To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to remove the exclusion from medical assistance under the Medicaid Program of items and services for patients in an institution for mental diseases.

Legislation and issues related to: Physician/nurse reimbursement; Medicare Medical Home; Medicaid Health Home; Medicare-Medicaid Advanced Primary Care demonstration; Accountable Care Organizations; Provisions of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148); Repeal/retention of Medicaid maintenance of effort requirements; Graduate Nurse Education demonstration; Home health face-to-face examination requirements; Coverage and payment for CPT code 96110; Medicare-Medicaid Program Integrity policies; Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB); Medicare-Medicaid hospital conditions of participation; Draft legislation on admission of advanced practice registered nurses to hospital medical staff and granting of clinical privileges; Medicaid waiver application procedures; State of Florida Section 1115 Medicaid waiver application on managed medical assistance program; Medicare-Medicaid dual eligibles coverage and demonstration; Ordering of Medicare portable x-ray services; Medicaid per capita cap policy options; Medicaid payment for primary care services; Medicaid eligibility expansion and state options; Social Security Administration policies on primary medical evidence of disability; H.R. 2 - Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act; S. 16 - Patient Choice Restoration Act; S. 56/H.R. 2134 - Medicaid Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants Access Act; S. 58/H.R. 876 - Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act; S. 227/H.R. 2267 - Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act; S. 244/H.R. 782 - State Health Care Flexibility Act; H.R. 560 - Rural Representation and Transparency Improvement Act; H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act; S. 668 - Health Care Bureaucrats Elimination Act; S. 1680 - Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act; H.R. 3859 - Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act; H.R. 3630/H.R. 3743/H.R. 3765 - Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act; H.R. 3326/S. 1587 - Medicaid Flexibility for States Act; H.R. 4160 - State Health Flexibility Act; S. 2057 - To amend Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to supervise cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs; H.R. 340 - Amending title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to repeal the exclusion from medical assistance under the Medicaid program of items and services for patients in an institution for mental diseases; H.R. 669 - Ensuring Continuous Medicaid Coverage for Children Act; H.R. 671 - Ensuring Continuous Coverage under SCHIP Act H.R. 5979 - Medicaid Accountability and Care (MAC) Act; H.R. 436 - Health Care Cost Reduction Act; H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act; H.R. 4348 - MAP-21 and offsets for student loan interest rate provisions.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $23,450

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office

HR 340, To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to remove the exclusion from medical assistance under the Medicaid Program of items and services for patients in an institution for mental diseases. HR 831/S 483, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services under the Medicare program S.483, Medicare Mental Health Access Act (companion bill to HR 831 above) HR 1256, Medicare Physician Payment Transparency and Assessment Act of 2011 S.37, Autonomy for Psychologists and Social Workers Act of 2011 S.40, Graduate Psychology Education Act of 2011 S.43, Psychologists in the Service of the Public Act of 2011 S 374, Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act S. 525, Positive Aging Act of 2011 S 539, Behavioral Health Information Technology Act of 2011 S. 1599, H.R. 3070, FY 2012 Appropriations for Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2011, A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the distribution of additional residency positions, and for other purposes. S.365, the Budget Control Act of 2011 H.R. 6043, the Behavioral Health Information Technology Act of 2012 H.R. 5707, the Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5989, the Excellence in Mental Health Act of 2012 Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Electronic Health Record Incentive Program-Stage 2- (CMS-2012-0022-0001) Changes to the Medicare Advantage and the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs for Contract Year 2013 and Other Changes (CMS-2011-0157-0516) Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Fiscal Year 2013 Rates; Hospitals Resident Caps for Graduate Medical Education Payment Purposes; Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers and for Ambulatory Surgical Centers (CMS-2012-0052-0001) Medicaid Program: Payments for Services Furnished by Certain Primary Care Physicians and Charges for Vaccine Administration Under the Vaccines for Children Program [CMS-2370-P]

Legislation and issues related to: Physician/nurse reimbursement; Medicare Medical Home; Medicaid Health Home; Medicare-Medicaid Advanced Primary Care demonstration; Accountable Care Organizations; Provisions of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148); Graduate Nurse Education demonstration; Home health face-to-face examination requirements; Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB); Medicare-Medicaid hospital conditions of participation; Draft legislation on admission of advanced practice registered nurses to hospital medical staff and granting of clinical privileges; Ordering of Medicare portable x-ray services; Medicaid per capita cap policy options; H.R. 2 - Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act; S. 16 - Patient Choice Restoration Act; S. 56/H.R. 2134 - Medicaid Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants Access Act; S. 58/H.R. 876 - Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act; S. 227/H.R. 2267 - Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act; S. 244/H.R. 782 - State Health Care Flexibility Act; H.R. 560 - Rural Representation and Transparency Improvement Act; H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act; S. 668 - Health Care Bureaucrats Elimination Act; S. 1680 - Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act; H.R. 3859 - Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act; H.R. 3630/H.R. 3743/H.R. 3765 - Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act; H.R. 3326/S. 1587 - Medicaid Flexibility for States Act; H.R. 4160 - State Health Flexibility Act; S. 2057 - To amend Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to supervise cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs; Coverage and payment for CPT code 96110; H.R. 340 - Amending title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to repeal the exclusion from medical assistance under the Medicaid program of items and services for patients in an institution for mental diseases; H.R. 669 - Ensuring Continuous Medicaid Coverage for Children Act; H.R. 671 - Ensuring Continuous Coverage under SCHIP Act

HR 340, To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to remove the exclusion from medical assistance under the Medicaid Program of items and services for patients in an institution for mental diseases. HR 831/S 483, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services under the Medicare program S.483, Medicare Mental Health Access Act (companion bill to HR 831 above) HR 1256, Medicare Physician Payment Transparency and Assessment Act of 2011 HR 3765, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011 S.37, Autonomy for Psychologists and Social Workers Act of 2011 S.40, Graduate Psychology Education Act of 2011 S.43, Psychologists in the Service of the Public Act of 2011 S 374, Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act S. 525, Positive Aging Act of 2011 S 539, Behavioral Health Information Technology Act of 2011 S. 1599, H.R. 3070, FY 2012 Appropriations for Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2011, A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the distribution of additional residency positions, and for other purposes. S.365, the Budget Control Act of 2011 HR 3765, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011 HR 3630, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011

Client expense: $135,786 · Firm income: Not reported

Legislation and issues related to: Physician/nurse reimbursement; Medicare Medical Home; Medicaid Health Home; Medicare-Medicaid Advanced Primary Care demonstration; Accountable Care Organizations; provisions of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148); Graduate Nurse Education demonstration; home health face-to-face examination requirements; Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB); Medicare-Medicaid hospital conditions of participation; draft legislation on admission of advanced practice registered nurses to hospital medical staff, granting of clinical privileges; coverage and payment for CPT code 96110; H.R. 2 Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act S. 16 Patient Choice Restoration Act; S. 56/H.R. 2134 Medicaid Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants Access Act; S. 58/H.R. 876 Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act; S. 227/H.R. 2267 Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act; S. 244/H.R. 782 State Health Care Flexibility Act; H.R. 560 Rural Representation and Transparency Improvement Act; H.R. 452 Medical Decisions Accountability Act; S. 668 Health Care Bureaucrats Elimination Act; S. 1680 Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act; H.R. 3630/H.R. 3743/H.R. 3765 Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act; H.R. 3326/S. 1587 Medicaid Flexibility for States Act; H.R. 340 Amending title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to repeal the exclusion from medical assistance under the Medicaid program of items and services for patients in an institution for mental diseases; H.R. 669 Ensuring Continuous Medicaid Coverage for Children Act; H.R. 671 Ensuring Continuous Coverage under SCHIP Act.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $23,450

HR 340, To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to remove the exclusion from medical assistance under the Medicaid Program of items and services for patients in an institution for mental diseases. HR 831/S 483, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services under the Medicare program S.483, Medicare Mental Health Access Act (companion bill to HR 831 above) HR 1256, Medicare Physician Payment Transparency and Assessment Act of 2011 HR 3765, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011 S.37, Autonomy for Psychologists and Social Workers Act of 2011 S.40, Graduate Psychology Education Act of 2011 S.43, Psychologists in the Service of the Public Act of 2011 S 374, Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act S. 525, Positive Aging Act of 2011 S 539, Behavioral Health Information Technology Act of 2011 S. 1599, H.R. 3070, FY 2012 Appropriations for Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2011, A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the distribution of additional residency positions, and for other purposes. S.365, the Budget Control Act of 2011

Client expense: $126,533 · Firm income: Not reported

HR 340, To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to remove the exclusion from medical assistance under the Medicaid Program of items and services for patients in an institution for mental diseases. HR 831/S 483, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services under the Medicare program S.483, Medicare Mental Health Access Act (companion bill to HR 831 above) HR 1256, Medicare Physician Payment Transparency and Assessment Act of 2011 S.37, Autonomy for Psychologists and Social Workers Act of 2011 S.40, Graduate Psychology Education Act of 2011 S.43, Psychologists in the Service of the Public Act of 2011 S 374, Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act S. 525, Positive Aging Act of 2011 S 539, Behavioral Health Information Technology Act of 2011 S. 1599, H.R. 3070, FY 2012 Appropriations for Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2011, A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the distribution of additional residency positions, and for other purposes. S.365, the Budget Control Act of 2011 Medicare Program; Proposed Changes to the Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Incentive ProgramCMS-2011-0108-0001 Medicare Program: Conditions of Participation for Community Mental Health Centers CMS-2011-0123-0001 Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Opportunities for Alignment under Medicaid and Medicare CMS-2011-0080-0002 Medicare Program: Payment Policies under Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2012 CMS- 2011-0131-0002 Medicare Program: Five Year Review of Work Relative Value Units Under the Physician Fee Schedule CMS-2011-0107-0002 Availability of Medicare Performance Data Measurement CMS-2011-0122-0001

Legislation and issues related to: Physician/nurse reimbursement; Medicare Medical Home; Medicaid Health Home; Medicare-Medicaid Advanced Primary Care demonstration; Accountable Care Organizations; provisions of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148); Graduate Nurse Education demonstration; Craig Thomas Rural Hospital & Provider Equity Act; home health face-to-face examination requirements; Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB); S.16 Patient Choice Restoration Act; S. 56 Medicaid Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants Access Act; S. 58 Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act; S. 227/H.R. 2267 Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act; S. 244/H.R. 782 State Health Care Choice Act; H.R. 560 Rural Representation and Transparency Improvement Act; H.R. 452 Medicare Decisions Accountability Act; S. 668 Health Care Bureaucrats Elimination Act; H.R. 340 Amending title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to repeal the exclusion from medical assistance under the Medicaid program of items and services for patients in an institution for mental diseases; H.R. 669 Ensuring Continuous Medicaid Coverage for Children Act; H.R. 671 Ensuring Continuous Coverage under SCHIP Act; H.R. 452, Medical Decisions Accountability Act; S. 668, Health Care Bureaucrats Elimination Act.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $23,450

Legislation and issues related to: Physician/nurse reimbursement; Medicare Medical Home; Medicaid Health Home; Medicare-Medicaid Advanced Primary Care demonstration; Accountable Care Organizations; provisions of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148); Graduate Nurse Education demonstration; Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act; home health face-to-face examination requirements; Independent Payment Advisory Board; S.16 Patient Choice Restoration Act; S. 56 Medicaid Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants Access Act; S.58 Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act; S. 227/H.R. 2267 Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act; S. 244/H.R. 782 State Health Care Choice Act; H.R.560 Rural Representation and Transparency Improvement Act; H.R. 452 Medicare Decisions Accountability Act; S. 668 Health Care Bureaucrats Elimination Act; H.R.340 Amending title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to repeal the exclusion from medical assistance under the Medicaid program of items and services for patients in an institution for mental diseases; H.R.669 Ensuring Continuous Medicaid Coverage for Children Act; H.R.671 Ensuring Continuous Coverage under SCHIP Act.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $23,450

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE

HR 340, To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to remove the exclusion from medical assistance under the Medicaid Program of items and services for patients in an institution for mental diseases. HR 831/S 483, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services under the Medicare program S.483, Medicare Mental Health Access Act (companion bill to HR 831 above) HR 1256, Medicare Physician Payment Transparency and Assessment Act of 2011 S.37, Autonomy for Psychologists and Social Workers Act of 2011 S.40, Graduate Psychology Education Act of 2011 S.43, Psychologists in the Service of the Public Act of 2011 S 374, Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act S. 525, Positive Aging Act of 2011 S 539, Behavioral Health Information Technology Act of 2011 Medicare Program; Proposed Changes to the Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Incentive ProgramCMS-2011-0108-0001 Medicare Program: Conditions of Participation for Community Mental Health Centers CMS-2011-0123-0001 Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Opportunities for Alignment under Medicaid and Medicare CMS-2011-0080-0002

Client expense: $190,234 · Firm income: Not reported

Legislation and issues related to: Physician/nurse reimbursement; Medicare Medical Home; Medicaid Health Home; Medicare-Medicaid Advanced Primary Care demonstration; Accountable Care Organizations; provisions of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148); Graduate Nurse Education demonstration; Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act; S.16 Patient Choice Restoration Act; S. 56 Medicaid Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants Access Act; S.58 Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act; S. 227 Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act; S. 244/H.R. 782 State Health Care Choice Act; H.R.560 Rural Representation and Transparency Improvement Act; H.R. 1217 to repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund; H.R.340 Amending title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to repeal the exclusion from medical assistance under the Medicaid program of items and services for patients in an institution for mental diseases; H.R.669 Ensuring Continuous Medicaid Coverage for Children Act; H.R.671 Ensuring Continuous Coverage under SCHIP Act.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $23,450

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE

HR 340, To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to remove the exclusion from medical assistance under the Medicaid Program of items and services for patients in an institution for mental diseases. HR 831/S 483, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services under the Medicare program S.483, Medicare Mental Health Access Act (companion bill to HR 831 above) HR 1256, Medicare Physician Payment Transparency and Assessment Act of 2011 S.37, Autonomy for Psychologists and Social Workers Act of 2011 S.40, Graduate Psychology Education Act of 2011 S.43, Psychologists in the Service of the Public Act of 2011 S 374, Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act S. 525, Positive Aging Act of 2011 S 539, Behavioral Health Information Technology Act of 2011 Meaningful Use Workgroup Request for Comments Regarding Meaningful Use Stage 2 (1/12/11)

Client expense: $130,169 · Firm income: Not reported