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Primary Care Patient Protection Act of 2019
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Primary Care Patient Protection Act of 201 9 This bill modifies the requirements for the high deductible health plans that are required for tax-preferred health savings accounts. The bill requires the plans to offer coverage with no deductible for primary care services provided during the first two visits during a year to an individual's designated primary care provider. The primary care provider must be a general practitioner, family physician, general internist, obstetrician, gynecologist, pediatrician, geriatric physician, or advanced practice registered nurse acting in accordance with state laws.
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2020 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
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HR 2774, S 2783 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: create a primary care benefit in high deductible health plans.
Client expense: $701,260 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
HR 133 Consolidate Appropriations Act of 2020:Oppose Medicare financial relief that excludes certain primary care service. HR 2774; S 2783 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: Create a primary care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2815/S 1119 - Teaching Health Centers GME; Community Health Centers; National Health Service Corps; Special Diabetes Program; Special Diabetes Program for Indians: Increased funding, five-year reauthorization. HR 2895/S. 948 - Conrad State 30 & Physician Access Act: Expand program, streamline eligibility. HR 6149/S. 4088 - Kids Access to Primary Care Act/Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women and Children Act: Increase Medicaid payment rates for primary care. HR 6788/S. 3599 Healthcare workforce Resilience Act: recapture 15,000 unused employment-based physician immigrant visas from prior fiscal years to bolster physician workforce during COVID pandemic. HR 6837/S 3750: Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments Improvement Act of 2020: Advanced payments to Medicare Part B providers. HR 7059 Coronavirus Provider Protection Act: targeted and limited liability protections for health care providers responding to COVID pandemic. HR 7663/S 4230 - Expansion of telehealth; Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act: Expansion of telehealth services for primary care; coverage and payment parity during PHE. H.R. 8061- Community Immunity During COVID-19 Act: Support grants to increase the rates of recommended immunizations. HR 8623/S 4864 - Ensure Medicare and Medicaid coverage of COVID-19 vaccine and all recommended immunizations without cost-sharing. HR 8337 - Continuing Appropriations Act 2021 and Other Extensions Act: Extension of THCGMEs, Medicare Accelerated Payments. S. 4349 - Dr. Lorna Breen Provider Protection Act: Support the wellbeing of frontline physicians during COVID-19. P.L. 116-123 - CORONAVIRUS PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020: Ensure primary care physicians have adequate supplies, finances to serve their patients, are eligible for loans, payment for telehealth services. P.L. 116-127 - The Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Support for small business and non-profits during COVID crisis. P.L. 116-136 - CARES Act: Ensure primary care physicians have adequate supplies, finances to serve their patients, are eligible for Small Business loans, payment for telehealth services. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Teaching Health Centers GME; Community Health Centers; National Health Service Corps; Special Diabetes Program; Special Diabetes Program for Indians: Increased funding, five-year reauthorization. No Bill No. - 501(c)(6) Non-Profits Relief: include emergency financial relief for 501(c)(6) organizations in COVID response legislation. No Bill No. - Emergency financial relief for primary care physicians: additional financial support for primary care clinicians to stabilize our nations primary care infrastructure. No Bill No. - Issues related to increase immunization utilization/distribution: Efforts to support children and adults securing needed immunizations.
Client expense: $701,260 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
HR 2774; S 2783 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: Create a primary care benefit in high deductible health plans. P.L. 116-123 - CORONAVIRUS PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020: Ensure primary care physicians have adequate supplies, finances to serve their patients, are eligible for loans, payment for telehealth services. P.L. 116-127 - The Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Support for small business and non-profits during COVID crisis. P.L. 116-136 - CARES Act: Ensure primary care physicians have adequate supplies, finances to serve their patients, are eligible for Small Business loans, payment for telehealth services. No Bill No. - Tax treatment of PRF and PPP funds: Ensure HHS Provider Relief and Payroll Protection Program funds are non-taxable & providers receiving these funds maintain tax deductions
Client expense: $701,260 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Emergency federal response to COVID-19 (including the year-end funding and COVID relief package, HR 133), Medicare reimbursement and incident to billing, Medicare hospice restrictions, transparency, healthcare competition, PA Direct Payment Act (S 596, HR 1052), implementation of home health provisions and other provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act (S 237, HR 808), the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act (S 2074, HR 2482), Medication Access and Training Expansion Act (S 4640, HR 4974), Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act (S 2842, HR 3911), ACO Assignment Improvement Act (HR 900), PA Educational and Workforce Training Programs, eligibility of PAs to participate in National Health Service Corps Student to Service Program, surprise billing, Rural Health Clinic Modernization Act (S 1037 HR 2788), medical record documentation, federal PA workforce issues at the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense, Indian Health Services, and Bureau of Prisons, and requirements and restrictions related to federal DEA waivers to prescribe buprenorphine to treat opioid use disorder, ensuring PAs considered primary care and behavioral health providers (S 2793, HR 2774, HR 5575), Effective Suicide Screening and Assessment in the Emergency Department Act (S 3006, HR 4861)
Client expense: $170,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Economic Council (NEC), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2020 · third_quarter · Health Issues
P.L. 116-123 - CORONAVIRUS PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020 (P.L. 116-123): Ensure primary care physicians have adequate supplies, finances to serve their patients, are eligible for loans, payment for telehealth services. P.L. 116-127 - The Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Support for small business and non-profits during COVID crisis. P.L. 116-136 - CARES Act: Ensure primary care physicians have adequate supplies, finances to serve their patients, are eligible for Small Business loans, payment for telehealth services. HR 2774; S 2783 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: Create a primary care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2895/S. 948 - Conrad State 30 & Physician Access Act: Expand program, streamline eligibility. HR 6149/S. 4088 - Kids Access to Primary Care Act/Ensuing Access to Primary Care for Women and Children Act: Increase Medicaid payment rates for primary care. HR 6788/S. 3599 Healthcare workforce Resilience Act: recapture 15,000 unused employment-based physician immigrant visas from prior fiscal years to bolster physician workforce during COVID pandemic. HR 6837/S 3750: Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments Improvement Act of 2020: Advanced payments to Medicare Part B providers. HR 7059 Coronavirus Provider Protection Act: targeted and limited liability protections for health care providers responding to COVID pandemic. HR 7663/S 4230 - Expansion of telehealth; Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act: Expansion of telehealth services for primary care; coverage and payment parity during PHE. H.R. 8061- Community Immunity During COVID-19 Act: Support grants to increase the rates of recommended immunizations. HR 8337 - Continuing Appropriations Act 2021 and Other Extensions Act: Extension of THCGMEs, Medicare Accelerated Payments. S. 4349 - Dr. Lorna Breen Provider Protection Act: Support the wellbeing of frontline physicians during COVID-19. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Teaching Health Centers GME; Community Health Centers; National Health Service Corps; Special Diabetes Program; Special Diabetes Program for Indians: Increased funding, five-year reauthorization. No Bill No. - 501(c)(6) Non-Profits Relief: include emergency financial relief for 501(c)(6) organizations in COVID response legislation. No Bill No. - Emergency financial relief for primary care physicians: additional financial support for primary care clinicians to stabilize our nations primary care infrastructure. No Bill No. - Issues related to increase immunization utilization/distribution: Efforts to support children and adults securing needed immunizations.
Client expense: $1,257,804 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2020 · third_quarter · Insurance
HR 2774, S 2783 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: create a primary care benefit in high deductible health plans.
Client expense: $1,257,804 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2020 · third_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
P.L. 116-123 - CORONAVIRUS PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020: Ensure primary care physicians have adequate supplies, finances to serve their patients, are eligible for loans, payment for telehealth services. P.L. 116-127 - The Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Support for small business and non-profits during COVID crisis. P.L. 116-136 - CARES Act: Ensure primary care physicians have adequate supplies, finances to serve their patients, are eligible for Small Business loans, payment for telehealth services. HR 2774, S 2783 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: create a primary care benefit in high deductible health plans.
Client expense: $1,257,804 · Firm income: Not reported
2020 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Emergency federal response to COVID-19 (including S 3548, HR 6800), Medicare reimbursement and incident to billing, Medicare hospice restrictions, transparency, healthcare competition, PA Direct Payment Act (S 596, HR 1052), implementation of home health provisions and other provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act (S 237, HR 808), the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act (S 2074, HR 2482), Medication Access and Training Expansion Act (S 4640, HR 4974), Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act (S 2842, HR 3911), ACO Assignment Improvement Act (HR 900), PA Educational and Workforce Training Programs, eligibility of PAs to participate in National Health Service Corps Student to Service Program, surprise billing, Rural Health Clinic Modernization Act (S 1037 HR 2788), medical record documentation, federal PA workforce issues at the Departments of Veterans Affairs, Indian Health Services, and Bureau of Prisons, and requirements and restrictions related to federal DEA waivers to prescribe buprenorphine to treat opioid use disorder, ensuring PAs considered primary care and behavioral health providers (S 2793, HR 2774, HR 5575), Effective Suicide Screening and Assessment in the Emergency Department Act (S 3006, HR 4861)
Client expense: $150,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2020 · second_quarter · Health Issues
S. 3198 Suicide Prevention Act: Legislator inquiry/Expand suicide prevention grant pilot program to primary care physicians. S. 3599; HR 6788: Healthcare workforce Resilience Act: recapture 15,000 unused employment-based physician immigrant visas from prior fiscal years to bolster physician workforce during COVID pandemic. S 3750; HR 6837: Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments Improvement Act of 2020: Advanced payments to medicare Part B providers. S. 4088; HR 6149: Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women and Children Act; Kids Access to Primary Care Act: Increase Medicaid payment rates for primary care. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. HR 2774, S 2793 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: create a primary care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2895 Conrad State 30 &Physician Access Act; expand program, streamlined eligibility. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Support for small business and non-profits during pandemic. HR 7059: Coronavirus Provider Protection Act: Targeted and limited liability protections for healthcare providers responding to COVID pandemic. HR 7158 Health Enterprise Zone: Legislator inquiry/Reducing health disparities in underserved areas. No Bill No: communication with CMS on the 2021 and 2022 Part C and D proposed rule; Medicare Advantage, price transparency. No Bill No: communication with CMS on rural maternal health; Improving rural maternal health. No Bill No: communication with CMS on Covid-19 policy changes; payment for telehealth changes. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC No Bill No. - Teaching Health Centers GME; Community Health Centers; National Health Service Corps; Special Diabetes Program; Special Diabetes Program for Indians; increased finding, five-year reauthorization. No Bill No. - 501(c)(6) Non-Profits Relief; include emergency financial relief for 501(c)(6) organizations in COVID response legislation. No Bill No.: Emergency Financial relief for Primary Care Physicians: additional financial support for primary care physicians; additional financial support for primary care clinicians to stabilize our nation's primary care infrastructure. No Bill No.: Expansion of telehealth: Protecting Access to post COVID -19 telehealth act: Expansion of telehealth services for primary care; coverage and payment parity during PHE. No Bill No.: DACA status during the Covid-19 National Emergency: Maintain work authorization for individuals currently in DACA status during the covid 19 national emergency. No Bill No. - CHC & National Health Service Corps reauthorization: Health care access, scholarships and medical student debt relief. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR.
2020 · second_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. HR 2774, S 2793 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: create a primary care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Support for small business and non-profits during pandemic.
Client expense: $908,864 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE, White House Office
2020 · second_quarter · Insurance
HR 2774, S 2793 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: create a primary care benefit in high deductible health plans. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR.
Client expense: $908,864 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE, White House Office
2020 · second_quarter · Health Issues
Affordable Care Act (ACA); ACA Regulations; ACA Stabilization; Health Reform; Rural Healthcare; Risk Adjustment; State Flexibility; Point of Sale; Opioids; Marketplace Stability; Individual Market Reform; Health Care Costs; Mental Health; CREATES Act; Sec. 1332 Waivers; Value-based Care; Health Care Costs; Mental Health; Small Business Plans; Single Payer; Reinsurance; CSRs; SNPs; FEHBP Issues; 42 CFR Part 2; Transparency; Silver-loading; Health IT; Interoperability; Surprise billing, Transparency, Small Business, State Flexibility; Provider Directories; Postal Reform; Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs), State Based Exchange; ACA Outreach, Education, and Enrollment; Prior Authorization; All-payer claims database; Negotiated rate disclosure; Consumer-facing app disclosure; Medicare for All; Medicare Buy-in; Maternal health; Seniors health care; social determinants of health; Community health, Healthcare access/privacy. H.R.1384 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Medicare for All Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (Introduced 02/27/2019) S.1895 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Lower Health Care Costs Act Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] (Introduced 06/19/2019) H.R.2902 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Maternal CARE Act Sponsor: Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] (Introduced 05/22/2019) H.R.3630 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) No Surprises Act Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] (Introduced 07/09/2019) H.R.3439 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) PATIENT Act Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8] (Introduced 06/24/2019) H.R.2279 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Safe Step Act Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36] (Introduced 04/10/2019) H.R. 2774 - 116th Congress - First Session Primary Care Patient Protection Act of 2019 Rep. Brad Schneider [D-IL-10] (Introduced 05/15/2019) H.R. 5826- - 116th Congress (2019-2020)-Second Session Consumer Protection Against Surprise Medical Bills Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA-01] (Introduced 02/10/2020) S. 3548 - 116th Congress -Second Session Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act Sponsor: Sen. Mitch McConnell [R-KY] (Introduced 03/19/2020) H.R. 6201 - 116th Congress-Second Session First Coronavirus Response Act Sponsor: Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY-17] (Introduced 03/11/2020) H.R. 6132 - 116th Congress-Second Session Social Determinants for Moms Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Lucy McBath [D-GA-06] (Introduced 03/09/2020) H.R. 5800 - 116th Congress-Second Session Ban Surprise Billing Act Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Bobby [D-VA-03] (Introduced 02/07/2020) H.R. 6311-11th Congress- Second Session Care for COVID-19 Act Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36] (Introduced 03/19/2020) H.R. 6231-116th Congress- Second Session Ensuring Access to COVID-19 Preventive Care Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8] (Introduced 03/12/2020) H.R. 6810-116th Congress-Second Session Health Care Protection Act Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13] (Introduced 05/12/2020) H.R. 6426-116h Congress-Second Session To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program under which loans shall be made to certain health care organizations to assist such organization with anticipated revenue loss or higher operating costs as a result of the COVID-19 emergency, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Rose, Max [D-NY-11] (Introduced 03/31/2020) H.R. 6644-116th-Second Session To require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage to provide coverage for services furnished via telehealth if such services would be covered if furnished in-person during the COVID-19 emergency. Sponsor: Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] (Introduced 04/28/2020)
2020 · second_quarter · Health Issues
Affordable Care Act (ACA); ACA Regulations; ACA Stabilization; Health Reform; Risk Adjustment; Opioids; Individual Market Reform; Health Care Costs; Mental Health; CSRs; Transparency; Surprise billing, Transparency, Prior Authorization; All payer claims database; Negotiated rate disclosure; Medicare for All; Maternal health; Senior's health care; Community health; NBPP (Notice Benefit and Payment Parameters), COVID-19 Response/Relief Packages, Healthcare access/privacy; Risk Corridors; COBRA; Telehealth; SEPs; CDC Guidance Testing; Safe Harbor; COVID-19; Postal Reform; Single Employer Pensions; H.R.1384 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Medicare for All Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (Introduced 02/27/2019) H.R.2003 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Ensuring FEHBP Coverage During Shutdowns Act Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] (Introduced 04/01/2019) H.R.2004 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Ensuring FEDVIP and FLTCIP Coverage During Shutdowns Act Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] (Introduced 04/01/2019) S.973 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Ensuring FEDVIP and FLTCIP Coverage During Shutdowns Act Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (Introduced 04/01/2019) S.971 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Ensuring FEHBP Coverage During Shutdowns Act Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (Introduced 04/01/2019) H.R.1520 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Purple Book Continuity Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18] (Introduced 03/05/2019) S.1895 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Lower Health Care Costs Act Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] (Introduced 06/19/2019) H.R.1046 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35] H.R.3630 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) No Surprises Act Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] H.R.3439 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) PATIENT Act Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8] H.R.3107 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] H.R.2279 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Safe Step Act Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36] S.1895 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Lower Health Care Costs Act Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] S. 2546 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Safe Step Act Sponsor: Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) S. 2004 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Ensuring FEDVIP and FLTCIP Coverage During Shutdowns Act Sponsor: Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD-07) H.R. 2774 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Primary Care Patient Protection Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL-10) H.R. 5826 - 116th Congress - Second Session Consumer Protections Against Surprise Medical Bills Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Richard Neal(D-MA-01) S. 3548 - 116th Congress - Second Session Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act Sponsor: Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) H.R. 5551 - 116th Congress - Second Session Ensuring Child Health Coverage Compensation in Divorce Act of 2020 Sponsor: Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC At-Large) H.R. 5575 - 116th Congress - Second Session Primary and Behavioral Health Care Access Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14) H.R. 5688 - 116th Congress - Second Session Reducing Administrative Costs and Burdens in Health Care Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Cindy Axne (D-IA-03) H.R. 5754 - 116th Congress - Second Session Rural ER Access Act Sponsor: Rep. Mark Green (R-TN-07) H.R. 5763 - 116th Congress - Second Session National Telehealth Strategy and Data Advancement Act Sponsor: Rep. Greg Gianforte (R-MT At-Large) H.R. 5800 - 116th Congress - Second Session Ban Surprise Billing Act Sponsor: Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA-03) H.R. 5807 - 116th Congress - Second Session Know Your Provider Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. John Larson (D-CT-01) H.R. 5916 - 116th Congress - Second Session Transparent Health Care Pricing Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI-08) Public Law 116-127 (H.R. 6201) - 116th Congress - Second Session First Coronavirus Response Act Sponsor: Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY-17) H.R. 6336 - 116th Congress - Second Session To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide for a waiver of payment reductions under the Medicare and Medicaid programs for certain nonapproved capital expenditures undertaken by health care facilities during the COVID-19 emergency. Sponsor: Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC-09) H.R. 6311 - 116th Congress - Second Session Care for COVID-19 Act Sponsor: Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-CA-36) H.R. 6299 - 116th Congress - Second Session Rapid Coverage of COVID-19 Vaccine Act of 2020 H.R. 5817 - 116th Congress - Second Session Fair and Honest Advance Cost Estimate for Patients Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA-22) H.R. 5816 - 116th Congress - Second Session Continuing Care for Patients Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI-04) HR. 5809 - 116th Congress - Second Session Better Information Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA-08) H.R. 5826 -116th Congress - Second Session Consumer Protections Against Surprise Medical Bills Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA-01) H.R. 5924 - 116th Congress - Second Session To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a loan repayment program to encourage specialty medicine physicians to serve in rural communities experiencing a shortage of specialty medicine physicians, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. David McKinley (R-WV-01) H.R. 6004 - 116th Congress - Second Session Transparency and Accountability in Health Care Costs and Prices Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-IL-03) H.R. 6005 - 116th Congress - Second Session Know the Price Act Sponsor: Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-NJ-07) H.R. 6132 - 116th Congress - Second Session Social Determinants for Moms Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Lucy McBath (D-GA-06) H.R. 6135 - 116th Congress - Second Session No More Narrow Networks Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-09) H.R. 6136 - 116th Congress - Second Session Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Rates Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-09) H.R. 6137 - 116th Congress - Second Session Innovative Maternal Payment And Coverage To Save Moms Act Sponsor: Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-09) H.R. 6138 - 116th Congress - Second Session Tech to Save Moms Act Sponsor: Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX-30) H.R. 6149 - 116th Congress - Second Session Medicaid Report on Expansion of Access to Coverage for Health Act Sponsor: Rep. Joe Cunningham (D-SC-01) H.R. 6151 - 116th Congress - Second Session CARING for Kids Act Sponsor: Rep. Abby Finkenauer (D-IA-01) H.R. 6173 - 116th Congress - Second Session Covering Coronavirus Test Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO-01) H.R. 6213 - 116th Congress - Second Session No Cost for COVID-19 Testing Act Sponsor: Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL-24) H.R. 6222 - 116th Congress - Second Session Ensuring Affordable COVID-19 Preventive Care Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-09) H.R. 6232 - 116th Congress - Second Session To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the National Disaster Medical System, to provide for certain laboratory reimbursement for diagnostic testing for COVID-19 in uninsured individuals. Sponsor: Rep. Tony Cardenas (D-CA-29) H.R. 6231 - 116th Congress - Second Session Ensuring Access to COVID-19 Preventive Care Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-IN-08) H.R. 6244 - 116th Congress - Second Session To amend titles XVIII and XIX to provide for coverage at no cost sharing of COVID-19 testing under the Medicaid program and Children's Health Insurance Program. Sponsor: Rep. Robin Kelly (D-IL-02) H.R. 6263 - 116th Congress - Second Session To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to waive cost sharing under the Medicare program for certain visits relating to testing for COVID-19. Sponsor: Rep. John Sarbanes (D-MD-03) H.R. 6282 - 116th Congress - Second Session Commission on America's Medical Security Act Sponsor: Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-CA-36) H.R. 6283 - 116th Congress - Second Session Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-CA-36) H.R. 1379 - 116th Congress - First Session Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN-07) H.R. 6810 - 116th Congress - Second Session Health Care Protection Act Sponsor: Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL-13) H.R. 6808 - 116th Congress - Second Session Health Force and Resilience Force Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO-06) S. 3606 - 116th Congress - Second Session Health Force and Resilience Force Act of 2020 Sponsor: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) H.R. 6130 - 116th Congress - Second Session Improving Awareness of Health Coverage Options Act Sponsor: Rep. Josh Harder (D-CA-10) Public Law 116-123 (H.R.6074) - 116th Congress - Second Session Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY-17) H.R. 6379 - 116th Congress - Second Session Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act Sponsor: Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY-17) H.R. 6800 - 116th Congress - Second Session HEROES Act Sponsor: Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY-17) H.R. 6426 - 116th Congress - Second Session To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program under which loans shall be made to certain health care organizations to assist such organizations with anticipated revenue loss or higher operating costs as a result of the COVID-19 emergency, and for other purposes Sponsor: Rep. Max Rose (D-NY-11) H.R. 6455 - 116th Congress - Second Session National Commission Regarding the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic Act Sponsor: Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS-02) H.R. 6409 - 116th Congress - Second Session Assistance for Businesses and Local Economies Act Sponsor: Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05) Public Law 116-139 (H.R. 266) - 116th Congress - First Session Vehicle for Covid-19 Small Business, Hospital and Testing Funds Sponsor: Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN-04) H.R. 5566 - 116th Congress - Second Session Patient Fairness Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH-08) H.R. 5596 - 116th Congress - Second Session Personalized Care Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Chip Roy(R-TX-21) H.R. 6338 - 116th Congress - Second Session Pandemic Healthcare Access Act Sponsor: Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC-13) H.R. 5808 - 116th Congress - Second Session Save Rural Communities Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-TX-19) H.R. 7391 - 116th Congress - Second Session To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove certain geographic and originating site restrictions on the furnishing of telehealth services under the Medicare program. H.R. 5763 - 116th Congress - Second Session National Telehealth Strategy and Data Advancement Act Sponsor: Rep. Greg Gianforte (R-MT At-Large) H.R. 6487 - 116th Congress - Second Session Advancing Connectivity during the Coronavirus to Ensure Support for Seniors Act Sponsor: Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-09) H.R. 6514 - 116th Congress - Second Session Worker Health Coverage Protection Act Sponsor: Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA-03) H.R. 6712 - 116th Congress - Second Session American Healthshare Plans Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. John Curtis(R-UT-03) H.R. 6746 - 116th Congress - Second Session To require the Secretary of Labor to establish a program for providing portable benefits to eligible workers, and for other purposes Sponsor: Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA-01) H.R. 6833 - 116th Congress - Second Session Utilizing and Supporting Evacuated Peace Corps Volunteers Act Sponsor: Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN-03) H.R. 6411 - 116th Congress - Second Session Emergency Advance Refill Notification Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Lucy McBath (D-GA-06) H.R. 6511 - 116th Congress - Second Session Ensuring Vaccination and Treatment Affordability Act Sponsor: Rep. Chris Pappas (D-NH-01) H.R. 6518 - 116th Congress - Second Session Stop Health Premium Spikes Act of 2020 H.R. 6561 - 116th Congress - Second Session Improving Social Determinants of Health Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Nanette Barragan (D-CA-44) H.R. 6568 - 116th Congress - Second Session Coverage for COVID-19 Treatment Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE At-Large) H.R. 6634 - 116th Congress - Second Session Emergency COVID Telehealth Response Act Sponsor: Rep. Cindy Axne (D-IA-03) H.R. 6638 - 116th Congress - Second Session Reducing COVID-19 Disparities by Investing in Public Health Act Cosponsor: Rep. Jahana Hayes (D-CT-05) H.R. 6644 - 116th Congress - Second Session To require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage to provide coverage for services furnished via telehealth if such services would be covered if furnished in-person during the COVID-19 emergency. Sponsor: Kim Schrier (D-WA-08) H.R. 6645 - 116th Congress - Second Session To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, to conduct or support research on the mental health consequences of SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19, and for other purposes. H.R. 6654 - 116th Congress - Second Session Emergency COVID Telehealth Response Act Sponsor: Rep. Cindy Axne (D-IA-03) H.R. 6663 - 116th Congress - Second Session Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Larry Buschon (R-IN-08) H.R. 6742 - 116th Congress - Second Session Protecting Life in Crisis Act Sponsor: Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX-11) H.R. 6763 - 116th Congress - Second Session COVID-19 Racial and Ethnic Disparities Task Force Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Robin Kelly (D-IL-02) H.R. 6792 - 116th Congress - Second Session Improving Telehealth for Underserved Communities Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE-03) H.R. 6797 - 116th Congress - Second Session Children's Health Insurance Program Pandemic Enhancement and Relief Act Sponsor: Rep. Susan Wild (D-PA-07) H.R. 6866 - 116th Congress - Second Session Public Health Emergency Privacy Act Sponsor: Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA-18) H.R. 6906 - 116th Congress - Second Session Health Care Emergency Guarantee Act Sponsor: Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07) H.R. 6918 - 116th Congress - Second Session Paycheck Recovery Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Pramila Jayapal(D-WA-07) H.R. 6925 - 116th Congress - Second Session Medical Innovation Acceleration Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ-05) H.R. 6926 - 116th Congress - Second Session Meeting IMD Needs with Direction Act Sponsor: Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA-02) H.R. 6930 - 116th Congress - Second Session Manufacturing API, Drugs, and Excipients in America Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA-01) H.R. 6971 - 116th Congress - Second Session Medical Nutrition Therapy Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY-16) H.R. 6999 - 116th Congress - Second Session Coronavirus Mental Health and Addiction Assistance Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH-13) H.R. 7017 - 116th Congress - Second Session Right to Test Act Sponsor: Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC-10) H.R. 7077 - 116th Congress - Second Session Community Solutions for COVID-19 Act Sponsor: Rep. Robin Kelly (D-IL-02) H.R. 7078 - 116th Congress - Second Session Evaluating Disparities and Outcomes of Telehealth During the COVID-19 Emergency Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Robin Kelly (D-IL-02) H.R. 7123 - 116th Congress - Second Session Katherine's Lung Cancer Early Detection and Survival Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA-02) H.R. 7158 - 116th Congress - Second Session Health Enterprise Zones Act of 2020 Sponsor: Anthony Brown (D-MD-04) H.R. 7168 - 116th Congress - Second Session Creating Capacity for Communities in Need Act Sponsor: Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-15) H.R. 7187 - 116th Congress - Second Session Helping Ensure Access to Local TeleHealth Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15) H.R. 7190 - 116th Congress - Second Session Increasing Rural Health Access During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Xochitl Torres Small (D-NM-02) H.R. 7286 - 116th Congress - Second Session Quit Because of COVID-19 Act Sponsor: Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE-At-Large) H.R. 5958 - 116th Congress - Second Session Official Short Title: Senior Health Planning Account Act Sponsor: Rep. Brian Higgins (D-NY-26) H.R. 6209 - 116th Congress - Second Session Reducing Unnecessary Senior Hospitalizations Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Ann Kuster (D-NH-02) H.R. 6436 - 116th Congress - Second Session Police and Fire Health Care Protection Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH-01) H.R. 6545 - 116th Congress - Second Session Health Insurance Marketplace Affordability Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-FL-07) H.R. 6698 - 116th Congress - Second Session Quality Care for Nursing Home Residents and Workers During COVID-19 Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-09) H.R. 6753 - 116th Congress - Second Session Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Abby Finkenauer (D-IA-01) H.R. 6781 - 116th Congress - Second Session Paycheck Protection Program Improved Coordination Act of 2020 Cosponsor: Rep. Chris Pappas (D-NH-01) H.R. 6824 - 116th Congress - Second Session To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the carryover of the remaining 2020 balance in health flexible spending arrangements. Sponsor: Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-WA-06) H.R. 6855 - 116th Congress - Second Session Facilitating Virtual Visitation for Nursing Home Residents Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA-38) H.R. 6857 - 116th Congress - Second Session COVID-19-Only Homes Organized for Resident Treatment Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY-03) H.R. 6920 - 116th Congress - Second Session Keep Employees' Earnings Protected Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Ross Spano (R-FL-15) H.R. 7008 - 116th Congress - Second Session Family Savings Flexibility Act Sponsor: Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH-02) H.R. 7149 - 116th Congress - Second Session To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide special disposition rules for unused benefits in flexible spending arrangements of individuals for calendar year 2020. Sponsor: Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL-06) H.R. 7233 - 116th Congress - Second Session Knowing the Efficiency and Efficacy of Permanent Telehealth Options Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Troy Balderson (R-OH-12) H.R. 7242 - 116th Congress - Second Session To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit expenditures from health savings accounts for gym memberships and costs of home gym equipment, to repeal the requirement that health plan be high deductible, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. John Curtis (R-UT-03) H.R. 7267 - 116th Congress - Second Session Patients Before Profits Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA-45) Public Law 116-136(H.R. 748) - 116th Congress - First Session Third Coronavirus Stimulus Package Sponsor: Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT-02)
2020 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
General education around physician payment, administrative burden and teaching health center graduate medical education program issues; S.289, Rural Physician Workforce Production Act of 2019; H.R.1358, Advancing Medical Resident Training in Community Hospitals Act of 2019; H.R.2774, Primary Care Patient Protection Act of 2019; H.R.3107, Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2019; H.R. 2815 and S. 1191, Training the Next Generation of Primary Care Physicians; P.L. 116-123, Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020; P.L. 116-127, Families First Coronavirus Response Act; P.L. 116-136, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act; P.L. 116-139, the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2020 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
General education around physician payment, administrative burden and teaching health center graduate medical education program issues; S.289, Rural Physician Workforce Production Act of 2019; H.R.1358, Advancing Medical Resident Training in Community Hospitals Act of 2019; H.R.2774, Primary Care Patient Protection Act of 2019; H.R.3107, Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2019; H.R. 2815 and S. 1191, Training the Next Generation of Primary Care Physicians; P.L. 116-123, Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020; P.L. 116-127, Families First Coronavirus Response Act; P.L. 116-136, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act; P.L. 116-139, the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2020 · second_quarter · Health Issues
Emergency federal response to COVID-19 (including S 3548, HR 6800), Medicare reimbursement and incident to billing, Medicare hospice restrictions, Medicare definition of PA services, transparency, healthcare competition, PA Direct Payment Act (S 596, HR 1052), implementation of home health provisions and other provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act ), Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act (S 237, HR 808), the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act (S 2074, HR 2482), Medication Access and Training Expansion Act (HR 4974), Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act (S 2842, HR 3911), ACO Assignment Improvement Act (HR 900), PA Educational and Workforce Training Programs, surprise billing, Rural Health Clinic Modernization Act (S 1037 HR 2788), medical record documentation, federal PA workforce issues at the Departments of Veterans Affairs, Indian Health Services, and Bureau of Prisons, and requirements and restrictions related to federal DEA waivers to prescribe buprenorphine to treat opioid use disorder, ensuring PAs considered primary care and behavioral health providers (S 2793, HR 2774, HR 5575)
Client expense: $180,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2020 · first_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Health Insurance Tax (HIT Tax); Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRA's); Tax Extenders H.R.748 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] H.R.1398 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-7] (Introduced 02/27/2019) HR 3107 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2019 Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA-01) HR 2774 - 116th Congress First Session Primary Care Patient Protection Act of 2019 Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL-10)
Client expense: $102,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · first_quarter · Health Issues
Affordable Care Act (ACA), Affordability, ACA Regulations; ACA Stabilization; Health Reform, Risk Adjustment; opioids; Marketplace stability; Individual Market Reform; Health Care Costs; Mental Health; Small Business Plans, CRSs; SNPs; 42 CFR Part 2; Transparency; Silverloading; Health IT; Surprise billing; Transparency; Small Business; State Felxibility; Education and Enrollment; Prior Authorization; All payer claims database; Negotiated rate disclosure; Consumer facing App, disclosures; Provider directories; Medicare for All, Medicare Buy-in; Maternal Health; Senior's health care; Community Health NBPP (Notice Benefit and Payment Parameters); COVID-19 Response/Relief Packages; Healthcare Access/Privacy. H.R.1384 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Medicare for All Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (Introduced 02/27/2019) H.R.1520 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Purple Book Continuity Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18] (Introduced 03/05/2019) S.1895 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Lower Health Care Costs Act Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] (Introduced 06/19/2019) H.R.1046 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35] H.R. 3630 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) No Surprises Act Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ-6) H.R. 3439 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) PATIENT Act Rep. Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA-8) H.R. 3107 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2019 Rep. Suzane K. DelBene (D-WA-1) H.R. 2279 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Safe Step Act Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-CA-36) S. 1895- 116th Congress (2019-2020) Lower Health Care Costs Act Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) S. 2456 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Safe Step Act Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) S. 2004 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Ensuring FEDVIP and FLTCIP Coverage During Shutdown Act Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD-07) H.R. 2774 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Primary Care Patient Protection Act of 2019 Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL-10) H.R. 5826 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Consumer Protection Against Surpirse Medical Bills Act of 2020 Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA-01) S. 3548 - 116th Congress Second Session Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) H.R. 5575 - 116th Congress Second Session Primary and Behavioral Health Care Access Act of 2020 Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14) H.R. 5688 - 116th Congress Second Session Reducing Administrative Costs and Burden in Health Care Act of 2020 Rep. Cindy Axne (D-IA-03) HR 5763 - 116th Congress Second Session National Telehealth Strategy and Data Advancement Act Rep. Greg Gianforte (R-MT-At Large) HR 5800 - 116th Congress Second Session Ban Surprise Billing Act Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA-03) HR 5807 - 116th Congress Second Session Know Your Provider Act Rep. John Larson (D-CT-01) HR 5916 - 116th Congress Second Session Transparent Health Care Pricing Act of 2020 Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI-08) HR 6201 - 116th Congress Second Session First Coronavirus Response Act Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY-17) HR 6336 - 116th Congress Second Session To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide for a waiver of payment reductions under the Medicare and Medicaid programs for certain nonapproved capital expenditures undertaken by health care facilities during the COVID-19 Emergency. HR 6336 - 116th Congress Second Session Care for COVID-19 Act Rep. Paul Ruiz (D-CA-36) HR 6299 - 116th Congress Second Session Rapid Coverage of COVID-19 Vaccine Act of 2020 HR 5817 - 116th Congress Second Session Fair and Honest Advance Cost Estimate for Patients Act of 2020 Rep. David Nunes (R-CA-22) HR 5816 - 116th Congress Second Session Continuing Care for Patients Act of 2020 Rep. Gwen Moore - (D-WI-4) HR 5089 - 116th Congress Second Session Better Information Act of 2020 Rep. Don Byer (D-VA-08) HR 5826 - 116th Congress Second Session Consumer Protections Against Surprise Medical Bills Act of 2020 Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA-01) HR 6004 - 116th Congress Second Session Transparency and Accountability in Health Care Costs and Prices Act of 2020 Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-IL-03) HR 6005 - 116th Congress Second Session Know the Price Act Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-NJ-07) HR 6132 - 116th Congress Second Session Social Determinants for Moms Act of 2020 Rep. Lucy McBath (D-GA-06) HR 6149 - 116th Congress Second Session Medicaid Report on Expansion of Access to coverage for Health Act REp. Joe Cunningham (D-SC-01) HR 6151 - 116th Congress Second Session CARING for Kids Act Rep. Abby Finkenauer (D-IA-01) HR 6173- 116th Congress Second Session Covering Coronavirus Test Act of 2020 Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO-01) HR 6213 -116th Congress second Session No Cost for COVID-19 testing Act Rep. Fredrica Wilson (D-FL-24) HR 6222 - 116th Congress Second Session Ensuring Affordable COVID-19 Preventative Care Act of 2020 Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-09) HR 6232 - 116th Congress Second Session To Require the Secretary of Health and Human Services through the National Disaster Medical System, to provide for certain laboraty reimbursement for diagnostic testing for COVID-19 in uninsured individuals. Rep. Tony Cardenas (D-CA-29) HR 6231 - 116th Congress Second Session Ensuring Access to COVID-19 Preventative Care Act of 2020 Rep. Larry Buschon (R-In-08) HR 6244 - 116th Congress Second Session To amend titles XVIII and XIX to provide for coverage at no cost sharing of COVID-19 testing under the Medicaid program and Children's Health Insurance Program. Rep. Robin Kelly (D=IL-02) HR 6263 - 116th Congress Second Session To amend title XVII of the Social Security Act to Waive cost sharing under the Medicare program for certain visits relating to testing for COVID-19 Rep. John Sarbanes (D-MD-03)
2020 · first_quarter · Insurance
HR 2774, S 2793 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: create a primary care benefit in high deductible health plans. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR.
Client expense: $1,039,649 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE
2020 · first_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. HR 2774, S 2793 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: create a primary care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Support for small business and non-profits during pandemic.
Client expense: $1,039,649 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE
2020 · first_quarter · Health Issues
S 289: Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. S. 304; S 1191; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Support for increased and long-term funding for the HRSA THCGME funding; funding for new rural programs. HR 2339 - Tobacco Use Prevention: Urged support for the Preventing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act. HR 2774, S 2793 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: create a primary care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access & reduce administrative burden. HR 4995 - Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act: Legislation to support best practice programs and safety bundles. HR 4996, HR 4995, S. 2793, S. 289, S. 916. S. 289 - Maternal Health: Letter to the Senate Finance Cmt urging support for health care best practices and maternal health bills focused on Medicaid, quality improvement, data collection, primary care access under high deductible health care plans, unconscious bias, and rural health care. HR 5741 - Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act: Oppose the effort to stifle CMMI innovation. HR 5800 - Surprise Billing: Hold patients to in-network rates and prevent premium hikes. HR 6379 - Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act: Include healthcare providers in emergency leave requirements. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Support for small business and non-profits during pandemic. No Bill No.- CDC FY 2021 budget request: Family medicine public health priorities. No Bill No. - CHC & National Health Service Corps reauthorization: Health care access, scholarships and medical student debt relief. No Bill No. - AHRQ FY 2021 budget request: primary care research. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Non-compete clauses in physician employment contracts: Restrictive covenants can disrupt the patient-physician relationship. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR. No Bill No. - Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act: Prevent deceptive advertising on health care licensure. No Bill No. - Abortion Access: Letter to FDA urging flexibility from current safety protocols to allow physicians to administer drugs via telehealth. No Bill No. - Community Health Center Funding: Letters, briefing to support funding for community health centers. Outreach to Hill offices to urge support for health extenders, which includes THCGME, community health centers, and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No.: Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act: Support for a comprehensive bill to address maternal Health disparities. No Bill No. - Defeat Infant and Maternal Mortality Act (DIMMA): Supporting legislation to allow the Department of Defense to share information with civilian entities on maternal and infant health. No Bill No. - Health IT interoperability: Ensure Health IT interoperability regulations and recommendations promote primary care/do not burden physicians. No Bill No. - CDC prevention issues to cover: communication on What work the CDC should do.
2020 · first_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Health Insurance Tax (HIT Tax); Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs); Tax Extenders H.R. 748 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Third Coronavirus Package (CARES Act) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the exercise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage. H.R. 3107 - 116th Congress (2019-2020)- First Session Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2019 Rep. Suzan Delbene (D-WA-01] (Introduced 06/05/2019) H.R.1398 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-7] (Introduced 02/27/2019) H.R. 2774 - 116th Congress- First Session Primary Care Patient Protection Act of 2019 Rep. Brad Schneider [D-IL-10] (Introduced 05/15/2019)
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · first_quarter · Health Issues
Affordable Care Act (ACA); ACA Regulations; ACA Stabilization; Health Reform; Rural Healthcare; Risk Adjustment; State Flexibility; Point of Sale; Opioids; Marketplace Stability; Individual Market Reform; Health Care Costs; Mental Health; CREATES Act; Sec. 1332 Waivers; Value-based Care; Health Care Costs; Mental Health; Small Business Plans; Single Payer; Reinsurance; CSRs; SNPs; FEHBP Issues; 42 CFR Part 2; Transparency; Silverloading; Health IT; Interoperability; Surprise billing, Transparency, Small Business, State Flexibility; Provider Directories; Postal Reform; Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs), State Based Exchange; ACA Outreach, Education, and Enrollment; Prior Authorization; All-payer claims database; Negotiated rate disclosure; Consumer-facing app disclosure; Medicare for All; Medicare Buy-in; Maternal health; Seniors health care; social determinants of health; Community health, Healthcare access/privacy. H.R.1384 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Medicare for All Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (Introduced 02/27/2019) H.R.3502 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Protecting People From Surprise Medical Bills Act Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36] (Introduced 06/26/2019) S.1895 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Lower Health Care Costs Act Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] (Introduced 06/19/2019) H.R.1046 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35] (Introduced 02/07/2019) H.R.2902 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Maternal CARE Act Sponsor: Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] (Introduced 05/22/2019) H.R.3630 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) No Surprises Act Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] (Introduced 07/09/2019) H.R.3439 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) PATIENT Act Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8] (Introduced 06/24/2019) H.R.3107 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] (Introduced 06/05/2019) H.R.4004 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Social Determinants Accelerator Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17] (Introduced 07/25/2019) H.R.2279 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Safe Step Act Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36] (Introduced 04/10/2019) S. 1895 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Lower Health Care Costs Act Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN](Introduced 06/19/2019) S2897 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Reauthorization Act Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark (D-VA) (Introduced 11/19/2019) H.R. 2774 - 116th Congress - First Session Primary Care Patient Protection Act of 2019 Rep. Brad Schneider [D-IL-10] (Introduced 05/15/2019) H.R. 5826- - 116th Congress (2019-2020)-Second Session Consumer Protection Against Surprise Medical Bills Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA-01] (Introduced 02/10/2020) S. 3548 - 116th Congress -Second Session Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act Sponsor: Sen. Mitch McConnell [R-KY] (Introduced 03/19/2020) H.R. 6201 - 116th Congress-Second Session First Coronavirus Response Act Sponsor: Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY-17] (Introduced 03/11/2020) H.R. 6005 - 116th Congress (2019-2020)- Second Session Know the Price Act Sponsor: Rep. Lucy McBath [D-GA-06] (Introduced 02/27/2020) H.R. 6132 - 116th Congress-Second Session Social Determinants for Moms Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Lucy McBath [D-GA-06] (Introduced 03/09/2020)
2020 · first_quarter · Health Issues
Affordable Care Act (ACA); Affordability, ACA Regulations; ACA Stabilization; Health Reform; Risk Adjustment; Opioids; Marketplace Stability; Individual Market Reform; Health Care Costs; Mental Health; Small Business Plans; CSRs; SNPs; 42 CFR Part 2; Transparency; Silverloading; Health IT; Surprise billing, Transparency, Small Business, State Flexibility; Education,and Enrollment; Prior Authorization; All payer claims database; Negotiated rate disclosure; Consumer-facing app disclosures; Provider directories; Medicare for All; Medicare Buy-in; Maternal health; Senior's health care; Community health; NBPP (Notice Benefit and Payment Parameters), COVID-19 Response/Relief Packages, Healthcare access/privacy H.R.1384 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Medicare for All Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (Introduced 02/27/2019) H.R.2003 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Ensuring FEHBP Coverage During Shutdowns Act Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] (Introduced 04/01/2019) H.R.2004 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Ensuring FEDVIP and FLTCIP Coverage During Shutdowns Act Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] (Introduced 04/01/2019) S.973 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Ensuring FEDVIP and FLTCIP Coverage During Shutdowns Act Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (Introduced 04/01/2019) S.971 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Ensuring FEHBP Coverage During Shutdowns Act Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (Introduced 04/01/2019) H.R.1520 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Purple Book Continuity Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18] (Introduced 03/05/2019) S.1895 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Lower Health Care Costs Act Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] (Introduced 06/19/2019) H.R.1046 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35] H.R.3630 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) No Surprises Act Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] H.R.3439 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) PATIENT Act Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8] H.R.3107 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] H.R.2279 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Safe Step Act Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36] S.1895 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Lower Health Care Costs Act Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] S. 2546 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Safe Step Act Sponsor: Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) S. 2004 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Ensuring FEDVIP and FLTCIP Coverage During Shutdowns Act Sponsor: Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD-07) H.R. 2774 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Primary Care Patient Protection Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL-10) H.R. 5826 - 116th Congress - Second Session Consumer Protections Against Surprise Medical Bills Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Richard Neal(D-MA-01) S. 3548 - 116th Congress - Second Session Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act Sponsor: Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) H.R. 5551 - 116th Congress - Second Session Ensuring Child Health Coverage Compensation in Divorce Act of 2020 Sponsor: Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC At-Large) H.R. 5575 - 116th Congress - Second Session Primary and Behavioral Health Care Access Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14) H.R. 5688 - 116th Congress - Second Session Reducing Administrative Costs and Burdens in Health Care Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Cindy Axne (D-IA-03) H.R. 5754 - 116th Congress - Second Session Rural ER Access Act Sponsor: Rep. Mark Green (R-TN-07) H.R. 5763 - 116th Congress - Second Session National Telehealth Strategy and Data Advancement Act Sponsor: Rep. Greg Gianforte (R-MT At-Large) H.R. 5800 - 116th Congress - Second Session Ban Surprise Billing Act Sponsor: Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA-03) H.R. 5807 - 116th Congress - Second Session Know Your Provider Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. John Larson (D-CT-01) H.R. 5916 - 116th Congress - Second Session Transparent Health Care Pricing Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI-08) H.R. 6201 - 116th Congress - Second Session First Coronavirus Response Act Sponsor: Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY-17) H.R. 6336 - 116th Congress - Second Session To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide for a waiver of payment reductions under the Medicare and Medicaid programs for certain nonapproved capital expenditures undertaken by health care facilities during the COVID-19 emergency. Sponsor: Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC-09) H.R. 6311 - 116th Congress - Second Session Care for COVID-19 Act Sponsor: Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-CA-36) H.R. 6299 - 116th Congress - Second Session Rapid Coverage of COVID-19 Vaccine Act of 2020 H.R. 5817 - 116th Congress - Second Session Fair and Honest Advance Cost Estimate for Patients Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA-22) H.R. 5816 - 116th Congress - Second Session Continuing Care for Patients Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI-04) HR. 5809 - 116th Congress - Second Session Better Information Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA-08) H.R. 5826 -116th Congress - Second Session Consumer Protections Against Surprise Medical Bills Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA-01) H.R. 5924 - 116th Congress - Second Session To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a loan repayment program to encourage specialty medicine physicians to serve in rural communities experiencing a shortage of specialty medicine physicians, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. David McKinley (R-WV-01) H.R. 6004 - 116th Congress - Second Session Transparency and Accountability in Health Care Costs and Prices Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-IL-03) H.R. 6005 - 116th Congress - Second Session Know the Price Act Sponsor: Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-NJ-07) H.R. 6132 - 116th Congress - Second Session Social Determinants for Moms Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Lucy McBath (D-GA-06) H.R. 6135 - 116th Congress - Second Session No More Narrow Networks Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-09) H.R. 6136 - 116th Congress - Second Session Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Rates Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-09) H.R. 6137 - 116th Congress - Second Session Innovative Maternal Payment And Coverage To Save Moms Act Sponsor: Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-09) H.R. 6138 - 116th Congress - Second Session Tech to Save Moms Act Sponsor: Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX-30) H.R. 6149 - 116th Congress - Second Session Medicaid Report on Expansion of Access to Coverage for Health Act Sponsor: Rep. Joe Cunningham (D-SC-01) H.R. 6151 - 116th Congress - Second Session CARING for Kids Act Sponsor: Rep. Abby Finkenauer (D-IA-01) H.R. 6173 - 116th Congress - Second Session Covering Coronavirus Test Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO-01) H.R. 6213 - 116th Congress - Second Session No Cost for COVID-19 Testing Act Sponsor: Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL-24) H.R. 6222 - 116th Congress - Second Session Ensuring Affordable COVID-19 Preventive Care Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-09) H.R. 6232 - 116th Congress - Second Session To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the National Disaster Medical System, to provide for certain laboratory reimbursement for diagnostic testing for COVID-19 in uninsured individuals. Sponsor: Rep. Tony Cardenas (D-CA-29) H.R. 6231 - 116th Congress - Second Session Ensuring Access to COVID-19 Preventive Care Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-IN-08) H.R. 6244 - 116th Congress - Second Session To amend titles XVIII and XIX to provide for coverage at no cost sharing of COVID-19 testing under the Medicaid program and Children's Health Insurance Program. Sponsor: Rep. Robin Kelly (D-IL-02) H.R. 6263 - 116th Congress - Second Session To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to waive cost sharing under the Medicare program for certain visits relating to testing for COVID-19. Sponsor: Rep. John Sarbanes (D-MD-03) H.R. 6282 - 116th Congress - Second Session Commission on America's Medical Security Act Sponsor: Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-CA-36) H.R. 6283 - 116th Congress - Second Session Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-CA-36) H.R. 1379 - 116th Congress - First Session Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN-07)
2020 · first_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Health Insurance Tax (HIT Tax); Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs); Tax Extenders H.R.748 - 116th Congress Third Coronavirus Stimulus Package (CARES Act) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage. H.R.1398 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-7] (Introduced 02/27/2019) H.R. 3107 - 116th Congress - First Session Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2019 Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA-01) S. 973 116th Congress - First Session Ensuring FEDVIP and FLTCIP Coverage During Shutdowns Act Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) H.R. 2774 - 116th Congress - First Session Primary Care Patient Protection Act of 2019 Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL-10)
Client expense: $1,880,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2020 · first_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
General education around physician payment, administrative burden and teaching health center graduate medical education program issues; S.289, Rural Physician Workforce Production Act of 2019; H.R.1358, Advancing Medical Resident Training in Community Hospitals Act of 2019; H.R.2774, Primary Care Patient Protection Act of 2019; H.R.3107, Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2019; H.R. 2815 and S. 1191, Training the Next Generation of Primary Care Physicians; P.L. 116-123, Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020; P.L. 116-127, Families First Coronavirus Response Act; P.L. 116-136, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2020 · first_quarter · Health Issues
Emergency federal response to COVID-19 (HR 748, HR 6201, S 3548), Medicare reimbursement and incident to billing, Medicare hospice restrictions, Medicare definition of PA services, transparency, healthcare competition, PA Direct Payment Act (S 596, HR 1052), Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act (S 296, HR 2150), Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act (S 237, HR 808), the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act (S 2074, HR 2482), Medication Access and Training Expansion Act (HR 4974), Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act (S 2842, HR 3911), ACO Assignment Improvement Act (HR 900), PA Educational and Workforce Training Programs, surprise billing, Rural Health Clinic Modernization Act (S 1037 HR 2788), medical record documentation, federal PA workforce issues at the Departments of Veterans Affairs, Indian Health Services, and Bureau of Prisons, and requirements and restrictions related to federal DEA waivers to prescribe buprenorphine to treat opioid use disorder, ensuring PAs considered primary care and behavioral health providers (S 2793, HR 2774, HR 5575)
Client expense: $170,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2020 · first_quarter · Health Issues
Affordable Care Act (ACA);Affordability, ACA Regulations; ACA Stabilization; Health Care Reform; Rural Healthcare; Risk Adjustment; State Flexibility; Opioids; Marketplace Stability; Individual Market Reform; Association Health Plans (AHPs); Value-Based Reimbursement; Health Care Costs; Mental Health; Small Business Plans; Reinsurance; CSRs; SNP's; 42 CFR Part 2; Transparency; Silverloading; Interoperability; Health IT; Surprise Billing; Small Business; Biosimilars; Prior Authorization; Provider Directories; Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs); Education and Enrollment; All Payer Claims Databases; Consumer-facing app disclosures; Negotiated Rate Disclosure; Medicare for All; Medicare Buy-In, Texas lawsuit, Transparency, State Flexibility, Social determinants of health, Community Health, Cybersecurity, NBPP(Notice Benefit and Payment Parameters);Consumer-Facing app disclosures; Provider directories; Maternal Health; Senior's health care; COVID-19 Response/Relief Packages; Healthcare access/privacy. H.R. 1384 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Medicare for All Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7](Introduced 2/27/19) H.R. 2003 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Ensuring FEHBP Coverage During Shutdowns Act Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7](Introduced 04/01/2019) H.R. 2004 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Ensuring FEDVIP and FLTCIP Coverage During Shutdowns Act Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7](Introduced 04/01/2019) S. 973 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Ensuring FEDVIP and FLTCIP Coverage During Shutdowns Act Sponsor: Sen Smith, Tina [D_MN](Introduced 04/01/2019) S. 971 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Ensuring FEHBP Coverage During Shutdowns Act Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D_MN](Introduced 04/01/2019) S. 1895 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Lower Health Care Costs Act Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN](Introduced 6/19/2019) H.R.1046 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35](Introduced 02/07/2019) H.R.3630 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) No Surprises Act Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr [D-NJ-6](Introduced 07/09/2019) H.R.3439 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) PATIENT Act Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S.,Jr. [D-VA-8](Introduced 06/24/2019) S.1895 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Lower Health Care Costs Act Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN](Introduced 06/19/2019) H.R.2774 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Primary Care Patient Protection Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Schneider, Brad [D-IL-10](Introduced 05/15/2019) H.R.5826 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Consumer Protections Against Surprise Medical Bills Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Neal, Richard [D-MA-1] (Introduced 02/10/2020) S.3548 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act Sponsor: Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY](Introduced 03/19/2020) H.R.5754 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Rural ER Access Act Sponsor: Rep. Green, Mark [R-TN-7](Introduced 02/04/2020) H.R.5800 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Ban Surprise Billing Act Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert [D-VA-3](Introduced 02/07/2020) H.R.6201 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Families First Coronavirus Response Act Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita [D-NY-17](Introduced 03/11/2020) H.R.2064 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to require manufacturers of certain drugs, devices, biologicals, and medical supplies to report on product samples provided to certain health care providers, and for other purposes Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27](Introduced 04/03/2020) H.R.6311 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Care for COVID-19 Act Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36](Introduced 03/19/2020) H.R.6299 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Rapid Coverage of COVID-19 Vaccine Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Courtney, joe[D-CT-2](Introduced 03/19/2020) H.R.5826 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Consumer Protections Against Surprise medical Bills Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Neal, Richard [D-MA-1](Introduced 02/10/2020) H.R.6244 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) To amend titles XVIII and XIX to provide for coverage at no cost sharing of COVID-19 testing under the Medicaid program and Children's Health Insurance Program. Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin [D-IL-2](Introduced 03/12/2020)
2020 · first_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Health Insurance Tax (HIT Tax); Tax Credits; Cadillac Tax; Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRA)s; Tax Extenders H.R.748 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Third Coronavirus Stimulus Package (CARES Act) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage. H.R.1398 -- 116th Congress (2019-2020) Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-7] (Introduced 02/27/2019) H.R.2774 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Primary Care Patient Protection Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep Schneider, Brad [D-IL-10](Introduced 05/15/2019)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2019 · third_quarter · Insurance
HR 2774 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: Create a Primary Care benefit in high deductible health plans. No Bill No. - Administrative Burden: Reduced administrative burden on family physicians. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Support for vaccines, maternal health, transparency, and reducing administrative burdens. Also, support for reauthorizing the Teaching Health Center GME (THCGME) program, along with Community Health Centers and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No. - Surprise Billing: Shared letter on surprise billing. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": Health care coverage for all, administrative simplification. No Bill No. - Title VII Primary Care training Enhancement Grants: Support for family medicine training.
Client expense: $997,393 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office
2019 · third_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
HR 2774 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: Create a Primary Care benefit in high deductible health plans.
Client expense: $997,393 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office
2019 · third_quarter · Health Issues
S106; S192; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S 289 - Rural Physician Workforce Protection Act: GME reform to support rural residency training. S 304; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Increased, extended THCGME funding. S 2372 Rural Moms Act: Supported a rural maternal health bill and urged members to support it. HR 2328 Community Health Investment, and Modernization, and Excellence Act: Also, THCGME, along with Community Health Centers, National Health Service Corps, and Medicaid Funding for the Territories. HR 2328 - Reauthorizing and Extending America's Community Health Act: Support for key primary care extenders, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Initiative, Independence at Home, Medicaid for the Territories. HR 2740 - HHS FY 2020 Appropriations; Women's Health Research: AAFP funding priorities. Increased funding for women's health research. HR 2774 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: Create a Primary Care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2895 - Conrad State 30 & Physician Access Act: Expand J-1 visa waiver program for medical residents. HR 3030 - Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute reauthorization: Patient-centered, primary care research, AHRQ funding. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access and reduce administrative burden. HR 3436 - Chronic Care Management: to remove cost-sharing responsibilities for chronic care management services under the medicare plan. No Bill No. - Obesity Drug Study: Responding to GAO inquiry on AAFP policy on obesity drugs. No Bill No. - Opioid prescribing guideline: Responding to FDA inquiry on opioid prescribing guidelines. No Bill No. - Healthcare Coverage for All: Retaining ACA coverage gains and expanding coverage. No Bill No. - Administrative Burden: Reduced administrative burden on family physicians. No Bill No. - Rural Health: Improved access to quality care for rural populations. No Bill No. - Primary Care Investment: Increased spending on primary care. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": protecting patients and families from unanticipated medical bills. No Bill No. - Comment on the definition of Health Literacy: Health Literacy for all patients. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Suggestions to reduce burdens for FPs. No Bill No. - Nondiscrimination in health plans: Healthcare for all. No Bill No. - Patient access to effective drugs: Opioid Issues. No. Bill No. - Telehealth for low-income consumers: Access to high speed internet. No Bill No. - Access to Medicaid Services: Need for higher payment to ensure access to primary care. No Bill No. - 2020 proposed outpatient perspective payment system: Site of service neutrality and transparency in hospital charges. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Support for vaccines, maternal health, transparency, and reducing administrative burdens. Also, support for reauthorizing the Teaching Health Center GME (THCGME) program, along with Community Health Centers and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No. - Teaching Health Center GME funding/Training the Next Generation of Primary Care Doctors Act. No Bill No. - Tobacco Use Prevention: Urged support for Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act, Safe Kids Act, and Tobacco to 21 bill. No Bill No. - Surprise Billing: Shared letter on surprise billing. No Bill No. - Drug Prices: Recommendations for various biologic and insulin drug pricing bills. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC.
2019 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
S 289, HR 1358 - Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training; correct rotator problems. S 304; S 1191; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Support for increased, extended THCGME funding. S106; S192; S 962; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S. 1895 - Surprise medical billing: Eliminate barriers to patient access to primary care, fund THCGME program. HR 3; S 2543 - Drug pricing legislation: Support THGME, primary care in HDHP, Medicare and Medicaid. HR 2339 - Nicotine usage: Urged support for reversing the youth tobacco epidemic, tobacco 21 and the vaping flavors ban. HR 2694 - Pregnant workers Fairness Act: AAFP signed a joint letter supporting HR 2694. HR 2774 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: Create a Primary Care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2774, S 2793, HR 5575 - Primary Care Benefit: establish standard primary care benefit in private health insurance plans. HR 3030; HR 1965 - Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute reauthorization: Evidence based primary care research. HR 3107 - Administrative Burden/Prior Authorization: Reduce administrative burden. HR 4995; 4996 - Maternal Health: AAFP supported maternal health bills to expand medicaid access and bolster training and best practices. No Bill No. - Advisory Committee Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry: Title VII Primary Care Training and Enhancement Grants. No Bill No. - Rural Health: Improved access to quality care for rural populations. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": protecting patients and families from unanticipated medical bills. No Bill No. - Primary Care Investment: Increased spending on primary care. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - AHRQ Center for Primary Care Research: Primary Care research at AHRQ. No Bill No. - Primary Care Innovation: Increased awareness of primary care payment and delivery. No Bill No. - Rural Access Issues: How to increase supply of PCP's in rural areas. No Bill No. - RFI on opioid addiction and access to medication-assisted treatment: Chronic pain management. No Bill No. - Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder: Opioid issues. No Bill No. - 2020 National Vaccine plan: How to improve vaccination rates. No Bill No. - Concerns with EO provisions on scope of practice. No Bill No. - Concerns with flavored e-cigarettes: Youth e-cig epidemic. No Bill No. - Revising two screening code descriptors: Depression and alcohol misuse screening descriptors. No Bill No. - Fraud and safe harbors in medicare: How to address safe harbors in payment models. No Bill No. - Modernizing self-referral laws: How to improve Stark for payment model arrangements. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Support for vaccines, maternal health, transparency, and reducing administrative burdens. Also, support for reauthorizing the Teaching Health Center GME (THCGME) program, along with Community Health Centers and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No. - Medicare Payment: Educated staff about the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule's E&M code increase.
2019 · fourth_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
HR 2774 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: Create a Primary Care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2774, S 2793, HR 5575 - Primary Care Benefit: establish standard primary care benefit in private health insurance plans.
Client expense: $1,218,792 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), White House Office
2019 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
HR 2774 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: Create a Primary Care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2774, S 2793, HR 5575 - Primary Care Benefit: establish standard primary care benefit in private health insurance plans. HR 3107 - Administrative Burden/Prior Authorization: Reduce administrative burden. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Support for vaccines, maternal health, transparency, and reducing administrative burdens. Also, support for reauthorizing the Teaching Health Center GME (THCGME) program, along with Community Health Centers and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": protecting patients and families from unanticipated medical bills; health care coverage for all, administration simplification.
Client expense: $1,218,792 · Firm income: Not reported
2019 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Affordable Care Act (ACA); ACA Regulations; ACA Stabilization; Health Reform; Rural Healthcare; Risk Adjustment; State Flexibility; Opioids; Sober Homes; Marketplace Stability; Individual Market Reform; Value-based Care; Health Care Costs; Mental Health; Small Business Plans; Reinsurance; CSRs; SNPs; FEHBP Issues; 42 CFR Part 2; Transparency; Silverloading; Health IT; Interoperability; Texas lawsuit; Surprise billing, Transparency, Small Business, State Flexibility; Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs)Outreach, Education, and Enrollment; Prior Authorization; All payer claims database; Negotiated rate disclosure; Consumer-facing app disclosures; Provider directories; Medicare for All; Medicare Buy-in; Maternal health; Senior's health care; Social determinants of health; Community health; Lyme disease; Cybersecurity, NBPP (Notice Benefit and Payment Parameters) H.R.1346 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Medicare Buy-In and Health Care Stabilization Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26] (Introduced 02/25/2019) H.R.1384 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Medicare for All Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (Introduced 02/27/2019) H.R.3502 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Protecting People From Surprise Medical Bills Act Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36] (Introduced 06/26/2019) Cosponsors: (48) H.R.2003 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Ensuring FEHBP Coverage During Shutdowns Act Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] (Introduced 04/01/2019) H.R.2004 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Ensuring FEDVIP and FLTCIP Coverage During Shutdowns Act Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] (Introduced 04/01/2019) S.973 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Ensuring FEDVIP and FLTCIP Coverage During Shutdowns Act Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (Introduced 04/01/2019) S.971 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Ensuring FEHBP Coverage During Shutdowns Act Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (Introduced 04/01/2019) H.R.1385 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) SAVE Act Sponsor: Rep. Kim, Andy [D-NJ-3] (Introduced 02/27/2019) H.R.1386 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) ENROLL Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] (Introduced 02/27/2019) H.R.987 - Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act 116th Congress (2019-2020) Sponsor: Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large] (Introduced 02/06/2019) H.R.1010 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) To provide that the rule entitled "Short-Term, Limited Duration Insurance" shall have no force or effect. Sponsor: Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] (Introduced 02/06/2019) H.R.986 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Protecting Americans with Preexisting Conditions Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] (Introduced 02/06/2019) H.R.1425 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) State Health Care Premium Reduction Act Sponsor: Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2] (Introduced 02/28/2019) H.R.1143 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Educating Consumers on the Risks of Short-Term Plans Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18] (Introduced 02/11/2019) H.R.1520 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Purple Book Continuity Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18] (Introduced 03/05/2019) S.1895 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Lower Health Care Costs Act Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] (Introduced 06/19/2019) H.R.1046 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35] H.R.1897 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) MOMMA's Act Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] (Introduced 03/27/2019) H.R.1551 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16] (Introduced 03/06/2019 H.R.2902 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Maternal CARE Act Sponsor: Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] H.R.2602 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Healthy MOMMIES Act Sponsor: Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7] H.R.3630 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) No Surprises Act Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] H.R.4378 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Health Extenders Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17] H.R.2328 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Community Health Investment, Modernization, and Excellence Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1] H.R.3439 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) PATIENT Act Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8] H.R.3107 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] H.R.4004 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Social Determinants Accelerator Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17] H.R.2279 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Safe Step Act Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36] H.R.360 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Cyber Sense Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5] S.1895 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Lower Health Care Costs Act Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] S. 2897 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Reauthorization Act Sponsor: Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) S. 2546 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Safe Step Act Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) S. 2004 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Ensuring FEDVIP and FLTCIP Coverage During Shutdowns Act Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD-07) H.R. 2774 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Primary Care Patient Protection Act of 2019 Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL-10)
2019 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Affordable Care Act (ACA); ACA Regulations; ACA Stabilization; Health Reform; Rural Healthcare; Risk Adjustment; State Flexibility; Opioids; Marketplace Stability; Individual Market Reform; Value-Based Care; Health Care Costs; Mental Health; Small Business Plans; Reinsurance; CSRs; SNPs, FEHBP Issues; 42 CFR Part 2; Transparency; Silverloading; Health IT; Interoperability; Texas lawsuit; Surprise Billing; Transparency; Small Business; State Flexibility; Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs); Outreach, Education and Enrollment; Prior Authorization; All payer claims database,; Negotiated rate disclosure; Consumer-Facing app disclosures; Provider directories; Medicare for All; Medicare Buy-in; Maternal health; Senior's health care; Social determinants of health; Community Health; Lyme disease; Cybersecurity, NBPP (Notice Benefit and Payment Parameters) H.R.1346 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Medicare Buy-In and Health Care Stabilization Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26] (Introduced 02/25/2019) H.R.1384 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Medicare for All Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (Introduced 02/27/2019) H.R.3502 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Protecting People From Surprise Medical Bills Act Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36] (Introduced 06/26/2019) Cosponsors: (48) H.R.2003 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Ensuring FEHBP Coverage During Shutdowns Act Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] (Introduced 04/01/2019) S.971 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Ensuring FEHBP Coverage During Shutdowns Act Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (Introduced 04/01/2019) H.R.1010 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) To provide that the rule entitled "Short-Term, Limited Duration Insurance" shall have no force or effect. Sponsor: Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] (Introduced 02/06/2019) H.R.986 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Protecting Americans with Preexisting Conditions Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] (Introduced 02/06/2019) H.R.1425 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) State Health Care Premium Reduction Act Sponsor: Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2] (Introduced 02/28/2019) H.R.1143 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Educating Consumers on the Risks of Short-Term Plans Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18] (Introduced 02/11/2019) H.R.1520 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Purple Book Continuity Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18] (Introduced 03/05/2019) S.1895 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Lower Health Care Costs Act Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] (Introduced 06/19/2019) H.R.1046 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35] H.R.1897 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) MOMMA's Act Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] (Introduced 03/27/2019) H.R.4378 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Health Extenders Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17] H.R.3107 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] H.R.2279 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Safe Step Act Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36] S.1895 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Lower Health Care Costs Act Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] S. 2897 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute Reauthorization Act Sponsor: Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) S. 2546 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Safe Step Act Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) H.R. 2774 116th Congress (2019-2020) Primary Care Patient Protection Act of 2019 Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL-10)
2019 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
S.289 - Rural Physician Workforce Production Act of 2019, H.R.1358 - Advancing Medical Resident Training in Community Hospitals Act of 2019, general education around rural graduate medical education and workforce, physician payment issues including advanced alternative models, and advanced alternative payment model issues; H.R.2774, Primary Care Patient Protection Act of 2019; H.R.3107, Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2019; H.R. 1865, Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2019 · third_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
HR 2774 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: Create a Primary Care benefit in high deductible health plans.
Client expense: $997,393 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office
2019 · third_quarter · Health Issues
S106; S192; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S 289 - Rural Physician Workforce Protection Act: GME reform to support rural residency training. S 304; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Increased, extended THCGME funding. S 2372 Rural Moms Act: Supported a rural maternal health bill and urged members to support it. HR 2328 Community Health Investment, and Modernization, and Excellence Act: Also, THCGME, along with Community Health Centers, National Health Service Corps, and Medicaid Funding for the Territories. HR 2328 - Reauthorizing and Extending America's Community Health Act: Support for key primary care extenders, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Initiative, Independence at Home, Medicaid for the Territories. HR 2740 - HHS FY 2020 Appropriations; Women's Health Research: AAFP funding priorities. Increased funding for women's health research. HR 2774 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: Create a Primary Care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2895 - Conrad State 30 & Physician Access Act: Expand J-1 visa waiver program for medical residents. HR 3030 - Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute reauthorization: Patient-centered, primary care research, AHRQ funding. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access and reduce administrative burden. HR 3436 - Chronic Care Management: to remove cost-sharing responsibilities for chronic care management services under the medicare plan. No Bill No. - Obesity Drug Study: Responding to GAO inquiry on AAFP policy on obesity drugs. No Bill No. - Opioid prescribing guideline: Responding to FDA inquiry on opioid prescribing guidelines. No Bill No. - Healthcare Coverage for All: Retaining ACA coverage gains and expanding coverage. No Bill No. - Administrative Burden: Reduced administrative burden on family physicians. No Bill No. - Rural Health: Improved access to quality care for rural populations. No Bill No. - Primary Care Investment: Increased spending on primary care. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": protecting patients and families from unanticipated medical bills. No Bill No. - Comment on the definition of Health Literacy: Health Literacy for all patients. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Suggestions to reduce burdens for FPs. No Bill No. - Nondiscrimination in health plans: Healthcare for all. No Bill No. - Patient access to effective drugs: Opioid Issues. No. Bill No. - Telehealth for low-income consumers: Access to high speed internet. No Bill No. - Access to Medicaid Services: Need for higher payment to ensure access to primary care. No Bill No. - 2020 proposed outpatient perspective payment system: Site of service neutrality and transparency in hospital charges. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Support for vaccines, maternal health, transparency, and reducing administrative burdens. Also, support for reauthorizing the Teaching Health Center GME (THCGME) program, along with Community Health Centers and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No. - Teaching Health Center GME funding/Training the Next Generation of Primary Care Doctors Act. No Bill No. - Tobacco Use Prevention: Urged support for Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act, Safe Kids Act, and Tobacco to 21 bill. No Bill No. - Surprise Billing: Shared letter on surprise billing. No Bill No. - Drug Prices: Recommendations for various biologic and insulin drug pricing bills. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC.
2019 · third_quarter · Insurance
HR 2774 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: Create a Primary Care benefit in high deductible health plans. No Bill No. - Administrative Burden: Reduced administrative burden on family physicians. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Support for vaccines, maternal health, transparency, and reducing administrative burdens. Also, support for reauthorizing the Teaching Health Center GME (THCGME) program, along with Community Health Centers and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No. - Surprise Billing: Shared letter on surprise billing. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": Health care coverage for all, administrative simplification. No Bill No. - Title VII Primary Care training Enhancement Grants: Support for family medicine training.
Client expense: $997,393 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office
2019 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
S.289 - Rural Physician Workforce Production Act of 2019, H.R.1358 - Advancing Medical Resident Training in Community Hospitals Act of 2019, general education around rural graduate medical education and workforce, and advanced alternative payment model issues; H.R.2774, Primary Care Patient Protection Act of 2019; H.R.3107, Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2019; H.R. 4378, Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Health Extenders Act of 2019.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2019 · second_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
HR 2774 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: Create a Primary Care benefit in high deductible health plans.
Client expense: $937,762 · 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), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
2019 · second_quarter · Health Issues
S192, HR1943, HR1983, S962, S106 - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Underserved area access. HR 986 - Affordable Care Act - the Protecting Americans with Preexisting Conditions Act of 2019: Support of the Bill. HR 987 - Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act: The legislation would encourage competition needed to lower drug costs. S 1191/HR 1358: Advancing Medical Resident Training in Community Hospitals: GME reform to support rural residency training; correct rotator problems. HR 1897/S 916: Mothers and Offspring Mortality Awareness Act or the MOMMA's Act: Support for the maternal mortality bill. HR 2774 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: Create a Primary Care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2815/S 1191 - Support to reauthorize the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program: Supported the Training the Next Generation of Primary Care Doctors Act. HR 2862 - Vaccine/Infectious Disease prevention: Urged support for the vaccines act. HR 2895 - Conrad State 30 & Physician Access Act: Expand J-1 visa waiter program for medical residents. HR 3436 Chronic Care Management: to remove cost-sharing reponsibilities for chronic care management services under the medicare plan. S 289 - Rural Physician Workforce Protection Act: GME reform to support rural residency training. S 304 HR 2815 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Increased, extended THCGME funding. HR 3030 - Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute reauthorization: Patient-centered, primary care research, AHRQ funding. No Bill No. - National Advisory Committee on NHSC: Scholarships/loan repayment for family physicians/access to care. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": protecting patients and families from unanticipated medical bills. No Bill No. - FY20 funding for AHRQ, HRSA, CDC, CMS: AAFP federal spending priorities. No Bill No. - Group of Six Physician Roundtable: Introducing new legislators to primary care physician's agenda. No Bill No. - Rural Health: Eliminate disparities to access to quality care for rural populations. No Bill No. - Title VII Primary Care training Enhancement Grants: Support for family medicine training. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians No Bill No. - Council of Graduate Medical Education (COGME): GME Reform to increase family medicine residencies. No Bill No. - Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry: Health Professions Training Grants for family medicine. No Bill No. - NRHA Maternal Health in Rural Communities Forum: Improve maternal and child health in rural communities. No Bill No. - Obesity Drug Study: Responding to GAO inquiry on AAFP policy on obesity drugs. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Commenting on legislative proposals to increase transparency and address insurance-physician contracting. The letter also addressed education and public health issues. No Bill No. - Primary Care workforce programs: Submitted testimony urging support for the THCGME program, along with the National Health Service Corps. No. Bill No. - Title X Family Planning: Submitted testimony expressing support for the title X Family Planning program. No Bill No. - Tobacco Use Prevention: Supported 7 bills that would support Tobacco at age 21 sales, prohibiting flavors, supporting smoke free VA health facilities, prohibiting carve out for specialty cigars, and a comprehensive youth tobacco use prevention bill. No Bill No. - Medicaid: Urged support for the Medicaid parity for the US territories. No Bill No. - Mission Act - Veterans Healthcare: Monitor implementation of Mission Act, veterans' access to community-based physicians.
2019 · second_quarter · Insurance
HR 986 - Affordable Care Act - the Protecting Americans with Preexisting Conditions Act of 2019: Support of the Bill. HR 987 - Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act: The legislation would encourage competition needed to lower drug costs. HR 2774 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: Create a Primary Care benefit in high deductible health plans. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians. No Bill No. - Direct Contracting Geographic Population Based Payment; How CMS might structure a proposed APM. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Commenting on legislative proposals to increase transparency and address insurance-physician contracting. The letter also addressed education and public health issues.
Client expense: $937,762 · Firm income: Not reported
2019 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
S.289 - Rural Physician Workforce Production Act of 2019, H.R.1358 - Advancing Medical Resident Training in Community Hospitals Act of 2019, general education around rural graduate medical education and workforce, direct primary care and advanced alternative payment model issues; H.R.2774, Primary Care Patient Protection Act of 2019; H.R.3107, Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2019.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
| Democratic |
| DC |
| Elise M. Stefanik | Republican | NY |
| Josh Harder | Democratic | CA |
| Julia Brownley | Democratic | CA |
| Raja Krishnamoorthi | Democratic | IL |
| Ron Kind | Democratic | WI |
| Scott R. Tipton | Republican | CO |
| Sharice Davids | Democratic | KS |
| Susie Lee | Democratic | NV |
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Client expense: $908,864 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE, White House Office
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Client expense: $1,690,000 · 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), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Indian Health Service, SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Client expense: $102,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Client expense: $1,039,649 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Client expense: $1,880,000 · 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), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
Government targets: Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Indian Health Service, Natl Economic Council (NEC), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Client expense: $997,393 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office
Client expense: $1,218,792 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), White House Office
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), White House Office
Client expense: $1,840,000 · 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), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
Client expense: $97,200 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Client expense: $997,393 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office
Client expense: $937,762 · 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), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
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), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office