nurses and allied health professional by preserving funding for hospitals operating nursing and allied health educations programs. S 935/HR 2124 Medicare Long-Term Care Hospital Improvement Act of 2009, to extend subsections (c) and (d) of sections 114 of the Medicare,Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 to provide for regulatory stability during the development of facility and patients criteria for long-term care hospitals under the Medicare Program and for other purposes. S 254/HR 254 Medicare Home Infusion Therapy coverage Act of 2009., to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of home infusion therapy under the Medicare Program HR 1776, Quality FIRST, to amend title XVIII of the SSA to implement a performance-based payment methodology for the provisions of such service under the Medicare Program, and for other purposes. HR 3200 Americans Healthy Future Act. Senate bill, all Medicare provisions, to provide affordable, quality hearlth care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes HR 2753, Inpatient Psychiatric Service for Individuals Under Aged 21 in Psychiatric Facilities or Programs, 42 CFR 441.151. (a)(2), centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. To delay the implementations of new Medicare hospital geographic wage reclassifications criteria until the Secretary of Heath and Human Services issues a proposal to revise the hospital wage index classificatins system that addresses certain considerations.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2009 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Brady/ Wilson Hospital Stimulus Letter to Obama Administration - Working with Reps. Robert Brady (D-PA) and Joe Wilson (R-SC) urging their House colleagues to sign a letter asking the President to include relief for hospitals in the plan; HR 1 and S 1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009, HR 598 Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act, HR 629 Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, S 350 Health Insurance Assistance for the Unemployed Act of 2009; HITECH Act Energy and Commerce Recovery and Reinvestment Act, all bills related to issues in the Economic Stimulus Bill pertaining to FMAP increase, DSH payments, moratoria through June 30 on Medicaid provider tax regs and hospital outpatient services, Medicare teaching hospitals IME, long-term care hospitals, health IT, tax exempt bonds, and provide for a portion of the economic recovery package relating to revenue measures, unemployment, and health; HR 2 and S 275 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, provisions to secure health care coverage for more than 7 million low-income children currently covered by the State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), to add coverage to nearly 4 million more, to improve coverage of dental and mental health benefits for children and to eliminate the five-year waiting period for coverage under SCHIP of legal immigrant children and pregnant women; S 2 Middle Class Opportunity Act, Card Check provisions; S 4 Comprehensive Health Reform Act of 2009, a bill to guarantee affordable, quality health coverage for all Americans, and for other purposes; S 45 MCAP Act, a bill to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system; S 77 Children's Mental Health Parity Act, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for equal coverage of mental health services under the State Children's Health Insurance Program; HR 241a bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to require the amounts reimbursed to institutional providers of health care services under the TRICARE program to be the same as amounts reimbursed under Medicare, and to require the Secretary of Defense to contract for health care services with at least one teaching hospital in urban areas; HR 298 Improving Children's Doctor Access Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to require SCHIP annual reports to include information on the HEDIS measure relating to access to primary care practitioners by individuals eligible for child health assistance under such plans and on State efforts to avoid certain displacement of private health coverage, and to express the sense of Congress that such States should utilize Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems consumer satisfaction surveys to measure access by such individuals to physicians; S 179 Health Information Technology Act of 2009, a bill to improve quality in health care by providing incentives for adoption of modern information technology; HR 468 and S 245 Retooling the Health Care Workforce for an Aging America Act of 2009, a bill to expand, train, and support all sectors of the health care workforce to care for the growing population of older individuals in the United States; HR 676 United States National Health Care Act or the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act, a bill to provide for comprehensive health insurance coverage for all United States residents, improved health care delivery, and for other purposes; HR 688 and S 326 Kids First Act, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program through fiscal year 2013, and for other purposes; Tricare letter sent to DOD from Sen. Ben Nelson urging DoD to revise the rule, expand the transition to the new payment system, offer other adjustments to cushion the financial blow on certain hospitals, and conduct a detailed analysis of its impact on the field; S 391 Healthy Americans Act, a bill to provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage that will make Americans healthier and can never be taken away; HR 914 Physician Workforce Enhancement Act of 2009, a bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to establish a loan program for eligible hospitals to establish residency training programs; HR 936 National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2009, a bill to ensure the continued and future availability of lifesaving trauma health care in the United States and to prevent further trauma center closures and downgrades by assisting trauma centers with uncompensated care costs, core mission services, emergency needs, and information technology; HR 956 HealthCARE Act of 2009, a bill to expand the number of individuals and families with health insurance coverage, and for other purposes; S 408 Wakefield Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide a means for continued improvement in emergency medical services for children; HR 1085 Health Insurance Coverage Protection Act, a bill to impose a limitation on lifetime aggregate limits imposed by health plans; HR 1086 Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2009; a bill to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system; HR 1101 Midwifery Care Access and Reimbursement Equity Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for reimbursement of certified midwife services and to provide for more equitable reimbursement rates for certified nurse-midwife services; S 441 Quality Reform Expansion and Savings Act of 2009, a bill to encourage the development of coordinated quality reforms to improve health care delivery and reduce the cost of care in the health care system; S 444 National Health Information Technology and Privacy Advancement Act of 2009, a bill to provide for the establishment of a health information technology and privacy system; S 486 Access for All America Act, a bill to achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services for all Americans and to reform the organization of primary care delivery through an expansion of the Community Health Center and National Health Service Corps programs; HR 1253 Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act of 2009, a bill to require that limitations and restrictions on coverage under group health plans be timely disclosed to group health plan sponsors and timely communicated to participants and beneficiaries under such plans in a form that is easily understandable; HR 1296 Access for All America Act, a bill to achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services for all Americans and to reform the organization of primary care delivery through an expansion of the Community Health Center and National Health Service Corps programs; HR 1411 United States Primary and Preventive Health Care Corps Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a Primary and Public Health Scholarship Program; HR 1460 Nurses Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a graduate degree loan repayment program for nurses who become nursing school faculty members; HR 1494 Nursing Home Emergency Assistance Act, a bill to ensure that a private for-profit nursing home affected by a major disaster receives the same reimbursement as a public nursing home affected by a major disaster; HR 1558 and S 623 Preexisting Condition Patient Protection Act of 2009, to prohibit health insurers from denying coverage to people with pre-existing conditions; S 616 Enhancing Safety in Medicine Utilizing Leading Advanced Simulation Technologies to Improve Outcomes Now Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize medical simulation enhancement programs, and for other purposes; HR 1581 Patient-Focused Critical Care Enhancement Act, a bill to optimize the delivery of critical care medicine and expand the critical care workforce; S 628 Conrad State 30 Improvement Act, a bill to provide incentives to physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities; HR 1614 and S 652 Community Coalitions for Access and Quality Improvement Act of 2009, a bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to community health coalitions to assist in the development of integrated health care delivery; HR 1691 and S 688 Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2009, a bill to require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations; HR 1699 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act, a bill to require that certain complex diagnostic laboratory tests performed by an independent laboratory after a hospital outpatient encounter or inpatient stay during which the specimen involved was collected shall be treated as services for which payment may be made directly to the laboratory under part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act; S 698 State-Based Health Care Reform Act, a bill to ensure the provision of high-quality health care coverage for uninsured individuals through State health care coverage pilot projects that expand coverage and access and improve quality and efficiency in the health care system; S 703 American Health Security Act of 2009, a bill to provide for health care for every American and to control the cost and enhance the quality of the health care system; HR 1745 Family Health Care Accessibility Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide liability protections for volunteer practitioners at health centers under section 330 of such Act; S 733 National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2009, a bill to ensure the continued and future availability of life saving trauma health care in the United States and to prevent further trauma center closures and downgrades by assisting trauma centers with uncompensated care costs, core mission services, and emergency needs; Letter to HHS about the action plan to prevent Healthcare associated infections; Provided information to members of Congress about the Quality and Patient Safety Transparency initiatives by state; Working with Rep. Nathan Deal to get legislation introduced on provider price transparency; HR 1670 and S 683 Community Choice Act of 2009, to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide individuals with disabilities and older Americans with equal access to community-based attendant services and supports and which would allow disabled Medicaid recipients to receive care in their homes rather than in nursing homes; HR 2003 and S 830 Children's Hospitals Education Equity Act, a bill to modify the definition of children's hospital for purposes of making payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs; HR 1998 Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2009, a bill to improve access to emergency medical services; HR 2043 Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize capitation grants to increase the number of nursing faculty and students; HR 2066 Graduate Psychology Education Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to promote mental and behavioral health services for underserved populations; S 890 Health Information Technology (IT) Public Utility Act of 2009, a bill to provide for the use of improved health information technology with respect to certain safety net health care providers; HR 2176 Nursing and Allied Health Education Preservation Act of 2009, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to continue the ability of hospitals to supply a needed workforce of nurses and allied health professionals by preserving funding for hospital operated nursing and allied health education programs; HR 2218 Parental Consent Act of 2009, a bill to prohibit the use of Federal funds for any universal or mandatory mental health screening program; S 957 Public Health Emergency Response Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that victims of public health emergencies have meaningful and immediate access to medically necessary health care services; S 958 MediKids Health Insurance Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Social Security Act to guarantee comprehensive health care coverage for all children born after 2009; HR 2231 Public Health Emergency Response Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that victims of public health emergencies have meaningful and immediate access to medically necessary health care services; HR 2233 Health Empowerment Zone Act of 2009, a bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate health empowerment zones; S 966 and HR 2252 National Health Care Quality Act, a bill to improve the Federal infrastructure for health care quality improvement in the United States; HR 2249 Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for increased price transparency of hospital information and to provide for additional research on consumer information on charges and out-of-pocket costs; HR 2251 and S 973 Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the distribution of additional residency positions; S 979 and HR 2360 SHOP Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed that would offer a choice of private health plans and make health coverage more affordable, predictable, and accessible; HR 2273 Nurse Staffing Standards for Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals; S 999 Child Health Care Crisis Relief Act of 2009, a bill to increase the number of well-trained mental health service professionals (including those based in schools) providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents; S 1001 Health Promotion FIRST Act, a bill to provide for increased research, coordination and expansion of health promotion programs through the Department of Health and Human Services; HR 2350 Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Social Security Act to increase the number of primary care physicians and primary care providers and to improve patient access to primary care services; HR 2369 Improving the Quality of Mental and Substance Use Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to improve mental and substance use health care; S 1020 Patient-Focused Critical Care Enhancement Act, a bill to optimize the delivery of critical care medicine and expand the critical care workforce; S 1022 Nurses' Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a graduate degree loan repayment program for nurses who become nursing school faculty members; HR 2381 Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2009, a bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to issue an occupational safety and health standard to reduce injuries to patients, direct-care registered nurses, and all other health care workers by establishing a safe patient handling and injury prevention standard, and for other purposes; HR 2388 Physician Availability Act of 2009, a bill to assure that the services of a nonemergency department physician are available to hospital patients 24 hours a day, seven days a week in all non-Federal hospitals with at least 100 licensed beds; S 1028 Strengthening America's Public Health System Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the Nation's surveillance and reporting for diseases and conditions; S 1031 National Nursing Shortage Reform and Patient Advocacy Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals; HR 2427 and S 1050 Informed Consumer Choices in Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to establish Federal standards for health insurance forms, quality, fair marketing, and honesty in out-of-network coverage in the group and individual health insurance markets, to improve transparency and accountability in those markets, and to establish a Federal Office of Health Insurance Oversight to monitor performance in those markets; HR 2520 Patients' Choice Act, a bill to provide comprehensive solutions for the health care system of the United States; HR 2535 Blueprint for Health Act of 2009, a bill to establish a Blueprint for Health in order to create a comprehensive system of care incorporating medical homes to improve the delivery and affordability of health care through disease prevention, health promotion, and education about and better management of chronic conditions; S 1104 Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish the Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment program; HR 2536 Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act, to provide relief for the shortage of nurses in the United States; HR 2691 a bill to provide assistance to adolescents and young adults with serious mental health disorders as they transition to adulthood ; S 1173 Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act, a bill to establish a demonstration project to train unemployed workers for employment as health care professionals; S 1174 Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Social Security Act to increase the number of primary care physicians and primary care providers and to improve patient access to primary care services; S 1176 Allied Health Reinvestment Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to promote and improve the allied health professionals; HR 2744 Equal Rights for Health Care Act Title 42, a bill to prohibit discrimination in Federal assisted health care services and research programs on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability status; HR 2754 Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish the Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Investment program; HR 2778 Health Equity and Accountability through Research Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to redesignate the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities as the National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities; S 1220 Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act, a bill to require that certain complex diagnostic laboratory tests performed by an independent laboratory after a hospital outpatient encounter or inpatient stay during which the specimen involved was collected shall be treated as services for which payment may be made directly to the laboratory under part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act; HR 2785 Health Care Paperwork Reduction and Fraud Prevention Act of 2009, a bill to reduce the amount of paperwork and improve payment policies for health care services, to prevent fraud and abuse through health care provider education; HR 2804Ensuring Continuous Coverage under SCHIP Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to require 12-month continuous coverage under the State Children's Health Insurance Program; HR 2810 Public Health Workforce Investment Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish various programs for the recruitment and retention of public health workers and to eliminate critical public health workforce shortages in Federal, State, local, and tribal public health agencies and health centers; HR 2816 States' Right To Innovate in Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide grants and flexibility through demonstration projects for States to provide universal, comprehensive, cost-effective systems of health care coverage, with simplified administration; HR 2824 Doctor-Patient Relationship and Research Protection Act, to enhance the conduct and support of federally funded comparative effectiveness research relating to health care; HR 2891 Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Frontline Providers Loan Repayment Program; HR 2925 Communities Building Access Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for community projects that will reduce the number of individuals who are uninsured with respect to health care; HR 2930 Primary Care Training Enhancement Act, a bill to enhance the primary care workforce through modifications to the medical residency training programs and use of qualified teaching health centers and through State primary care scholarship and loan repayment programs; S 1278 Consumers Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to establish the Consumers Choice Health Plan, a public health insurance plan that provides an affordable and accountable health insurance option for consumers; HR 2937 and S 1305 MRSA Infection Prevention and Patient Protection Act, a bill to prevent health care facility-acquired infections; HR 2948 Healthcare Improvements for Generating High Performance (HIGH Performance) Act of 2009, a bill to amend title IX of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the implementation of best practices in the delivery of health care in the United States; HR 2957 Rural Health Access Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the National Health Service Corps Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs; S 1299 Worker Infection Protection Act, a bill to protect health care workers and first responders, including police, firefighters, emergency medical personnel, and other workers at risk of workplace exposure to infectious agents and drug resistant infections; Hatch amendment # 21 requiring the IOM to make recommendations to Congress on how to reduce unnecessary hospital readmissions; HR 2975 Medical Practice Protection Act of 2009, a bill to improve the medical care by reducing the excessive burden imposed by the civil liability system on the health care delivery system; HR 3000 Josephine Butler United States Health Service Act, a bill to establish a United States Health Service to provide high quality comprehensive health care for all Americans and to overcome the deficiencies in the present system of health care delivery; HR 3002 and S 1259 PATIENTS Act of 2009, a bill to protect all patients by prohibiting the use of data obtained from comparative effictiveness research accounts to deny coverage of items or services under Federal health care programs and to ensure that comparative effectiveness research accounts for advancements in personalized medicine and differences in patient treatment response; S 1355 Rural Health Clinic Patient Access and Improvement Act of 2009, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to health care for individuals residing in underserved rural areas; S. 1403 Strengthen Social Work Training Act of 2009, a bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to ensure that social work students or social work schools are eligible for support under certain programs that would assist individuals in pursuing health careers or for grants for training projects in geriatrics, and to establish a social work training program; S. 1404 Supporting Child Maltreatment Prevention Efforts in Community Health Centers Act of 2009, a bill to implement demonstration projects at federally qualified community health centers to promote universal access to family-centered, evidence-based behavioral health interventions that prevent child maltreatment and promote family well-being by addressing parenting practices and skills for families from diverse socioeconomic, cultural, racial, ethnic, and other backgrounds; HR3134 Healthcare Innovation Zone Program Act of 2009, a bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Healthcare Innovation Zone pilot program; H.R.3148, a bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings; H.R.3151 and S 1585 Rural Access to Nurse Anesthesia Services Act of 2009, a bill to permit pass-through payment for reasonable costs of certified registered nurse anesthetist services in critical access hospitals notwithstanding the reclassification of such hospitals as urban hospitals, including hospitals located in ``Lugar counties'', and for on-call and standby costs for such services; H.R.3158 Place Based Health Care Act of 2009, a bill to reform health care delivery by providing incentives for place-based health care, which seeks to bring health services to the patient by locating community health centers, federally qualified health centers, and community integrated health centers in or near settings that already serve a particular target population, such as schools, workplaces, and senior services facilities; H.R.3185 and S1569, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide payment to hospitals for costs of expanded advanced practice nurse training programs; H.R. 3191 Positive Aging Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for integration of mental health services and mental health treatment outreach teams, and for other purposes; H.R. 3199 Emergency Medic Transition (EMT) Act of 2009 , a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training; H.R. 3200 America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, a bill to provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending; H.R. 3217 Health Care Choice Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce; H.R. 3218 Improving Health Care for All Americans Act, a bill to provide a refundable tax credit for medical costs, to expand access to health insurance coverage through individual membership associations (IMAs), and to assist in the establishment of high risk pools; H.R.3234 Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act, a bill to establish a demonstration project to train unemployed workers for employment as health care professionals; H.R. 3242 Women's Health Office Act of 2009, a bill to improve the health of women through the establishment of Offices of Women's Health within the Department of Health and Human Services; S.1459 Health Care Choice Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce; S. 1479 NO TITLE, a bill to provide for the treatment of certain hospitals; H.R. 3391 NO TITLE, a bill to allow for the continuation of critical access hospital designation for certain hospitals in geographic areas experiencing population growth; H.R. 3400 Empowering Patients First Act, a bill to provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage; H.R.3421 Medical Debt Relief Act of 2009, a bill to exclude from consumer credit reports medical debt that has been in collection and has been fully paid or settled; HR 3472 a bill to provide for health insurance coverage premium discounts for healthy behavior and improvements toward healthy behavior; HR 3483 Steps Toward Access and Reform (STAR) Act of 2009, a bill to reform the medical liability system, improve access to health care for rural and indigent patients, enhance access to affordable prescription drugs, and for other purposes S 1572, a bill to provide for a point of order against any legislation that eliminates or reduces the ability of Americans to keep their health plan or their choice of doctor or that decreases the number of Americans enrolled in private health insurance, while increasing the number of Americans enrolled in government-managed health care; S 1679 Affordable Health Choices Act, an original bill to make quality, affordable health care available to all Americans, reduce costs, improve health care quality, enhance disease prevention, and strengthen the health care workforce; HR 3652 Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2009, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly; S 1720 Health Professions and Primary Care Reinvestment Act, a bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to provide improved training and primary care; HR 3664 Healthcare Innovation Zone Pilot Act of 2009, a bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Healthcare Innovation Zone pilot program; S 1730 Fairness in Health Insurance Act, a bill to provide for minimum loss ratios for health insurance coverage; S 1734 Medical Liability Reform Act of 2009, a bill to reduce the cost of health care and ensure patient access to doctors by ending excessive malpractice verdicts through common-sense lawsuit reform; Senate Finance Committee Americas Healthy Future Act of 2009, Senate Finance Committee health reform bill with provisions on coverage, disease prevention and wellness, delivery system reform, health care quality and efficiency, transparency and program integrity, and financing; Meeting with FTC, senate congressional staff re barriers to clinical integration; HR 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the merged product of the health reform bills from the Senate Finance and Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) committees; HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act, a bill to provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes; HR 3700 Health Care Bill of Rights Act, a bill to establish requirements for any health reform legislation enacted by the Congress or the President during the 111th Congress; HR 3713 American Health Care Solutions Act of 2009, a bill to provide bipartisan solutions to lower health costs, increase access to affordable coverage, and give patients more choices and control; S 1742 Women's Hospitals Education Equity Act, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide assistance for graduate medical education funding for women's hospitals.
Client expense: $5,400,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
2009 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Walgreens and its subsidiaries can impact efforts in health care reform with regards to access, affordability and quality. S. 1796, the Americas Healthy Future Act of 2009 regarding redefining Average Manufacturers Price (AMP) to further clarify the reimbursements to retail pharmacies as related to AMPs Federal Upper Limits (FULs), regarding expanding medication therapy management (MTM) services provided by pharmacists and expanding home infusion in Medicare to cover the supplies, equipment and services. S. 1679, the Affordable Health Choices Act - health care reform legislation introduced by Senator Edward Kennedy; regarding expanding medication therapy management (MTM) services provided by pharmacists also the establishment of a grant program to implement MTM for the treatment of chronic diseases. HR. 3200, the Americas Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 regarding redefining Average Manufacturers Price (AMP) to further clarify the reimbursements to retail pharmacies as related to AMPs Federal Upper Limits (FULs), expanding home infusion in Medicare to cover the supplies, equipment and services, and regarding expanding medication therapy management (MTM) services provided by pharmacists. H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act- regarding redefining Average Manufacturers Price (AMP) to further clarify the reimbursements to retail pharmacies- as related to AMPs Federal Upper Limits (FULs), regarding expanding medication therapy management (MTM) services provided by pharmacists and expanding home infusion in Medicare to cover the supplies, equipment and services. HR 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act- regarding redefining Average Manufacturers Price (AMP) to further clarify the reimbursements to retail pharmacies- as related to AMPs Federal Upper Limits (FULs), regarding expanding medication therapy management (MTM) services provided by pharmacists and expanding home infusion in Medicare to cover the supplies, equipment and services. HR 2350 the Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009 all provisions; regarding increasing the number of primary care physicians and primary care providers, such as nurse practitioners and physician assistants, to improve patient access to primary care services.
Client expense: $430,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE
2009 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 2350/S. 1174; Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009 H.R. 2730; Student to School Nurse Ratio Improvement Act of 2009 S. 1303; Women's Medical Home Demonstration Act H.R. 2043/S. 497; Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009 (NEED Act) Provisions related to a resolution regarding Safe Patient Handling and Movement initiative. Provisions related to registered nurses and advanced practice nurses related to health care reform initiatives. S. 1267; Evidence-Based Home Visitation Act of 2009 H.R. 1946; Health Workforce Investment Act of 2009 H.R. 2731; Nurse Training and Retention Act of 2009 H.R. 3200; America's Affordable Health Choices Act, Provisions related to affordability and privacy, health care disparities, nursing and healthcare. S. 1796; America's Healthy Future Act. Provision related to health care and nursing. S. 1679; Affordable Health Choices Act Provisions related to preventive wellness in health reform initiatives. Provisions related to health care choice compacts. Provisions related to mental health and addiction in health reform initiatives. Provisions related to benefit standards for health plans in health reform initiatives. Provisions related to medical malpractice in health reform initatives. Provisions related to advanced technology education programs for nursing. H.R. 3191; Positive Aging Act of 2009 H.R. 1460/S. 1022; The Nurses Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act of 2002 Provisions related to the establishment of an independent commission to advise the Secretary of HHS on an essential benefits package in health care reform initiatives. H.R. 2535; Blueprint for Health Act of 2009 Provisions related to a geriatric loan repayment program in health care reform. Provisions related to health care disparities in health care reform initiatives. The Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2009. Provisions related to quality in health care initiatives. Provisions related to the Advanced Technology Nurisng Education initiatives in health care reform legislation. H.R. 3962; Affordable Health Care for America Act. Provisions related to mental health and addiction prevention treatment and recovery services and all other health care provisions. Close the Loophole to Medical Underwriting in the Senate Health Care Reform Bill. Provisions related to medical underwriting. H.R. 3590; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Provisions related to nursing and health care quality. Support of Pamela Hyde to be Administrator for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. S. 1788; The Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2009. Provisions to eliminate manual lifting. S. 1679; Affordable Health Choices Act - Reasonable Break Time for Nursing Mothers. Provisions related to breast feeding and break time. Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA). Provision related to - genetic discrimination issues. U.S. Food and Drug Administration; related to re-evaluation of BPA. S. 2814; Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2009; Provisions related to increased access to home health services. SA. 2928; "To include Direct Care Workers as a priority for the National Health Care Workforce Commission". Senator Mikulski's Women's Health Amendment Provisions related to protecting and improving women's health care.
Client expense: $376,632 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2009 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
American Health Security Act (H.R. 1200); Access for all America Act (H.R. 1296/S.486); Primary Care Volunteer Incentive Act (H.R. 1185); Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act (H.R. 1388/S.277); Health Access and Health Professions Supply Act (S.790); Title VII Reauthorization (S.1720); Health Care Reform; Conrad State 30 Improvement Act (S.628); Recognizing the value of community health centers (HCon.Res.144/S.Con.Res.25). Tri-Caucus Health Equity and Accountant Act; Health Information Technology Public Utility Act of 2009 (S.890); Womens Medical House Demonstration Act (S.1303); Family Healthcare Accessibility Act (H.R.1745); Community Coalitions for Access and Quality Improvement Act (H.R.1614/S.652); Health Access and Health Professions Supply Act (S.790); GAO Study request on VA/CHCs Act (no bill#); Affordable Health Choices Act (H.R.3200); Resident Physician Shortage Act (S.973/H.R.2251); Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act (H.R.1693/S.671); Public Health Workforce Development Act (H.R.2620/S.1143); Helping Fill the Medicine Rx Gap Act (H.R.2777/S.1201); Primary Care Training Enhancement Act (H.R.2930); Supporting Child Maltreatment Prevention Efforts in Community Health Centers Act (S.1404); Community & Rural Medical Residency Preservation Act (S.1300); Americas Healthy Future Act of 2009, Chairmans Mark Senate Finance Committee; MedPAC Reform Act of 2009 (S.1110); Consumers Health Care Act of 2009 (S.1278); Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009 (H.R.2350); Senate HELP Affordable Health Choices Act (S.1679); Ryan White Reauthorization House and Senate; Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2009 (H.R.3090); Medicare Telehealth Enhancement Act of 2009 (H.R.2068); Medicare Transition Care Act of 2009 (S.1295); School Based Health Clinic Establishment Act of 2009 (H.R.3003); DSH Collaborative Care Network Pilot Program Act of 2009 (H.R.3430); Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R.3962); The Patient Protection and Affordable Cafe Act (H.R. 3590); Community-Based Residency Training Act (H.R. 4409).
Client expense: $230,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
2009 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
HR 186, Glaucoma Screening Act of 2009, all provisions HR 228, VA to establish a scholarship program for students, all provisions HR 577, Vision Care for Kids Act of 2009, all provisions. HR 1402, Catalyst to Better Diabetes Care Act of 2009, all provisions. HR 1884, National Health Service Corps Improvement Act, all provisions. HR 2350, Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009, all provisions. HR 2697, Optometric Equity in Medicaid Act of 2009, all provisions HR 3293, Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2010, all provisions. HR 3326, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010, all provisions. HR 3590 Service Members Home Ownership Tax Act of 2009, all provisions. HR 3961 Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009, all provisions. HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act, all provisions. HR 4371, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act , all provisions S 256, Combat Methamphetamine Enhancement Act of 2009, all provisions.
Client expense: $446,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2009 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
HR 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act; HR 3950, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HR 3200, America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; S 1796, America's Healthy Future Act of 2009; S 1679, Affordable Health Choices Act; S 1199, Air Medical Service Safety Improvement Act of 2009; HR 2251 and S 973, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009; HR 2350 and S 1174, Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act
Client expense: $200,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2009 · fourth_quarter · Education
HR1615/S646 - Restore deferment of education loan repayment for medical residents;S1174/HR2350 - Education Loan Deferment;HR2891 - Health Provider Education Loan Repayment;
Client expense: $52,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2009 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
H.R. 2350, Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009, Promote primary care in health reform. H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Primary care key to reform, preparing primary care physicians in appropriate settings, promote patient-centered medical home, Increase health care coverage, physician payment, workforce development and education. H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act, Primary care key to reform, preparing primary care physicians in appropriate settings, promote patient-centered medical home, Increase health care coverage, physician payment, workforce development and education. S. 1681, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009, Require insurance issuers to meet federal antitrust rules to prevent price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations harmful to competition and consumers.
Client expense: $899,020 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
2009 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
H.R. 2350, Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009, Promote primary care in health reform. H.R. 3200, America's Affordable Health Choices Act, Medicare payments to physicians, Medicaid payment rates, insurance reform and Graduate medical education. H.R. 3288, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010. H.R. 3293, Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2010, Promote Title VII Health Professions Primary Care training grant programs. Adequate funding for HHS Rural Health programs, and NHSC to relieve medical student debt. H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Primary care key to reform, preparing primary care physicians in appropriate settings, promote patient-centered medical home, Increase health care coverage, physician payment, workforce development and education, Promote health care coverage for all with primary focus in health care reform. H.R. 3961, Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009, Revising the formula for Medicare's physician payment rate. H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act, Primary care key to reform, preparing primary care physicians in appropriate settings, promote patient-centered medical home, Increase health care coverage, physician payment, workforce development and education. S. 1720, Health Professions and Primary Care Reinvestment Act, Promote Title VII Primary Care training grant programs. S. 1776, Medicare Physician Fairness Act of 2009, Reform Medicare sustainable growth rate formula and provide increased payments to primary care physicians.
Client expense: $899,020 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
2009 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
S. 46/H.R. 43 - Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act; S. 54/H.R. 2273 - Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act; S. 318 - Medicare Rural Health Access Improvement Act; H.R. 2307 - Reaching Elders with Assessment and Chronic Care Management and Coordination Act; Health Reform; S. 179 - Health Information Technology Act; S. 1174/H.R. 2350 - Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act; H.R. 2479 - Medicare Orthotics and Prosthetics Improvement Act; H.R. 2307 - Reaching Elders with Assessment and Chronic Care Management and Coordination Act; H.R. 3962 - Affordable Health Care for America Act; H.R. 3590 - Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE
2009 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 724 - America's Partnership for Nursing Education Act; H.R. 1460/S. 1022 - Nurses' Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act; H.R. 1494 - Nursing Home Emergency Assistance Act; S. 179 - Health Information Technology Act; S. 497/H.R. 2043 - Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act; H.R. 2350 - Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act; Health Reform; H.R. 2381 - Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act; H.R. 3962 - Affordable Health Care for America Act; H.R. 3590 - Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; H.R. 307 - Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act; H.R. 868 - Direct Support Professional Fairness and Security Act; H.R. 2575 - Prosthetic and Custom Orthotic Parity Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE
2009 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Issues Related to Nurse Practitioners & Health Care Reform; H.R. 2043 Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act; H.R. 2350/S. 1174 Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act; H.R. 3200 America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; H.R. 3590 the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act; S. 1679 Affordable Care Choices Act; H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act; H.R. 3780 Health Care Reform Provisions; H.R. 3961 Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act, Sustainable Growth Rate Issues.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE