Ensuring Seniors’ Access to COVID Treatments Act

HR 3: Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drugs Cost Now Act,-provisions to modernize the Part D benefit and provisions that require HHS to negotiate prices for certain drugs. HR 19/S 3129: The Lower Costs, More Cures Act, reforms drug pricing by promoting greater competition and redesign of the Medicare Part D benefit. HR 6739: Ensuring Seniors Access to COVID Treatments Act. HR 6800: HEROES Act, Sec. 30205 Requiring Coverage Under Medicare PDPS and MA-PD Plans, Without the Imposition of Cost Sharing or Utilization Management Requirements, of Drugs Intended to Treat Covid - During Certain Emergencies. Value-based contracting and Medicaid Best Price. Sec. 3714 of P.L. 116-136 The CARES Act, related to requiring that Medicare Part D and C plan beneficiaries have access to 90-day prescriptions at the beneficiarys request. S. 2543: The Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act (PDPRA) of 2019 -provisions on Medicare Part D and PBMs. Outreach on pharmacy direct and indirect remuneration in Medicare Part D and real time benefit tools. Implementation of Sec. 2003 SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, provisions related to implementation of Every Prescription Conveyed Securely Act.

Client expense: $110,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE

Medicare Advantage; Medicaid Expansion; Medicaid General; Medicare Data Sharing; Privacy; Medicare prescription drug prices, CMS; Generic drugs (CREATES); drug approval; HELP cost reduction package; CHIP; MACRA; Provider funding; Medicaid FMAP Increase; Coronvirus Medicaid Response; Rate Notice and Call Letter H.R.3107 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA-01) H.R. 5582 - 116th Congress - Second Session Parental Accessibility Rights for Emergency and Negligent Treatment Act Sponsor: Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC-03) H.R. 5741 - 116th Congress - Second Session Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act Sponsor: Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL-07) H.R. 5897 - 116th Congress - Second Session Preventing Abuse and Neglect of Vulnerable Americans Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ-07) H.R. 5900 - 116th Congress - Second Session Accelerating Kids' Access to Care Act Sponsor: Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-MA-04) H.R. 6098 - 116th Congress - Second Session To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to allow States to expand income eligibility standards under the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Nanette Barragan (D-CA-44) H.R. 6273 - 116th Congress - Second Session Protecting Vulnerable Americans in Times of Crisis Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-NC-01) H.R. 5693 - 116th Congress - Second Session Primary Health Services Enhancement Act Sponsor: Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI-03) H.R. 5833 - 116th Congress - Second Session To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit the use of certain psychological evaluation via telehealth for Medicare coverage of neurostimulation services for the treatment of chronic pain. Sponsor: Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH-05) H.R. 6147 - 116th Congress - Second Session Help Extend Auditory Relief (HEAR) Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-PA-08) H.R. 6179 - 116th Congress - Second Session Increasing Access to Biosimilars Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Tony Cardenas (D-CA-29) H.R. 6218 - 116th Congress - Second Session Preserving Patient Access to Home Infusion Act Sponsor: Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY-16) H.R. 5534 116th Congress - First Session Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI-03) H.R. 6214 - 116th Congress - Second Session To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of testing for COVID-19 at no cost sharing under the Medicare Advantage program. Sponsor: Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI-03) H.R. 6282 - 116th Congress - Second Session Commission on America's Medical Security Act Sponsor: Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-CA-36) H.R. 6462 - 116th Congress - Second Session Emergency Medicaid for Coronavirus Treatment Act Sponsor: Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ-07) H.R. 6486 - 116th Congress - Second Session Care for COVID-19 Act 2.0 Sponsor: Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-CA-36) H.R. 6495 - 116th Congress - Second Session Insular Area Medicaid Parity Act Sponsor: Del. Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (D-MP At-Large) H.R. 6616 - 116th Congress - Second Session Stronger Medicaid Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic Act Sponsor: Rep. Tony Cardenas (D-CA-29) H.R. 6658 - 116th Congress - Second Session Insular Area Medicaid Coronavirus Recovery Act Sponsor: Del. Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (D-MP At-Large) H.R. 6674 - 116th Congress - Second Session Medicare Crisis Program Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07) H.R. 6739 - 116th Congress - Second Session Ensuring Seniors' Access to COVID Treatments Act Sponsor: Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL-06) H.R. 7062 - 116th Congress - Second Session Affordable Insulin for the COVID-19 Emergency Act Sponsor: Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA-43) H.R. 7127 - 116th Congress - Second Session To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make technical amendments to the separate payment under the Medicare program for disposable negative pressure wound therapy devices. Sponsor: Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-NC-01) H.R. 7154 - 116th Congress - Second Session Outpatient Therapy Modernization and Stabilization Act Sponsor: Brendan Boyle (D-PA-02) H.R. 6583 - 116th Congress - Second Session To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a risk corridor program for Medicare Advantage plans during the COVID-19 emergency, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-06) H.R. 6640 - 116th Congress - Second Session Medicare Advantage COVID Treatment Act Sponsor: Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-FL-26) H.R. 6837 - 116th Congress - Second Session Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments Improvement Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL-10) H.R. 7292 - 116th Congress - Second Session To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for forgiveness of certain accelerated and advance payments under parts A and B of the Medicare program. Sponsor: Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-09) H.R. 7323 - 116th Congress - Second Session Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY-20) H.R. 7338 - 116th Congress - Second Session To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit the Secretary of Health and Human Services to waive requirements relating to the furnishing of telehealth services under the Medicare program, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY-At-Large) H.R. 5882 - 116th Congress - Second Session Generating Effective and Novel Evidence for Therapy Payment Act Sponsor: Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-OR-05) H.R. 6159 - 116th Congress - Second Session Kids' Access to Primary Care Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Kim Schrier (D-WA-08) H.R. 6281 - 116th Congress - Second Session Medicare Wage Index Parity Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ-09) H.R. 6649 - 116th Congress - Second Session Lower Drug Costs for Seniors During COVID-19 Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-09)

Medicare Advantage; Medicaid Expansion; Medicaid General; Medicare Data Sharing; Privacy; Medicare prescription drug prices, CMS; Generic drugs (CREATES); drug approval; HELP cost reduction package; CHIP; MACRA; Provider funding; Medicaid FMAP Increase; Coronvirus Medicaid Response; Rate Notice and Call Letter H.R.3107 - 116th Congress (2019-2020) Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA-01) H.R. 5741 - 116th Congress - Second Session Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act Sponsor: Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL-07) H.R. 5900 - 116th Congress - Second Session Accelerating Kids' Access to Care Act Sponsor: Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-MA-04) H.R. 6098 - 116th Congress - Second Session To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to allow States to expand income eligibility standards under the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Nanette Barragan (D-CA-44) H.R. 6273 - 116th Congress - Second Session Protecting Vulnerable Americans in Times of Crisis Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-NC-01) H.R. 5833 - 116th Congress - Second Session To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit the use of certain psychological evaluation via telehealth for Medicare coverage of neurostimulation services for the treatment of chronic pain. Sponsor: Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH-05) H.R. 6179 - 116th Congress - Second Session Increasing Access to Biosimilars Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Tony Cardenas (D-CA-29) H.R. 6218 - 116th Congress - Second Session Preserving Patient Access to Home Infusion Act Sponsor: Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY-16) h.R. 6214 - 116th Congress - Second Session To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of testing for COVID-19 at no cost sharing under the Medicare Advantage program. Sponsor: Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI-03) H.R. 6282 - 116th Congress - Second Session Commission on America's Medical Security Act Sponsor: Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-CA-36) H.R. 6462 - 116th Congress - Second Session Emergency Medicaid for Coronavirus Treatment Act Sponsor: Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ-07) H.R. 6486 - 116th Congress - Second Session Care for COVID-19 Act 2.0 Sponsor: Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-CA-36) H.R. 6616 - 116th Congress - Second Session Stronger Medicaid Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic Act Sponsor: Rep. Tony Cardenas (D-CA-29) H.R. 6658 - 116th Congress - Second Session Insular Area Medicaid Coronavirus Recovery Act Sponsor: Del. Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (D-MP At-Large) H.R. 6674 - 116th Congress - Second Session Medicare Crisis Program Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07) H.R. 6739 - 116th Congress - Second Session Ensuring Seniors' Access to COVID Treatments Act Sponsor: Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL-06) H.R. 7062 - 116th Congress - Second Session Affordable Insulin for the COVID-19 Emergency Act Sponsor: Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA-43) H.R. 7127 - 116th Congress - Second Session To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make technical amendments to the separate payment under the Medicare program for disposable negative pressure wound therapy devices. Sponsor: Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-NC-01) H.R. 6640 - 116th Congress - Second Session Medicare Advantage COVID Treatment Act Sponsor: Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-FL-26) .R. 6837 - 116th Congress - Second Session Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments Improvement Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL-10) H.R. 7292 - 116th Congress - Second Session To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for forgiveness of certain accelerated and advance payments under parts A and B of the Medicare program. Sponsor: Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-09) H.R. 7323 - 116th Congress - Second Session Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act of 2019 Sponsor: Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY-20) H.R. 7338 - 116th Congress - Second Session To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit the Secretary of Health and Human Services to waive requirements relating to the furnishing of telehealth services under the Medicare program, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY-At-Large) H.R. 5882 - 116th Congress - Second Session Generating Effective and Novel Evidence for Therapy Payment Act Sponsor: Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-OR-05) H.R. 6159 - 116th Congress - Second Session Kids' Access to Primary Care Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Kim Schrier (D-WA-08) H.R. 6281 - 116th Congress - Second Session Medicare Wage Index Parity Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ-09) H.R. 6649 - 116th Congress - Second Session Lower Drug Costs for Seniors During COVID-19 Act of 2020 Sponsor: Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-09)

Ensuring Seniors Access to COVID Treatments Act (H.R. 6739), Implementation of Every Prescription Conveyed Securely Act provisions of S. 3528 (115th congress), value-based contracting and Medicaid, Section 30205 of the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act (H.R. 6800), Lower Costs, More Cures Act (S. 3129/HR 19).

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Medicare Advantage; Medicaid Expansion; Medicaid; Medicare Data Sharing; Privacy; Medicare Prescription Drug Prices; CMS; Generic Drugs (CREATES Act); Drug Approval; HELP Cost Reduction Package; CHIP, MACRA; Provider Funding; Medicaid FMAP Increase; Coronavirus Medicaid Response; Rate Notice and Call Letter HR 3107 (116th Congress), Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2019, by Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA). Establish requirements with respect to the use of prior authorization under Medicare Advantage plans. HR 5534 (116th Congress), Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2019, by Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI). Provide for extended months of Medicare coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant patients. HR 5582 (116th Congress), Parental Accessibility Rights for Emergency and Negligent Treatment Act, by Rep. Gregory Murphy (R-NC). Expands the scope of advance directive policies and related disclosures for providers under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). HR 5693 (116th Congress), Primary Health Services Enhancement Act, by Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI). Expand Medicare Rural Health Clinic Services and Federally Qualified Health Center Services to include physical therapy services. HR 5741 (116th Congress), Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act, by Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL). Clarify parameters for model testing and add accountability to model expansion under the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. HR 5833 (116th Congress), by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH). Permit the use of certain psychological evaluation via telehealth for Medicare coverage of neurostimulation services for the treatment of chronic pain. HR 5882 (116th Congress), GENE Therapy Payment Act, by Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-OR). Provide States with the option under the Medicaid program to pay for covered outpatient drugs through risk-sharing value-based agreements. HR 5897 (116th Congress), Preventing Abuse and Neglect of Vulnerable Americans Act of 2020, by Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ). Requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to publish specified information on its website relating to deficiencies of Medicaid intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities, including information regarding inspections, complaints, and administrative actions. HR 5900 (116th Congress), Accelerating Kids' Access to Care Act, by Rep. Joseph Kennedy (D-MA). Requires state Medicaid programs to establish a process through which qualifying out-of-state providers may enroll as participating providers without undergoing additional screening requirements. HR 6098 (116th Congress), by Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragan (D-CA). Allow States to expand income eligibility standards under the Childrens Health Insurance Program. HR 6147 (116th Congress), Help Extend Auditory Relief (HEAR) Act of 2020, by Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-PA). Provide coverage under the Medicare program of hearing aids and related hearing services. HR 6159 (116th Congress), Kids Access to Primary Care Act of 2020, by Rep. Kim Schrier (D-WA). Renew the application of the Medicare payment rate floor to primary care services furnished under the Medicaid program. HR 6179 (116th Congress), Increasing Access to Biosimilars Act of 2020, by Rep. Tony Cardenas (D-CA). Require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a demonstration project to increase access to biosimilar biological products under the Medicare program. HR 6214 (116th Congress), by Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI). Provide for coverage of testing for COVID-19 at no cost sharing under the Medicare Advantage program. HR 6218 (116th Congress), Preserving Patient Access to Home Infusion Act, by Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY). Clarify congressional intent and preserve patient access to home infusion therapy under the Medicare program. HR 6263 (116th Congress), by Rep. John Sarbanes (D-MD). Waive cost sharing under the Medicare program for certain visits relating to testing for COVID-19. HR 6273 (116th Congress), Protecting Vulnerable Americans in Times of Crisis Act of 2020, by Rep. G. K. Butterfield (D-NC). Increase allotments under the Medicaid program for territories of the United States, to provide for a temporary increase in the Federal medical assistance percentage for States under the Medicaid program. HR 6281 (116th Congress), Medicare Wage Index Parity Act of 2020, by Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ). Provides statutory authority for, and extends, a specified methodology used to calculate the minimum Medicare hospital wage index for all-urban states. HR 6282 (116th Congress), Commission on America's Medical Security Act, by Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-CA). Establish a commission to assess, evaluate, and address the dependence of the United States on medications, devices, and medical equipment from foreign countries. HR 6336 (116th Congress), Increasing Hospital Capacity to Fight the Coronavirus Act of 2020, by Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC). Provide 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 6486 (116th Congress), Care for COVID-19 Act 2.0, by Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-CA). Require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a special enrollment period during the COVID-19 emergency period, to require the Secretary to carry out outreach and educational activities for such special enrollment period, to require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage to provide coverage without any cost sharing for certain items and services furnished during any portion of such emergency period. HR 6487 (116th Congress), Advancing Connectivity during the Coronavirus to Ensure Support for Seniors Act, by Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL). Increase the ability of nursing facilities to access telehealth services and obtain technologies to allow virtual visits during the public health emergency relating to an outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). HR 6583 (116th Congress), by Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA). Establish a risk corridor program for Medicare Advantage plans during the COVID-19 emergency. HR 6616 (116th Congress), Stronger Medicaid Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic Act, by Rep. Tony Cardenas (D-CA). Allows COVID-19 vaccines and treatment, as well as treatment for conditions that may complicate COVID-19 treatment, for uninsured individuals to be covered under Medicaid during the public health emergency. HR 6640 (116th Congress), Medicare Advantage COVID Treatment Act, by Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-FL). Requires Medicare Advantage (MA) plans to cover specified treatment services relating to COVID-19 without cost-sharing during the public health emergency. HR 6649 (116th Congress), Lower Drug Costs for Seniors During COVID-19 Act of 2020, by Rep. Janice Schakowsky (D-IL). Requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to establish a process for prescription drug plans under Medicare and Medicare Advantage to allow enrollees to make coinsurance payments in periodic installments, if the enrollee chooses to obtain the entire prescribed supply of a covered drug in a single fill. HR 6674 (116th Congress), Medicare Crisis Program Act of 2020, by Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA). Ensure access to affordable, comprehensive health insurance benefits for certain uninsured individuals during the COVID-19 emergency, and to ensure adequate coverage of treatments for COVID-19 under the Medicare and Medicaid programs and under group health plans and group or individual health insurance coverage. HR 6698 (116th Congress), Quality Care for Nursing Home Residents and Workers During COVID-19 Act of 2020, by Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL). Improve the quality of care in skilled nursing facilities under the Medicare program and nursing facilities under the Medicare program during the COVID-19 emergency period. HR 6739 (116th Congress), Ensuring Seniors' Access to COVID Treatments Act, by Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL). Requires prescription drug plans under Medicare and Medicare Advantage to cover drugs that are approved to treat COVID-19 without cost-sharing during the public health emergency. HR 6753 (116th Congress), Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2020, by Rep. Abby Finkenauer (D-IA). Amend the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to extend the rural community hospital demonstration program. HR 6837 (116th Congress), Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments Improvement Act of 2020, by Rep. Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL). Modify the accelerated and advance payment programs under parts A and B of the Medicare program during the COVID-19 emergency. HR 6971 (116th Congress), Medical Nutrition Therapy Act of 2020, by Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY). Expand the availability of medical nutrition therapy services under the Medicare program. HR 7062 (116th Congress), Affordable Insulin for the COVID-19 Emergency Act, by Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA). Eliminate cost-sharing with respect to coverage of insulin as a covered part D drug and associated medical supplies and to provide mail order access to insulin and such supplies under the Medicare program during the COVID-19 emergency period. HR 7127 (116th Congress), by Rep. G. K. Butterfield (D-NC). Makes technical amendments to the separate payment under the Medicare program for disposable negative pressure wound therapy devices. HR 7154 (116th Congress), Outpatient Therapy Modernization and Stabilization Act, by Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA). Improve and ensure ongoing Medicare beneficiary access to outpatient therapy services. HR 7292 (116th Congress), COVID-19 Hospital and Health Provider Loan Forgiveness Act of 2020, by Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH). Provide for forgiveness of certain accelerated and advance payments under parts A and B of the Medicare program. HR 7323 (116th Congress), Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act of 2019, by Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY). Eliminate the 190-day lifetime limit on inpatient psychiatric hospital services under the Medicare Program. HR 7338 (116th Congress), by Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY). Permit the Secretary of Health and Human Services to waive requirements relating to the furnishing of telehealth services under the Medicare program. HR 7391 (116th Congress), by Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ). Remove certain geographic and originating site restrictions on the furnishing of telehealth services under the Medicare program.

Medicare Advantage; Medicaid Expansion; Medicaid; Medicare Data Sharing; Privacy; Medicare Prescription Drug Prices; CMS; Generic Drugs (CREATES Act); Drug Approval; HELP Cost Reduction Package; CHIP, MACRA; Provider Funding; Medicaid FMAP Increase; Coronavirus Medicaid Response; Rate Notice and Call Letter HR 3107 (116th Congress), Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2019, by Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA). Establish requirements with respect to the use of prior authorization under Medicare Advantage plans. HR 5534 (116th Congress), Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2019, by Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI). Provide for extended months of Medicare coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant patients. HR 5582 (116th Congress), Parental Accessibility Rights for Emergency and Negligent Treatment Act, by Rep. Gregory Murphy (R-NC). Expands the scope of advance directive policies and related disclosures for providers under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). HR 5693 (116th Congress), Primary Health Services Enhancement Act, by Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI). Expand Medicare Rural Health Clinic Services and Federally Qualified Health Center Services to include physical therapy services. HR 5741 (116th Congress), Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act, by Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL). Clarify parameters for model testing and add accountability to model expansion under the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. HR 5833 (116th Congress), by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH). Permit the use of certain psychological evaluation via telehealth for Medicare coverage of neurostimulation services for the treatment of chronic pain. HR 5882 (116th Congress), GENE Therapy Payment Act, by Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-OR). Provide States with the option under the Medicaid program to pay for covered outpatient drugs through risk-sharing value-based agreements. HR 5897 (116th Congress), Preventing Abuse and Neglect of Vulnerable Americans Act of 2020, by Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ). Requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to publish specified information on its website relating to deficiencies of Medicaid intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities, including information regarding inspections, complaints, and administrative actions. HR 5900 (116th Congress), Accelerating Kids' Access to Care Act, by Rep. Joseph Kennedy (D-MA). Requires state Medicaid programs to establish a process through which qualifying out-of-state providers may enroll as participating providers without undergoing additional screening requirements. HR 6098 (116th Congress), by Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragan (D-CA). Allow States to expand income eligibility standards under the Childrens Health Insurance Program. HR 6147 (116th Congress), Help Extend Auditory Relief (HEAR) Act of 2020, by Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-PA). Provide coverage under the Medicare program of hearing aids and related hearing services. HR 6159 (116th Congress), Kids Access to Primary Care Act of 2020, by Rep. Kim Schrier (D-WA). Renew the application of the Medicare payment rate floor to primary care services furnished under the Medicaid program. HR 6179 (116th Congress), Increasing Access to Biosimilars Act of 2020, by Rep. Tony Cardenas (D-CA). Require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a demonstration project to increase access to biosimilar biological products under the Medicare program. HR 6214 (116th Congress), by Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI). Provide for coverage of testing for COVID-19 at no cost sharing under the Medicare Advantage program. HR 6218 (116th Congress), Preserving Patient Access to Home Infusion Act, by Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY). Clarify congressional intent and preserve patient access to home infusion therapy under the Medicare program. HR 6263 (116th Congress), by Rep. John Sarbanes (D-MD). Waive cost sharing under the Medicare program for certain visits relating to testing for COVID-19. HR 6273 (116th Congress), Protecting Vulnerable Americans in Times of Crisis Act of 2020, by Rep. G. K. Butterfield (D-NC). Increase allotments under the Medicaid program for territories of the United States, to provide for a temporary increase in the Federal medical assistance percentage for States under the Medicaid program. HR 6281 (116th Congress), Medicare Wage Index Parity Act of 2020, by Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ). Provides statutory authority for, and extends, a specified methodology used to calculate the minimum Medicare hospital wage index for all-urban states. HR 6282 (116th Congress), Commission on America's Medical Security Act, by Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-CA). Establish a commission to assess, evaluate, and address the dependence of the United States on medications, devices, and medical equipment from foreign countries. HR 6336 (116th Congress), Increasing Hospital Capacity to Fight the Coronavirus Act of 2020, by Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC). Provide 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 6486 (116th Congress), Care for COVID-19 Act 2.0, by Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-CA). Require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a special enrollment period during the COVID-19 emergency period, to require the Secretary to carry out outreach and educational activities for such special enrollment period, to require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage to provide coverage without any cost sharing for certain items and services furnished during any portion of such emergency period. HR 6487 (116th Congress), Advancing Connectivity during the Coronavirus to Ensure Support for Seniors Act, by Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL). Increase the ability of nursing facilities to access telehealth services and obtain technologies to allow virtual visits during the public health emergency relating to an outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). HR 6583 (116th Congress), by Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA). Establish a risk corridor program for Medicare Advantage plans during the COVID-19 emergency. HR 6616 (116th Congress), Stronger Medicaid Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic Act, by Rep. Tony Cardenas (D-CA). Allows COVID-19 vaccines and treatment, as well as treatment for conditions that may complicate COVID-19 treatment, for uninsured individuals to be covered under Medicaid during the public health emergency. HR 6640 (116th Congress), Medicare Advantage COVID Treatment Act, by Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-FL). Requires Medicare Advantage (MA) plans to cover specified treatment services relating to COVID-19 without cost-sharing during the public health emergency. HR 6649 (116th Congress), Lower Drug Costs for Seniors During COVID-19 Act of 2020, by Rep. Janice Schakowsky (D-IL). Requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to establish a process for prescription drug plans under Medicare and Medicare Advantage to allow enrollees to make coinsurance payments in periodic installments, if the enrollee chooses to obtain the entire prescribed supply of a covered drug in a single fill. HR 6674 (116th Congress), Medicare Crisis Program Act of 2020, by Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA). Ensure access to affordable, comprehensive health insurance benefits for certain uninsured individuals during the COVID-19 emergency, and to ensure adequate coverage of treatments for COVID-19 under the Medicare and Medicaid programs and under group health plans and group or individual health insurance coverage. HR 6698 (116th Congress), Quality Care for Nursing Home Residents and Workers During COVID-19 Act of 2020, by Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL). Improve the quality of care in skilled nursing facilities under the Medicare program and nursing facilities under the Medicare program during the COVID-19 emergency period. HR 6739 (116th Congress), Ensuring Seniors' Access to COVID Treatments Act, by Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL). Requires prescription drug plans under Medicare and Medicare Advantage to cover drugs that are approved to treat COVID-19 without cost-sharing during the public health emergency. HR 6753 (116th Congress), Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2020, by Rep. Abby Finkenauer (D-IA). Amend the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to extend the rural community hospital demonstration program. HR 6837 (116th Congress), Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments Improvement Act of 2020, by Rep. Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL). Modify the accelerated and advance payment programs under parts A and B of the Medicare program during the COVID-19 emergency. HR 6971 (116th Congress), Medical Nutrition Therapy Act of 2020, by Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY). Expand the availability of medical nutrition therapy services under the Medicare program. HR 7062 (116th Congress), Affordable Insulin for the COVID-19 Emergency Act, by Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA). Eliminate cost-sharing with respect to coverage of insulin as a covered part D drug and associated medical supplies and to provide mail order access to insulin and such supplies under the Medicare program during the COVID-19 emergency period. HR 7127 (116th Congress), by Rep. G. K. Butterfield (D-NC). Makes technical amendments to the separate payment under the Medicare program for disposable negative pressure wound therapy devices. HR 7154 (116th Congress), Outpatient Therapy Modernization and Stabilization Act, by Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA). Improve and ensure ongoing Medicare beneficiary access to outpatient therapy services. HR 7292 (116th Congress), COVID-19 Hospital and Health Provider Loan Forgiveness Act of 2020, by Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH). Provide for forgiveness of certain accelerated and advance payments under parts A and B of the Medicare program. HR 7323 (116th Congress), Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act of 2019, by Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY). Eliminate the 190-day lifetime limit on inpatient psychiatric hospital services under the Medicare Program. HR 7338 (116th Congress), by Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY). Permit the Secretary of Health and Human Services to waive requirements relating to the furnishing of telehealth services under the Medicare program. HR 7391 (116th Congress), by Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ). Remove certain geographic and originating site restrictions on the furnishing of telehealth services under the Medicare program.