Improving Oversight and Accountability in Medicaid Non-DSH Supplemental Payments Act

Issues pertaining to Medicaid reform, block grant proposals, per capita caps Medicare and Medicaid Graduate Medical Education Medicaid provider taxes Medicare bad debt payments Medicare and Medicaid payment H.R.2 the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, all provisions H.R.1343/S.688 Establishing Equity in the Hospital Readmissions Program Act of 2015, all provisions Medicaid Waivers Medicaid Expansion Issues Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments Medicare disproportionate share hospital payments Medicare hospital readmissions program Funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program Medicaid primary care payment parity Issues related to Medicaid reform including Medicaid block grants and per capita caps Medicare evaluation and management codes and other Medicare outpatient codes/ Medicare site neutral documents Meaningful Use stage 2 and 3 Medicare Shared Savings Program HR2151 Improving Oversight and Accountability in Medicaid Non-DSH Supplemental Payments Act HR1362 Medicaid Reports Act HR1400 Medicaid Tax Fairness Act HR1361 Medicaid Home Improvement HR2119 To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to require that state applications for state plan waivers under the Medicaid program be approved only if such applications are budget neutral, and for other purposes Legislation related to chronic care treatment H.R. 3292 Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015 H.R. 3288 Strengthening DSH and Medicare through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act H.R. 3291 Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act Medicaid data and transparency Medicaid Managed Care Policies/ rulemaking Medicaid supplemental payments Medicare Site Neutral payments for hospital outpatient departments H.R.4442/S.2484 Connect for Health Act H.R.3309 Flex-It 2 Act H.R.4774 Training tomorrow's doctors today act H.R.4588 Incentivizing Medicaid expansion act S.2787 States achieve Medicaid expansion act

Client expense: $250,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office

Legislation and policies related to: Physician/nurse practitioner reimbursement Provisions of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) Adoption of recommendations of the Institute of Medicine report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health Medicare Shared Savings Program beneficiary assignment requirements Medicare-Medicaid hospital conditions of participation Evaluation of the Medicare Graduate Nurse Education demonstration Medicare-Medicaid Program Integrity policies Medicaid maintenance of effort requirements Medicaid eligibility expansion and state options Medicaid waiver application procedures Medicaid per capita cap policy options Medicare-Medicaid dual eligible coverage and demonstration Draft Hospital Improvement for Payment (HIP) Act HHS study on the comparability of CHIP coverage and benefits with those of marketplace health plans Medicare provisions of H.R. 1892, the Trade Adjustment Assistance Act H.R. 2 - Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act H.R. 160/S. 149 - Protect Medical Innovation Act H.R. 546/S. 298 - Advancing Care for Exceptional Kids (ACE Kids) Act H.R. 700 - Stabilize Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Act H.R. 818/S. 861 - Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures (PRIME) Act H.R. 876 - Notice of Observation Treatment and Implication for Care Eligibility (NOTICE) Act H.R. 919 - CHIP Extension and Improvement Act H.R. 1021 - Protecting Integrity of Medicare Act (PIMA) H.R. 1190/S. 141 - Protecting Seniors Access to Medicare Act H.R. 1362 - Medicaid Requiring Expenditures for Public Objectives to be Reflective of Total Spending (Medicaid REPORTS) Act H.R. 2151 - Improving Oversight and Accountability in Medicaid Non-DSH Supplemental Payments Act H.R. 1458 - Bundling and Coordinating Post-Acute Care (BACPAC) Act H.R. 1470 - SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act H.R. 2339 - To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to clarify the treatment of lottery winnings and other lump sum income for purposes of income eligibility under the Medicaid program H.R. 3014 - Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act H.R. 3134 - Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015 H.R. 3292 - Medicare IME Pool Act H.R. 3298 - Medicare Post-Acute Care Value-Based Purchasing Act H.R. 3716 - Ensuring Terminated Providers Are Removed From Medicaid and CHIP Act H.R. 3821 - Medicaid Directory of Caregivers (Medicaid DOC) Act S. 257/H.R. 1611 - Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services Act S. 578/H.R. 1342 - Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act S. 737/H.R. 2253 - Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women & Children Act S. 1349 - Notice of Observation Treatment and Implication for Care Eligibility (NOTICE) Act S. 1456 - Rural ACO Improvement Act S. 1461 - Extending a moratorium on enforcement of direct physician supervision of outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2015 S. 2425 - Patient Access and Medicare Protection Act

Issues pertaining to Medicaid reform, block grant proposals, per capita caps Medicare and Medicaid Graduate Medical Education Medicaid provider taxes Medicare bad debt payments Medicare and Medicaid payment H.R.2 the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, all provisions H.R.1343/S.688 Establishing Equity in the Hospital Readmissions Program Act of 2015, all provisions Medicaid Waivers Medicaid Expansion Issues Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments Medicare disproportionate share hospital payments Medicare hospital readmissions program Funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program Medicaid primary care payment parity Continuation of the Tennessee DSH allotment Issues related to Medicaid reform including Medicaid block grants and per capita caps Medicare evaluation and management codes and other Medicare outpatient codes/ Medicare site neutral documents Meaningful Use stage 2 and 3 Medicare Shared Saving Program HR2151 Improving Oversight and Accountability in Medicaid Non-DSH Supplemental Payments Act HR1362 Medicaid Reports Act HR1400 Medicaid Tax Fairness Act HR1361 Medicaid Home Improvement HR2119 To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to require that state applications for state plan waivers under the Medicaid program be approved only if such applications are budget neutral, and for other purposes Legislation related to chronic care treatment H.R. 3292 Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015 H.R. 3288 Strengthening DSH and Medicare through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act H.R. 3291 Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act Medicaid data and transparency Medicaid Managed Care Policies/ rulemaking Medicaid supplemental payments Medicare Site Neutral payments for hospital outpatient departments

Client expense: $290,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) Payments H.R. 2151 - Improving Oversight and Accountability in Medicaid Non-DSH Supplemental Payments Act H.R.1343 - Establishing Beneficiary Equity in the Hospital Readmission Program Act

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

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Maritime Administration (MARAD), Natl Science Foundation (NSF), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), White House Office

Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) Payments H.R. 2151 - Improving Oversight and Accountability in Medicaid Non-DSH Supplemental Payments Act H.R.1343 - Establishing Beneficiary Equity in the Hospital Readmission Program Act

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

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Maritime Administration (MARAD), Natl Science Foundation (NSF), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), White House Office

Issues pertaining to Medicaid reform, block grant proposals, per capita caps Medicare and Medicaid Graduate Medical Education Medicaid provider taxes Medicare bad debt payments Medicare and Medicaid payment H.R.2 the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, all provisions H.R.1343/S.688 Establishing Equity in the Hospital Readmissions Program Act of 2015, all provisions Medicaid Waivers Medicaid Expansion Issues Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments Medicare disproportionate share hospital payments Medicare hospital readmissions program Funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program Medicaid primary care payment parity Continuation of the Tennessee DSH allotment Issues related to Medicaid reform including Medicaid block grants and per capita caps Medicare evaluation and management codes and other Medicare outpatient codes/ Medicare site neutral documents Meaningful Use stage 2 and 3 Medicare Shared Saving Program HR2151 Improving Oversight and Accountability in Medicaid Non-DSH Supplemental Payments Act HR1362 Medicaid Reports Act HR1400 Medicaid Tax Fairness Act HR1361 Medicaid Home Improvement HR2119 To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to require that state applications for state plan waivers under the Medicaid program be approved only if such applications are budget neutral, and for other purposes Legislation related to chronic care treatment H.R. 3292 Medicare IME Pool Act of 2015 H.R. 3288 Strengthening DSH and Medicare through Subsidy Recapture and Payment Reform Act H>R. 3291 Medicare Crosswalk Hospital Code Development Act

Client expense: $200,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Issues pertaining to Medicaid reform, block grant proposals, per capita caps Medicare and Medicaid Graduate Medical Education Medicaid provider taxes, Medicare bad debt payments Medicare and Medicaid payment H.R.2 the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, all provisions H.R.919 CHIP extension and Improvement Act of 2015, all provisions S.522 Protecting and Retaining our Children's Health Insurance Program Act of 2015 (PRO-CHIP-ACT), all provisions H.R.1343/S.688 Establishing Equity in the Hospital Readmissions Program Act of 2015, all provisions Medicaid Waivers Support Medicaid Expansion Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments Medicare disproportionate share hospital payments Medicare hospital readmissions program Funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program Medicaid primary care payment parity Continuation of the Tennessee DSH allotment Issues related to Medicaid reform including Medicaid block grants and per capita caps Medicare evaluation and management codes and other Medicare outpatient codes Meaningful Use stage 2 and 3 Medicare Shared Saving Program HR2151 Improving Oversight and Accountability in Medicaid Non-DSH Supplemental Payments Act HR1362 Medicaid Reports Act HR1400 Medicaid Tax Fairness Act HR1361 Medicaid Home Improvement HR2119 To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to require that state applications for state plan waivers under the Medicaid program be approved only if such applications are budget neutral, and for other purposes

Client expense: $240,000 · Firm income: Not reported