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Helping Ensure Accountability, Leadership, and Trust in Tribal Healthcare Act or the HEALTTH Act TITLE I -- EXPANDING AUTHORITIES AND IMPROVING ACESS TO CARE (Sec. 101) This bill amends the Indian Health Care Improvement Act by requiring the Indian Health Service (IHS) to implement a seven-year pilot program for testing the use of long-term contracts of at least five years for the operation of rural IHS hospitals with governance structures that include tribal input. The IHS must: (1) install a governing board at each participating hospital for overseeing the local operation of the hospital, and (2) consult with the primary Indian tribes served by the hospital when installing the boards. The boards must be comprised of representatives from the IHS, the hospital, primary Indian tribes served by the hospital, and experts in health care administration and delivery. Hospitals may modify or terminate existing contracts so that they can enter into long-term contracts under the pilot program. The IHS must report on the program results for each year of the pilot program. (Sec. 102) The bill expands the IHS' hiring authority by allowing it to offer more benefits to recruit employees. (Sec. 103) The bill allows the IHS to remove or demote an employee for performance or misconduct. (Sec. 104) The IHS must: (1) establish standards to measure the timeliness of health care services in IHS facilities, and (2) develop a process for those facilities to report data to the IHS with respect to those standards. TITLE II--INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE RECRUITMENT AND WORKFORCE (Sec. 201) The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code by excluding from gross income payments under the IHS loan repayment program. (Sec. 202) The bill expands the repayment program by allowing loan repayment awards for: (1) health care management, health care administration, or hospital administration professions; and (2) individuals who work part time if they serve for at least four years. (Sec. 203) The IHS must implement mandatory training programs for cultural competency for individuals who work at IHS facilities and whose employment requires regular direct patient access. (Sec. 204) The IHS must offer relocation reimbursement to employees who relocate to serve in a different capacity or position if the position is: (1) in a rural area or medically underserved area and has not been filled by a full-time noncontractor for at least six months, or (2) for hospital management or administration. (Sec. 205) The bill allows the IHS to waive the requirements of Indian preference laws for positions at an IHS facility if it has a vacancy rate of at least 20%. The IHS may also waive those laws in the case of an applicant who is a former IHS employee or formal tribal employee and who was removed from employment or demoted for misconduct in the last five years. (Sec. 206) The IHS must centralize its credentials system for licensed health professionals who seek to volunteer at IHS facilities. TITLE III--PURCHASED/REFERRED CARE PROGRAM REFORMS (Sec. 301) The bill establishes requirements for capping payments to certain non-IHS or non-tribal health care providers and suppliers. (Sec. 302) The IHS must implement within three years a new revised distribution formula for the Purchased/Referred Care program, which was formerly referred to as the contract health services program. (Sec. 303) The IHS must also implement a system to prioritize any backlog of unpaid balances under the program for each IHS area. (Sec. 304) The Government Accountability Office must report on issues related to the financial stability of IHS' hospitals and facilities that have experienced sanction or threat of sanction by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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2016 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-882, Part I.
Congress.gov source codes: 5000, H12200
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Congress.gov source codes: H11100, H11100-A
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
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Client expense: $470,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Indian Health Service, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2016 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
S.2953 - IHS Accountability Act of 2016 & H.R.5406 - HEALTTH Act. Patient access to physicians.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Indian/Native American Affairs
HR 5406 HEALTTH Act; S 2953 IHS Accountability Act of 2016 - Discussions pertaining to streamlined credentialing process for volunteer dental providers; Discussions pertaining to liability protection for volunteer dental providers Discussions pertaining to IHS student loan repayment program for dental providers
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
S. 257 / H.R. 1611: Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services Act S. 258 / H.R. 169: Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2015 H.R. 672 / S. 607: Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015 S. 1135: Hospital Payment Fairness Act H.R. 1479: Repeal of the Obamacare Bay State Boondoggle Act S. 1648: Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital Act H.R. 3225: Save Rural Hospitals Act H.R. 1343 / S. 688: Establishing Beneficiary Equity in the Hospital Readmission Program Act S. 1148 / H.R. 2124: Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act S. 2484 / H.R. 4442: CONNECT for Health Act H.R. 2156: Medicare Audit Improvement Act H.R. 5164: Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act S. 3435: Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2016 H.R. 5406: Helping Ensure Accountability, Leadership, and Trust in Tribal Healthcare Act H.R. 34: 21st Century Cures Act H.R. 3298: Medicare Post-Acute Care Value-Based Purchasing Act
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · third_quarter · Indian/Native American Affairs
The Indian Trust Asset Reform Act (H.R.812/S.383); the Native American Energy Act (H.R.538); health care issues; broadband issues; New Markets Tax Credit issues; Columbia River Treaty issues; fee-to-trust issues; the Bring IHS Accountability Act S.2953); the HEALTTH Act (H.R.5406); the Bring the Ancient One Home Act (S.1979/H.R.4131); the Tribal Forestry Participation and Protection Act (S.3014); and the Water Resources Development Act (S.2848/H.R.5303).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $70,000
Government targets: Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE
2016 · third_quarter · Health Issues
S.2953 - IHS Accountability Act of 2016 & H.R.5406 - HEALTTH Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · third_quarter · Health Issues
S. 257 / H.R. 1611: Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services Act S. 258 / H.R. 169 / S. 258: Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2015 H.R. 672 / S. 607: Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015 S. 1135: Hospital Payment Fairness Act H.R. 1479: Repeal of the Obamacare Bay State Boondoggle Act S. 1648: Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital Act H.R. 3225: Save Rural Hospitals Act H.R. 1343 / S. 688: Establishing Beneficiary Equity in the Hospital Readmission Program Act S. 1148 / H.R. 2124: Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act S. 2484 / H.R. 4442: CONNECT for Health Act H.R. 2156: Medicare Audit Improvement Act H.R. 5164: Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act S. 3435: Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2016 H.R. 5406: Helping Ensure Accountability, Leadership, and Trust in Tribal Healthcare Act
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · third_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 539 - Action for Dental Health Act 2015 H.R. 953 - Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2015 H.R. 1055 - Comprehensive Dental Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 1411 - Expansion of Nutritions Role in Curricula and Healthcare (ENRICH) Act of 2015 H.R. 3323 - Dental and Optometric Care Access Act (DOC Access Act) H.R. 5406 - Helping Ensure Accountability, Leadership, and Trust in Tribal Healthcare Act (IHS reform) H.Res. 416 - Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of Community Water Fluoridation H.Con.Res. 79 - Funding for Community Health Center Program S. 192 - Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2016 S. 524 - Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2015 S. 570 - Comprehensive Dental Reform Act of 2015 Reauthorization of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (HHFKA) (National School Lunch Program, WIC program) S. 2953 - IHS Accountability Act of 2016 (IHS reform)
Client expense: $580,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2016 · third_quarter · Indian/Native American Affairs
HR 5406 HEALTTH Act; S 2953 IHS Accountability Act of 2016 - discussions pertaining to streamlined credentialing process for volunteer dental providers Discussions pertaining to IHS student loan repayment program for dental providers
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · second_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 539 - Action for Dental Health Act 2015 H.R. 953 - Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2015 H.R. 1055 - Comprehensive Dental Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 1411 - Expansion of Nutritions Role in Curricula and Healthcare (ENRICH) Act of 2015 H.R. 3323 - Dental and Optometric Care Access Act (DOC Access Act) H.R. 5406 - Helping Ensure Accountability, Leadership, and Trust in Tribal Healthcare Act (IHS reform) H.Res. 416 - Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of Community Water Fluoridation H.Con.Res. 79 - Funding for Community Health Center Program S. 524 - Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2015 S. 570 - Comprehensive Dental Reform Act of 2015 Reauthorization of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (HHFKA) (National School Lunch Program, WIC program) S. 2953 - IHS Accountability Act of 2016 (IHS reform)
Client expense: $720,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2016 · second_quarter · Indian/Native American Affairs
HR 5406 HEALTTH Act; S 2953 IHS Accountability Act of 2016 - discussions pertaining to streamlined credentialing process for volunteer dental providers
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
| Referred to |
| June 8, 2016 |
| Energy and Commerce Committee | House | Referred to | June 8, 2016 |
| Republican |
| WA |
| Jeff Fortenberry | Republican | NE |
| Kevin Cramer | Republican | ND |
| Tom Cole | Republican | OK |
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Indian Health Service, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
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