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Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016
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Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016 This bill delays the date upon which the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may make Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings for hospitals publicly available. With respect to such ratings, HHS shall: (1) make publicly available detailed information on the methodology used, (2) have the validity and accuracy of such methodology independently confirmed, and (3) provide a public comment period of specified duration. HHS may not make the ratings publicly available until the later of July 31, 2017, or the date upon which the bill's requirements are satisfied. In the event that such ratings have already been published on a specified website, HHS shall remove them and not republish them until the bill's requirements have been satisfied.
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2016 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
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Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act (H.R. 5273); provisions related to Medicare Part B in outpatient facilities/HOPD reimbursement. Issues surrounding prior authorization of surgical care. Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (H.R. 1314), Sec 603; provisions related to hospital outpatient reimbursements. FY 2017 Outpatient Prospective Payment System proposed and final rules. Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act (H.R. 5927); provisions related to hospital quality reporting. Independence at Home Act of 2016 (S. 3130); general issues related to bill content. Issues related to the reimbursement of cancer care.
Client expense: $170,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Plans for repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act and its impacts to access to care and payments to hospitals, specifically cuts to hospital payments under the ACA that allowed for greater coverage for individuals Revised 21st Century Cures bill (includes the hospital provisions, including demo project and direct supervision of outpatient therapies for 2016) Regulatory reform for hospitals including many of the issues addressed in the following legislation: Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Relief Act of 2015 (S. 258/H.R. 169) Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act (S. 257/H.R. 1611) Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015 (S. 332/H.R. 663) Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015 (S. 607/H.R. 672) Act to Reform Recover Audit Contractors (RACs) (H.R. 2156) Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital (REACH) Act (S. 1648) Save Rural Hospitals Act (H.R. 3225) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Direct Supervision 2016 Extension of Moratorium (S.3129/H.R. 5613); and H.R. 5614 for permanent moratorium Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act (H.R. 5164) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (H.R. 5273) Implementation of MACRA Concerns with implementation of Sec. 603 site-neutral reductions to Iowa hospitals and the CMS interpretation of the legislation in the outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule Concern with Hospital star ratings, and Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016 (HR 5927) Iowa's proposed state plan amendment to incorporate intergovernmental transfers Significant concerns with Iowa's proposed transition to Medicaid managed care MedPAC recommendations for cuts to hospital payments avoiding site-neutral cuts recovery audit contractor (RAC) program and needed transparency and changes protecting critical access hospital funding and necessary provider status rural hospitals and access to care in Iowa encouraging value-based purchasing hospital acquired conditions and other quality measures Medicare formula and Iowa's payment compared to payments to other states Iowa hospital's economic impact to communities and the state beneficiary access throughout Iowa and threats from regulatory burdens and changes importance of 340B program to Iowa's hospitals Changes to the definition of patient in the 340B guidance and impact on Iowa hospitals Hospital outpatient department grandfathering provision to include currently planned facilities and acquisitions at time of enactment of H.R.1314 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (covered in revised and passed 21st Century Cures bill)
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · third_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 5927 Hospital Star Rating System
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act (H.R. 5273); provisions related to Medicare Part B in outpatient facilities/HOPD reimbursement. Issues surrounding conditions of participation. Inpatient Prospective Payment System; issues surrounding inpatient hospital transfers. Social Security Amendments of 1983 (P. L. 98-21); issues related to exemptions. Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-74); issues surrounding Section 603. General issues related to provider-based billing. Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act (H.R. 5927); provisions related to hospital quality reporting. Independence at Home Act of 2016 (S. 3130); general issues related to bill content. General issues related to Graduate Medical Education. Proposed bundled payments; issues related to post-acute care.
Client expense: $160,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Relief Act of 2015 (S. 258/H.R. 169) Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act (S. 257/H.R. 1611) Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015 (S. 332/H.R. 663) Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015 (S. 607/H.R. 672) Act to Reform Recover Audit Contractors (RACs) (H.R. 2156) Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital (REACH) Act (S. 1648) Save Rural Hospitals Act (H.R. 3225) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Direct Supervision 2016 Extension of Moratorium (S.3129/H.R. 5613); and H.R. 5614 for permanent moratorium Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act (H.R. 5164) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (H.R. 5273) Proposed rule on implementation of MACRA Proposed FY2017 Hospice Wage Index Comments regarding the HHS budget proposal to change payment of CAH from 101% to 100% of costs Concerns with implementation of Sec. 603 site-neutral reductions to Iowa hospitals and the CMS interpretation of the legislation in the outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule Concern with Hospital star ratings, and Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016 (HR 5927) Significant concerns with Iowa's proposed transition to Medicaid managed care Medicare reduction proposals in President Obama's budget released 2015 MedPAC recommendations for cuts to hospital payments avoiding site-neutral cuts recovery audit contractor (RAC) program and needed transparency and changes protecting critical access hospital funding and necessary provider status rural hospitals and access to care in Iowa encouraging value-based purchasing hospital acquired conditions and other quality measures Medicare formula and Iowa's payment compared to payments to other states Iowa hospital's economic impact to communities and the state beneficiary access throughout Iowa and threats from regulatory burdens and changes importance of 340B program to Iowa's hospitals Changes to the definition of patient in the 340B guidance and impact on Iowa hospitals Extension of sequestration against Medicare and the inclusion of the "site neutral" hospital outpatient department payment change in H.R.1314 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 Hospital outpatient department grandfathering provision to include currently planned facilities and acquisitions at time of enactment of H.R.1314 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 Concerns about processing and preauthorization, access to care issues with the Veteran's Choice program.
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2015, (S. 1148, H.R. 2124); 340(B) Drug Pricing Program and Section 603 of the Bipartisan Act of 2015; Medicaid reform proposals and information regarding 1115 waivers for NC; House and Senate sign-on letters to CMS urging CMS to provide flexibility for hospital outpatient departments in OPPS Final Rule; Implementation of the Medicare Access & Chip Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA); "Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016," (HR5273); CMS' OPPS proposed rule regarding Section 603 of the Bipartisan Act of 2015; "Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016," (HR5927)
Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE
2016 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2015, (S. 1148, H.R. 2124); 340(B) Drug Pricing Program and Section 603 of the Bipartisan Act of 2015; Medicaid reform proposals and information regarding 1115 waivers for NC; House and Senate sign-on letters to CMS urging CMS to provide flexibility for hospital outpatient departments in OPPS Final Rule; Implementation of the Medicare Access & Chip Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA);"Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016," (HR5273); CMS' OPPS proposed rule regarding Section 603 of the Bipartisan Act of 2015; "Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016," (HR5927)
Client expense: $25,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE