Health Information Technology Reform Act

Implementation of Affordable Care Act; Electronic Health Record (H.R.4066) Stark Self-Referral Reform; HR 6118 Essential Steps for Testing Act Elimination of SGR Formula Under Medicare; HR 6352 Physician Shortage Reduction & GME Accountability Act Appropriations for Federal Health Agencies; Global Health Initiative

Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), 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

HR 3207: Modernizing Laboratory Test Standards for Patients Act of 2011- Regulation of laboratory developed tests and genetic testing. HR 4066: Health Information Technology Reform Act of 2012 - Excludes Pathologists from receiving incentives for purchasing electronic health records as well as being exempt from payment penalties under meaningful use standrds Self-Referral Law Proficiency Testing Referral - Reform of sanctions under the "Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988" HR 5651/S 3187: "Food and Drug Administration Reform Act" - Incentives to spur development of antibiotics and use of diagnositic testing.

Client expense: $352,471 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Implementation of Affordable Care Act; Electronic Health Record (H.R.4066) Stark Self-Referral Reform; HR 6118 Essential Steps for Testing Act Elimination of SGR Formula Under Medicare; HR 6352 Physician Shortage Reduction & GME Accountability Act Appropriations for Federal Health Agencies; Global Health Initiative

Client expense: $55,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), SENATE