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Understanding Appropriate Alzheimer's Care Act of 2019 This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to report on the appropriateness of antipsychotic prescriptions in settings other than nursing homes, particularly with respect to individuals with Alzheimer's disease.
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2020 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
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P.L. 111-375 National Alzheimer's Project Act, All Sections P.L. 115-119 Recognize, Assist, Include, Support and Engage (RAISE) Family Caregivers Act P.L. 115-406 Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Act P.L. 116-131 Supporting Older Americans Act of 2020 S.591 Guardianship Accountability Act S.299 Geriatrics Workforce Improvement Act S.548/H.R.1342 EMPOWER Care Act H.R.1343 Protecting Married Seniors from Impoverishment Act S.740 Alzheimer's Caregiver Support Act H.R. 1955 Understanding Appropriate Alzheimer's Care Act of 2019 S.880/H.R.1873 Improving HOPE for Alzheimer's Act S.2080/H.R.647 Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act S.1250/H.R.2401 American Cures Act S.1017 Supporting America's Caregivers and Families Act S.995/H.R.2035 Lifespan Respite Care Reauthorization Act of 2019 S.1126/H.R.2283 Concentrating on High-Value Alzheimer's Needs to Get to an End (CHANGE) Act of 2019 S.1361/H.R.2584 Preventive Health Savings Act of 2019 S.1628 Paid Family Leave Pilot Extension Act S.1618 Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes (ECHO) Act of 2019 S.1202 Independence at Home Act of 2019 H.R.3644 Independence at Home Demonstration Act of 2019 H.R.3436 Improving Chronic Care Management Act H.R.3107 Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act S.2469/H.R.4386 Stop the Wait Act H.R.2781 Educating Medical Professionals and Optimizing Workforce Efficiency and Readiness (EMPOWER) for Health Act of 2019 S.2521/H.R.4397 Direct CARE Opportunity Act S.2677 Older Americans and Social Isolation and Loneliness Act H.R.4859 Protecting Older Americans from Social Isolation Act of 2019 H.Res.821 to establish a permanent select Committee in Aging in the House of Representatives H.R.6379 Families First Coronavirus Response Act S.3548/H.R.748 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act; including provisions that would impact individuals living with Alzheimer's and other dementia and their caregivers. H.R.4334 Supporting Older Americans Act of 2020 S.3544/H.R.6305 Coronavirus Relief for Seniors and People with Disabilities Act S.3768 /H.R.6972 Nursing Home COVID-19 Protection and Prevention Act of 2020 H.R.7048 Nursing Home Pandemic Protection Act S.3644/H.R.6698 Quality Care for Nursing Home Residents and Workers During COVID-19 Act H.R.6638 Reducing COVID-19 Disparities by Investing in Public Health H.R.7158 Health Enterprise Zones Act H.R.6800 Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act S.3517/H.R.6487 ACCESS Act S.3740/H.R.6951 COVID-19 Recovery for Seniors and People with Disabilities Act H.R.8169 Elder Abuse Protection Act S.4182 Emergency Support for Nursing Homes and Elder Justice Reform Act of 2020 H.R.5958 Senior Health Planning Account Act S.4184/H.R.7463 Assisted Living Facility Coronavirus Reporting Act S.4682/H.R.8511 Care Corp Demonstration Act of 2020 H.R. 2477 Beneficiary Enrollment Notification and Eligibility Simplification (BENES) Act S.3703/H.R.6813 Promoting Alzheimer's Awareness to Prevent Elder Abuse Act, including Elder Justice Initiative training for professionals through the Department of Justice In forthcoming COVID-19 relief packages, the Alzheimer's Association is advocating for inclusion of policies that would impact those in the Alzheimer's and dementia community including: - Improving HOPE for Alzheimer's Act (S.880/H.R.1873) - Extension of the Independence at Home demonstration model - Emergency Preparedness in long-term and community-based care settings - Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes (Project ECHO) - Project VITAL: Virtual Inclusive Technology for ALL
Client expense: $350,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration on Aging, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Indian Health Service, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2020 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
HR1781 - Payment Commission Data Act of 2019, to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission with access to certain drug payment information, including certain rebate information. HR2279, to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan (or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan) to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol, and for other purposes. HR1955 - Understanding Appropriate Alzheimer's Care Act of 2019, to require the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to conduct a study on antipsychotic prescribing practices in non-nursing home settings under the Medicare program, and for other purposes. Issues related to nurse agency in nursing homes when prescribing controlled substances S2943 - To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to revise minimum nurse staffing requirements for skilled nursing facilities under the Medicare program and for nursing facilities under the Medicaid program, and for other purposes.
Client expense: $15,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
H.R. 1873/S. 880 - Improving HOPE for Alzheimer's Act - would support provider education and outreach to improve awareness and utilization of comprehensive Alzheimer's and dementia care planning services covered under Medicare. H.R. 1955, the Understanding Appropriate Alzheimer's Care Act of 2019 - Under the bill, CMS would be instructed to conduct a study on antipsychotic prescribing practices in non-nursing home settings. S.296/H.R. 2150 - Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2019- allows Medicare payment for home health services ordered by a nurse practitioner, a clinical nurse specialist, a certified nurse-midwife, or a physician assistant.
Client expense: $42,500 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration on Aging, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
2020 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Healthcare Price Transparency Rules for Hospitals 340B Medicare DSH Medicare Physician Payment (MACRA) H.R. 365 The Primary Care Enhancement Act S. 898/H.R. 2141 Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act S. 1130 Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital (REACH) Act 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 H.R 1628: American Health Care Act S. 872 / H.R. 1955: Rural Hospital Access Act S. 377: Medicare Ambulance Access, Fraud Prevention and Reform Act H.R. 1156: Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2017 H.R. 2: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2016 H.R. 1628 Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) H.R. 4392 To provide that the provision of the Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs final regulation relating to changes in the payment amount for certain drugs and biologicals purchased under the 340B drug discount program shall have no force or effect, and for other purposes. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) June 26 passed the Lower Health Care Costs Act of 2019 (S.1895) Congress should act now to delay the Medicaid DSH cuts that are scheduled to go into effect Nov. 22. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
2020 · third_quarter · Health Issues
P.L. 111-375 National Alzheimer's Project Act, All Sections P.L. 115-119 Recognize, Assist, Include, Support and Engage (RAISE) Family Caregivers Act P.L. 115-406 Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Act P.L. 116-131 Supporting Older Americans Act of 2020 S.591 Guardianship Accountability Act S.299 Geriatrics Workforce Improvement Act S.548/H.R.1342 EMPOWER Care Act H.R.1343 Protecting Married Seniors from Impoverishment Act S.740 Alzheimer's Caregiver Support Act H.R. 1955 Understanding Appropriate Alzheimer's Care Act of 2019 S.880/H.R.1873 Improving HOPE for Alzheimer's Act S.2080/H.R.647 Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act S.1250/H.R.2401 American Cures Act S.1017 Supporting America's Caregivers and Families Act S.995/H.R.2035 Lifespan Respite Care Reauthorization Act of 2019 S.1126/H.R.2283 Concentrating on High-Value Alzheimer's Needs to Get to an End (CHANGE) Act of 2019 S.1361/H.R.2584 Preventive Health Savings Act of 2019 S.1628 Paid Family Leave Pilot Extension Act S.1618 Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes (ECHO) Act of 2019 S.1202 Independence at Home Act of 2019 H.R.3644 Independence at Home Demonstration Act of 2019 H.R.3436 Improving Chronic Care Management Act H.R.3107 Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act S.2469/H.R.4386 Stop the Wait Act H.R.2781 Educating Medical Professionals and Optimizing Workforce Efficiency and Readiness (EMPOWER) for Health Act of 2019 S.2521/H.R.4397 Direct CARE Opportunity Act S.2677 Older Americans and Social Isolation and Loneliness Act H.R.4859 Protecting Older Americans from Social Isolation Act of 2019 H.Res.821 to establish a permanent select Committee in Aging in the House of Representatives H.R.6379 Families First Coronavirus Response Act S.3548/H.R.748 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act; including provisions that would impact individuals living with Alzheimer's and other dementia and their caregivers. H.R.4334 Supporting Older Americans Act of 2020 S.3544/H.R.6305 Coronavirus Relief for Seniors and People with Disabilities Act S.3768 /H.R.6972 Nursing Home COVID-19 Protection and Prevention Act of 2020 H.R.7048 Nursing Home Pandemic Protection Act S.3644/H.R.6698 Quality Care for Nursing Home Residents and Workers During COVID-19 Act H.R.6638 Reducing COVID-19 Disparities by Investing in Public Health H.R.7158 Health Enterprise Zones Act H.R.6800 Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act S.3517/H.R.6487 ACCESS Act S.3740/H.R.6951 COVID-19 Recovery for Seniors and People with Disabilities Act H.R.8169 Elder Abuse Protection Act S.4182 Emergency Support for Nursing Homes and Elder Justice Reform Act of 2020 H.R.5958 Senior Health Planning Account Act S.4184/H.R.7463 Assisted Living Facility Coronavirus Reporting Act S.4682/H.R.8511 Care Corp Demonstration Act of 2020 H.R. 2477 Beneficiary Enrollment Notification and Eligibility Simplification (BENES) Act In forthcoming COVID-19 relief packages, the Alzheimer's Association is advocating for inclusion of policies that would impact those in the Alzheimer's and dementia community including: - Improving HOPE for Alzheimer's Act (S.880/H.R.1873) - Extension of the Independence at Home demonstration model - Promoting Alzheimer's Awareness to Prevent Elder Abuse Act, including Elder Justice Initiative training for professionals through the Department of Justice - Emergency Preparedness in long-term and community-based care settings - Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes (Project ECHO) - Project VITAL: Virtual Inclusive Technology for ALL
Client expense: $360,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration on Aging, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Indian Health Service, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2020 · third_quarter · Health Issues
HR1781 - Payment Commission Data Act of 2019, to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission with access to certain drug payment information, including certain rebate information. HR2279, to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan (or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan) to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol, and for other purposes. HR1955 - Understanding Appropriate Alzheimer's Care Act of 2019, to require the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to conduct a study on antipsychotic prescribing practices in non-nursing home settings under the Medicare program, and for other purposes. Issues related to nurse agency in nursing homes when prescribing controlled substances S2943 - To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to revise minimum nurse staffing requirements for skilled nursing facilities under the Medicare program and for nursing facilities under the Medicaid program, and for other purposes.
Client expense: $15,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
H.R. 1873/S. 880 - Improving HOPE for Alzheimer's Act - would support provider education and outreach to improve awareness and utilization of comprehensive Alzheimer's and dementia care planning services covered under Medicare. H.R. 1955, the Understanding Appropriate Alzheimer's Care Act of 2019 - Under the bill, CMS would be instructed to conduct a study on antipsychotic prescribing practices in non-nursing home settings. S.296/H.R. 2150 - Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2019- allows Medicare payment for home health services ordered by a nurse practitioner, a clinical nurse specialist, a certified nurse-midwife, or a physician assistant.
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration on Aging, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
2020 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Healthcare Price Transparency Rules for Hospitals 340B Medicare DSH Medicare Physician Payment (MACRA) H.R. 365 The Primary Care Enhancement Act S. 898/H.R. 2141 Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act S. 1130 Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital (REACH) Act 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 H.R 1628: American Health Care Act S. 872 / H.R. 1955: Rural Hospital Access Act S. 377: Medicare Ambulance Access, Fraud Prevention and Reform Act H.R. 1156: Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2017 H.R. 2: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2016 H.R. 1628 Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) H.R. 4392 To provide that the provision of the Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs final regulation relating to changes in the payment amount for certain drugs and biologicals purchased under the 340B drug discount program shall have no force or effect, and for other purposes. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) June 26 passed the Lower Health Care Costs Act of 2019 (S.1895) Congress should act now to delay the Medicaid DSH cuts that are scheduled to go into effect Nov. 22. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
2020 · second_quarter · Health Issues
HR1781 - Payment Commission Data Act of 2019, to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission with access to certain drug payment information, including certain rebate information. HR2279, to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan (or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan) to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol, and for other purposes. HR1955 - Understanding Appropriate Alzheimer's Care Act of 2019, to require the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to conduct a study on antipsychotic prescribing practices in non-nursing home settings under the Medicare program, and for other purposes. Issues related to nurse agency in nursing homes when prescribing controlled substances S2943 - To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to revise minimum nurse staffing requirements for skilled nursing facilities under the Medicare program and for nursing facilities under the Medicaid program, and for other purposes.
Client expense: $15,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · second_quarter · Health Issues
P.L. 111-375 National Alzheimer's Project Act, All Sections P.L. 115-119 Recognize, Assist, Include, Support and Engage (RAISE) Family Caregivers Act P.L. 115-406 Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Act S.591 Guardianship Accountability Act S.299 Geriatrics Workforce Improvement Act S.548/H.R.1342 EMPOWER Care Act H.R.1343 Protecting Married Seniors from Impoverishment Act S.740 Alzheimer's Caregiver Support Act H.R. 1955 Understanding Appropriate Alzheimer's Care Act of 2019 S.880/H.R.1873 Improving HOPE for Alzheimer's Act H.R.1903/S.901 Younger-Onset Alzheimer's Disease Act of 2019 S.2080/H.R.647 Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act S.1250/H.R.2401 American Cures Act S.1017 Supporting America's Caregivers and Families Act S.995/H.R.2035 Lifespan Respite Care Reauthorization Act of 2019 S.1126/H.R.2283 Concentrating on High-Value Alzheimer's Needs to Get to an End (CHANGE) Act of 2019 S.1361/H.R.2584 Preventive Health Savings Act of 2019 S.1628 Paid Family Leave Pilot Extension Act S.1618 Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes (ECHO) Act of 2019 S.1202 Independence at Home Act of 2019 H.R.3644 Independence at Home Demonstration Act of 2019 H.R.3436 Improving Chronic Care Management Act H.R.3107 Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act H.R.4334 Dignity in Aging Act of 2019 S.2469/H.R.4386 Stop the Wait Act H.R.2781 Educating Medical Professionals and Optimizing Workforce Efficiency and Readiness (EMPOWER) for Health Act of 2019 S.2521/H.R.4397 Direct CARE Opportunity Act S.3057 Modernization of the Older Americans Act Amendments S.2677 Older Americans and Social Isolation and Loneliness Act H.R.4859 Protecting Older Americans from Social Isolation Act of 2019 H.Res.821 to establish a permanent select Committee in Aging in the House of Representatives H.R.6379 Families First Coronavirus Response Act S.3548/H.R.748 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act; including provisions that would impact individuals living with Alzheimer's and other dementia and their caregivers. H.R.4334 Supporting Older Americans Act of 2020 S.3544/H.R.6305 Coronavirus Relief for Seniors and People with Disabilities Act S.3768 /H.R.6972 Nursing Home COVID-19 Protection and Prevention Act of 2020 H.R.7048 Nursing Home Pandemic Protection Act S.3644/H.R.6698 Quality Care for Nursing Home Residents and Workers During COVID-19 Act H.R.6638 Reducing COVID-19 Disparities by Investing in Public Health H.R.7158 Health Enterprise Zones Act H.R.6800 Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act S.3517/H.R.6487 ACCESS Act S.3740/H.R.6951 COVID-19 Recovery for Seniors and People with Disabilities Act In forthcoming COVID-19 relief packages, the Alzheimer's Association is advocating for inclusion of policies that would impact those in the Alzheimer's and dementia community including: - Improving HOPE for Alzheimer's Act (S.880/H.R.1873) - Extension of the Independence at Home demonstration model - Promoting Alzheimer's Awareness to Prevent Elder Abuse Act, including Elder Justice Initiative training for professionals through the Department of Justice - Emergency Preparedness in long-term and community-based care settings - Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes (Project ECHO) - Project VITAL: Virtual Inclusive Technology for ALL
2020 · second_quarter · Health Issues
Healthcare Price Transparency Rules for Hospitals 340B Medicare DSH Medicare Physician Payment (MACRA) H.R. 365 The Primary Care Enhancement Act S. 898/H.R. 2141 Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act S. 1130 Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital (REACH) Act 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 H.R 1628: American Health Care Act S. 872 / H.R. 1955: Rural Hospital Access Act S. 377: Medicare Ambulance Access, Fraud Prevention and Reform Act H.R. 1156: Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2017 H.R. 2: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2016 H.R. 1628 Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) H.R. 4392 To provide that the provision of the Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs final regulation relating to changes in the payment amount for certain drugs and biologicals purchased under the 340B drug discount program shall have no force or effect, and for other purposes. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) June 26 passed the Lower Health Care Costs Act of 2019 (S.1895) Congress should act now to delay the Medicaid DSH cuts that are scheduled to go into effect Nov. 22. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
2020 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
H.R. 1873/S. 880 - Improving HOPE for Alzheimer's Act - would support provider education and outreach to improve awareness and utilization of comprehensive Alzheimer's and dementia care planning services covered under Medicare. H.R. 1955, the Understanding Appropriate Alzheimer's Care Act of 2019 - Under the bill, CMS would be instructed to conduct a study on antipsychotic prescribing practices in non-nursing home settings. S.296/H.R. 2150 - Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2019- allows Medicare payment for home health services ordered by a nurse practitioner, a clinical nurse specialist, a certified nurse-midwife, or a physician assistant.
Client expense: $45,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration on Aging, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
2020 · first_quarter · Health Issues
P.L. 111-375 National Alzheimer's Project Act, All Sections P.L. 115-119 Recognize, Assist, Include, Support and Engage (RAISE) Family Caregivers Act P.L. 115-406 Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Act S.591 Guardianship Accountability Act S.299 Geriatrics Workforce Improvement Act S.548/H.R.1342 EMPOWER Care Act H.R.1343 Protecting Married Seniors from Impoverishment Act S.740 Alzheimer's Caregiver Support Act H.R. 1955 Understanding Appropriate Alzheimer's Care Act of 2019 S.880/H.R.1873 Improving HOPE for Alzheimer's Act H.R.1903/S.901 Younger-Onset Alzheimer's Disease Act of 2019 S.2080/H.R.647 Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act S.1250/H.R.2401 American Cures Act S.1017 Supporting America's Caregivers and Families Act S.995/H.R.2035 Lifespan Respite Care Reauthorization Act of 2019 S.1126/H.R.2283 Concentrating on High-Value Alzheimer's Needs to Get to an End (CHANGE) Act of 2019 S.1361/H.R.2584 Preventive Health Savings Act of 2019 S.1628 Paid Family Leave Pilot Extension Act S.1618 Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes (ECHO) Act of 2019 S.1202 Independence at Home Act of 2019 H.R.3644 Independence at Home Demonstration Act of 2019 H.R.3436 Improving Chronic Care Management Act H.R.3107 Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act H.R.4334 Dignity in Aging Act of 2019 S.2469/H.R.4386 Stop the Wait Act H.R.2781 Educating Medical Professionals and Optimizing Workforce Efficiency and Readiness (EMPOWER) for Health Act of 2019 S.2521/H.R.4397 Direct CARE Opportunity Act S.3057 Modernization of the Older Americans Act Amendments S.2677 Older Americans and Social Isolation and Loneliness Act H.R.4859 Protecting Older Americans from Social Isolation Act of 2019 H.Res.821 to establish a permanent select Committee in Aging in the House of Representatives H.R.6379 Families First Coronavirus Response Act S.3548/H.R.748 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act; including provisions that would impact individuals living with Alzheimer's and other dementia and their caregivers. H.R.4334 Supporting Older Americans Act of 2020 S.3544/H.R.6305 Coronavirus Relief for Seniors and People with Disabilities Act In forthcoming COVID-19 relief packages, the Alzheimer's Association is advocating for inclusion of policies that would impact those in the Alzheimer's and dementia community including: - Improving HOPE for Alzheimer's Act (S.880/H.R.1873) - Extension of the Independence at Home demonstration model - Promoting Alzheimer's Awareness to Prevent Elder Abuse Act, including Elder Justice Initiative training for professionals through the Department of Justice - Emergency Preparedness in long-term and community-based care settings - Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes (Project ECHO) - Project VITAL: Virtual Inclusive Technology for ALL
2020 · first_quarter · Health Issues
Healthcare Price Transparency Rules for Hospitals 340B Medicare DSH Medicare Physician Payment (MACRA) H.R. 365 The Primary Care Enhancement Act S. 898/H.R. 2141 Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act S. 1130 Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital (REACH) Act 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 H.R 1628: American Health Care Act S. 872 / H.R. 1955: Rural Hospital Access Act S. 377: Medicare Ambulance Access, Fraud Prevention and Reform Act H.R. 1156: Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2017 H.R. 2: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2016 H.R. 1628 Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) H.R. 4392 To provide that the provision of the Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs final regulation relating to changes in the payment amount for certain drugs and biologicals purchased under the 340B drug discount program shall have no force or effect, and for other purposes. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) June 26 passed the Lower Health Care Costs Act of 2019 (S.1895) Congress should act now to delay the Medicaid DSH cuts that are scheduled to go into effect Nov. 22.
2020 · first_quarter · Health Issues
HR1781 - Payment Commission Data Act of 2019, to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission with access to certain drug payment information, including certain rebate information. HR2279, to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan (or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan) to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol, and for other purposes. HR1955 - Understanding Appropriate Alzheimer's Care Act of 2019, to require the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to conduct a study on antipsychotic prescribing practices in non-nursing home settings under the Medicare program, and for other purposes. Issues related to nurse agency in nursing homes when prescribing controlled substances S2943 - To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to revise minimum nurse staffing requirements for skilled nursing facilities under the Medicare program and for nursing facilities under the Medicaid program, and for other purposes.
Client expense: $15,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · first_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
H.R. 1873/S. 880 - Improving HOPE for Alzheimer's Act - would support provider education and outreach to improve awareness and utilization of comprehensive Alzheimer's and dementia care planning services covered under Medicare. H.R. 1955, the Understanding Appropriate Alzheimer's Care Act of 2019 - Under the bill, CMS would be instructed to conduct a study on antipsychotic prescribing practices in non-nursing home settings. S.296/H.R. 2150 - Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2019- allows Medicare payment for home health services ordered by a nurse practitioner, a clinical nurse specialist, a certified nurse-midwife, or a physician assistant.
Client expense: $43,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration on Aging, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
2019 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
HR1781 - Payment Commission Data Act of 2019, to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission with access to certain drug payment information, including certain rebate information. HR2279, to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan (or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan) to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol, and for other purposes. HR1955 - Understanding Appropriate Alzheimer's Care Act of 2019, to require the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to conduct a study on antipsychotic prescribing practices in non-nursing home settings under the Medicare program, and for other purposes. Issues related to nurse agency in nursing homes when prescribing controlled substances S2943 - To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to revise minimum nurse staffing requirements for skilled nursing facilities under the Medicare program and for nursing facilities under the Medicaid program, and for other purposes.
Client expense: $15,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2019 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
P.L. 111-375 National Alzheimer's Project Act, All Sections P.L. 115-119 Recognize, Assist, Include, Support and Engage (RAISE) Family Caregivers Act P.L. 115-406 Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Act S.591 Guardianship Accountability Act S.299 Geriatrics Workforce Improvement Act S.548/H.R.1342 EMPOWER Care Act H.R.1343 Protecting Married Seniors from Impoverishment Act S.740 Alzheimer's Caregiver Support Act H.R. 1955 Understanding Appropriate Alzheimer's Care Act of 2019 S.880/H.R.1873 Improving HOPE for Alzheimer's Act H.R.1903/S.901 Younger-Onset Alzheimer's Disease Act of 2019 S.2080/H.R.647 Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act S.1250/H.R.2401 American Cures Act S.1017 Supporting America's Caregivers and Families Act S.995/H.R.2035 Lifespan Respite Care Reauthorization Act of 2019 S.1126/H.R.2283 Concentrating on High-Value Alzheimer's Needs to Get to an End (CHANGE) Act of 2019 S.1361/H.R.2584 Preventive Health Savings Act of 2019 S.1628 Paid Family Leave Pilot Extension Act S.1618 Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes (ECHO) Act of 2019 S.1202 Independence at Home Act of 2019 H.R.3644 Independence at Home Demonstration Act of 2019 H.R.3436 Improving Chronic Care Management Act H.R.3107 Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act H.R.4334 Dignity in Aging Act of 2019 S.2469/H.R.4386 Stop the Wait Act H.R.2781 Educating Medical Professionals and Optimizing Workforce Efficiency and Readiness (EMPOWER) for Health Act of 2019 S.2521/H.R.4397 Direct CARE Opportunity Act S.3057 Modernization of the Older Americans Act Amendments S.2677 Older Americans and Social Isolation and Loneliness Act H.R.4859 Protecting Older Americans from Social Isolation Act of 2019
Client expense: $400,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2019 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Healthcare Price Transparency Rules for Hospitals 340B Medicare DSH Medicare Physician Payment (MACRA) H.R. 365 The Primary Care Enhancement Act S. 898/H.R. 2141 Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act S. 1130 Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital (REACH) Act 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 H.R 1628: American Health Care Act S. 872 / H.R. 1955: Rural Hospital Access Act S. 377: Medicare Ambulance Access, Fraud Prevention and Reform Act H.R. 1156: Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2017 H.R. 2: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2016 H.R. 1628 Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) H.R. 4392 To provide that the provision of the Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs final regulation relating to changes in the payment amount for certain drugs and biologicals purchased under the 340B drug discount program shall have no force or effect, and for other purposes. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) June 26 passed the Lower Health Care Costs Act of 2019 (S.1895) Congress should act now to delay the Medicaid DSH cuts that are scheduled to go into effect Nov. 22.
2019 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
assist client with budget issues pertaining to nutrition programs for women, infants and children and medicare/medicaid. HR 2131-S1114 Medicare Advantage Quality Payment Relief Act of 2019; H1551 Quality Care for Moms & Babies; HR1955 Understanding Appropriations for Alzheimer Care Act 2019; HR 2740 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2020; HR 3055 Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act of 2019.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2019 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
H.R. 1873/S. 880 - Improving HOPE for Alzheimer's Act - would support provider education and outreach to improve awareness and utilization of comprehensive Alzheimer's and dementia care planning services covered under Medicare. H.R. 1955, the Understanding Appropriate Alzheimer's Care Act of 2019 - Under the bill, CMS would be instructed to conduct a study on antipsychotic prescribing practices in non-nursing home settings. S.296/H.R. 2150 - Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2019- allows Medicare payment for home health services ordered by a nurse practitioner, a clinical nurse specialist, a certified nurse-midwife, or a physician assistant.
Client expense: $41,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration on Aging, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
2019 · third_quarter · Health Issues
P.L. 111-375 National Alzheimer's Project Act, All Sections P.L. 115-119 Recognize, Assist, Include, Support and Engage (RAISE) Family Caregivers Act P.L. 115-406 Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Act S.591 Guardianship Accountability Act S.299 Geriatrics Workforce Improvement Act S.548/H.R.1342 EMPOWER Care Act H.R.1343 Protecting Married Seniors from Impoverishment Act S.740 Alzheimer's Caregiver Support Act H.R. 1955 Study on Use of Anti-Psychotics in Non-nursing Homes S.880/H.R.1873 Improving HOPE for Alzheimer's Act H.R.1903/S.901 Younger-Onset Alzheimer's Disease Act of 2019 S.2080/H.R.647 Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act S.1250/H.R.2401 American Cures Act S.1017 Supporting America's Caregivers and Families Act S.995/H.R.2035 Lifespan Respite Care Reauthorization Act of 2019 S.1126/H.R.2283 Concentrating on High-Value Alzheimer's Needs to Get to an End (CHANGE) Act of 2019 S.1361/H.R.2584 Preventive Health Savings Act of 2019 S.1628 Paid Family Leave Pilot Extension Act H.R.2878 Homecare for Seniors Act S.1618 Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes (ECHO) Act of 2019 S.1202 Independence at Home Act of 2019 H.R.3644 Independence at Home Demonstration Act of 2019 H.R.3436 Improving Chronic Care Management Act H.R.3107 Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act H.R.4334 Dignity in Aging Act of 2019 S.2469/H.R.4386 Stop the Wait Act
Client expense: $500,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2019 · third_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
assist client with budget issues pertaining to nutrition programs for women, infants and children and medicare/medicaid. HR 2131-S1114 Medicare Advantage Quality Payment Relief Act of 2019; H1551 Quality Care for Moms & Babies; HR1955 Understanding Appropriations for Alzheimer Care Act 2019; HRes 445 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3055) making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes; relating to consideration of the bill (H.R. 2740) making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes; and providing for proceedings during the period from June 28, 2019, through July 8, 2019; HR 2740 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2020.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2019 · third_quarter · Health Issues
HR1781 - Payment Commission Data Act of 2019, to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission with access to certain drug payment information, including certain rebate information. HR2279, to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan (or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan) to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol, and for other purposes. HR1955 - Understanding Appropriate Alzheimer's Care Act of 2019, to require the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to conduct a study on antipsychotic prescribing practices in non-nursing home settings under the Medicare program, and for other purposes. Issues related to nurse agency in nursing homes when prescribing controlled substances
Client expense: $15,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2019 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
H.R. 1873/S. 880 - Improving HOPE for Alzheimer's Act - would support provider education and outreach to improve awareness and utilization of comprehensive Alzheimer's and dementia care planning services covered under Medicare. H.R. 1955, the Understanding Appropriate Alzheimer's Care Act of 2019 - Under the bill, CMS would be instructed to conduct a study on antipsychotic prescribing practices in non-nursing home settings. S.296/H.R. 2150 - Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2019- allows Medicare payment for home health services ordered by a nurse practitioner, a clinical nurse specialist, a certified nurse-midwife, or a physician assistant.
Client expense: $41,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration on Aging, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
2019 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Healthcare Price Transparency Rules for Hospitals 340B Medicare DSH Medicare Physician Payment (MACRA) H.R. 365 The Primary Care Enhancement Act S. 898/H.R. 2141 Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act S. 1130 Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital (REACH) Act 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 H.R 1628: American Health Care Act S. 872 / H.R. 1955: Rural Hospital Access Act S. 377: Medicare Ambulance Access, Fraud Prevention and Reform Act H.R. 1156: Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2017 H.R. 2: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2016 H.R. 1628 Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) H.R. 4392 To provide that the provision of the Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs final regulation relating to changes in the payment amount for certain drugs and biologicals purchased under the 340B drug discount program shall have no force or effect, and for other purposes. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) June 26 passed the Lower Health Care Costs Act of 2019 (S.1895) Congress should act now to delay the Medicaid DSH cuts that are scheduled to go into effect Nov. 22.
2019 · second_quarter · Health Issues
P.L. 111-375 National Alzheimer's Project Act, All Sections P.L. 115-119 Recognize, Assist, Include, Support and Engage (RAISE) Family Caregivers Act P.L. 115-406 Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Act S.591 Guardianship Accountability Act S.299 Geriatrics Workforce Improvement Act S.548/H.R.1342 EMPOWER Care Act H.R.1343 Protecting Married Seniors from Impoverishment Act S.740 Alzheimer's Caregiver Support Act H.R. 1955 Study on Use of Anti-Psychotics in Non-nursing Homes S.880/H.R.1873 Improving HOPE for Alzheimer's Act H.R.1903/S.901 Younger-Onset Alzheimer's Disease Act of 2019 H.R.647 Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act S.1250/H.R.2401 American Cures Act S.1017 Supporting America's Caregivers and Families Act S.995/H.R.2035 Lifespan Respite Care Reauthorization Act of 2019 S.1126/H.R.2283 Concentrating on High-Value Alzheimer's Needs to Get to an End (CHANGE) Act of 2019 S.1361/H.R.2584 Preventive Health Savings Act of 2019 S.1628 Paid Family Leave Pilot Extension Act H.R.2878 Homecare for Seniors Act S.1618 Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes (ECHO) Act of 2019 S.1202 Independence at Home Act of 2019 H.R.3436 Improving Chronic Care Management Act
Client expense: $871,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2019 · second_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
assist client with budget issues pertaining to nutrition programs for women, infants and children and medicare/medicaid. HR 2131-S1114 Medicare Advantage Quality Payment Relief Act of 2019; H1551 Quality Care for Moms & Babies; HR1955 Understanding Appropriations for Alzheimer Care Act 2019;
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2019 · second_quarter · Health Issues
HR1781 - Payment Commission Data Act of 2019, to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission with access to certain drug payment information, including certain rebate information. HR2279, to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan (or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan) to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol, and for other purposes. HR1955 - Understanding Appropriate Alzheimer's Care Act of 2019, to require the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to conduct a study on antipsychotic prescribing practices in non-nursing home settings under the Medicare program, and for other purposes. Issues related to nurse agency in nursing homes when prescribing controlled substances
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2019 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
H.R. 1873/S. 880 - Improving HOPE for Alzheimer's Act - would support provider education and outreach to improve awareness and utilization of comprehensive Alzheimer's and dementia care planning services covered under Medicare. H.R. 1955, the Understanding Appropriate Alzheimer's Care Act of 2019 - Under the bill, CMS would be instructed to conduct a study on antipsychotic prescribing practices in non-nursing home settings. S.296/H.R. 2150 - Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2019- allows Medicare payment for home health services ordered by a nurse practitioner, a clinical nurse specialist, a certified nurse-midwife, or a physician assistant.
Client expense: $43,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration on Aging, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
2019 · second_quarter · Health Issues
Healthcare Price Transparency Rules for Hospitals 340B Medicare DSH Medicare Physician Payment (MACRA) H.R. 365 The Primary Care Enhancement Act S. 898/H.R. 2141 Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act S. 1130 Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital (REACH) Act 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 H.R 1628: American Health Care Act S. 872 / H.R. 1955: Rural Hospital Access Act S. 377: Medicare Ambulance Access, Fraud Prevention and Reform Act H.R. 1156: Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2017 H.R. 2: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2016 H.R. 1628 Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) H.R. 4392 To provide that the provision of the Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs final regulation relating to changes in the payment amount for certain drugs and biologicals purchased under the 340B drug discount program shall have no force or effect, and for other purposes
2019 · first_quarter · Health Issues
P.L. 111-375 National Alzheimer's Project Act, All Sections P.L. 115-119 Recognize, Assist, Include, Support and Engage (RAISE) Family Caregivers Act P.L. 115-406 Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Act S.591 Guardianship Accountability Act S.299 Geriatrics Workforce Improvement Act S.548/H.R.1342 EMPOWER Care Act H.R.1343 Protecting Married Seniors from Impoverishment Act S.740 Alzheimer's Caregiver Support Act H.R. 1955 Study on Use of Anti-Psychotics in Non-nursing Homes S.880/H.R.1873 Improving HOPE for Alzheimer's Act H.R.1903/S.901 Younger-Onset Alzheimer's Disease Act of 2019 S.995/H.R.2035 Lifespan Respite Care Reauthorization Act H.R.647 Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act
Client expense: $820,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration on Aging, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Indian Health Service, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2019 · first_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
assist client with budget issues pertaining to nutrition programs for women, infants and children and medicare/medicaid. HR648 Consolidated Appropriations Act 2019 as it relates to medicare/medicaid; HR21 Consolidated Appropriations Act 2019 as it relates to medicaid; HJ Res 28 Further Additional Appropritions Act as it relates to healthcare; HR1955 Understanding Appropriations for Alzheimer Care Act 2019; H1551 Quality Care for Moms & Babies.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2019 · first_quarter · Health Issues
Healthcare Price Transparency Rules for Hospitals 340B Medicare DSH Medicare Physician Payment (MACRA) H.R. 365 The Primary Care Enhancement Act S. 898/H.R. 2141 Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act S. 1130 Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital (REACH) Act 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 H.R 1628: American Health Care Act S. 872 / H.R. 1955: Rural Hospital Access Act S. 377: Medicare Ambulance Access, Fraud Prevention and Reform Act H.R. 1156: Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2017 H.R. 2: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2016 H.R. 1628 Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) H.R. 4392 To provide that the provision of the Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs final regulation relating to changes in the payment amount for certain drugs and biologicals purchased under the 340B drug discount program shall have no force or effect, and for other purposes
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Client expense: $250,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration on Aging, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Indian Health Service, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Client expense: $400,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration on Aging, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Indian Health Service, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration on Aging, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Indian Health Service, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration on Aging, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Indian Health Service, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration on Aging, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Indian Health Service, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported