Welfare Benefit Reform and Alignment Commission (BRAC) Act

Ability to Repay Verification Enabling Act (State Unemployment Agencies) - HR 759. Free Annual Credit Report Credit Score Inclusion - HR 402. Veterans Medical Debt Information. Protecting Veterans Credit Act of 2017 S 744. FCRA and Consumer report disputes - S 314. Protect the credit of minors - HR 1345. Credit Score Competition Act of 2017. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to establish procedures for considering credit scores in determinating whether to purchase a residential mortgage - HR 898. Alternative Consumer Credit Information from Utilities and telecom companies - HR 435. Alternative Scores for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Credit Repair Organizations Act. CFPB's Consumer complaint database. Data security and breach notification; data breach response and identity protection. Data Broker accuracy of collected personal information. Data encryption. Military lending act and Department of Defense - Employment, income and status. CFPB - "Credit invisibles" and the "Unscoreable" - Consumers with a lack of credit history. CFPB - Use of arbitration agreements involving consumer financial products and services. CFPB - Short term, small dollar lending. Alternative credit data - Telecom, utilities reporting consumer payment information to national credit bureaus. Credit access and inclusion. FCC Lifeline Program - HR 1139, HR 1469, HR 1591, S 421. Cybersecurity threat information sharing. Improper benefits (Improper payments). FCRA liability - HR 2359. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Financial Choice Act - HR 10.

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

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of

Ability to Repay Verification Enabling Act (State Unemployment Agencies) - HR 759. Free Annual Credit Report Credit Score Inclusion - HR 402. Veteran medical debt information - S 744. FCRA and Consumer report disputes - S 314. Protect the credit of minors - HR 1345. Credit Score Competition Act of 2017. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to establish procedures for considering credit scores in determinating whether to purchase a residential mortgage - HR 898. Positive/alternative Consumer Credit Information from Utilities and telecom companies - HR 435. Alternative Scores for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Credit Repair Organizations Act. CFPB's Consumer complaint database. Data security and breach notification. Data Broker accuracy of collected personal information. Data encryption. Military lending act and Department of Defense - Employment, income and status. CFPB - "Credit invisibles" and the "Unscoreable" - Consumers with a lack of credit history. CFPB - Use of arbitration agreements involving consumer financial products and services. CFPB - Short term, small dollar lending. Alternative credit data - Telecom, utilities reporting consumer payment information to national credit bureaus. Credit access and inclusion. FCC Lifeline Program - HR 1139, HR 1469, HR 1591, S 421. Cybersecurity threat information sharing. Improper benefits (Improper payments). FCRA liability

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

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of

Medigap; Medicare Advantage; CHIP Reform; Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA); Chronic Care Reform; Exchanges; Site-neutral Payments; Network Breadth Advisory Council; Rate Notice and Call Letter; Postal Reform HR 756 Postal Service Reform Act of 2017 Introduced January 31, 2017by Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) To restore the financial solvency and improve the governance of the United States Postal Service in order to ensure the efficient and affordable nationwide delivery of mail, and for other purposes. HR 1290 Improving Access to Mental Health Act Introduced March 1, 2017 by Barbara Lee (D-CA) To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to mental health services under the Medicare program. HR 1298 CT Colonography Screening for Colorectal Cancer Act of 2017 Introduced March 1, 2017 by Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to cover screening computed tomography colonography as a colorectal cancer screening test under the Medicare program. HR 1361 Introduced March 2, 2017 by Lee Zeldin (R-NY) To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the non-application of Medicare competitive acquisition rates HR 1369 Introduced March 6, 2017 by Tom Cole (R-OK) To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend that Act, and for other purposes. HR 1381 Introduced March 7, 2017 by Morgan Griffith (R-VA) To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States to impose an individual responsibility requirement for nondisabled, nonelderly, non-pregnant individuals made eligible for medical assistance. HR 1394 Introduced March 7, 2017 by Susan Brooks (R-IN) To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide States with flexibility with respect to providing coverage for nonemergency transportation under Medicaid. HR 1389 Increasing State Flexibility in Care Coordination for the Most Vulnerable Act of 2017 Introduced March 7, 2017 by Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide States with flexibility to provide care coordination under Medicaid for the most vulnerable through managed care. HR 1395 MACPAC Improvement Act of 2017 Introduced March 7, 2017 by Michael Burgess (R-TX) To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC). HR 1421 Improving Access to Medicare Act of 2017 Introduced March 8, 2017 by Joe Courtney (D-CT) To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to count a period of receipt of outpatient observation services in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital stay requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services under Medicare, and for other purposes. HR 1435 Exchange Inclusion for a Healthy America Act Introduced March 8, 2017 by Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to remove citizenship and immigration barriers to access the Exchanges under such Act. HR 1469 Welfare Benefit Reform and Alignment Commission Act Introduced March 9, 2017 by Warren Davidson (R-OH) To establish the Benefit Reform and Alignment Commission to consolidate and realign means-tested direct spending program outlays. HR 1542 HELLPP Act Introduced March 15, 2017 by Bill Johnson (R-OH) To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by Medicaid beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care, to amend title XVIII of such Act to modify the requirements for diabetic shoes to be included under Medicare, and for other purposes. HR 1604 Health IT Modernization for Underserved Communities Act of 2017 Introduced March 17, 2017 by Karen Bass (D-CA) To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend to physician assistants eligibility for Medicaid incentive payments for the adoption and use of certified electronic health records, whether or not such physician assistants practice at a rural health center or Federally qualified health center. HR 1617 Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act Introduced March 17, 2017 by Tom Reed II (R-NY) To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit nurse practitioners and physician assistants to satisfy the documentation requirement under the Medicare program for coverage of certain shoes for individuals with diabetes. HR 1621 Protecting Seniors from Health Care Fraud Act of 2017 Introduced March 17, 2017 by Raul Ruiz (D-CA) This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to report annually to Congress and the public on: (1) the ten most prevalent health care fraud schemes targeted to seniors, (2) steps being taken to combat such schemes, and (3) policy suggestions to improve protections for seniors. HHS may omit certain information from an annual report if public disclosure would compromise an ongoing investigation or educate criminals rather than seniors. HHS shall disseminate reports to Medicare beneficiaries as specified by the bill.

Client expense: $2,150,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office