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Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act of 2012
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2012 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 5, HEALTH Act (Gingrey) - IPAB repeal, medical liability reform, McCarran-Ferguson, H.R. 452, Medicare Decisions Accountability Act (Roe) - IPAB repeal, medical liability reform, McCarran-Ferguson, H.R.611 -- BEST PRACTICES Act (Rush) - data security, H.R. 1173, Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act (Boustany) - National Clearinghouse for LTC Information, H.R. 1409, Quality Health Care Coalition Act (Conyers) - antitrust exemption for physicians, H.R. 1707, Data Accountability and Trust Act (Rush) - data security, H.R. 1841, Data Accountability and Trust Act (Stearns) - data security, H.R. 2576, (Black) - eligibility for health care assistance, H.R. 2577, Secure and Fortify Electronic Data Act (Bono Mack) - data security, H.R. 2676, Small Business Health Relief Act (Schweikert) - repeal of premium tax and other ACA provisions, H.R. 4310, National Defense Authorization Act (McKeon) - TRICARE provisions, H.R. 5800, Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act (Burgess) - price transparency, H.R. 5817, Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act (Luetkemeyer) - privacy, H.R. 5909, Comprehensive Dental Reform Act (Cummings) - expanded access to dental services, H.R. 6684, Spending Reduction Act (Ryan) - ACA provisions, deficit reduction proposals, H.J.Res. 17, Continuing Appropriations Resolution (Rogers) - temporary appropriations for FY 2013, S. 1049, Small Business Health Relief Act (Kyl) - repeal of premium tax and other ACA provisions, S. 1099, HEALTH Act (Blunt) - medical liability reform, S. 1151, Personal Data Privacy and Security Act (Leahy) - privacy, data security, S. 1207, Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Pryor) - data security, S. 1223, Location Privacy Protection Act (Franken) - privacy, S. 1408, Data Breach Notification Act (Feinstein) - data security, S. 1535, Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act (Blumenthal) - data security, S. 1789, 21st Century Postal Service Act (Lieberman) -- health benefits for postal employees, S. 2111, Cyber Crime Protection Security Act (Leahy) - privacy, S. 3254, National Defense Authorization Act (Levin) - TRICARE provisions, S. 3272, Comprehensive Dental Reform Act (Sanders) - expanded access to dental services, S. 3295, Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Act (Harkin) - funding for HHS programs and agencies, ACA related amendments, S. 3333, Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Toomey) - data security, S. 3351, Protect Our Health Privacy Act (Franken) - privacy, S. 3414, Cybersecurity Act (Lieberman) - privacy, data security, S. 3432 Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act (Nelson/Coburn) - privacy
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Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2012 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
HR 1 Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act 2011, making appropriations for the Department of Defense and the other departments and agencies of the Government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011; HR 2 Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act, to repeal the job-killing health care law and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010; HR 4 Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act of 2011, offsets the cost of 1099 repeal by increasing the maximum amount of tax subsidy to be repaid if a persons (or familys) income exceeds 400% of poverty; HR 5, S 218, HR 105 and S 1099 Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act, 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; HRes 9 Instructing four committees to produce legislation to replace the health reform law and to include a permanent fix to the SGR; S 296 and HR 2245 Preserving Access to Life-Saving Medications Act of 2011, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide the Food and Drug Administration with improved capacity to prevent drug shortages; HR 705 The Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act of 2011, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the expansion of information reporting requirements to payments made to corporations, payments for property and other gross proceeds, and rental property expense payments; HR 1213 To repeal mandatory funding provided to States in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to establish American Health Benefit Exchanges; HR 1217 to repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund; S 539 Behavioral Health Information Technology Act of 2011, a bill to amend the Public Health Services Act and the Social Security Act to extend health information technology assistance eligibility to behavioral health, mental health, and substance abuse professionals and facilities; S 668 Health Care Bureaucrats Elimination Act, a bill to remove unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats from seniors' personal health decisions by repealing the Independent Payment Advisory Board; Allow hospitals to claim the full cost of provider taxes as allowable costs; Ensure CAHs are paid at least 101 percent of costs by Medicare Advantage plans; Ensure that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) appropriately addresses the issue of direct supervision for outpatient therapeutic services for rural hospitals and CAHs; Ensure rural hospitals and CAHs have adequate reimbursement for certified registered nurse anesthetist and stand-by services; Exempt CAHs from the Independent Payment Advisory Board; Extend expiring provisions; Provide small, rural hospitals with cost-based reimbursement for outpatient laboratory services and ambulance services; Provide CAHs bed size flexibility; Reinstate CAH necessary provider status; Remove unreasonable restrictions on CAHs ability to rebuild; Discussions on a bill to credit some observation status days to 3 day inpatient hospital stays; Worked with HHS on establishing the Partnership for Patients Program to improve patient safety activities in hospitals; HR 1929 Emergency Nursing Relief Act, provides for 20,000 additional immigrant visas (green cards) for Registered Nurses, and their immediate family members. Visas issued to the family members would not count against the 20,000 quota. The Secretary of State would not be permitted to issue more visas than this set quota. Employers are charged $1,500 for these visas which would support funding US nursing programs; HR 1933, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the requirements for admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas and calls for a limited revival of the H-1C program; S 778 Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to physician supervision of therapeutic hospital outpatient services; HR 1363 Department of Defense and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011; Letter to oppose Cuts to the funding of the Hospital Preparedness Program; HR 1214 a bill to repeal mandatory funding for school-based health center construction, it amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal the program requiring the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to school-based health centers or their sponsoring facilities to support the operation of such health centers. Rescinds unobligated appropriations for the program. Urging that final Accounting of Disclosures rule not include the proposal to require provision of an access report to patients; HR 1540 National Defense Authorization Act of 2012, a bill to establish a working group within the Department of Defense to comprehensively review all TRICARE policies and practices related to pediatric care and to develop recommendations that specifically address the health care needs of children of military families; S 1854 Medical Surge Capacity Act, a bill to enhance medical surge capacity which uses lessons learned from previous disasters to make critical changes when responding to a natural or manmade disaster; HR 2405 and S 1855 Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize various programs under the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act; S. 1979 Conrad State 30 Improvement Act (Immigration) , a bill to help streamline J-1 visa waiver process for hospitals to hire international physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities; Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Letter from Rep. Ron Kind and Rep. Jo Ann Emerson to the supercommittee to protect CAH from potential cuts or other detrimental policy changes; Urging the Super Committee to reject cuts to inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs); Extender's letter to supercommittee with a list of hospital specific issues that need to be addressed; HR 3586 Good Samaratin Health Professionals Act, a bill to amend the PHSA to limit the liability of healthcare professionals who volunteer to provide healthcare services in response to disaster; HR 3839 Drug Shortage Prevention Act of 2012, to address critical drug shortage; S 2193 Ensuring Safe Medical Devices for Patients, a bill to require the Food and Drug Administration to include devices in the postmarket risk identification and analysis system, to expedite the implementation of the unique device identification system for medical devices; HR 4246 VA Enrollment Act, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the expansion of eligibility for veteran reimbursement for emergency treatment provided in non-Department of Veterans Affairs facilities; HR 5800 Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act of 2012, 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; H.R.6118 and S.3391 Taking Essential Steps for Testing Act of 2012. to amend the Public Health Service Act to revise sanctions for laboratories that intentionally refer proficiency testing samples required for certification to another laboratory for analysis by: (1) giving the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) discretion to substitute intermediate sanctions for such violations instead of the two-year prohibition against ownership or operation which would otherwise apply, and (2) making the one-year certificate revocation for such a laboratory optional rather than mandatory. Which gives CMS more discretion in enforcing the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments to preserve patient access to lab services.
Client expense: $5,350,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
2012 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 5, HEALTH Act (Gingrey) IPAB repeal, medical liability reform, McCarran-Ferguson 16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 452, Medicare Decisions Accountability Act (Roe) IPAB repeal, medical liability reform, McCarran-Ferguson H.R.611 -- BEST PRACTICES Act (Rush) data security H.R. 1173, Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act (Boustany) National Clearinghouse for LTC Information H.R. 1409, Quality Health Care Coalition Act (Conyers) antitrust exemption for physicians H.R. 1707, Data Accountability and Trust Act (Rush) data security H.R. 1841, Data Accountability and Trust Act (Stearns) data security H.R. 2576, (Black) eligibility for health care assistance H.R. 2577, Secure and Fortify Electronic Data Act (Bono Mack) data security H.R. 2676, Small Business Health Relief Act (Schweikert) repeal of premium tax and other ACA provisions H.R. 4310, National Defense Authorization Act (McKeon) TRICARE provisions H.R. 5800, Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act (Burgess) price transparency H.R. 5817, Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act (Luetkemeyer) privacy H.R. 5909, Comprehensive Dental Reform Act (Cummings) expanded access to dental services H.R. 6684, Spending Reduction Act (Ryan) ACA provisions, deficit reduction proposals H.J.Res. 17, Continuing Appropriations Resolution (Rogers) temporary appropriations for FY 2013 S. 1049, Small Business Health Relief Act (Kyl) repeal of premium tax and other ACA provisions S. 1099, HEALTH Act (Blunt) medical liability reform S. 1151, Personal Data Privacy and Security Act (Leahy) privacy, data security S. 1207, Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Pryor) data security S. 1223, Location Privacy Protection Act (Franken) privacy S. 1408, Data Breach Notification Act (Feinstein) data security S. 1535, Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act (Blumenthal) data security S. 1789, 21st Century Postal Service Act (Lieberman) -- health benefits for postal employees S. 2111, Cyber Crime Protection Security Act (Leahy) privacy S. 3254, National Defense Authorization Act (Levin) TRICARE provisions S. 3272, Comprehensive Dental Reform Act (Sanders) expanded access to dental services S. 3295, Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Act (Harkin) funding for HHS programs and agencies, ACA related amendments S. 3333, Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Toomey) data security S. 3351, Protect Our Health Privacy Act (Franken) privacy S. 3414, Cybersecurity Act (Lieberman) privacy, data security S. 3432 Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act (Nelson/Coburn) privacy Regulatory Issues: HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets, identifiers including the health plan identifier, enforcement; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative, the enrollment reconciliation process, and a related OPM reimbursement factor for records that cannot be reconciled; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements; transition from the similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) requirement to an MLR; OPM data warehouse; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues related to hospital consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; issues relating to data breach requirements; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; issues related to the collection of race and ethnicity data; issues related to medical loss ratios; review of rates for reasonableness; health insurance exchanges; preexisting condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; contraceptive coverage; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; health plan automatic enrollment requirements; health insurance web portal Regulatory Descriptions (con't): requirements; issues related to qualified health plans including certification and rate filing templates; health insurance market rules; dependent coverage; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; benefit and payment parameters for 2014; essential health benefits, actuarial value, and accreditation; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Client expense: $2,020,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Pension & Welfare Benefits Administration, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2012 · third_quarter · Health Issues
HR 1 Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act 2011, making appropriations for the Department of Defense and the other departments and agencies of the Government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011; HR 2 Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act, to repeal the job-killing health care law and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010; HR 4 Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act of 2011, offsets the cost of 1099 repeal by increasing the maximum amount of tax subsidy to be repaid if a persons (or familys) income exceeds 400% of poverty; HR 5, S 218, HR 105 and S 1099 Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act, 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; HRes 9 Instructing four committees to produce legislation to replace the health reform law and to include a permanent fix to the SGR; S 296 and HR 2245 Preserving Access to Life-Saving Medications Act of 2011, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide the Food and Drug Administration with improved capacity to prevent drug shortages; HR 705 The Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act of 2011, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the expansion of information reporting requirements to payments made to corporations, payments for property and other gross proceeds, and rental property expense payments; HR 1213 To repeal mandatory funding provided to States in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to establish American Health Benefit Exchanges; HR 1217 to repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund; S 539 Behavioral Health Information Technology Act of 2011, a bill to amend the Public Health Services Act and the Social Security Act to extend health information technology assistance eligibility to behavioral health, mental health, and substance abuse professionals and facilities; S 668 Health Care Bureaucrats Elimination Act, a bill to remove unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats from seniors' personal health decisions by repealing the Independent Payment Advisory Board; Allow hospitals to claim the full cost of provider taxes as allowable costs; Ensure CAHs are paid at least 101 percent of costs by Medicare Advantage plans; Ensure that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) appropriately addresses the issue of direct supervision for outpatient therapeutic services for rural hospitals and CAHs; Ensure rural hospitals and CAHs have adequate reimbursement for certified registered nurse anesthetist and stand-by services; Exempt CAHs from the Independent Payment Advisory Board; Extend expiring provisions; Provide small, rural hospitals with cost-based reimbursement for outpatient laboratory services and ambulance services; Provide CAHs bed size flexibility; Reinstate CAH necessary provider status; Remove unreasonable restrictions on CAHs ability to rebuild; Discussions on a bill to credit some observation status days to 3 day inpatient hospital stays; Worked with HHS on establishing the Partnership for Patients Program to improve patient safety activities in hospitals; HR 1929 Emergency Nursing Relief Act, provides for 20,000 additional immigrant visas (green cards) for Registered Nurses, and their immediate family members. Visas issued to the family members would not count against the 20,000 quota. The Secretary of State would not be permitted to issue more visas than this set quota. Employers are charged $1,500 for these visas which would support funding US nursing programs; HR 1933, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the requirements for admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas and calls for a limited revival of the H-1C program; S 778 Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to physician supervision of therapeutic hospital outpatient services; HR 1363 Department of Defense and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011; Letter to oppose Cuts to the funding of the Hospital Preparedness Program; HR 1214 a bill to repeal mandatory funding for school-based health center construction, it amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal the program requiring the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to school-based health centers or their sponsoring facilities to support the operation of such health centers. Rescinds unobligated appropriations for the program. Urging that final Accounting of Disclosures rule not include the proposal to require provision of an access report to patients; HR 1540 National Defense Authorization Act of 2012, a bill to establish a working group within the Department of Defense to comprehensively review all TRICARE policies and practices related to pediatric care and to develop recommendations that specifically address the health care needs of children of military families; S 1854 Medical Surge Capacity Act, a bill to enhance medical surge capacity which uses lessons learned from previous disasters to make critical changes when responding to a natural or manmade disaster; HR 2405 and S 1855 Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize various programs under the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act; S. 1979 Conrad State 30 Improvement Act (Immigration) , a bill to help streamline J-1 visa waiver process for hospitals to hire international physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities; Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Letter from Rep. Ron Kind and Rep. Jo Ann Emerson to the supercommittee to protect CAH from potential cuts or other detrimental policy changes; Urging the Super Committee to reject cuts to inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs); Extender's letter to supercommittee with a list of hospital specific issues that need to be addressed; HR 3586 Good Samaratin Health Professionals Act, a bill to amend the PHSA to limit the liability of healthcare professionals who volunteer to provide healthcare services in response to disaster; HR 3839 Drug Shortage Prevention Act of 2012, to address critical drug shortage; S 2193 Ensuring Safe Medical Devices for Patients, a bill to require the Food and Drug Administration to include devices in the postmarket risk identification and analysis system, to expedite the implementation of the unique device identification system for medical devices; HR 4246 VA Enrollment Act, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the expansion of eligibility for veteran reimbursement for emergency treatment provided in non-Department of Veterans Affairs facilities; HR 5800 Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act of 2012, 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; H.R.6118 and S.3391 Taking Essential Steps for Testing Act of 2012. to amend the Public Health Service Act to revise sanctions for laboratories that intentionally refer proficiency testing samples required for certification to another laboratory for analysis by: (1) giving the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) discretion to substitute intermediate sanctions for such violations instead of the two-year prohibition against ownership or operation which would otherwise apply, and (2) making the one-year certificate revocation for such a laboratory optional rather than mandatory. Which gives CMS more discretion in enforcing the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments to preserve patient access to lab services.
Client expense: $3,550,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
2012 · third_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 5, HEALTH Act (Gingrey) - IPAB repeal, medical liability reform, McCarran-Ferguson. H.R. 452, Medicare Decisions Accountability Act (Roe) - IPAB repeal, medical liability reform, McCarran-Ferguson. H.R.611 -- BEST PRACTICES Act (Rush) - data security. H.R. 1173, Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act (Boustany) - National Clearinghouse for LTC Information. H.R. 1409, Quality Health Care Coalition Act (Conyers) - antitrust exemption for physicians. H.R. 1707, Data Accountability and Trust Act (Rush) - data security. H.R. 1841, Data Accountability and Trust Act (Stearns) - data security. H.R. 2576, (Black) - eligibility for health care assistance. H.R. 2577, Secure and Fortify Electronic Data Act (Bono Mack) - data security. H.R. 2676, Small Business Health Relief Act (Schweikert) - repeal of premium tax and other ACA provisions. H.R. 5800, Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act (Burgess) - price transparency. H.R. 5909, Comprehensive Dental Reform Act (Cummings) - expanded access to dental services. Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Act (Rehburg) - funding for HHS programs and agencies. H.J.Res. 17, Continuing Appropriations Resolution (Rogers) - temporary appropriations for FY 2013. S. 1049, Small Business Health Relief Act (Kyl) - repeal of premium tax and other ACA provisions. S. 1099, HEALTH Act (Blunt) - medical liability reform. S. 1151, Personal Data Privacy and Security Act (Leahy) - privacy, data security. S. 1207, Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Pryor) - data security. S. 1408, Data Breach Notification Act (Feinstein) - data security. S. 1535, Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act (Blumenthal) - data security. S. 1789, 21st Century Postal Service Act (Lieberman) -- health benefits for postal employees. S. 2111, Cyber Crime Protection Security Act (Leahy) - privacy. S. 3272, Comprehensive Dental Reform Act (Sanders) - expanded access to dental services. S. 3295, Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Act (Harkin) - funding for HHS programs and agencies, ACA related amendments. S. 3333, Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Toomey) - data security. S. 3351, Protect Our Health Privacy Act (Franken) - privacy. S. 3414, Cybersecurity Act (Lieberman) - privacy, data security. S. 3432 Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act (Nelson/Coburn) - privacy.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2012 · third_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 5, HEALTH Act (Gingrey) IPAB repeal, medical liability reform, McCarran-Ferguson; 16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 452, Medicare Decisions Accountability Act (Roe) IPAB repeal, medical liability reform, McCarran-Ferguson H.R.611 -- BEST PRACTICES Act (Rush) data security H.R. 1173, Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act (Boustany) National Clearinghouse for LTC Information H.R. 1409, Quality Health Care Coalition Act (Conyers) antitrust exemption for physicians H.R. 1707, Data Accountability and Trust Act (Rush) data security H.R. 1841, Data Accountability and Trust Act (Stearns) data security H.R. 2576, (Black) eligibility for health care assistance H.R. 2577, Secure and Fortify Electronic Data Act (Bono Mack) data security H.R. 2676, Small Business Health Relief Act (Schweikert) repeal of premium tax and other ACA provisions H.R. 5800, Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act (Burgess) price transparency H.R. 5909, Comprehensive Dental Reform Act (Cummings) expanded access to dental services Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Act (Rehburg) funding for HHS programs and agencies H.J.Res. 17, Continuing Appropriations Resolution (Rogers) temporary appropriations for FY 2013 S. 1049, Small Business Health Relief Act (Kyl) repeal of premium tax and other ACA provisions S. 1099, HEALTH Act (Blunt) medical liability reform S. 1151, Personal Data Privacy and Security Act (Leahy) privacy, data security S. 1207, Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Pryor) data security S. 1408, Data Breach Notification Act (Feinstein) data security S. 1535, Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act (Blumenthal) data security S. 1789, 21st Century Postal Service Act (Lieberman) -- health benefits for postal employees S. 2111, Cyber Crime Protection Security Act (Leahy) privacy S. 3272, Comprehensive Dental Reform Act (Sanders) expanded access to dental services S. 3295, Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Act (Harkin) funding for HHS programs and agencies, ACA related amendments S. 3333, Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Toomey) data security S. 3351, Protect Our Health Privacy Act (Franken) privacy S. 3414, Cybersecurity Act (Lieberman) privacy, data security S. 3432 Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act (Nelson/Coburn) privacy Regulatory Issues: HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets, identifiers including the health plan identifier, enforcement; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative, the enrollment reconciliation process, and a related OPM reimbursement factor for records that cannot be reconciled; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements; transition from the similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) requirement to an MLR; OPM data warehouse; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; issues relating to data breach requirements; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; issues related to the collection of race and ethnicity data; issues related to medical loss ratios; review of rates for reasonableness; health insurance exchanges; preexisting condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; contraceptive coverage; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; issues related to privacy, security, and other regulation of the Internet and electronic commerce; issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; health plan automatic enrollment requirements; health insurance web portal requirements; dependent coverage; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
2012 · second_quarter · Health Issues
HR 1 Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act 2011, making appropriations for the Department of Defense and the other departments and agencies of the Government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011; HR 2 Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act, to repeal the job-killing health care law and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010; HR 4 Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act of 2011, offsets the cost of 1099 repeal by increasing the maximum amount of tax subsidy to be repaid if a persons (or familys) income exceeds 400% of poverty; HR 5, S 218, HR 105 and S 1099 Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act, 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; HRes 9 Instructing four committees to produce legislation to replace the health reform law and to include a permanent fix to the SGR; S 296 and HR 2245 Preserving Access to Life-Saving Medications Act of 2011, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide the Food and Drug Administration with improved capacity to prevent drug shortages; HR 705 The Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act of 2011, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the expansion of information reporting requirements to payments made to corporations, payments for property and other gross proceeds, and rental property expense payments; HR 1213 To repeal mandatory funding provided to States in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to establish American Health Benefit Exchanges; HR 1217 to repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund; S 539 Behavioral Health Information Technology Act of 2011, a bill to amend the Public Health Services Act and the Social Security Act to extend health information technology assistance eligibility to behavioral health, mental health, and substance abuse professionals and facilities; S 668 Health Care Bureaucrats Elimination Act, a bill to remove unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats from seniors' personal health decisions by repealing the Independent Payment Advisory Board; Allow hospitals to claim the full cost of provider taxes as allowable costs; Ensure CAHs are paid at least 101 percent of costs by Medicare Advantage plans; Ensure that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) appropriately addresses the issue of direct supervision for outpatient therapeutic services for rural hospitals and CAHs; Ensure rural hospitals and CAHs have adequate reimbursement for certified registered nurse anesthetist and stand-by services; Exempt CAHs from the Independent Payment Advisory Board; Extend expiring provisions; Provide small, rural hospitals with cost-based reimbursement for outpatient laboratory services and ambulance services; Provide CAHs bed size flexibility; Reinstate CAH necessary provider status; Remove unreasonable restrictions on CAHs ability to rebuild; Discussions on a bill to credit some observation status days to 3 day inpatient hospital stays; Worked with HHS on establishing the Partnership for Patients Program to improve patient safety activities in hospitals; HR 1929 Emergency Nursing Relief Act, provides for 20,000 additional immigrant visas (green cards) for Registered Nurses, and their immediate family members. Visas issued to the family members would not count against the 20,000 quota. The Secretary of State would not be permitted to issue more visas than this set quota. Employers are charged $1,500 for these visas which would support funding US nursing programs; HR 1933, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the requirements for admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas and calls for a limited revival of the H-1C program; S 778 Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to physician supervision of therapeutic hospital outpatient services; HR 1363 Department of Defense and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011; Letter to oppose Cuts to the funding of the Hospital Preparedness Program; HR 1214 a bill to repeal mandatory funding for school-based health center construction, it amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal the program requiring the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to school-based health centers or their sponsoring facilities to support the operation of such health centers. Rescinds unobligated appropriations for the program. Urging that final Accounting of Disclosures rule not include the proposal to require provision of an access report to patients; HR 1540 National Defense Authorization Act of 2012, a bill to establish a working group within the Department of Defense to comprehensively review all TRICARE policies and practices related to pediatric care and to develop recommendations that specifically address the health care needs of children of military families; S 1854 Medical Surge Capacity Act, a bill to enhance medical surge capacity which uses lessons learned from previous disasters to make critical changes when responding to a natural or manmade disaster; HR 2405 and S 1855 Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize various programs under the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act; S. 1979 Conrad State 30 Improvement Act (Immigration) , a bill to help streamline J-1 visa waiver process for hospitals to hire international physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities; Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Letter from Rep. Ron Kind and Rep. Jo Ann Emerson to the supercommittee to protect CAH from potential cuts or other detrimental policy changes; Urging the Super Committee to reject cuts to inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs); Extender's letter to supercommittee with a list of hospital specific issues that need to be addressed; HR 3586 Good Samaratin Health Professionals Act, a bill to amend the PHSA to limit the liability of healthcare professionals who volunteer to provide healthcare services in response to disaster; HR 3839 Drug Shortage Prevention Act of 2012, to address critical drug shortage; S 2193 Ensuring Safe Medical Devices for Patients, a bill to require the Food and Drug Administration to include devices in the postmarket risk identification and analysis system, to expedite the implementation of the unique device identification system for medical devices; HR 4246 VA Enrollment Act, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the expansion of eligibility for veteran reimbursement for emergency treatment provided in non-Department of Veterans Affairs facilities; HR 5800 Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act of 2012, 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.
2012 · second_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 5, HEALTH Act (Gingrey) IPAB repeal, medical liability reform, McCarran-Ferguson 16. Specific Lobbying Issues (continued): H.R. 452, Medicare Decisions Accountability Act (Roe) IPAB repeal, medical liability reform, McCarran-Ferguson H.R.611, BEST PRACTICES Act (Rush) data security H.R. 1173, Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act (Boustany) National Clearinghouse for LTC Information H.R. 1409, Quality Health Care Coalition Act (Conyers) antitrust exemption for physicians H.R. 1707, Data Accountability and Trust Act (Rush) data security H.R. 1841, Data Accountability and Trust Act (Stearns) data security H.R. 2576, (Black) eligibility for health care assistance H.R. 2577, Secure and Fortify Electronic Data Act (Bono Mack) data security H.R. 2676, Small Business Health Relief Act (Schweikert) repeal of premium tax and other ACA provisions H.R. 5652, Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act (Ryan) ACA provisions, deficit reduction proposals H.R. 5800, Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act (Burgess) price transparency H.R. 5909, Comprehensive Dental Reform Act (Cummings) expanded access to dental services S. 1049, Small Business Health Relief Act (Kyl) repeal of premium tax and other ACA provisions S. 1099, HEALTH Act (Blunt) medical liability reform S. 1151, Personal Data Privacy and Security Act (Leahy) privacy, data security S. 1207, Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Pryor) data security S. 1408, Data Breach Notification Act (Feinstein) data security S. 1535, Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act (Blumenthal) data security S. 1789, 21st Century Postal Service Act (Lieberman) -- health benefits for postal employees S. 2111, Cyber Crime Protection Security Act (Leahy) privacy S. 3272, Comprehensive Dental Reform Act (Sanders) expanded access to dental services S. 3295, Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Act (Harkin) funding for HHS programs and agencies, ACA related amendments S. 3333, Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Toomey) data security S. 3351, Protect Our Health Privacy Act (Franken) privacy Regulatory Issues: HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets, identifiers including the health plan identifier, enforcement; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative, the enrollment reconciliation process, and a related OPM reimbursement factor for records that cannot be reconciled; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements; transition from the similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) requirement to an MLR; OPM data warehouse; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues related to potential priority research topics for the effective health care program; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; issues related to genetics and genetic nondiscrimination; issues relating to data breach requirements; issues relating to "meaningful use" requirements for health information technology; issues related to the collection of race and ethnicity data; issues related to medical loss ratios; review of rates for reasonableness; health insurance exchanges; preexisting condition insurance plans; accountable care organizations; coverage of preventive services; contraceptive coverage; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; issues related to privacy, security, and other regulation of the Internet and electronic commerce; issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; health plan automatic enrollment requirements; health insurance web portal requirements; dependent coverage; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
2012 · second_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 5, HEALTH Act (Gingrey) - IPAB repeal, medical liability reform, McCarran-Ferguson H.R. 452, Medicare Decisions Accountability Act (Roe) - IPAB repeal, medical liability reform, McCarran-Ferguson H.R.611 -- BEST PRACTICES Act (Rush) - data security H.R. 1173, Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act (Boustany) - National Clearinghouse for LTC Information H.R. 1409, Quality Health Care Coalition Act (Conyers) - antitrust exemption for physicians H.R. 1707, Data Accountability and Trust Act (Rush) - data security H.R. 1841, Data Accountability and Trust Act (Stearns) - data security H.R. 2576, (Black) - eligibility for health care assistance H.R. 2577, Secure and Fortify Electronic Data Act (Bono Mack) - data security H.R. 2676, Small Business Health Relief Act (Schweikert) - repeal of premium tax and other ACA provisions H.R. 5652, Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act (Ryan) - ACA provisions, deficit reduction proposals H.R. 5800, Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act (Burgess) - price transparency H.R. 5909, Comprehensive Dental Reform Act (Cummings) - expanded access to dental services S. 1049, Small Business Health Relief Act (Kyl) - repeal of premium tax and other ACA provisions S. 1099, HEALTH Act (Blunt) - medical liability reform S. 1151, Personal Data Privacy and Security Act (Leahy) - privacy, data security S. 1207, Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Pryor) - data security S. 1408, Data Breach Notification Act (Feinstein) - data security S. 1535, Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act (Blumenthal) - data security S. 1789, 21st Century Postal Service Act (Lieberman) -- health benefits for postal employees S. 2111, Cyber Crime Protection Security Act (Leahy) - privacy S. 3272, Comprehensive Dental Reform Act (Sanders) - expanded access to dental services S. 3295, Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Act (Harkin) - funding for HHS programs and agencies, ACA related amendments S. 3333, Data Security and Breach Notification Act (Toomey) - data security S. 3351, Protect Our Health Privacy Act (Franken) - privacy
2012 · second_quarter · Health Issues
Implementation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, including Supreme Court case and coverage issues - Proposed legislation re this issues; Executive Branch actions re this issues. Congressional investigation regarding Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. *Medical Liability reform - HR 5, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011; S 1099, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011. *Data Security - HR 611, BEST PRACTICES Act; HR 1707, Data Accountability and Trust Act; HR 1841, Data Accountability and Trust Act (DATA) of 2011; HR 2577, SAFE Data Act; S 1207, Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2011; S 1408, Data Breach Notification Act of 2011; S 1535, Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act of 2011; S 3333, Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2012. *Antitrust exemption for physicians - HR 1409, Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011. *Repeal of premium tax and other ACA provisions - HR 2676, Small Business Health Relief Act of 2011; S 1049, Small Business Health Relief Act of 2011. *Privacy, data security - S 1151, Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2011. *Eligibility for healthcare assistance - HR 2576, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the calculation of modified adjusted gross income for purposes of determining eligibility for certain healthcare-related programs. *Privacy - S 2111, Cyber Crime Protection Security Act; S 3351, Protect Our Health Privacy Act. *National Clearinghouse for LTC info - HR 1173, Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act of 2011. *IPAB repeal, medical liability reform, McCarron-Ferguson - HR 5, Protecting Access to Healthcare Act.; HR 452, Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011. *ACA provisions, deficit reduction proposals - HR 5652, Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012. *Price transparency - HR 5800, Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act of 2012. *Expanded access to dental services - HR 5909, Comprehensive Dental Reform Act of 2012; S 3272, Comprehensive Dental Reform Act of 2012. *Health benefits for postal employees - S 1789, 21st Century Postal Service Act of 2012. *Funding for HHS programs & agencies, ACA-related amendments - S 3295, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013.
Client expense: $2,630,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Pension & Welfare Benefits Administration, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Client expense: $4,150,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
Client expense: $2,240,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Pension & Welfare Benefits Administration, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $100,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES