Small Business Deposit Relief Act of 2013

HR 487, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act, Urge House to cosponsor bill that would create GME pilot project to train primary care doctors, urge Senate to sponsor bill. HR 1173, Personalize Your Care Act, Payment for discussion with patients of advance health care planning. HR 1184, Treat and Reduce Obesity Act, Payment for chronic obesity management.HR 1487, Improved Health Care at Lower Cost Act, Creation of exception to the physician self referral prohibition that would allow gain sharing arrangements with hospitals. HR 2545, Accuracy Medicare Physician Payment Act, Reform of CMS relationship to AMA Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC). HR 2775, Continuing Appropriations Act for 2014, Prevent cuts in primary care training grants and research. HR 2810, Repeal of Medicare SGR formula, Repeal of SGR to be replaced by a positive payment update and higher rate for primary care. HR 2817, Protect Patient Access to Quality Health Professionals Act, Remove the non -discrimination requirements relating to health care providers. HR 3204, Drug Supply Safety, followed the Compounding and Track and Trace legislation in both bodies. HJRes59, Bipartisan Budget Act, Provide increased allocation for AAFP funding priorities in HHS. Oppose cuts or funding delays of ACA programs. S. 1238, Keep Student Loans Affordable Act, Extension of reduced interest rate for undergraduate Federal Direct Stafford Loans for medical students. S. 1284, Promoting Teaching Health Centers, AHRQ, Title VII primary care grants and NHSC appropriations, AAFP budget priorities, Title VII Sec 747, Teaching Health Center grants, NHSC, AHRQ. S. 1759, Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act, Reauthorize the Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medicare Education program. No Bill Number, SGR Repeal and Replacement process, Advocate for SGR repeal and new physician payment system that pays for value and primary care. No Bill Number, Medicaid Primary Care Bonus, Advocate for extension of the Medicaid bonus which expires at the end of 2014. No Bill Number, Three month SGR patch, Urge Congress to pass budget deal which includes a three month SGR patch. No Bill Number, Corp Community Day Outreach, NHSC. No Bill Number, Urge sequestration be replaced, Protect funds for NHSC, CHC primary care research and training. No Bill Number, Met new director of the AHRQ, Primary care research. No Bill Number, Comprehensive Primary care, Medicare and private payments to primary care. No Bill Number, Medicare physician payment reform of the SGR, 2014 Proposed Medicare physician fee schedule. No Bill Number, Primary care payment, specialized Medicare codes for primary care. No Bill Number, Medicaid parity for primary care, Ensuring payments for true primary care physicians. No Bill Number, Primary care meeting, Medical Home and Health Care Reform. No Bill Number, E-Cigarettes, Urge FDA to regulate all tobacco products. No Bill Number, Independent nurse practitioners in the VA health system, Opposing designating Advanced practice nurses as independent in the VHA by means of amending the nursing handbook. No Bill Number, Access to Primary Care, Increase number of primary care physicians available to underserved areas such as loan repayment changes. No Bill Number, Emergency contraception availability, Support for emergency contraceptives more easily available. No Bill Number, Modernization of primary care graduate medical education, Support legislation to implement a budget neutral pilot project to test innovative models for distribution of GME funding.

Client expense: $717,664 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), 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), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office

S. Con. Res 8 -- Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2014 H. Con. Res. 25 -- Establishing the budget for the US Government for FY 2014 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for FY '15 through 2033 In all of the above the specific issues included potential Medicare offsets that might be applied to prescription drugs HR 1184/S 2415 Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2013

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,500

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Over-criminalization of Conduct and Over-federalization of Criminal law; Freedom from Over-Criminalization and Unjust Seizures Act of 2012 (FOCUS Act); H.R. 624, Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act; S. 607, Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013; H.R. 1960, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014Foreign Corrupt Practices Act - all provisions; S. 1923, Internet Abuse, Stalking, and Domestic Violence Prevention Act of 2011; criminal discovery reform; FY 2013 budget for Federal Defender Services; Gideon's Promise Act (S. 597) - all provisions; Justice Safety Valve Act (S. 619) - all provisions; Computer Fraud and Abuse Act; Justice for All Reauthorization Act (S. 822) - all provisions; Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act (S. 744) - criminal provisions; Public Safety Enhancement Act (H.R. 2656) - all provisions; Small Business Deposit Relief Act 2013 (H.R. 1184); Unlocking Technology Act 2013 (H.R. 1892); Aaron's Law Act 2013 (H.R. 2454/S. 1196); Theft of Trade Secrets Act 2013 (H.R. 2466); Metal Theft Prevention Act (S. 394); Criminal Code Modernization Act 2013 (H.R. 1860)

Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), White House Office