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Resetting the Impact Act of 2021 or the TRIA Act of 2021 This bill requires certain data collection and recommendations relating to a Medicare post-acute care prospective payment system to incorporate the effects of COVID-19 on providers and patients. Current law requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to develop a prototype for a unified Medicare payment system for post-acute care that is based primarily on patient characteristics (e.g., cognitive ability, functional status, or impairments) rather than the provider setting (e.g., skilled nursing facility, home health agency, inpatient rehabilitation facility, or long-term care hospital). The bill requires the prototype to account for the role of post-acute care providers during public health emergencies, particularly in light of the COVID-19 emergency and the related effects on such providers and their patients. The bill also delays the development of the prototype until two years after the later of January 1, 2022, and the date by which the CMS has collected eight calendar quarters of data after the emergency ends and other changes have been implemented.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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2022 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Monitoring the following bills HR22114- To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to require skilled nursing facilities, nursing facilities, and intermediate care facilities for the intellectually disabled to permit certain essential caregiver visitors during a public health emergency under the Medicare and Medicaid programs. HR331- Nurses CARE Act of 2021 Nurses Certification And Recognition of Experience Act of 2021 HR828- PREPARE LTC Act Promoting Restoration of Emergency Preparedness and Advancing Response to Epidemics in Long-Term Care Act HR844-PROTECT Long Term Care Facilities Act Protecting Residents with Oversight, Transparency, and Enforcement for Compassionate Treatment in Long-Term Care Facilities Act S230 PREPARE LTC Act Promoting Restoration of Emergency Preparedness and Advancing Response to Epidemics in Long-Term Care Act S782 Nursing Home Reform Modernization Act of 2021 SRes151- A resolution calling on the President and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to take action to lower prescription drug costs. S274-Stronger Medicaid Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic Act H.R. 2455 The Resetting the IMPACT Act of 2021 Monitoring HR1868 To prevent across-the-board direct spending cuts, and for other purposes. Support HR 2455 Resetting the Impact Act of 2021 TRIA Act of 2021 Support HR 5376 Support HR 3617 Support HR 2768 Support S 3018 Monitoring S870 Improving Access to Mental Health Act of 2021 Monitoring HR 5563 Stop Penalizing Working Seniors Act Support HR 1868 To prevent across-the-board direct spending cuts, and for other purposes. Monitoring HR3173 Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2022 Support HR8812 To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act and the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 to increase access to services provided by advanced practice registered nurses under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and for other purpose Monitoring HR7755 John Lewis Equality in Medicare and Medicaid Treatment Act of 2022
Client expense: $29,721 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
IRF payment and coverage issues; prior authorization reform (HR 3173. S. 3018); Review Choice Demonstration advocacy; IMPACT Act reset efforts (H.R. 2455); COVID relief
Client expense: $215,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
2022 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Support H.R. 315,Medicare Sequester COVID Moratorium Act, a bill to amend the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act to extend the temporary suspension of Medicare sequestration; Support H.R. 1332 and S.368,Telehealth Modernization Act, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make permanent certain telehealth flexibilities under the Medicare program related to the COVID-19 public health emergency; Discussion with the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) about the Radiation Oncology Alternative Payment Model; Support H.R. 1868, a bill that, among other health care provisions, would eliminate the 2% across-the-board cut to all Medicare payments, known as sequestration, until the end of 2021; Support H.R. 2455, The Resetting the Impact Act (TRIA), a bill to amend the IMPACT Act of 2014 to reset data collection and the development of a payment system technical prototype for post-acute care providers under the Medicare program to take into account the effects of COVID-19; Support H.R. 3173/ S.3018, Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2021, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish requirements with respect to the use of prior authorization under Medicare Advantage plans, and for other purposes; Support H.R. 1887/ S. 4009, Rural Hospital Support Act, a bill to make permanent the Medicare Dependent Hospital (MDH) and Low-volume Adjustment programs and rebases the MDH and Sole Community Hospital programs; Support relief for Medicare advanced payments; Discussion with CMMI about the priorities for alternative payment models; Support HR 4587, Value in Health Care Act of 2021, a bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise certain regulations in relation to the Medicare shared savings program and other advanced alternative payment arrangements to encourage participation in such program, and for other purposes; Support HR 3746, Accountable Care in Rural America Act, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the benchmarking process for the Medicare Shared Savings Program; Support H.R. 5425/ S. 1988, Protecting Rural Telehealth Access Act, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect access to telehealth services under the Medicare program; Letter asking Congress to address two important issues by the end of the year: an extension of the moratorium on Medicare sequester cuts, as well as preventing the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) sequester from taking effect; Letter urging Congress to remove the reductions to the Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) program and uncompensated care pools from the Build Back Better Act; Support H.R. 5674/ S. 3061Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act of 2021, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the 190-day lifetime limit on inpatient psychiatric hospital services under the Medicare Program; Letter to the HHS secretary asking for PHE extension and urging HHS to extend the declaration for at least 90 days; Letter to the HHS secretary asking to renew the COVID-19 PHE; Letter to CMS urging changes to MA prior authorization requirements for PHE; Letter expressing our disappointment that Congress is adjourning for April recess without addressing the needs of hospitals and health systems and urging Congress to act to ensure health care providers have the critical relief, including but not limited to extending the Medicare sequester relief, adding more PRF dollars, and providing flexibility in the repayment terms for Medicare accelerated and advance repayments; Provide comments in response to the (CMS) request for information regarding access to coverage and care in the Medicaid and Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) programs. The critical components for a comprehensive access and coverage strategy for Medicaid and CHIP should include: Robust outreach and enrollment efforts to secure and maintain coverage for eligible individuals and families, as well as ensure beneficiary knowledge of how to use this coverage, Standards to ensure timely and equitable access to quality care, and Provider payments that are sufficient to enable beneficiaries' access to quality care; Provide comments in response to the Department of Homeland Securitys (DHS) proposed rule to codify standards and clarify policies that govern public charge determinations. Public charge determinations assess how likely it is that an individual will become dependent on government assistance (public benefits) for support and subsistence. These policy clarifications are intended to help immigrants and their family members better understand when the use of certain public benefits could impact their future immigration status and address the chilling effects of the now-repealed 2019 public charge final rule. The AHA supports DHSs efforts to clarify policies regarding how public charge determinations are made to help reverse the damaging effects of the repealed 2019 public charge rule; A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to expand the availability of mental, emotional, and behavioral health services under the Medicaid program; Letter urging Congress to halt further cuts to hospital payments. Need to stop a harmful Medicare payment cut to providers that will go into effect July 1 without congressional action. Specifically, a 1% Medicare sequester cut took effect April 1, and that cut will increase to 2% on July 1 if Congress does not act. This will result in billions of dollars being cut from hospitals and health systems by the end of the year; Submitted comment letter regarding Medicare Program; Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2023 and Updates to the IRF Quality Reporting Program. We note that the proposed IRF PPS labor-related share would only modestly shift upward from 72.9% in FY 2022 to 73.2% in FY 2022. AHA is concerned that these changes neither align regarding massive cost growth in recent months and years; Provide Comments on the Medicare Program - Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities and Updates to the Quality Reporting Program and Value-Based Purchasing Program for Federal Fiscal Year 2023 which stated the Proposed FY 2023 Payment Update warrants closer examination and we urge CMS to discuss in the final rule how the agency will account for these increased costs. The timing of this proposed net decrease in payments could not be worse, given the well-documented impact of the COVID-19 public emergency (PHE) on the SNF and nursing home field; Letter sent to the bipartisan, bicameral Leadership of the House and Senate, urging Congress to act to prevent further Medicare sequester cuts scheduled to take effect on July 1; Submitted comment letter about inpatient and long-term care hospital prospective payment system proposed rule for fiscal year 2023. Concerned that CMS is proposing policies and payment adjustment that do not take into account the current the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) and its atypical market forces and pandemic-driven aberrations affecting the utilization and cost of providing LTCH services. Specifically, we are concerned by proposals for an inadequate market basket update and an untenable spike in the high-cost outlier threshold; Letter urges Congress to call on CMS to make changes to the hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) proposed rule for fiscal year (FY) 2023 in order to ensure that Medicare payments for acute care services more accurately reflect the cost of providing hospital care to patients and communities; Support the bipartisan Dear Colleague letters that ask CMS to make critical changes to the hospital inpatient prospective payment system proposed rule for fiscal year (FY) 2023 to more accurately reflect the cost of providing hospital care to patients; Support HR 8487/ S 3173 Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2022, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish requirements with respect to the use of prior authorization under Medicare Advantage plans; Support HR 8747 Assistance for Rural Community Hospitals Act of 2022 or the ARCH Act of 2022, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend Medicare-dependent hospital and Medicare low-volume hospital payments; Oppose HR 1330/ S 4130 Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2022, a bill to repeal changes made by health care reform laws to the Medicare exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals, and for other purposes; Support HR 8188/ S4449 Saving Access to Laboratory Services Act, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the accuracy of market-based Medicare payment for clinical diagnostic laboratory services, to reduce administrative burdens in the collection of data, and for other purposes; Letter urged Congress to prevent the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (Statutory PAYGO) sequester from taking effect at the end of this session of Congress. Failure to waive Statutory PAYGO sequester cuts would result in $38 billion in Medicare cuts in fiscal year 2023 which would have a devastating impact on the health care field, destabilizing health care access; Letter expressing opportunities to increase participation, enhance efficacy of Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) programs, and further transition our health care system from volume to value; Letter to provide feedback on the cybersecurity policy proposals released in Senator Warner report. Hospitals and health systems have prioritized protecting patients and defending their networks from cyberattacks. However, they need support from the federal government as the field continues to face targets from sophisticated cyber adversaries and nation-states; Letter to leadership encouraging Congress to take steps to provide relief to those seeking and administering behavioral health care; Support HR 7744, Building Americas Health Care Workforce Act, a bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to extend beyond the COVID-19 emergency period, with certain modifications, the Emergency Declaration Blanket Waiver relating to training and certification of nurse aides to alleviate burdens imposed on staff of skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities.
2022 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
H.R. 2455, The Resetting the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Transformation Act (IMPACT Act) of 2021; FY 2022 Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule; CMS-10765 Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request H.R. 2167, Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $110,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2022 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
H.R. 2455 The Resetting the Impact Act of 2021; Review Choice Demonstration for Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (CMS-10765) H.R. 2167, Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2022 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
| Republican |
| WV |
| Ann M. Kuster | Democratic | NH |
| Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Democratic | NJ |
| Bill Posey | Republican | FL |
| Bob Good | Republican | VA |
| Brad R. Wenstrup | Republican | OH |
| Brendan F. Boyle | Democratic | PA |
| Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Republican | PA |
| Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann | Republican | TN |
| Chellie Pingree | Democratic | ME |
| Claudia Tenney | Republican | NY |
| Colin Z. Allred | Democratic | TX |
| Daniel Meuser | Republican | PA |
| David B. McKinley | Republican | WV |
| David Kustoff | Republican | TN |
| Diana DeGette | Democratic | CO |
| Don Bacon | Republican | NE |
| Doug Lamborn | Republican | CO |
| Elaine G. Luria | Democratic | VA |
| J. French Hill | Republican | AR |
| Jason Smith | Republican | MO |
| Jeff Fortenberry | Republican | NE |
| Jefferson Van Drew | Republican | NJ |
| Jodey C. Arrington | Republican | TX |
| John B. Larson | Democratic | CT |
| Ken Calvert | Republican | CA |
| Lloyd Smucker | Republican | PA |
| Lucy McBath | Democratic | GA |
| Mike Kelly | Republican | PA |
| Mikie Sherrill | Democratic | NJ |
| Nancy Mace | Republican | SC |
| Ralph Norman | Republican | SC |
| Robert B. Aderholt | Republican | AL |
| Rodney Davis | Republican | IL |
| Ronny Jackson | Republican | TX |
| Sheila Jackson Lee | Democratic | TX |
| Stephen F. Lynch | Democratic | MA |
| Thomas R. Suozzi | Democratic | NY |
| Tom Rice | Republican | SC |
| Tony Cárdenas | Democratic | CA |
| Troy E. Nehls | Republican | TX |
| Vern Buchanan | Republican | FL |
| W. Gregory Steube | Republican | FL |
Client expense: $6,950,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE
Area wage index - Save Rural Hospitals Act (S.999, H.R. 4066); behavioral health; Workforce -Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021 (S. 834/ H.R. 2256); Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act (S. 1024); Future Advancement of Academic Nursing Act (S. 246/H.R. 851); Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act (H.R. 1667); rural hospital medical residency and health workforce programs - Rural Health Health Corps Act (S. 924/H.R. 2130); post-acute care/inpatient rehabilitation facilities - IMPACT Act (TRIA) of 2021 (H.R. 2455),IRF CMS Review Choice Demonstration; 340b Eligibility requirements waiver - H.R. 3203 and S.773; Disproportionate Share Hospital and Uncompensated Care funding cuts in the Build Back Better; relief to repay payments received through the Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments program.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
2022 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Issues pertaining to representation of post-acute medical services in COVID-19-related legislative packages HR 1868 - An Act to prevent across-the-board direct spending cuts, and for other purposes H.R. 2455 - The Resetting the IMPACT Act (TRIA) of 2021 H.R. 3173 - The Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act S.3018 - The Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2021 H.R. 8580 - LTCH Access and Stability Act H.R. 8746 - Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Therapy Act of 2022 H.R. 9328 - Mental and Physical Health Care Comorbidities Act of 2022
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Issues related to Medicare reimbursement of long term care hospitals H.R.3173/S.3018, Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2021, Issues related to Medicare Advantage beneficiary access to long term care hospitals H.R.2455, The Resetting the IMPACT Act (TRIA) Issues related to Medicare reimbursement of long term care hospitals Issues related to the continuation of waivers authorized during the COVID-19 public health emergency H.R.8580, The LTCH Access and Stability Act
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2022 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
H.R. 2903/S. 1512, The CONNECT for Health Act and H.R. 1332/S. 368, The Telehealth Modernization Act, as they relate to telehealth. H.R. 2455, The Resetting the Impact (TRIA) Act, as it relates to payments for post-acute care providers. S. 2021/H.R. 3806, The SAFE Hospitals Act of 2021, as it relates to Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments. S. 2689/H.R. 5414, Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2021 and issues related to the Medicaid institutions for mental diseases exclusion. H.R. 2256/S. 834, The Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021. H.R. 4407/S. 1568, Technical Reset to Advance the Instruction of Nurses (TRAIN) Act. S. 2069/H.R. 4323, Excellence in Mental Health Addiction Treatment Act. Monitored H.R.432, Mental Health Access Improvement Act. Issues involving mandatory COVID vaccines for health care providers. Issues related to Medicare sequestration. Issues related to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) rule for Fiscal Year 2023. H.R. 7053 / S. 3792, Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act and issues related to Acute Hospital Care at Home program. H.R. 2617 (P.L. 117-328), the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, as it relates to Medicare Dependent Hospitals, Low Volume Hospital Payments, telehealth flexibilities, the Acute Hospital Care at Home program, and graduate medical education residency positions. Issues related to Medicaid payments for safety net providers.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2022 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Sequestration relief (Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act - S. 610) Rural hospital policies [Rural Health Clinic payment - Rural and Underserved Small Hospital Protection Act/RUSH Act (H.R. 1885), Rural HELP Act - HR 1749; Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act (H.R. 1639/S.644)] Graduate Medical Education (GME) funding (Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021 - S. 834/H.R. 2256; Opioid Workforce Act, S. 1438)/ Substance Use Disorder Workforce Act, H.R. 3441) H.R. 1749 (study on potential disparities in incurred costs for rural and urban hospitals and authorizing appropriate payment adjustments) S. 439, Coronavirus Medicaid Response Act (addressing FMAP) Telehealth flexibilities and payment (TREAT Act - S. 168/H.R. 708; Telehealth Modernization Act -S. 368/H.R. 1332; TREATS Act - S. 340; CONNECT for Health Act S. 1512/H.R. 2903; Ensuring Parity in MA and PACE for Audio-Only Telehealth Act S. 150/H.R. 2166; Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022, HR 2471) Resetting the Impact (TRIA) Act of 2021 (H.R. 2455) Prior Authorization reform - Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2021 (H.R. 3173/S.3018) S.586 / H.R. 3259 - Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation (NOPAIN) Act Annual Prospective Payment System Rules Accelerated and Advance Payment Program repayment flexibility (H.R. 1349, The COVID-19 Hospital and Health Provider Loan Conversion Act of 2021; H.R. 2407, Better Way for Providers to Repay Act of 2021) S. 408, Supporting Best Practices for Healthy Moms Act (to reduce maternal mortality) Nursing and allied health education (NAHE) program funding Technical Reset to Advance the Instruction of Nurses (TRAIN) Act (S. 1568 / HR 4407) - Nursing and allied health education payments Organ acquisition payment policies Clinical lab fee schedule False Claims Act amendments CMS Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination Interim Final Rule Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act (H.R. 7053 /S. 3792) - to extend the hospital at home waiver program Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act (S. 3061/H.R. 5674) HR 4040: Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act HELP Act Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Improvement Act MIND Act
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
TRAIN Act (S. 1568/H.R. 4407) to stop cuts to nursing and allied health programs Safety from Violence for Healthcare Employees (SAVE) Act (H.R. 7961) to protect healthcare workers. Sequestration relief Rural hospital policies (Rural Health Clinic payment - H.R. 1868; Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act H.R. 1639/S.644; Rural and Underserved Small Hospital Protection Act/RUSH Act (H.R. 1885); Rural America Health Corps Act (S. 924/H.R. 2130); Rural America Health Corps Act S.54); Rural Hospital Support Act (S. 4009) and the Assistance for Rural Community Hospitals (ARCH) Act (H.R. 8747) to extend the MDH and LVA programs) Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act (S. 3792/H.R. 7053) Value in Health Care Act (H.R. 4587) Graduate Medical Education (GME) funding (Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021 S. 834/H.R. 2256); Opioid Workforce Act S. 1438/ Substance Use Disorder Workforce Act H.R. 3441 Telehealth flexibilities and payment (Telehealth Extension Act - H.R. 6202; TREAT Act - S. 168/H.R. 708; Telehealth Modernization Act - S. 368/H.R. 1332; TREATS Act - S. 340; CONNECT for Health Act S. 1512/H.R. 2903; Ensuring Parity in MA and PACE for Audio-Only Telehealth Act S. 150/H.R. 2166) Resetting the Impact (TRIA) Act of 2021 H.R. 2455 Technical Reset to Advance the Instruction of Nurses (TRAIN) Act Value in Healthcare Act (H.R. 4587) Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act (S. 3018/H.R. 3173) Annual Prospective Payment System Rules
Client expense: $200,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2022 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
IRF payment and coverage issues; prior authorization reform (HR 3173. S. 3018); Review Choice Demonstration advocacy; IMPACT Act reset efforts (H.R. 2455); COVID relief
Client expense: $215,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
2022 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Monitoring the following bills HR22114- To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to require skilled nursing facilities, nursing facilities, and intermediate care facilities for the intellectually disabled to permit certain essential caregiver visitors during a public health emergency under the Medicare and Medicaid programs. HR331- Nurses CARE Act of 2021 Nurses Certification And Recognition of Experience Act of 2021 HR828- PREPARE LTC Act Promoting Restoration of Emergency Preparedness and Advancing Response to Epidemics in Long-Term Care Act HR844-PROTECT Long Term Care Facilities Act Protecting Residents with Oversight, Transparency, and Enforcement for Compassionate Treatment in Long-Term Care Facilities Act S230 PREPARE LTC Act Promoting Restoration of Emergency Preparedness and Advancing Response to Epidemics in Long-Term Care Act S782 Nursing Home Reform Modernization Act of 2021 SRes151- A resolution calling on the President and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to take action to lower prescription drug costs. S274-Stronger Medicaid Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic Act H.R. 2455 The Resetting the IMPACT Act of 2021 Monitoring HR1868 To prevent across-the-board direct spending cuts, and for other purposes. Support HR 2455 Resetting the Impact Act of 2021 TRIA Act of 2021 Support HR 5376 Support HR 3617 Support HR 2768 Support S 3018 Monitoring S870 Improving Access to Mental Health Act of 2021 Monitoring HR 5563 Stop Penalizing Working Seniors Act Support HR 1868 To prevent across-the-board direct spending cuts, and for other purposes. Monitoring HR3173 Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2022 Support HR8812 To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act and the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 to increase access to services provided by advanced practice registered nurses under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and for other purpose Monitoring HR7755 John Lewis Equality in Medicare and Medicaid Treatment Act of 2022
Client expense: $47,954 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · first_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Monitoring the following bills HR22114- To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to require skilled nursing facilities, nursing facilities, and intermediate care facilities for the intellectually disabled to permit certain essential caregiver visitors during a public health emergency under the Medicare and Medicaid programs. HR331- Nurses CARE Act of 2021 Nurses Certification And Recognition of Experience Act of 2021 HR828- PREPARE LTC Act Promoting Restoration of Emergency Preparedness and Advancing Response to Epidemics in Long-Term Care Act HR844-PROTECT Long Term Care Facilities Act Protecting Residents with Oversight, Transparency, and Enforcement for Compassionate Treatment in Long Term Care Facilities Act S230 PREPARE LTC Act Promoting Restoration of Emergency Preparedness and Advancing Response to Epidemics in Long-Term Care Act S782 Nursing Home Reform Modernization Act of 2021 SRes151- A resolution calling on the President and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to take action to lower prescription drug costs. S274-Stronger Medicaid Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic Act H.R. 2455 The Resetting the IMPACT Act of 2021 Monitoring HR1868 To prevent across-the-board direct spending cuts, and for other purposes. Support HR 2455 Resetting the Impact Act of 2021 TRIA Act of 2021 Support HR 5376 Support HR 3617 Support HR 2768 Support S 3018 Monitoring S870 Improving Access to Mental Health Act of 2021 Monitoring HR 5563 Stop Penalizing Working Seniors Act
Client expense: $45,049 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Support H.R. 315,Medicare Sequester COVID Moratorium Act, a bill to amend the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act to extend the temporary suspension of Medicare sequestration; Support H.R. 1332 and S.368,Telehealth Modernization Act, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make permanent certain telehealth flexibilities under the Medicare program related to the COVID-19 public health emergency; Discussion with the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) about the Radiation Oncology Alternative Payment Model; Support H.R. 1868, a bill that, among other health care provisions, would eliminate the 2% across-the-board cut to all Medicare payments, known as sequestration, until the end of 2021; Support H.R. 2455, The Resetting the Impact Act (TRIA), a bill to amend the IMPACT Act of 2014 to reset data collection and the development of a payment system technical prototype for post-acute care providers under the Medicare program to take into account the effects of COVID-19; Support H.R. 3173/ S.3018, Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2021, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish requirements with respect to the use of prior authorization under Medicare Advantage plans, and for other purposes; Support H.R. 1887/ S. 4009, Rural Hospital Support Act, a bill to make permanent the Medicare Dependent Hospital (MDH) and Low-volume Adjustment programs and rebases the MDH and Sole Community Hospital programs; Support relief for Medicare advanced payments; Discussion with CMMI about the priorities for alternative payment models; Support HR 4587, Value in Health Care Act of 2021, a bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise certain regulations in relation to the Medicare shared savings program and other advanced alternative payment arrangements to encourage participation in such program, and for other purposes; Support HR 3746, Accountable Care in Rural America Act, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the benchmarking process for the Medicare Shared Savings Program; Support H.R. 5425/ S. 1988, Protecting Rural Telehealth Access Act, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect access to telehealth services under the Medicare program; Letter asking Congress to address two important issues by the end of the year: an extension of the moratorium on Medicare sequester cuts, as well as preventing the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) sequester from taking effect; Letter urging Congress to remove the reductions to the Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) program and uncompensated care pools from the Build Back Better Act; Support H.R. 5674/ S. 3061Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act of 2021, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the 190-day lifetime limit on inpatient psychiatric hospital services under the Medicare Program; Letter to the HHS secretary asking for PHE extension and urging HHS to extend the declaration for at least 90 days; Letter to the HHS secretary asking to renew the COVID-19 PHE; Letter to CMS urging changes to MA prior authorization requirements for PHE; Letter expressing our disappointment that Congress is adjourning for April recess without addressing the needs of hospitals and health systems and urging Congress to act to ensure health care providers have the critical relief, including but not limited to extending the Medicare sequester relief, adding more PRF dollars, and providing flexibility in the repayment terms for Medicare accelerated and advance repayments; Provide comments in response to the (CMS) request for information regarding access to coverage and care in the Medicaid and Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) programs. The critical components for a comprehensive access and coverage strategy for Medicaid and CHIP should include: Robust outreach and enrollment efforts to secure and maintain coverage for eligible individuals and families, as well as ensure beneficiary knowledge of how to use this coverage, Standards to ensure timely and equitable access to quality care, and Provider payments that are sufficient to enable beneficiaries' access to quality care; Provide comments in response to the Department of Homeland Securitys (DHS) proposed rule to codify standards and clarify policies that govern public charge determinations. Public charge determinations assess how likely it is that an individual will become dependent on government assistance (public benefits) for support and subsistence. These policy clarifications are intended to help immigrants and their family members better understand when the use of certain public benefits could impact their future immigration status and address the chilling effects of the now-repealed 2019 public charge final rule. The AHA supports DHSs efforts to clarify policies regarding how public charge determinations are made to help reverse the damaging effects of the repealed 2019 public charge rule; A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to expand the availability of mental, emotional, and behavioral health services under the Medicaid program; Letter urging Congress to halt further cuts to hospital payments. Need to stop a harmful Medicare payment cut to providers that will go into effect July 1 without congressional action. Specifically, a 1% Medicare sequester cut took effect April 1, and that cut will increase to 2% on July 1 if Congress does not act. This will result in billions of dollars being cut from hospitals and health systems by the end of the year; Submitted comment letter regarding Medicare Program; Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2023 and Updates to the IRF Quality Reporting Program. We note that the proposed IRF PPS labor-related share would only modestly shift upward from 72.9% in FY 2022 to 73.2% in FY 2022. AHA is concerned that these changes neither align regarding massive cost growth in recent months and years; Provide Comments on the Medicare Program - Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities and Updates to the Quality Reporting Program and Value-Based Purchasing Program for Federal Fiscal Year 2023 which stated the Proposed FY 2023 Payment Update warrants closer examination and we urge CMS to discuss in the final rule how the agency will account for these increased costs. The timing of this proposed net decrease in payments could not be worse, given the well-documented impact of the COVID-19 public emergency (PHE) on the SNF and nursing home field; Letter sent to the bipartisan, bicameral Leadership of the House and Senate, urging Congress to act to prevent further Medicare sequester cuts scheduled to take effect on July 1; Submitted comment letter about inpatient and long-term care hospital prospective payment system proposed rule for fiscal year 2023. Concerned that CMS is proposing policies and payment adjustment that do not take into account the current the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) and its atypical market forces and pandemic-driven aberrations affecting the utilization and cost of providing LTCH services. Specifically, we are concerned by proposals for an inadequate market basket update and an untenable spike in the high-cost outlier threshold; Letter urges Congress to call on CMS to make changes to the hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) proposed rule for fiscal year (FY) 2023 in order to ensure that Medicare payments for acute care services more accurately reflect the cost of providing hospital care to patients and communities; Support the bipartisan Dear Colleague letters that ask CMS to make critical changes to the hospital inpatient prospective payment system proposed rule for fiscal year (FY) 2023 to more accurately reflect the cost of providing hospital care to patients; Support HR 8487/ S 3173 Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2022, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish requirements with respect to the use of prior authorization under Medicare Advantage plans; Support HR 8747 Assistance for Rural Community Hospitals Act of 2022 or the ARCH Act of 2022, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend Medicare-dependent hospital and Medicare low-volume hospital payments; Oppose HR 1330/ S 4130 Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2022, a bill to repeal changes made by health care reform laws to the Medicare exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals, and for other purposes; Support HR 8188/ S4449 Saving Access to Laboratory Services Act, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the accuracy of market-based Medicare payment for clinical diagnostic laboratory services, to reduce administrative burdens in the collection of data, and for other purposes.
Client expense: $5,120,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE
2022 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Area wage index - Save Rural Hospitals Act (S.999, H.R. 4066); behavioral health; Workforce -Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021 (S. 834/ H.R. 2256); Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act (S. 1024); Future Advancement of Academic Nursing Act (S. 246/H.R. 851); Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act (H.R. 1667); rural hospital medical residency and health workforce programs - Rural Health Health Corps Act (S. 924/H.R. 2130); post-acute care/inpatient rehabilitation facilities - IMPACT Act (TRIA) of 2021 (H.R. 2455),IRF CMS Review Choice Demonstration; 340b Eligibility requirements waiver - H.R. 3203 and S.773; Disproportionate Share Hospital and Uncompensated Care funding cuts in the Build Back Better; relief to repay payments received through the Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments program.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
2022 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Issues related to Medicare reimbursement of long term care hospitals Issues related to Medicare Advantage beneficiary access to long term care hospitals H.R.2455, The Resetting the IMPACT Act (TRIA) Issues related to Medicare reimbursement of long term care hospitals Issues related to the continuation of waivers authorized during the COVID-19 public health emergency H.R.8580, The LTCH Access and Stability Act
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2022 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
H.R. 1330 / S. 4130 - "Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2021" - Provisions that would weaken or repeal current law limiting self-referral to physician-owned hospitals. Advocate for legislation that would reform rural hospital DSH payments. H.R. 4040 - "Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act of 2021" - Expanding access to telehealth beyond PHE. S. 1568 / H.R. 4407 - "Technical Reset to Advance the Instruction of Nurses Act" - CMS payments for Nursing Education Hospitals. H.R. 1887 / S. 4009 - "Rural Hospital Support Act" - Rural Extenders. H.R. 4066 / S. 999 - "Save Rural Hospitals Act of 2021" - Area wage adjustment for certain Medicare hospitals. H.R. 3173/H.R. 8487 - The Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2021 - Simplify/streamline Medicare Advantage prior authorization process. Urge Congress to Support Improvements to IPPS Proposed Rule. H.R. 8747 - "The Assistance for Rural Community Hospitals (ARCH) Act" - Rural health payment program extensions. H.R. 6833 - "Legislative Vehicle for Continuing Resolution Until Dec. 16" - Rural health payment program extensions. S. 1512 / H.R. 2903- "Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2021" - Telehealth provisions. H.R. 2455 - The Resetting the IMPACT Act (TRIA) of 2021 - IMPACT Act implementation / unified payment timeline reset. Garner Congressional support for CMS to withdraw the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Review Choice Demonstration (IRF RCD). Discussions with Congress regarding waiving PAYGO.
Client expense: $640,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office
2022 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
H.R. 2903/S. 1512, The CONNECT for Health Act and H.R. 1332/S. 368, The Telehealth Modernization Act, as they relate to telehealth. H.R. 2455, The Resetting the Impact (TRIA) Act, as it relates to payments for post-acute care providers. S. 2021/H.R. 3806, The SAFE Hospitals Act of 2021, as it relates to Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments. S. 2689/H.R. 5414, Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2021 and issues related to the Medicaid institutions for mental diseases exclusion. H.R. 2256/S. 834, The Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021. H.R. 4407/S. 1568, Technical Reset to Advance the Instruction of Nurses (TRAIN) Act. H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act, as it relates to Uncompensated Care Pools and Disproportionated Share Hospital Payments. S. 2069/H.R. 4323, Excellence in Mental Health Addiction Treatment Act. Monitored H.R.432, Mental Health Access Improvement Act. Issues involving mandatory COVID vaccines for health care providers. Issues related to Medicare sequester relief. Issues related to the extension of telehealth flexibilities. Issues related to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) proposed rule for Fiscal Year 2023. S. 2938, Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, as it relates to certified community behavioral health centers.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
H.R. 2455, The Resetting the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Transformation Act (IMPACT Act) of 2021; FY 2022 Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule; CMS-10765 Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $110,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2022 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
H.R. 2903/S. 1512, The CONNECT for Health Act and H.R. 1332/S. 368, The Telehealth Modernization Act, as they relate to telehealth. H.R. 2455, The Resetting the Impact (TRIA) Act, as it relates to payments for post-acute care providers. S. 2021/H.R. 3806, The SAFE Hospitals Act of 2021, as it relates to Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments. S. 2689/H.R. 5414, Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2021 and issues related to the Medicaid institutions for mental diseases exclusion. H.R. 2256/S. 834, The Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021. H.R. 4407/S. 1568, Technical Reset to Advance the Instruction of Nurses (TRAIN) Act. H.R. 5376 (P.L. 117-169), the Inflation Reduction Act, as it relates to Uncompensated Care Pools and Disproportionated Share Hospital Payments. S. 2069/H.R. 4323, Excellence in Mental Health Addiction Treatment Act. Monitored H.R.432, Mental Health Access Improvement Act. Issues involving mandatory COVID vaccines for health care providers. Issues related to Medicare sequester relief. Issues related to the extension of telehealth flexibilities. Issues related to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) proposed rule for Fiscal Year 2023. H.R. 7053 / S. 3792, Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act and issues related to hospital at home program. H.R. 6833, Making Continuing Appropriations for FY 2023 and for other purposes, and issues related to Medicare Dependent Hospitals and Low Volume Hospital Payments.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
H.R. 2455 The Resetting the Impact Act of 2021;Review Choice Demonstration for Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (CMS-10765)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2022 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Sequestration relief (Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act - S. 610) Rural hospital policies [Rural Health Clinic payment - Rural and Underserved Small Hospital Protection Act/RUSH Act (H.R. 1885), Rural HELP Act - HR 1749; Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act (H.R. 1639/S.644)] Graduate Medical Education (GME) funding (Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021 - S. 834/H.R. 2256; Opioid Workforce Act, S. 1438)/ Substance Use Disorder Workforce Act, H.R. 3441) H.R. 1749 (study on potential disparities in incurred costs for rural and urban hospitals and authorizing appropriate payment adjustments) S. 439, Coronavirus Medicaid Response Act (addressing FMAP) Telehealth flexibilities and payment (TREAT Act - S. 168/H.R. 708; Telehealth Modernization Act -S. 368/H.R. 1332; TREATS Act - S. 340; CONNECT for Health Act S. 1512/H.R. 2903; Ensuring Parity in MA and PACE for Audio-Only Telehealth Act S. 150/H.R. 2166; Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022, HR 2471) Resetting the Impact (TRIA) Act of 2021 (H.R. 2455) Prior Authorization reform - Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2021 (H.R. 3173/S.3018) S.586 / H.R. 3259 - Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation (NOPAIN) Act Annual Prospective Payment System Rules Accelerated and Advance Payment Program repayment flexibility (H.R. 1349, The COVID-19 Hospital and Health Provider Loan Conversion Act of 2021; H.R. 2407, Better Way for Providers to Repay Act of 2021) S. 408, Supporting Best Practices for Healthy Moms Act (to reduce maternal mortality) Nursing and allied health education (NAHE) program funding Technical Reset to Advance the Instruction of Nurses (TRAIN) Act (S. 1568 / HR 4407) - Nursing and allied health education payments Organ acquisition payment policies Clinical lab fee schedule False Claims Act amendments CMS Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination Interim Final Rule Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act (H.R. 7053 /S. 3792) - to extend the hospital at home waiver program Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act (S. 3061/H.R. 5674) HR 4040: Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act HELP Act Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Improvement Act MIND Act
Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Issues pertaining to representation of post-acute medical services in COVID-19-related legislative packages HR 1868 - An Act to prevent across-the-board direct spending cuts, and for other purposes H.R. 2455 - The Resetting the IMPACT Act (TRIA) of 2021 H.R. 3173 - The Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act S.3018 - The Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2021 H.R. 8580 - LTCH Access and Stability Act H.R. 8746 - Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Therapy Act of 2022
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
TRAIN Act (S. 1568/H.R. 4407) to stop cuts to nursing and allied health programs Safety from Violence for Healthcare Employees (SAVE) Act (H.R. 7961) to protect healthcare workers. Sequestration relief Rural hospital policies (Rural Health Clinic payment - H.R. 1868; Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act H.R. 1639/S.644; Rural and Underserved Small Hospital Protection Act/RUSH Act (H.R. 1885); Rural America Health Corps Act (S. 924/H.R. 2130); Rural America Health Corps Act S.54); Rural Hospital Support Act (S. 4009) and the Assistance for Rural Community Hospitals (ARCH) Act (H.R. 8747) to extend the MDH and LVA programs) Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act (S. 3792/H.R. 7053) Value in Health Care Act (H.R. 4587) Graduate Medical Education (GME) funding (Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021 S. 834/H.R. 2256); Opioid Workforce Act S. 1438/ Substance Use Disorder Workforce Act H.R. 3441 Telehealth flexibilities and payment (Telehealth Extension Act - H.R. 6202; TREAT Act - S. 168/H.R. 708; Telehealth Modernization Act - S. 368/H.R. 1332; TREATS Act - S. 340; CONNECT for Health Act S. 1512/H.R. 2903; Ensuring Parity in MA and PACE for Audio-Only Telehealth Act S. 150/H.R. 2166) Resetting the Impact (TRIA) Act of 2021 H.R. 2455 Technical Reset to Advance the Instruction of Nurses (TRAIN) Act Value in Healthcare Act (H.R. 4587) Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act (S. 3018/H.R. 3173) Annual Prospective Payment System Rules
Client expense: $200,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2022 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Issues related to post-acute care medical services HR 2455 - The Resetting the IMPACT Act (TRIA) of 2021 HR 3173/S 3018 - the Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2021 HR 8580 The LTACH Access and Stability Act
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
HR 4994/PL 113-185 Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act of 2014 (all sections) HR 3298 - Medicare Post-Acute Care Value-Based Purchasing Act of 2015 (all sections) HR 2797 - Patient Choice and Quality Care Act (all sections) S 1334 - Patient Choice and Quality Care Act (all sections) HR 1892 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Sec. 51005. Extension of Blended Site-Neutral Payment Rate for Certain Long-Term Care Hospital Discharges; Temporary Adjustment to Site Neutral Payment Rates, Title III-Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care.) HR 3107 - Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2019 (all sections) HR 266 - Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enforcement Act (all sections) HR 748 - Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (all sections) HR 8600 - Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act (all sections) HR 8702 - Holding Providers Harmless from Medicare Cuts during COVID-19 Act of 2020 (all sections) HR 133/PL 116-260 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Division M - Coronavirus Response & Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021) HR 2455 - The Resetting the IMPACT Act (TRIA) of 2021 (all sections) S. 610 - Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Acts Cut (all sections) HR 1887 - Rural Hospital Support Act (all sections) S. 4009 - Rural Hospital Support Act (all sections) HR 3173 - Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2021 (all sections) S. 3018 - Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2021 (all sections) HR 8487 - Improving Senior Timely Access to Care Act of 2022 (all sections) H.R.6833 - Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 (Div. D, Title 1 - Medicare and Medicaid, sec. 101 (extension of increases on patient hospital payment adjustment for certain low volume hospitals) and sec. 102 (extension of the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program)
Client expense: $277,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
2022 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
HR 4994/PL 113-185 Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act of 2014 (all sections) HR 3298 - Medicare Post-Acute Care Value-Based Purchasing Act of 2015 (all sections) HR 2797 - Patient Choice and Quality Care Act (all sections) S 1334 - Patient Choice and Quality Care Act (all sections) HR 1892 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Sec. 51005. Extension of Blended Site-Neutral Payment Rate for Certain Long-Term Care Hospital Discharges; Temporary Adjustment to Site Neutral Payment Rates, Title III-Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care.) HR 3107 - Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2019 (all sections) HR 266 - Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enforcement Act (all sections) HR 748 - Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (all sections) HR 8600 - Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act (all sections) HR 8702 - Holding Providers Harmless from Medicare Cuts during COVID-19 Act of 2020 (all sections) HR 133/PL 116-260 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Division M - Coronavirus Response & Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021) HR 2455 - The Resetting the IMPACT Act (TRIA) of 2021 (all sections) S. 610 - Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Acts Cut (all sections) HR 1887 - Rural Hospital Support Act (all sections) S. 4009 - Rural Hospital Support Act (all sections) HR 3173 - Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2021 (all sections) S. 3018 - Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2021 (all sections) HR 8487 - Improving Senior Timely Access to Care Act of 2022 (all sections) H.R.6833 - Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 (Div. D, Title 1 - Medicare and Medicaid, sec. 101 (extension of increases on patient hospital payment adjustment for certain low volume hospitals) and sec. 102 (extension of the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program)
Client expense: $277,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
2022 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
IRF payment and coverage issues; prior authorization reform (HR 3173. S. 3018); Review Choice Demonstration advocacy; IMPACT Act reset efforts (H.R. 2455); COVID relief
Client expense: $215,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
2022 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Monitoring the following bills HR22114- To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to require skilled nursing facilities, nursing facilities, and intermediate care facilities for the intellectually disabled to permit certain essential caregiver visitors during a public health emergency under the Medicare and Medicaid programs. HR331- Nurses CARE Act of 2021 Nurses Certification And Recognition of Experience Act of 2021 HR828- PREPARE LTC Act Promoting Restoration of Emergency Preparedness and Advancing Response to Epidemics in Long-Term Care Act HR844-PROTECT Long Term Care Facilities Act Protecting Residents with Oversight, Transparency, and Enforcement for Compassionate Treatment in Long Term Care Facilities Act S230 PREPARE LTC Act Promoting Restoration of Emergency Preparedness and Advancing Response to Epidemics in Long-Term Care Act S782 Nursing Home Reform Modernization Act of 2021 SRes151- A resolution calling on the President and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to take action to lower prescription drug costs. S274-Stronger Medicaid Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic Act H.R. 2455 The Resetting the IMPACT Act of 2021 Monitoring HR1868 To prevent across-the-board direct spending cuts, and for other purposes. Support HR 2455 Resetting the Impact Act of 2021 TRIA Act of 2021 Support HR 5376 Support HR 3617 Support HR 2768 Support S 3018 Monitoring S870 Improving Access to Mental Health Act of 2021 Monitoring HR 5563 Stop Penalizing Working Seniors Act
Client expense: $63,738 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Support H.R. 315,Medicare Sequester COVID Moratorium Act, a bill to amend the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act to extend the temporary suspension of Medicare sequestration; Support H.R. 1332 and S.368,Telehealth Modernization Act, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make permanent certain telehealth flexibilities under the Medicare program related to the COVID-19 public health emergency; Discussion with the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) about the Radiation Oncology Alternative Payment Model; Support H.R. 1868, a bill that, among other health care provisions, would eliminate the 2% across-the-board cut to all Medicare payments, known as sequestration, until the end of 2021; Support H.R. 2455, The Resetting the Impact Act (TRIA), a bill to amend the IMPACT Act of 2014 to reset data collection and the development of a payment system technical prototype for post-acute care providers under the Medicare program to take into account the effects of COVID-19; Support H.R. 3173/ S.3018, Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2021, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish requirements with respect to the use of prior authorization under Medicare Advantage plans, and for other purposes; Support H.R. 1887/ S. 4009, Rural Hospital Support Act, a bill to make permanent the Medicare Dependent Hospital (MDH) and Low-volume Adjustment programs and rebases the MDH and Sole Community Hospital programs; Support relief for Medicare advanced payments; Discussion with CMMI about the priorities for alternative payment models; Support HR 4587, Value in Health Care Act of 2021, a bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise certain regulations in relation to the Medicare shared savings program and other advanced alternative payment arrangements to encourage participation in such program, and for other purposes; Support HR 3746, Accountable Care in Rural America Act, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the benchmarking process for the Medicare Shared Savings Program; Support H.R. 5425/ S. 1988, Protecting Rural Telehealth Access Act, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect access to telehealth services under the Medicare program; Letter asking Congress to address two important issues by the end of the year: an extension of the moratorium on Medicare sequester cuts, as well as preventing the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) sequester from taking effect; Letter urging Congress to remove the reductions to the Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) program and uncompensated care pools from the Build Back Better Act; Support H.R. 5674/ S. 3061Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act of 2021, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the 190-day lifetime limit on inpatient psychiatric hospital services under the Medicare Program; Letter to the HHS secretary asking for PHE extension and urging HHS to extend the declaration for at least 90 days; Letter to the HHS secretary asking to renew the COVID-19 PHE; Letter to CMS urging changes to MA prior authorization requirements for PHE; Letter expressing our disappointment that Congress is adjourning for April recess without addressing the needs of hospitals and health systems and urging Congress to act to ensure health care providers have the critical relief, including but not limited to extending the Medicare sequester relief, adding more PRF dollars, and providing flexibility in the repayment terms for Medicare accelerated and advance repayments; Provide comments in response to the (CMS) request for information regarding access to coverage and care in the Medicaid and Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) programs. The critical components for a comprehensive access and coverage strategy for Medicaid and CHIP should include: Robust outreach and enrollment efforts to secure and maintain coverage for eligible individuals and families, as well as ensure beneficiary knowledge of how to use this coverage, Standards to ensure timely and equitable access to quality care, and Provider payments that are sufficient to enable beneficiaries' access to quality care; Provide comments in response to the Department of Homeland Securitys (DHS) proposed rule to codify standards and clarify policies that govern public charge determinations. Public charge determinations assess how likely it is that an individual will become dependent on government assistance (public benefits) for support and subsistence. These policy clarifications are intended to help immigrants and their family members better understand when the use of certain public benefits could impact their future immigration status and address the chilling effects of the now-repealed 2019 public charge final rule. The AHA supports DHSs efforts to clarify policies regarding how public charge determinations are made to help reverse the damaging effects of the repealed 2019 public charge rule; A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to expand the availability of mental, emotional, and behavioral health services under the Medicaid program; Letter urging Congress to halt further cuts to hospital payments. Need to stop a harmful Medicare payment cut to providers that will go into effect July 1 without congressional action. Specifically, a 1% Medicare sequester cut took effect April 1, and that cut will increase to 2% on July 1 if Congress does not act. This will result in billions of dollars being cut from hospitals and health systems by the end of the year; Submitted comment letter regarding Medicare Program; Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2023 and Updates to the IRF Quality Reporting Program. We note that the proposed IRF PPS labor-related share would only modestly shift upward from 72.9% in FY 2022 to 73.2% in FY 2022. AHA is concerned that these changes neither align regarding massive cost growth in recent months and years; Provide Comments on the Medicare Program - Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities and Updates to the Quality Reporting Program and Value-Based Purchasing Program for Federal Fiscal Year 2023 which stated the Proposed FY 2023 Payment Update warrants closer examination and we urge CMS to discuss in the final rule how the agency will account for these increased costs. The timing of this proposed net decrease in payments could not be worse, given the well-documented impact of the COVID-19 public emergency (PHE) on the SNF and nursing home field; Letter sent to the bipartisan, bicameral Leadership of the House and Senate, urging Congress to act to prevent further Medicare sequester cuts scheduled to take effect on July 1; Submitted comment letter about inpatient and long-term care hospital prospective payment system proposed rule for fiscal year 2023. Concerned that CMS is proposing policies and payment adjustment that do not take into account the current the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) and its atypical market forces and pandemic-driven aberrations affecting the utilization and cost of providing LTCH services. Specifically, we are concerned by proposals for an inadequate market basket update and an untenable spike in the high-cost outlier threshold; Letter urges Congress to call on CMS to make changes to the hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) proposed rule for fiscal year (FY) 2023 in order to ensure that Medicare payments for acute care services more accurately reflect the cost of providing hospital care to patients and communities.
Client expense: $4,580,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE
2022 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
H.R.3 - Elijah Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now, monitor legislation S.151- "COVID HCBS Relief Act of 2021"- support passage H.R. 4131- "To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to expand access to home and community-based services (HCBS) under Medicaid, and for other purposes."- support passage H.R. 2455 - The Resetting the IMPACT Act (TRIA) of 2021." - support passage H.R. 1319- The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, support passage H.R. 2815, BIOSIM Act, support passage H.R. 2855, the STAR Rating for Biosimilars Act, support passage H.R. 2846- Ensuring Access to Lower-Cost Medicines for Seniors Act of 021 - support passage S.2210/H.R. 4131- Better Care Better Jobs Act - support passage S.2315- Medicaid Saves Lives Act, support passage S.2327- Seniors Prescription Drug Relief Act- support passage S.2562-Choose Home Care Act of 2021- support passage S.2612- Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2021- support passage S. 2694- Nursing Home Improvement and Accountability Act of 2021 - support passage H.R. 5011- Choose Medicare Act, support passage H.R. 5099- Lowering Medicare Premiums and Prescription Drug Costs Act, support passage H.R. 5165 - Improving Medicare Coverage Act - support passage H.R. 5237 - "To amend titles XI, XVIII, and XIX of the Social Security Act to lower prescription drug prices in the Medicare and Medicaid programs, to improve transparency related to pharmaceutical prices and transactions, to lower patients' out-of-pocket costs, and to ensure accountability to taxpayers, and for other purposes." - monitor for position determination H.R. 5260 - Reduced Costs and Continued Cures Act - monitor for position determination H.R. 5536 - SMART Act - support passage H.R. 5514 Choose Home Care Act of 2021, support passage Senate Reconciliation/Senate Finance prescription drug pricing package - supporting provisions that allow Medicare to negotiate for a specific amount of drugs, implement a $2,000 out-of-pocket cap on drug costs in Medicare Part D and a smoothing mechanism so that people in Medicare can spread their costs over the course of the year, and limit drug price increases by implementing rebates if prescription drug prices rise faster than inflation.
Client expense: $42,877 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Area wage index - Save Rural Hospitals Act (S.999, H.R. 4066); behavioral health; Workforce -Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021 (S. 834/ H.R. 2256); Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act (S. 1024); Future Advancement of Academic Nursing Act (S. 246/H.R. 851); Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act (H.R. 1667); rural hospital medical residency and health workforce programs - Rural Health Health Corps Act (S. 924/H.R. 2130); post-acute care/inpatient rehabilitation facilities - IMPACT Act (TRIA) of 2021 (H.R. 2455),IRF CMS Review Choice Demonstration; 340b Eligibility requirements waiver - H.R. 3203 and S.773; Disproportionate Share Hospital and Uncompensated Care funding cuts in the Build Back Better; relief to repay payments received through the Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments program.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
2022 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
H.R. 2455, The Resetting the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Transformation Act (IMPACT Act) of 2021; FY 2022 Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule; CMS-10765 Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $110,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2022 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
H.R. 2455 The Resetting the Impact Act of 2021;Review Choice Demonstration for Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (CMS-10765)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2022 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
H.R. 2903/S. 1512, The CONNECT for Health Act and H.R. 1332/S. 368, The Telehealth Modernization Act, as they relate to telehealth. H.R. 2455, The Resetting the Impact (TRIA) Act, as it relates to payments for post-acute care providers. S. 2021/H.R. 3806, The SAFE Hospitals Act of 2021, as it relates to Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments. S. 2689/H.R. 5414, Ensuring Medicaid Continuity for Children in Foster Care Act of 2021 and issues related to the Medicaid institutions for mental diseases exclusion. H.R. 2256/S. 834, The Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021. H.R. 4407/S. 1568, Technical Reset to Advance the Instruction of Nurses (TRAIN) Act. H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act, as it relates to Uncompensated Care Pools and Disproportionated Share Hospital Payments. S. 2069/H.R. 4323, Excellence in Mental Health Addiction Treatment Act. Monitored H.R.432, Mental Health Access Improvement Act. Issues involving mandatory COVID vaccines for health care providers. Issues related to Medicare sequester relief. Issues related to the extension of telehealth flexibilities. Issues related to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) proposed rule for Fiscal Year 2023. S. 2938, Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, as it relates to certified community behavioral health centers.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Area wage index - Save Rural Hospitals Act (S.999, H.R. 4066); behavioral health; Workforce - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021 (S. 834/ H.R. 2256); Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act (S. 1024); Future Advancement of Academic Nursing Act (S. 246/H.R. 851); Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act (H.R. 1667); rural hospital medical residency and health workforce programs - Rural Health Health Corps Act (S. 924/H.R. 2130); post-acute care/inpatient rehabilitation facilities - IMPACT Act (TRIA) of 2021 (H.R. 2455),IRF CMS Review Choice Demonstration; 340b Eligibility requirements waiver - H.R. 3203 and S.773; Disproportionate Share Hospital and Uncompensated Care funding cuts in the Build Back Better; relief to repay payments received through the Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments program.
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Sequestration relief (Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act - S. 610) Rural hospital policies [Rural Health Clinic payment - Rural and Underserved Small Hospital Protection Act/RUSH Act (H.R. 1885), Rural HELP Act - HR 1749; Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act (H.R. 1639/S.644)] Graduate Medical Education (GME) funding (Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021 - S. 834/H.R. 2256; Opioid Workforce Act, S. 1438)/ Substance Use Disorder Workforce Act, H.R. 3441) H.R. 1749 (study on potential disparities in incurred costs for rural and urban hospitals and authorizing appropriate payment adjustments) S. 439, Coronavirus Medicaid Response Act (addressing FMAP) Telehealth flexibilities and payment (TREAT Act - S. 168/H.R. 708; Telehealth Modernization Act -S. 368/H.R. 1332; TREATS Act - S. 340; CONNECT for Health Act S. 1512/H.R. 2903; Ensuring Parity in MA and PACE for Audio-Only Telehealth Act S. 150/H.R. 2166; Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022, HR 2471) Resetting the Impact (TRIA) Act of 2021 (H.R. 2455) Prior Authorization reform - Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2021 (H.R. 3173/S.3018) S.586 / H.R. 3259 - Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation (NOPAIN) Act Annual Prospective Payment System Rules CMS review of Medicaid Managed Care contracts and approval Accelerated and Advance Payment Program repayment flexibility (H.R. 1349, The COVID-19 Hospital and Health Provider Loan Conversion Act of 2021; H.R. 2407, Better Way for Providers to Repay Act of 2021) S. 408, Supporting Best Practices for Healthy Moms Act (to reduce maternal mortality) Nursing and allied health education (NAHE) program funding Technical Reset to Advance the Instruction of Nurses (TRAIN) Act (S. 1568 / HR 4407) - Nursing and allied health education payments Organ acquisition payment policies Clinical lab fee schedule False Claims Act amendments CMS Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination Interim Final Rule Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act (H.R. 7053 /S. 3792) - to extend the hospital at home waiver program Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act (S. 3061/H.R. 5674)
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Issues pertaining to representation of post-acute medical services in COVID-19-related legislative packages HR 1868 - An Act to prevent across-the-board direct spending cuts, and for other purposes H.R. 2455 - The Resetting the IMPACT Act (TRIA) of 2021 H.R. 3173 - The Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act S.3018 - The Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2021
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Issues related to Medicare reimbursement of long term care hospitals Issues related to Medicare Advantage beneficiary access to long term care hospitals H.R.2455, The Resetting the IMPACT Act (TRIA) Issues related to Medicare reimbursement of long term care hospitals Issues related to the continuation of waivers authorized during the COVID-19 public health emergency Draft legislation, The LTCH Access and Stability Act
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2022 · second_quarter · Health Issues
H.R.2455, the Resetting the IMPACT Act of 2021; IRF Medicare coverage policies; IRF review choice demonstration; Medicare post-acute care payment policies.
Client expense: $260,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
H.R.2455, the Resetting the IMPACT Act of 2021; IRF Medicare coverage policies; IRF review choice demonstration; Medicare payment policies, sequestration.
Client expense: $260,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Issues related to post-acute care medical services HR 2455 - The Resetting the IMPACT Act (TRIA) of 2021 HR 3173/S 3018 - the Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2021
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Accelerated and Advance Payment Program repayment flexibility (H.R. 1349, The COVID-19 Hospital and Health Provider Loan Conversion Act of 2021) Sequestration relief Rural hospital policies (Rural Health Clinic payment - H.R. 1868; Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act H.R. 1639/S.644; Rural and Underserved Small Hospital Protection Act/RUSH Act (H.R. 1885); Rural America Health Corps Act (S. 924/H.R. 2130); Rural America Health Corps Act S.54)) Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act (S. 3792/H.R. 7053) Value in Health Care Act (H.R. 4587) Graduate Medical Education (GME) funding (Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021 S. 834/H.R. 2256); Opioid Workforce Act S. 1438/ Substance Use Disorder Workforce Act H.R. 3441 Telehealth flexibilities and payment (Telehealth Extension Act - H.R. 6202; TREAT Act - S. 168/H.R. 708; Telehealth Modernization Act - S. 368/H.R. 1332; TREATS Act - S. 340; CONNECT for Health Act S. 1512/H.R. 2903; Ensuring Parity in MA and PACE for Audio-Only Telehealth Act S. 150/H.R. 2166) Resetting the Impact (TRIA) Act of 2021 H.R. 2455 Technical Reset to Advance the Instruction of Nurses (TRAIN) Act Value in Healthcare Act (H.R. 4587) Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act (S. 3018/H.R. 3173)
Client expense: $200,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2022 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
H.R. 1330 / S. 4130 - "Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2021" - Provisions that would weaken or repeal current law limiting self-referral to physician-owned hospitals. H.R. 2455 - "The Resetting the IMPACT Act (TRIA) of 2021" - Unified Post-Acute PPS. S. 1512 / H.R. 2903- "Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2021" - Telehealth provisions. S. 1568 / H.R. 4407 - "Technical Reset to Advance the Instruction of Nurses Act" - CMS payments for Nursing Education Hospitals. H.R. 1887 / S. 4009 - "Rural Hospital Support Act" - Rural Extenders. H.R. 3173 - The Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2021 - Simplify/streamline Medicare Advantage prior authorization processes. H.R. 2455 - The Resetting the IMPACT Act (TRIA) of 2021 - IMPACT Act implementation / unified payment timeline reset. Garner Congressional support for CMS to withdraw the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Review Choice Demonstration (IRF RCD) Discussions regarding Rural DSH payment policy.
Client expense: $820,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office
2022 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
H.R. 1330 / S. 4130 - "Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2021" - Provisions that would weaken or repeal current law limiting self-referral to physician-owned hospitals. H.R. 2455 - "The Resetting the IMPACT Act (TRIA) of 2021" - Unified Post-Acute PPS. S. 1512 / H.R. 2903- "Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2021" - Telehealth provisions. S. 1568 / H.R. 4407 - "Technical Reset to Advance the Instruction of Nurses Act" - CMS payments for Nursing Education Hospitals. H.R. 1887 / S. 4009 - "Rural Hospital Support Act" - Rural Extenders. H.R. 3173 - The Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2021 - Simplify/streamline Medicare Advantage prior authorization processes. H.R. 2455 - The Resetting the IMPACT Act (TRIA) of 2021 - IMPACT Act implementation / unified payment timeline reset. Garner Congressional support for CMS to withdraw the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Review Choice Demonstration (IRF RCD) Discussions regarding Rural DSH payment policy.
Client expense: $730,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office
2022 · first_quarter · Health Issues
Prior authorization reform; IMPACT Act implementation and timeline reset (H.R. 2455); Review Choice Demonstration
Client expense: $215,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
2022 · first_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
IRF payment and coverage issues; prior authorization reform (HR 3173. S. 3018); Review Choice Demonstration advocacy; IMPACT Act reset efforts (H.R. 2455); COVID relief
Client expense: $215,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
2022 · first_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
H.R.2455, the Resetting the IMPACT Act of 2021; IRF Medicare coverage policies; IRF review choice demonstration; Medicare payment policies, sequestration.
Client expense: $310,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · first_quarter · Health Issues
H.R.2455, the Resetting the IMPACT Act of 2021; IRF Medicare coverage policies; IRF review choice demonstration; Medicare payment policies, sequestration.
Client expense: $310,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE