Primary Care Physician Reentry Act

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 offices to sponsor bill; GME reform increase primary care physician training; pilot test alternatives to GME payment in order to increase primary care physician training.HR 3230, Veterans Access, Choice and Accountablility Act; Support for allowing family physicians to provide health care to veterans paid for by the VHA. HR 3528, National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Reauthorization Act; prevent opiod abuse, encourage adequate pain management. HR 4292, The Underserved Veterans Access to Healthcare Act; support for primary care residency positionsin VA health system. HR 5498, Primary Care Physician Reentry Act, Facillitate reentry into practice for primary care physicians. S. 1759, Reauthorizing Teaching Health Center GME program, Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education. S. 1978, Reauthorizing Teaching Health Center GME program, Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education; Increasing Primary Care Access; family physician workforce. S. 2229, Reauthorizing Teaching Health Center GME program, Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education. S. 2529, National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Reauthorization Act; prevent opiod abuse, encourage adequate pain management. S. 2728, Community-Based Medical Education Act; Support for extension of Teaching Health Centers; extending and funding for grants to teaching health centers. HJ Res. 124, the Continuing Resolution; Support for continued funding for Health Professions Grants and other discretionary programs for primary care. No Bill Number, Graduate Medical Education, Explain and advocate for AAFP's newly released policy proposals on GME; Support for primary care residency slots in non-hospital settings. No Bill Number, National Health Service Corps trust fund reauthorization, appropriation, NHSC provides scholarships & debt relief as well as physicians for underserved communities. No Bill Number, FY funding increses in AHRQ, Title VII 747, NHSC, Teaching Health Center planning grants, Federal spending priorities to support workforce, research. No Bill Number, Medicare Graduate Medical Education, Medicare GME reform No Bill Number, Increased funding for Title 747, Federal spending on primary care medicine training grants. No Bill Number, Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry, Federal spending on primary care medicine training grants. No Bill Number, Pharmaceutical Companies' Payments to Physicians; Support for keeping payments for continuing education excluded from reporting.

Client expense: $666,947 · 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), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office

HR 487, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act; pilot test alternatives to GME payment in order to increase primary care physician training.HR 2415, Treat and Reduce Obsity, Seeking House and Senate cosponsors for obesity legislation. HR 3230, Veterans Access, Choice and Accountablility Act; Support for allowing family physicians to provide health care to veterans paid for by the VHA. HR 4015, SGR Repeal and Medicarte Provider Payment Modernization Act, Support repeal of SGR and replacement with value-based payment systems. HR 4292, The Underserved Veterans Access to Healthcare Act; support for primary care residency positionsin VA health system. HR 5481, Health IT-FLEX-IT Act, Urge leadership and member offices to support bill during lame duck session- bill would shorten 2015 reporting period for meaningful use. HR 5498, Primary Care Physician Reentry Act, Facillitate reentry into practice for primary care physicians. HJ Res. 124, the Continuing Resolution; Support for continued funding for Health Professions Grants and other discretionary programs for primary care. S. 1184, Treat and Reduce Obsity, Seeking House and Senate cosponsors for obesity legislation. S. 1759, Reauthorizing Teaching Health Center GME Program, Reauthorize the Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education program. S. 1932, the Better Care at Lower Cost Act, Support for chronic care management. S. 1978, Reauthorizing Teaching Health Center GME Program, Reauthorize the Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education program; Increasing Primary Care access Act, Family physician workforce. S. 2000, SGR Repeal and Medicarte Provider Payment Modernization Act, Support repeal of SGR and replacement with value-based payment systems. S. 2229, Reauthorizing Teaching Health Center GME Program, Reauthorize the Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education program. S. 2694, Medicaid Parity for Primary care, including S. 2694, advocate for extension of parity which expires at the end of 2014; urge Senators to co-sponsor S. 2694. S. 2728, Extending and increasing funding for grants to teaching health centers. No Bill Number, Graduate Medical Education, Explain and advocate for AAFP's newly released policy proposals on GME; Support for primary care residency slots in non-hospital; settings. 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, National Health Service Corps trust fund reauthorization, appropriation, NHSC provides scholarships & debt relief as well as physicians for underserved communities. No Bill Number, Patient Safety and Primary Care Research, Patient safety and primary care research at AHRQ. No Bill Number, FY funding increses in AHRQ, Title VII 747, NHSC, Teaching Health Center planning grants, Federal spending priorities to support workforce, research. No Bill Number, Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry, Federal spending on primary care medicine training grants. No Bill Number, Increased funding for Title 747, Federal spending on primary care medicine training grants. No Bill Number, Joining Forces Mental Health Convening, mental health care for returning service members & families. No Bill Number, Increased funding for AHRQ, Federal spending on patient safety primary care research. No Bill Number, Ebola Public Health Threat, Family Physician Kent Brantly testified at Senate hearing. No Bill Number, Medicare EHR incentive payments, Concerns over attestation process. No Bill Number, Infection Advisory, Nominated a FP to a panel. No Bill Number, Medicare physician payment, Comments of 2015 proposed payments. No Bill Number, Medicaid advisory panel, Nomiated FPs to MACPAC. No Bill Number, Physician relative value units, Comments on proposed review of RVUs by CMS. No Bill Number, Tobacco delivery devices, Urged FDA to assert authority. No Bill Number, Continuing Medical Education, Urged CMS to not change Open Payment CME policy. No Bill Number, Food Safety Modernization Act, Support for regulation to prevent food-borne illnesses. No Bill Number, Adult Pneumococcal Vaccine, Support for Medicare payment to administer PCV13.No Bill Number, Health Insurance Marketplace Issues & Provider Involvement with Patient Enrollment, Network adequacy,Patient Enrollment in Marketplaces. No Bill Number, E-Cigarettes, Support of FDA proposed rule giving the agency authority to regulate e-cigarettes. No Bill Number, Medicare Physician Payment Proposed Rule; Support for payment strategies that recognize primary care and care coordination.

Client expense: $1,924,466 · 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), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office

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 offices to sponsor bill; GME reform increase primary care physician training; pilot test alternatives to GME payment in order to increase primary care physician training.HR 3230, Veterans Access, Choice and Accountablility Act; Support for allowing family physicians to provide health care to veterans paid for by the VHA. HR 3528, National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Reauthorization Act; prevent opiod abuse, encourage adequate pain management. HR 4292, The Underserved Veterans Access to Healthcare Act; support for primary care residency positionsin VA health system. HR 5498, Primary Care Physician Reentry Act, Facillitate reentry into practice for primary care physicians. S. 1759, Reauthorizing Teaching Health Center GME program, Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education. S. 1978, Reauthorizing Teaching Health Center GME program, Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education; Increasing Primary Care Access; family physician workforce. S. 2229, Reauthorizing Teaching Health Center GME program, Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education. S. 2529, National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Reauthorization Act; prevent opiod abuse, encourage adequate pain management. S. 2728, Community-Based Medical Education Act; Support for extension of Teaching Health Centers; extending and funding for grants to teaching health centers. HJ Res. 124, the Continuing Resolution; Support for continued funding for Health Professions Grants and other discretionary programs for primary care. No Bill Number, Graduate Medical Education, Explain and advocate for AAFP's newly released policy proposals on GME; Support for primary care residency slots in non-hospital settings. No Bill Number, National Health Service Corps trust fund reauthorization, appropriation, NHSC provides scholarships & debt relief as well as physicians for underserved communities. No Bill Number, FY funding increses in AHRQ, Title VII 747, NHSC, Teaching Health Center planning grants, Federal spending priorities to support workforce, research. No Bill Number, Medicare Graduate Medical Education, Medicare GME reform No Bill Number, Increased funding for Title 747, Federal spending on primary care medicine training grants. No Bill Number, Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry, Federal spending on primary care medicine training grants. No Bill Number, Pharmaceutical Companies' Payments to Physicians; Support for keeping payments for continuing education excluded from reporting.

Client expense: $1,924,466 · 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), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office