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Data to Save Moms Act This bill expands data collection and research on maternal morbidity and mortality among minority populations. Specifically, the bill adds requirements to a program within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that supports maternal mortality review committees. To the extent practicable, the committees must use the most up-to-date indicators of severe maternal morbidity; review deaths caused by suicide, overdose, or other behavioral health conditions attributed to or aggravated by pregnancy or childbirth; and consult with representatives of communities about nonclinical factors that may contribute to adverse maternal outcomes. The CDC may also award grants to committees to increase their engagement with local communities, such as by bringing on community representatives as committee members. Additionally, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality must consult with diverse stakeholders to review maternal health data collection processes and quality measures and make recommendations to improve them. The Indian Health Service and the Department of Health and Human Services must also arrange for studies on adverse maternal health outcomes among tribal and minority populations, respectively.
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Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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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2024 · first_quarter · Veterans
Issues related to implementation of PACT Act of 2022. H.R.905 - Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness. H.R.925/S.378 - Protect Camp Lejeune VETS Act. H.R.1204/S.1275 - Protect Access to Justice for Veterans Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $90,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2023 · fourth_quarter · Veterans
Issues related to implementation of PACT Act of 2022. H.R.905 - Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness. H.R.925/S.378 - Protect Camp Lejeune VETS Act. H.R.1204/S.1275 - Protect Access to Justice for Veterans Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $90,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2023 · third_quarter · Veterans
Issues related to implementation of PACT Act of 2022. H.R.905 - Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness. H.R.925/S.378 - Protect Camp Lejeune VETS Act. H.R.1204/S.1275 - Protect Access to Justice for Veterans Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $90,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2023 · second_quarter · Veterans
Issues related to implementation of PACT Act of 2022. H.R.905 - Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness. H.R.925/S.378 - Protect Camp Lejeune VETS Act. H.R.1204/S.1275 - Protect Access to Justice for Veterans Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $90,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2023 · first_quarter · Government Issues
H.R. 925/S. 378, Protect Camp Lejeune VETS Act H.R. 1118/S. 512, Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act of 2023 H.R. 1410, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act Potential legislation similar to H.R. 1/S. 1/S. 2093, For the People Act of 2021 Potential legislation similar to H.R. 4737/S. 3137, Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (117th Congress) Nomination of Dilawar Syed to be Deputy Administrator of the SBA Nomination of Kathy Beckett for the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Committee Nomination of Gigi Sohn to be a Commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission Various issues relating to defense industrial base; application of Kristof Terryn to serve on the Department of Labor's Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship; use of the Defense Production Act (P.L. 81-774) during the coronavirus pandemic; implementation of the American Rescue Plan Act (P.L. 117-2); decisions of the Congressional Parliamentarians; reopening of Capitol Hill to visitors and the public; urging a rapid nomination of a new FAA Administrator; Camp Lejeune related litigation; oversight issues related to the U.S. Department of Justice
Client expense: $18,660,000 · Firm income: Not reported
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| NY |
| Alma S. Adams | Democratic | NC |
| Ayanna Pressley | Democratic | MA |
| Carolyn B. Maloney | Democratic | NY |
| Darren Soto | Democratic | FL |
| David J. Trone | Democratic | MD |
| Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Democratic | FL |
| Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Democratic | NJ |
| Doris O. Matsui | Democratic | CA |
| Dwight Evans | Democratic | PA |
| Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | OR |
| G. K. Butterfield | Democratic | NC |
| Gwen Moore | Democratic | WI |
| Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Democratic | GA |
| Jahana Hayes | Democratic | CT |
| Janice D. Schakowsky | Democratic | IL |
| Jerrold Nadler | Democratic | NY |
| John Garamendi | Democratic | CA |
| Karen Bass | Democratic | CA |
| Kathy Castor | Democratic | FL |
| Lauren Underwood | Democratic | IL |
| Lisa Blunt Rochester | Democratic | DE |
| Lucy McBath | Democratic | GA |
| Marilyn Strickland | Democratic | WA |
| Mary Gay Scanlon | Democratic | PA |
| Nanette Diaz Barragán | Democratic | CA |
| Nikema Williams | Democratic | GA |
| Nydia M. Velázquez | Democratic | NY |
| Raul Ruiz | Democratic | CA |
| Ro Khanna | Democratic | CA |
| Robin L. Kelly | Democratic | IL |
| Seth Moulton | Democratic | MA |
| Steve Cohen | Democratic | TN |
| Steven Horsford | Democratic | NV |
| Terri A. Sewell | Democratic | AL |
| Theodore E. Deutch | Democratic | FL |
| Tim Ryan | Democratic | OH |
| Yvette D. Clarke | Democratic | NY |
| HR 959 |
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| HR 8862 | 117th | Related bill |
| HR 7585 | 117th | Related bill |
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2023 · first_quarter · Government Issues
H.R. 925/S. 378, Protect Camp Lejeune VETS Act H.R. 1118/S. 512, Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act of 2023 H.R. 1410, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act Potential legislation similar to H.R. 1/S. 1/S. 2093, For the People Act of 2021 Potential legislation similar to H.R. 4737/S. 3137, Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (117th Congress) Nomination of Dilawar Syed to be Deputy Administrator of the SBA Nomination of Kathy Beckett for the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Committee Nomination of Gigi Sohn to be a Commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission Various issues relating to defense industrial base; application of Kristof Terryn to serve on the Department of Labor's Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship; use of the Defense Production Act (P.L. 81-774) during the coronavirus pandemic; implementation of the American Rescue Plan Act (P.L. 117-2); decisions of the Congressional Parliamentarians; reopening of Capitol Hill to visitors and the public; urging a rapid nomination of a new FAA Administrator; Camp Lejeune related litigation; oversight issues related to the U.S. Department of Justice
Client expense: $18,660,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2023 · first_quarter · Torts
H.R. 925 / S. 378, Protect Camp Lejeune VETS Act - SUPPORT H.R.1204, To amend the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022 to limit attorney fees available under the Federal cause of action relating to water at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and for other purposes - SUPPORT
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Medical Device User Fee Agreement; Remanufacturing Medical Devices (HR 7253;"Clarifying Remanufacturing to Protect Patient Safety Act of 2022") Right to Repair; Artificial Intelligence for imaging devices; Cybersecurity for legacy imaging equipment(including Protecting and Transforming Cyber Health Act); S.3648/HR 748 CARES Act; HR 925 Heroes Act.
Client expense: $400,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · second_quarter · Natural Resources
Chronic Wasting Disease Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund Endangered Species Act, Wildlife Restoration Program, state authority to manage fish and wildlife; wildlife dependent recreation, fish and wildlife diseases Lacey Act, Sikes Act, Migratory Treaty Bird Act, Access to public lands for hunting and fishing, North American Wetland Conservation Act (HR925) National Fish Hatchery System; Lesser prairie chicken, wolves, National Fish Habitat Conservation Through Partnerships Act Recovering America's Wildlife (HR2773/S2372) Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act COVID-19 related legislation Wildlife Trade and wildlife disease Migratory Bird Protection Act (HR4833) HR4716 HR4521 HR5608
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
2022 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
H.R. 4014, Physician Shortage GME Cap Flex Act of 2021, provisions relating to Graduate Medical Education S. 2094, Physician Shortage GME Cap Flex Act of 2021, provisions relating to Graduate Medical Education H.R. 1332, Telehealth Modernization Act, all provisions S. 368, Telehealth Modernization Act, all provisions H.R. 4058, Telemental Health Care Access Act of 2021, all provisions S. 2061, Telemental Health Care Access Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 3173, Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2021, provisions relating to Prior Authorization and attachment standards S. 3018, Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2021, provisions relating to Prior Authorization and attachment standards H.R. 7995, Getting Over Lengthy Delays in Care As Required by Doctors (GOLD CARD) Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 3259, Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation (NO PAIN) Act, all provisions S. 586, Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation (NO PAIN) Act, all provisions H.R. 4587, Value in Health Care Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 7213, Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act, all provisions S. 748, Medicare Sequester Relief Act, all provisions H.R. 2903, Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act, all provisions S. 1512, Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act, all provisions H.R. 2256, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act, all provisions S. 834, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act, all provisions H.R. 1218, Data Mapping to Save Moms Lives Act, all provisions S. 198, Data Mapping to Save Moms Lives Act, all provisions H.R. 3407, Mothers and Offspring Mortality and Morbidity Awareness (MOMMAs) Act, all provisions S. 411, Mothers and Offspring Mortality and Morbidity Awareness (MOMMAs) Act, all provisions H.R. 3441, Substance Use Disorder Workforce Act, all provisions S. 1438, Opioid Workforce Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 955, Medicaid Reentry Act of 2021, all provisions S. 285, Medicaid Reentry Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 2654, Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 6020, Supporting Medicare Providers Act of 2021, all provisions S. 3314, Supporting Medicare Providers Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 6311, Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency Act of 2021, all provisions S. 3418, Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 3, Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act, all provisions H.R. 19, Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2021, all provisions S. 801, Connected Maternal Online Monitoring Act, all provisions H.R. 1738, Stabilize Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Act, all provisions H.R. 1025, Kids Access to Primary Care Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 66, Comprehensive Access to Robust Insurance Now Guaranteed (CARING) for Kids Act, all provisions S. 610, Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act, all provisions H.R. 6000, Cures 2.0 Act, all provisions H.R. 4043, Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act of 2021, all provisions S. 2416, New Opportunities for Value that Extend Lives (NOVEL) Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 7666, Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 3746, Accountable Care in Rural America Act, all provisions H.R. 4755, Seniors Chronic Care Management Improvement Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 6308, ACO Assignment Improvement Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 1868, To prevent across-the-board direct spending cuts, and for other purposes, all provisions H.R. 315, Medicare Sequester COVID Moratorium Act, all provisions H.R. 6048, Medicare Stability for Patients and Providers Act, all provisions H.R. 3348, SOS: Sustaining Outpatient Services Act, all provisions H.R. 366, Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 2166, Ensuring Parity in MA and PACE for Audio-Only Telehealth Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 2228, Rural Behavioral Health Access Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 3447, Permanency for Audio-Only Telehealth Act, all provisions H.R. 7051, Access to Prescription Digital Therapeutics Act of 2022, all provisions S. 3791, Access to Prescription Digital Therapeutics Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 7878, Kidney Health Connect Act of 2022, all provisions S. 4307, Kidney Health Connect Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 6202, Telehealth Extension Act of 2021, all provisions S. 987, CARA 3.0 Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 1438, Opioid Workforce Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 925, Data to Save Moms Act, all provisions H.R. 7475, Mamas First Act, all provisions H.R. 3746, Accountable Care in Rural America Act, all provisions H.R. 4587, Value in Health Care Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 3, Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act, all provisions H.R. 3614, Menstrual Equity For All Act of 2021, provisions related to menstrual products coverage in Medicaid Medicare program: Physician Payment and Delivery Reform Medicare program: Impending Medicare payment cuts Medicare program: Medicare Evaluation and Management/budget neutrality Medicare program: Statutory PAYGO/Sequester Relief Medicare program: Accountable Care Organizations/specialty care Medicare program: Alternative Payment Models Medicare program: AMA Recovery Plan for Americas Physicians/payment reform Medicare program: Global and Professional Direct Contracting alternative payment model/REACH ACOs Medicare program: Appropriate Use Criteria and Prior Authorization Medicare program: Medicare Advantage/prior authorization regulation Medicare program: Automatic blood pressure measurement devices/coverage Medicare program: Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Value Pathways (MVPs) Medicare program: MIPS/Promoting Interoperability/Cost/Improvement Activities Medicare program: MIPS/data sharing/transparency Medicare program: MACRA physician burdens Medicare program: Quality Payment Program Medicare program: Health IT burden Medicare program: Public Health Emergency COVID-19 /Accelerated and Advance Payments Medicare program: Primary Care First models Medicare program: Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) Medicare program: Modifier 25 Medicare program: Split/shared billing Medicare program: Interoperability/data blocking/HIPAA Medicare program: Coding Medicare program: Provider compliance/Regulatory relief Medicare program: Provider Enrollment, Chain, and Ownership System (PECOS) Enrollment/Revalidation Medicare program: Open Payments Medicare program: Prescription drug pricing/Pharmacy Benefits Managers Medicare program: Step Therapy Medicare and Medicaid programs: Medicare Access and Chip Reauthorization Act (MACRA)/implementation Medicare and Medicaid programs: MACRA Oversight Medicaid program: Improving Access to Physical and Mental Health Care for Children and Youth Under Medicaid and CHIP draft Medicare and Medicaid programs: Health Equity Medicaid program: Maternal Mortality Medicaid program: Uninsured and healthcare coverage/COVID-19 Medicaid program: Special Enrollment Period Medicaid program: Sickle Cell Disease
Client expense: $4,550,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), 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 · Health Issues
Medical Device User Fee Agreement; Remanufacturing Medical Devices (HR 7253;"Clarifying Remanufacturing to Protect Patient Safety Act of 2022") Right to Repair; Artificial Intelligence for imaging devices; Cybersecurity for legacy imaging equipment(including Protecting and Transforming Cyber Health Act);S.3648/HR 748 CARES Act; HR 925 Heroes Act.
Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Medical Device User Fee Agreement; Remanufacturing Medical Devices (HR 7253;"Clarifying Remanufacturing to Protect Patient Safety Act of 2022") Right to Repair; Artificial Intelligence for imaging devices; Cybersecurity for legacy imaging equipment(including Protecting and Transforming Cyber Health Act); S.3648/HR 748 CARES Act; HR 925 Heroes Act.
Client expense: $400,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Telehealth; COVID-19; Health Equity Issues; Mental Health Parity; Affordability; Telehealth; Coverage of COVID-19 Inflation Reduction Act; No Surprises Act; REL data; Covid transition/PHE; Pre-deductible/site restriction telehealth extension; parity enforcement and implementation; funding for mental health programs; provider directories; No Surprises Act; Qualifying Payment Amount; Section 204; H.R. 7666 - Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022 Sponsor: Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ-06) H.R. 7780 - Mental Health Matters Act To support the behavioral needs of students and youth, invest in the school-based behavioral health workforce, and ensure access to mental health and substance use disorder benefits. Sponsor: Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-11) H.R. 7585 - Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2022 To improve the health of minority individuals, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Robin Kelly (D-IL-02) H.R. 959 - Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021 To end preventable maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity in the United States and close disparities in maternal health outcomes, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14) S. 346 - Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021 A bill to end preventable maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity in the United States and close disparities in maternal health outcomes, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) H.R. 959 - Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021 Sponsor: Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14) To end preventable maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity in the United States and close disparities in maternal health outcomes, and for other purposes. H.R. 7666 - Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain programs relating to mental health and substance use disorders, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ-06) H.R. 432 - Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2021 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services under part B of the Medicare program, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA-04) S. 828 - Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2021 A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services under part B of the Medicare program, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) H.R. 925 - Data to Save Moms Act To amend the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) to authorize funding for maternal mortality review committees to promote representative community engagement, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS-03) H.R. 8876 - Jackie Walorski Maternal and Child Home Visiting Reauthorization Act of 2022 Official Title: To reauthorize the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL-07) H.R. 3345 - Helping MOMS Act of 2021 To amend the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and title XIX of the Social Security Act to promote extended coverage of pregnant and postpartum women under the Medicaid program. Rep. Robin Kelly (D-IL-02)
Client expense: $1,370,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
2022 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Issue: Educate Congress and the administration on academic medicines missions, including education, research, patient care, GME, workforce, and physician shortages in rural and urban communities. Draft Graduate Medical Education Reform Act Issue: Support increased funding for the National Health Service Corps, Teaching Health Center GME, and National Disaster Medical Service (NDMS) demonstration pilot. Support increased Medicare support for Graduate Medical Education/physician training. Issues: Educate Congress and the administration about the role of academic medicine in the provision of mental and behavioral health care, including initiatives to respond to the opioid epidemic. Support measures to expand access to mental health care and substance use disorder treatment, including funding for training on substance use disorders, pain management, and safe prescribing practices, enhance enforcement of mental health parity laws, increased financial support for integrated behavioral health models. Support the provision of additional Medicare-supported graduate medical education slots for psychiatry and psychiatry sub-specialties. P.L. 117-328, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 Support the provision of 200 additional Medicare-supported graduate medical education (GME) positions. Support the extension of COVID-related telehealth flexibilities. Support elimination or delay of Statutory Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) Medicare sequester and eliminating or reducing scheduled cuts to the Physician Fee Schedule. Support one-year of continuous Medicaid coverage for children. Support extension of postpartum Medicaid and CHIP coverage for 12 months. H.R. 1384/ S.445, Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment (MAT) Act of 2021 P.L. 117-328, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, Division FF Issue: Support suspension of waiver requirement for certain providers to prescribe buprenorphine. H.R. 2067, Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act of 2021 P.L. 117-328, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, Division FF Issue: Oppose legislative mandates dictating medical education curriculum on pain management and addiction. H.R. 7236, Strengthen Kids Mental Health Now Act/ S. 2727 Investing in Kids Mental Health Now Act Issue: Support increasing Medicaid reimbursement rates for pediatric mental health services through a 100% federal match. P.L. 116-22, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2019 Issues: Support the Hospital Preparedness Program and the reauthorization of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act. Support increased funding authorization levels. Issue: Educate Congress on how the 340B Drug Pricing Program helps safety-net providers to fulfill their missions and care for patients and communities. Support measures to preserve and strengthen the 340B Drug Pricing Program and oppose efforts to reduce the scope of the program, including restrictions on covered entities use of contract pharmacy to distribute covered drugs. H.R. 4390, Preserving Rules Ordered for the Entities Covered Through 340B Act of 2021 (PROTECT 340B Act) Issue: Support measures to prevent pharmacy benefit managers and commercial insurers from discriminating against 340B covered entities. H.R. 3203/S. 773 Issue: Support policy to allow 340B DSH hospitals to remain eligible to participate in the program throughout the current public health emergency even if their DSH adjustment falls below the current threshold due to changes in payer mix as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Issue: Oppose insurance plans that do not meet Affordable Care Act requirements. Issue: Support increased interoperability and exchange of electronic health information and delayed enforcement of information blocking rule until comprehensive guidance is issued. Issue: Support the ongoing refinement of the two new mandatory alternative payment models, the Radiation Oncology Model and End-stage Renal Disease Treatment Choices Model, to better incentivize high-quality care for all patients. H.R. 4128/ S. 2209, Verifying Accurate Leading-edge IVCT Development (VALID) Act of 2021 S. 4348, Food and Drug Administration Safety and Landmark Advancements (FDASLA) Act of 2022 P.L. 117-328, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 Issue: Educate Congress on development of Laboratory Developed Tests at academic medical centers and oppose policies that would increase burdensome regulations and negatively impact patients access to care by allowing Food and Drug Administration regulation of the development of Laboratory Developed Tests at academic medical centers. S. 4348, Food and Drug Administration Safety and Landmark Advancements (FDASLA) Act of 2022 H.R. 7667, Food and Drug Amendments of 2022 (FDA22) P.L. 117-328, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 Issue: Support promotion of data sharing and clinical trials results reporting. Support increased clinical trials diversity. Issue: Development of Enhanced Primary Care Pilot Act proposal H.R. 2503 / S. 3039, Social Determinants Accelerator Act of 2021 Issue: Support grants to address social determinants of health H.R. 7585 / S. 4486, Health Equity and Accountability Act Issue: Support programs to improve health equity and address social determinants of health. Issue: Support incentives to encourage the inclusion of implicit bias training in medical education and residency training. Issue: Support congressional investment in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) models to reduce maternal mortality and improve maternal health. Issue: Support maternal health initiatives to expand coverage during the postpartum period and expand demonstration project grants. H.R. 959, Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021 S. 1695 / H.R. 4387, Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act S. 1491/ H.R. 769, Rural MOMs Act H.R. 4387, Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act of 2021 H.R. 925 / S. 347, Data to Save Moms Act Issue: Support legislative efforts to improve maternal health and reduce rates of maternal mortality, including the Momnibus. Support legislative initiatives to improve data collection to improve maternal health equity. P.L. 117-159, Bipartisan Safer Communities Act Issue: Support policies to promote firearm safety, universal background checks, violence prevention programs, extreme risk protection orders, child access safety laws, reinstating assault weapons ban, data infrastructure, hospital based and community violence intervention programs, and programs to address mental and behavioral health impact of gun violence. Issue: Support funding for Community Violence Interventions / Hospital Based Violence Intervention Programs P.L. 117-105, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act Issue: Support grants directed at improving clinician burnout and well-being. Issue: Provide feedback on implementation of the Provider Relief Fund. Support extension for use of PRF funds. Issue: Support improvements to the Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payment Programs, including delaying recoupment of MAAP loans. Issue: Support extension of public health emergency declaration. Issue: Provide feedback on COVID-19 and pandemic response. Provide feedback on monkeypox response including testing. S. 3799, PREVENT Pandemics Act P.L. 117-328, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, Division FF Issue: Provide feedback on pandemic preparedness legislation, urge inclusion of provisions to support academic medical centers preparedness activities. Issue: Support establishment of regional pandemic response centers, stronger linkages between public health and academic medicine, and the role of medical students and academic medical centers in administering COVID vaccines. Issue: Support efforts of academic medical centers to respond to public health threats such as monkeypox and COVID-19. Urge establishment and implementation of robust national testing strategy; functional, redundant, and transparent supply chain; improved federal coordination; investments in public health and health care human and other resources; data modernization initiatives; and other actions to improve current and future pandemic response. H.R. 708, S. 168, Temporary Reciprocity to Ensure Access to Treatment (TREAT) Act Issue: Support for a temporary uniform licensing standard for all practitioners in all states throughout the COVID-19 public health emergency S. 674 Public Health Infrastructure Saves Lives Act Issue: Support investments in core public health infrastructure. Issue: Support ensuring patients are put first, that conscience protections align with medical professionalism standards, and oppose interference in the patient-physician relationship. Issue: Support increased interoperability and exchange of electronic health information. Support delay of enforcement beyond April 2021. H.R. 6000, Cures 2.0 Act Issue: Provide feedback on provisions related to public health, patients and caregivers, FDA, CMS, and research, and ARPA-H. Issue: Promote strategies to strengthen the health, public health, and research workforces. H.R. 3671, Doctors of Community Act Issue: Discuss authorization of the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program. H.R. 8131, Increasing Competition for Medical Residency Act Issue: Educate Congress on the medical education and training continuum, the annual residency Match, and the role of the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) in medical education and residency. Issue: Provide guidance on the implementation of the No Surprises Act. Issue: Provide feedback on proposed modifications to the HIPAA privacy rule. H.R. 5035 / S. 2982, Child Suicide Prevention and Lethal Means Safety Act Issue: Support legislation to provide grants to improve suicide prevention and lethal means safety. Issue: Inform Congress and Administration about medical education on caring for older adults, nutrition, climate change, stigma around addiction, reproductive health, and accelerated medical education training programs. Issue: Provide feedback on efforts of the academic medicine community to address climate change and decarbonization. Issue: Support efforts of teaching hospitals to promote patient safety and high-quality care. H.R. 7152/ S.3534, The Tracking Pathogens Act P.L. 117-328, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, Division FF Issue: Support expansion of CDC activities related to genomic sequencing of pathogens. Issue: Support reignition of Cancer Moonshot. H.R. 7961, Safety from Violence for Healthcare Employees (SAVE) Act Issue: Support statutory protections against violence and intimidation for health care workers and provide grants for hospital programs aimed at preventing violence in health care settings. P.L. 117-263, James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 Issue: Support a one year pause in military medical billet reductions in the Military Health System.
Client expense: $876,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Vice President of the U.S., White House Office
2022 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Telehealth; COVID-19; Health Equity Issues; Mental Health Parity; Affordability; Telehealth; Coverage of COVID-19 Inflation Reduction Act; No Surprises Act; REL data; Covid transition/PHE; Pre-deductible/site restriction telehealth extension; parity enforcement and implementation; funding for mental health programs; provider directories; No Surprises Act; Qualifying Payment Amount; Section 204; H.R. 7666 - Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of2022 Sponsor: Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ-06) H.R. 7780 - Mental Health Matters Act To support the behavioral needs of students and youth, invest in the school-based behavioral health workforce, and ensure access to mental health and substance use disorder benefits. Sponsor: Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-11) H.R. 7585 - Health Equity and Accountability Act of2022 To improve the health of minority individuals, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Robin Kelly (D-IL-02) H.R. 959 - Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of2021 To end preventable maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity in the United States and close disparities in maternal health outcomes, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14) S. 346 - Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021 A bill to end preventable maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity in the United States and close disparities in maternal health outcomes, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) H.R. 959 - Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of2021 Sponsor: Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14) To end preventable maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity in the United States and close disparities in maternal health outcomes, and for other purposes. H.R. 7666 - Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of2022 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain programs relating to mental health and substance use disorders, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ-06) H.R. 432 - Mental Health Access Improvement Act of2021 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services under part B of the Medicare program, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA-04) S. 828 - Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2021 A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services under part B of the Medicare program, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) H.R. 925 - Data to Save Moms Act To amend the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) to authorize funding for maternal mortality review committees to promote representative community engagement, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS-03) H.R. 8876 - Jackie Walorski Maternal and Child Home Visiting Reauthorization Act of2022 Official Title: To reauthorize the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL-07) H.R. 3345 - Helping MOMS Act of 2021
Client expense: $246,110 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
H.R. 8800, Supporting Medicare Providers Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 3434, Territories Health Equity Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 4406, Supporting Medicaid in the U.S. Territories Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 1332, Telehealth Modernization Act, all provisions S. 368, Telehealth Modernization Act, all provisions H.R. 2903, Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2021, all provisions S. 1512, Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 366, Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 7051, Access to Prescription Digital Therapeutics Act of 2022, provisions relating to COVID-19 flexibilities, and telemental health S. 3791, Access to Prescription Digital Therapeutics Act of 2022, provisions relating to COVID-19 flexibilities, and telemental health S. 610, Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act, all provisions H.R. 4040, Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 2654, Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 7213, Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act, all provisions H.R. 6087, Improving Access to Workers Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 5067, Preserving Patient Access to Home Infusion Act, provisions relating to scope of practice S. 2652, Preserving Patient Access to Home Infusion Act, provisions relating to scope of practice H.R. 8812, Improving Care and Access to Nurses (I CAN) Act, all provisions S. 5212, Improving Care and Access to Nurses (I CAN) Act, all provisions H.R. 9577, Increasing Mental Health Options Act of 2022, all provisions S. 5272, Increasing Mental Health Options Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 3173, Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2021, all provisions S. 3018, Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 8487, Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 3259, Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation (NOPAIN) Act, all provisions S. 586, Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation (NOPAIN) Act, all provisions H.R. 1438, Opioid Workforce Act of 2021, all provisions S. 1438, Opioid Workforce Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 3441, Substance Use Disorder Workforce Act, all provisions H.R. 3407, Mothers and Offspring Mortality and Morbidity Awareness (MOMMAs) Act, provisions relating to Medicaid and CHIP, and maternal and infant mortality S. 411, Mothers and Offspring Mortality and Morbidity Awareness (MOMMAs) Act, provisions relating to Medicaid and CHIP, and maternal and infant mortality H.R. 925, Data to Save Moms Act, all provisions H.R. 959, Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021, all provisions S. 346, Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 3746, Accountable Care in Rural America Act, all provisions H.R. 4587, Value in Health Care Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 4755, Seniors Chronic Care Management Improvement Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 6308, ACO Assignment Improvement Act of 2021, all provisions S. 5249, Preserving Patient Access to Value-Based Care Act, all provisions H.R. 8879, Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Improvement Act, all provisions H.R. 8878, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure adequate coverage of outpatient mental health services under the Medicare program, all provisions H.R. 432, Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 8910, Behavioral Health Integration Awareness Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 8884, Medicare Opioid Use Disorder Outreach Act, all provisions H.R. 8890, Physician Wellness Program Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 3, Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act, all provisions H.R. 19, Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 4058, Telemental Health Care Access Act of 2021, all provisions S. 2061, Telemental Health Care Access Act of 2021, all provisions S. 801, Connected Maternal Online Monitoring Act, all provisions H.R. 1738, Stabilize Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Act, all provisions H.R. 1025, Kids Access to Primary Care Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 2256, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021, all provisions S. 834, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 7995, Getting Over Lengthy Delays in Care As Required by Doctors (GOLD CARD) Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 955, Medicaid Reentry Act of 2021, all provisions S. 285, Medicaid Reentry Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 4128, Verifying Accurate Leading-edge IVCT Development (VALID) Act of 2021, all provisions S. 2209, Verifying Accurate Leading-edge IVCT Development (VALID) Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 6000, Cures 2.0 Act, all provisions H.R. 4043, Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act of 2021, all provisions S. 2416, New Opportunities for Value that Extend Lives (NOVEL) Act of 2021, all provisions S. 2938, Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, all provisions H.R. 8594, Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act, all provisions S. 4750, Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act, all provisions H.R. 4014, Physician Shortage GME Cap Flex Act of 2021, all provisions S. 2094, Physician Shortage GME Cap Flex Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 9378, Sunshine Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 6576, Small Practice, Underserved, and Rural Support Program (SURS) Extension Act of 2022, all provisions Medicare program: Medicare and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) broad reform Medicare program: MACRA implementation Medicare program: MACRA burdens Medicare program: 21st Century Cures Act implementation Medicare program: Enhancing the Mental Health Workforce Medicare program: Improvement to Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Improvement Act Medicare program: Medicare program improvement/Physician Services and Education Medicare program: Accountable Care Organizations Medicare program: Medicare Economic Index (MEI)/inflation updates Medicare program: 2% Medicare sequester moratorium Medicare program: 4.5% payment rates reduction Medicare program: Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Conversion Factor/3% increase extension Medicare program: Global and Professional Direct Contracting alternative payment model/REACH ACOs Medicare program: Medicare physician payment Medicare program: Merit-based Incentive Payment Program (MIPS) improvement Medicare program: Alternative Payment Models (APMs) Medicare program: Medicare Physician Payment Reform/primary care/specialties Medicare program: Provider Enrollment, Chain, and Ownership System (PECOS)/Revalidation Medicare program: Recovery plan for Americas Physicians Medicare program: Physician-Owned Hospitals/Medicare Moratorium Medicare program: Health IT burdens Medicare program: EHR certification Medicare program: Provider Compliance/Regulatory Relief Medicare program: Quality Payment Program/physician burdens Medicare program: National provider directory Medicare program: Self-measured blood pressure (SMBP) devices/benefit category Medicare program: Information blocking Medicare program: Coding Medicare program: Skilled nursing facilities (SNF) Medicare and Medicaid programs: Cybersecurity Medicare and Medicaid programs: Puerto Rico/Medicaid caps/FMAP Medicaid program: Improving Access to Physical and Mental Health Care for Children and Youth Under Medicaid and CHIP Medicaid program: Ensuring Access to Telemental Health Services Medicaid program: Ensuring Access to Telemental Health Services Medicaid program: Enhancing the Mental Health Workforce Medicaid program: Improving Integration, Coordination, and Access to Care Medicaid program: Maternal mortality and morbidity/Equity
Client expense: $5,060,000 · 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), SENATE, White House Office
2022 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 708, Temporary Reciprocity to Ensure Access to Treatment (TREAT) Act, provisions relating to fraud, waste, and abuse S. 168, Temporary Reciprocity to Ensure Access to Treatment (TREAT) Act, provisions relating to fraud, waste, and abuse H.R. 2617, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, provisions relating to COVID-19 telehealth flexibilities H.R. 1364, Parity Enforcement Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 3753, Parity Implementation Assistance Act, all provisions S. 1962, Parity Implementation Assistance Act, all provisions S. 3799, Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats, and (PREVENT) Pandemics Act, provisions relating to hospital-at-home flexibilities H.R. 925, Data to Save Moms Act, all provisions H.R. 959, Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021, all provisions S. 346, Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 6878, Pregnant Women in Custody Act, all provisions S. 5027, Protecting the Health and Wellness of Babies and Pregnant Women in Custody Act, all provisions H.R. 1384, Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment (MAT) Act of 2021, all provisions S. 445, Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment (MAT) Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 2067, Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act of 2021, all provisions S. 2235, Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 7234, Summer Barrow Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Act, all provisions H.R. 8908, Fighting Stimulant and other Substance Use Disorders Act, all provisions H.R. 8891, No Surprises for Survivors Act of 2022, al provisions H.R. 8885, Better Health Care Directories Act, all provisions H.R. 8886, Promoting Clarity in Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Treatment Act, all provisions H.R. 8892, Access to Mental Health Services Act, all provisions H.R. 8881, Mental Health Transparency Act, all provisions H.R. 8889, Readable Insurance Coverage Explanations (RICE) Act, all provisions S. 5041, Training Psychiatrists for the Future Act, all provisions H.R. 1218, Data Mapping to Save Moms Lives Act, all provisions S. 198, Data Mapping to Save Moms' Lives Act, all provisions S. 1675, Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act, all provisions H.R. 1446, Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 8, Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 379, Improving Social Determinants of Health Act of 2021, all provisions S. 104, Improving Social Determinants of Health Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 2163, Safe Step Act, all provisions S. 464, Safe Step Act, all provisions H.R. 5248, Temporary Responders for Immediate Aid in Grave Emergencies (TRIAGE) Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 5602, Bolstering Infectious Outbreaks (BIO) Preparedness Workforce Act of 2021, all provisions S. 3244, Bolstering Infectious Outbreaks (BIO) Preparedness Workforce Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 1667, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, all provisions S. 3904, Healthcare Cybersecurity Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 4128, Verifying Accurate Leading-edge IVCT Development (VALID) Act of 2021, all provisions S. 2209, Verifying Accurate Leading-edge IVCT Development (VALID) Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 6000, Cures 2.0 Act, all provisions H.R. 8152, American Data Privacy and Protection Act, all provisions H.R. 2377, Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2022, provisions related to gun violence H.R. 7910, Protecting Our Kids Act, all provisions S. 2938, Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, all provisions H.R. 7667, Food and Drug Amendments of 2022, all provisions H.R. 7666, Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 8318, To restrict limitations on the possession, sale, purchase, transportation or use of any contraceptive that relates to interstate commerce, all provisions H.R. 8296, Womens Health Protection Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 8297, Ensuring Womens Right to Reproductive Freedom Act, all provisions H.R. 8373, Right to Contraception Act, all provisions H.R. 1235, Charlotte Woodward Organ Transplant Discrimination Prevention Act, all provisions H.R. 3301, Charlotte Woodward Organ Transplant Discrimination Prevention Act, all provisions H.R. 8454, Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act, all provisions S. 253, Cannabidiol and Marihuana Research Expansion Act, all provisions H.R. 3085, Equity in Neuroscience and Alzheimers Clinical Trials Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 5030, Diversifying Investigations Via Equitable Research Studies for Everyone (DIVERSE) Trials Act, all provisions H.R. 6072, Leveraging Integrated Networks in Communities (LINC) To Address Social Needs Act of 2021, all provisions S. 509, Leveraging Integrated Networks in Communities (LINC) to Address Social Needs Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 666, Anti-Racism in Public Health Act of 2021, all provisions S. 162, Anti-Racism in Public Health Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 6311, Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency Act of 2021, all provisions S. 3418, Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 7232, 9-8-8 and Parity Assistance Act of 2022, all provisions S. 4090, Dietary Supplement Listing Act of 2022, all provisions No Surprises Act/implementation Hospice Code Modernization Act of 2022 Cybersecurity Climate change and inhalers WIC/Nutrition Opioids/Pain Care and Substance Use Disaster funding/Puerto Rico and Florida Gender reassignment surgery/provider threats Health Equity Long-term care/special needs Data Privacy Prior authorization Artificial Intelligence(AI)/Bias/Equity Digital health/AI/Digital therapeutics Maternal mortality and morbidity/Equity Infectious disease - COVID-19, monkey pox, RSV COVID-19/testing/misinformation/vaccines/therapeutics Opioids Reproductive health Cannabis/marketing/unapproved medical claims Emergency departments/patient boarding Precision medicine/diagnostics Section 1557/nondiscrimination
Client expense: $5,060,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP), SENATE, White House Office
2022 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
COVID-19; COVID-19 Transition/PHE; Telehealth; Health disparities; Social Determinants of Health; Maternal Health Mental Health; Funding for mental health programs; Affordability. H.R. 7780-Mental Health Matters Act A bill to increase access to mental and behavioral health care for students. The bill creates various grants to increase the number of school-based mental health services providers. Sponsor: Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-11) (Introduced 05/16/2022) H.R. 7666-Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022 To amend to the Public Health Services Act to reauthorize center programs relating to mental health and substance use disorders, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ-06) (Introduced 05/06/2022) S. 346-Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021 A bill to end preventable maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity in the United Stated and close disparities in maternal health outcomes, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) (Introduced 02/22/2021) H.R. 959-Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021 A bill to end preventable maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity in the United Stated and close disparities in maternal health outcomes, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14) (Introduced 02/08/2021) H.R. 8876 Jackie Walorski Maternal and Child Home Visiting Reauthorization Act of 2022 To reauthorize through FY2027, increases funding for, and modifies the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Danny Davis, (D-IL-7) (Introduced 09/19/2022) H.R. 432-Mentel Health Access Improvement Act of 2021 This bill provides for coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services under Medicare. It also excludes such services from the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system, and authorizes marriage and family therapists and mental health counselors to develop discharge plans for post-hospital services. Sponsor: Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA-5) (Introduced 01/21/2021) H.R. 925 Data to Save Moms Act The bill expands data collection and research on maternal morbidity and mortality among minority populations. The bill authorizes funding for maternal mortality review committees to promotes community engagement and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS-3) (Introduced 02/08/2021)
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2023 (H.R. 2617) Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (H.R. 5376) Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022 (HR 7666) Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act of 2021 Maternal health: MOMMAs Act S. 411/HR 3407; Black Maternal Health Omnibus Act of 2021 S. 346/H.R. 959; Data to Save Moms Act S. 347/HR 925; IMPACT to Save Moms Act S 1675/HR 4387; Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act S. 1675/H.R. 4387 Conrad State 30 & Physician Access Reauthorization Act S. 1810/H.R. 3541 Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund Regulatory relief in light of coronavirus Transparency (No Surprises Act regulations; public posting of hospital charges) 340B Drug Pricing Program Strengthening Americas Health Care Readiness Act (S. 54) Social Determinants Accelerator Act (H.R. 2503), Leveraging Integrated Networks in Communities (LINC) to Address Social Needs Act (S. 509) No Surprises Act regulations Protecting Providers Everywhere in America Act (S. 308/H.R. 1436) Behavioral health reimbursement and policies (Child Suicide Prevention and Lethal Means Safety Act - H.R. 5035; Childrens Mental Health Infrastructure Act - H.R. 4945; Helping Kids Cope Act - H.R. 4944; Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022 (HR 7666)) Public health emergency designation FAAN Future Advancement of Academic Nursing (FAAN) Act of 2022
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
H.R. 1332, Telehealth Modernization Act, all provisions S. 368, Telehealth Modernization Act, all provisions H.R. 3259, Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation (NOPAIN) Act, all provisions S. 586, NOPAIN Act, all provisions H.R. 2903, Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2021, all provisions S. 1512, CONNECT for Health Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 2256, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021, all provisions S. 834, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 7995, Getting Over Lengthy Delays in Care As Required by Doctors (GOLD CARD) Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 3407, Mothers and Offspring Mortality and Morbidity Awareness (MOMMAs) Act, all provisions S. 411, MOMMAs Act, all provisions H.R. 3173, Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2021, all provisions S. 3018, Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 8487, Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 4058, Telemental Health Care Access Act of 2021, all provisions S. 2061, Telemental Health Care Access Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 3441, Substance Use Disorder Workforce Act, all provisions S. 1438, Substance Use Disorder Workforce Act, all provisions H.R. 955, Medicaid Reentry Act of 2021, all provisions S. 285, Medicaid Reentry Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 2654, Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2021, provisions related to scope of practice H.R. 6020, Supporting Medicare Providers Act of 2021, all provisions S. 3314, Supporting Medicare Providers Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 4587, Value in Health Care Act of 2021, all provisions S. 2938, Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, all provisions H.R. 8800, Supporting Medicare Providers Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 4040, Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 8850, Fair Access In Residency (FAIR) Act, all provisions S. 2173, Promoting Responsible and Effective Virtual Experiences through Novel Technology to Deliver Improved Access and Better Engagement with Tested and Evidence-based Strategies (PREVENT DIABETES) Act, all provisions S. 4873, Improving Access to Advance Care Planning Act, all provisions H.R. 4014, Physician Shortage GME Cap Flex Act of 2021, all provisions S. 2094, Physician Shortage GME Cap Flex Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 7213, Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act, all provisions H.R. 8594, Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act, all provisions S. 4750, Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act, all provisions H.R. 8188, Saving Access to Laboratory Services Act (SALSA), all provisions S. 4449, SALSA Act, all provisions H.R. 3, Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act, all provisions H.R. 19, Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 1868, To prevent across-the-board direct spending cuts, and for other purposes, all provisions H.R. 315, Medicare Sequester COVID Moratorium Act, all provisions S. 610, Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act, all provisions H.R. 6048, Medicare Stability for Patients and Providers Act, all provisions H.R. 3434, Territories Health Equity Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 4406, Supporting Medicaid in the U.S. Territories Act of 2021, all provisions S. 801, Connected Maternal Online Monitoring Act, all provisions S. 346, Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 1738, Stabilize Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Act, all provisions H.R. 1025, Kids Access to Primary Care Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 66, Comprehensive Access to Robust Insurance Now Guaranteed (CARING) for Kids Act, all provisions S. 748, Medicare Sequester Relief Act, all provisions H.R. 6000, Cures 2.0 Act, all provisions H.R. 4043, Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act of 2021, all provisions S. 2416, New Opportunities for Value that Extend Lives (NOVEL) Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 7666, Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 3746, Accountable Care in Rural America Act, all provisions H.R. 4755, Seniors Chronic Care Management Improvement Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 6308, ACO Assignment Improvement Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 366, Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 2166, Ensuring Parity in MA and PACE for Audio-Only Telehealth Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 2228, Rural Behavioral Health Access Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 3447, Permanency for Audio-Only Telehealth Act, all provisions H.R. 7051, Access to Prescription Digital Therapeutics Act of 2022, all provisions S. 3791, Access to Prescription Digital Therapeutics Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 7573, Telehealth Extension and Evaluation Act, all provisions S. 3593, Telehealth Extension and Evaluation Act, all provisions H.R. 7878, Kidney Health Connect Act of 2022, all provisions S. 4307, Kidney Health Connect Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 6202, Telehealth Extension Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 7053, Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act, all provisions S. 3792, Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act, all provisions H.R. 7116, 9-8-8 Implementation Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 8879, Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Improvement Act, all provisions H.R. 8878, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure adequate coverage of outpatient mental health services under the Medicare program, all provisions H.R. 432, Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 8910, Behavioral Health Integration Awareness Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 8884, To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide outreach and reporting on opioid use disorder treatment services furnished by opioid treatment programs under the Medicare program, all provisions S. 987, CARA 3.0 Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 925, Data to Save Moms Act, all provisions H.R. 7475, Mamas First Act, all provisions H.R. 5067, Preserving Patient Access to Home Infusion Act, all provisions S. 2652, Preserving Patient Access to Home Infusion Act, all provisions H.R. 8812, 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 purposes, provisions related to scope of practice Medicare program: 21st Century Cures Act/implementation Medicare program: EHR Certification Medicare program: Medicare and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) Reform Medicare program: MACRA implementation Medicare program: Laboratory testing/Diagnostics/PAMA Medicare program: Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) quality/cost/improvement activities/promoting interoperability Medicare program: Merit-based Value Pathway Medicare program: Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) inflation updates/budget neutrality rules Medicare program: 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule/4.5% cut Medicare program: Accountable specialty care/payments Medicare program: Alternative Payment Models/incentive payments Medicare program: Telehealth/COVID flexibilities Medicare program: Health IT burdens Medicare program: Self-measured blood pressure devices/benefit category Medicare program: Coding Medicare program: Primary Care First models Medicare program: Appropriate Use Criteria Medicare program: Opioids Medicare program: Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) Medicare program: Dental benefits Medicaid program: Uninsured and healthcare coverage/COVID-19 Medicare program: Provider Enrollment, Chain, and Ownership System (PECOS)/revalidation Medicare program: Open Payments Medicaid program: Special Enrollment Period Medicaid program: Sickle Cell Disease Medicaid program: Improving Access to Physical and Mental Health Care for Children and Youth Under Medicaid and CHIP/draft Medicare program: Provider compliance and regulatory relief Medicare program: Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs)/Downcoding Medicare and Medicaid programs: Health Equity Medicare and Medicaid programs: Modifier 25, Impossible Day Medicare and Medicaid programs: Connected health technologies Medicare and Medicaid programs: Diabetes
Client expense: $4,360,000 · 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 · Health Issues
H.R. 6072, Leveraging Integrated Networks in Communities (LINC) to Address Social Needs Act of 2021, provisions relating to social determinants of health, mental health, and social services S. 509, LINC to Address Social Needs Act of 2021, provisions relating to social determinants of health, mental health, and social services H.R. 379, Improving Social Determinants of Health Act of 2021, all provisions S. 104, Improving Social Determinants of Health Act of 2021, all provisions S. 3799, Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats, and (PREVENT) Pandemics Act, all provisions H.R. 8, Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 1446, Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 1218, Data Mapping to Save Moms Lives Act, all provisions S. 198, Data Mapping to Save Moms' Lives Act, all provisions S. 1675, Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act, all provisions H.R. 1384, Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment (MAT) Act of 2021, all provisions S. 445, MAT Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 2163, Safe Step Act, all provisions S. 464, Safe Step Act, all provisions H.R. 666, Anti-Racism in Public Health Act of 2021, all provisions S. 162, Anti-Racism in Public Health Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 5602, Bolstering Infectious Outbreaks (BIO) Preparedness Workforce Act of 2021, all provisions S. 3244, BIO Preparedness Workforce Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 5248, Temporary Responders for Immediate Aid in Grave Emergencies (TRIAGE) Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 6311, Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency Act of 2021, all provisions S. 3418, Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 1364, Parity Enforcement Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 3753, Parity Implementation Assistance Act, all provisions S. 1962, Parity Implementation Assistance Act, all provisions H.R. 7232, 9-8-8 and Parity Assistance Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 2067, Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act of 2021, all provisions S. 2235, MATE Act of 2021, all provisions S. 2938, Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, all provisions S. 4090, Dietary Supplement Listing Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 8296, Womens Health Protection Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 8373, Right to Contraception Act, all provisions H.R. 8318, To restrict limitations on the possession, sale, purchase, transportation or use of any contraceptive that relates to interstate commerce, all provisions H.R. 8454, Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act S. 253, Cannabidiol and Marihuana Research Expansion Act, all provisions S. 2866, Treatment Restoration for Emergency Antibody Therapeutics (TREAT) Act, all provisions H.R. 6087, Improving Access to Workers Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 3085, Equity in Neuroscience and Alzheimers Clinical Trials (ENACT) Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 5030, Diversifying Investigations Via Equitable Research Studies for Everyone (DIVERSE) Trials Act, all provisions S. 1675, Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act, all provisions S. 3904, Healthcare Cybersecurity Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 4128, Verifying Accurate Leading-edge IVCT Development (VALID) Act of 2021, all provisions S. 2209, VALID Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 8152, American Data Privacy and Protection Act, all provisions H.R. 2377, Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 7910, Protecting Our Kids Act, all provisions S. 2938, Protecting Our Kids Act, all provisions H.R. 7667, Food and Drug Amendments of 2022, all provisions H.R. 7666, Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 8297, Ensuring Womens Right to Reproductive Freedom Act, all provisions H.R. 1235, Charlotte Woodward Organ Transplant Discrimination Prevention Act, all provisions S. 3301, Charlotte Woodward Organ Transplant Discrimination Prevention Act, all provisions H.R. 708, Temporary Reciprocity to Ensure Access to Treatment (TREAT) Act, all provisions S. 168, TREAT Act, all provisions H.R. 4480, Telehealth Coverage and Payment Parity Act, all provisions H.R. 5541, Primary and Virtual Care Affordability Act, all provisions H.R. 1306, National Coronavirus Commission Act of 2021, all provisions S. 412, National Coronavirus Commission Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 3778, Nullifying Opportunities for Variants to Infect and Decimate (NOVID) Act, all provisions S. 1976, NOVID Act, all provisions H.R. 6904, Patients Before Profits Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 7116, 9-8-8 Implementation Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 8890, Physician Wellness Program Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 8908, Fighting Stimulant and other Substance Use Disorders Act, all provisions H.R. 8891, No Surprises for Survivors Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 8885, Better Health Care Directories Act, all provisions H.R. 8886, Promoting Clarity in Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Treatment Act, all provisions H.R. 8892, To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a public outreach campaign to inform individuals covered under a group health plan or group or individual health insurance coverage of Federal requirements relating to mental health and substance use disorder crisis services, and for other purposes, all provisions H.R. 8881, To amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage to disclose the percentage of in-network participation for certain provider types, and for other purposes, all provisions H.R. 8889, Readable Insurance Coverage Explanations (RICE) Act, all provisions H.R. 7780, Mental Health Matters Act, all provisions H.R. 1667, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, all provisions H.R. 5224, Preventing Overdoses and Saving Lives Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 6279, Opioid Treatment Access Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 925, Data to Save Moms Act, all provisions H.R. 3352, Midwives for MOMS Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 847, Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act, all provisions S. 224, Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act, all provisions H.R. 3771, South Asian Heart Health Awareness and Research Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 7559, Prescription Information Modernization Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 8289, Banning Misleading Drug Ads Act of 2022, all provisions Emergency Room Hero and Patient Safety Act No Surprises Act/implementation Global health security/pandemics Digital Health/AI/Digital Therapeutics Privacy/non-HIPAA covered health apps Abortion/Dobbs decision Drug overdose epidemic Telehealth Scope of practice/patient safety Prior authorization Physician burnout/mental health stigma Health equity/COVID-19 COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund COVID-91/testing/misinformation/vaccine issues/therapeutics Section 1557/nondiscrimination/limited English proficiency Maternal Mortality Modifier 25, Impossible Day Hunger, Nutrition and Health WIC/SNAP/Nutrition Strengthening primary health care Data privacy Physician-led aerospace medicine teams Men who have sex with men/blood donations Federally qualified health centers and clinical trials
Client expense: $4,360,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP), SENATE, White House Office
2022 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Medical Device User Fee Agreement; Remanufacturing Medical Devices (HR 7253;"Clarifying Remanufacturing to Protect Patient Safety Act of 2022") Right to Repair; Artificial Intelligence for imaging devices; Cybersecurity for legacy imaging equipment(including Protecting and Transforming Cyber Health Act); Copyright 1201 exemption impacting medical devices; S.3648/HR 748 CARES Act; HR 925 Heroes Act.
Client expense: $170,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Issue: Educate Congress and the administration on academic medicines missions, including education, research, patient care, GME, workforce, and physician shortages in rural and urban communities. Draft Graduate Medical Education Reform Act Issue: Support increased funding for the National Health Service Corps, Teaching Health Center GME, and National Disaster Medical Service (NDMS) demonstration pilot. Support increased Medicare support for Graduate Medical Education/physician training. Issues: Educate Congress and the administration about the role of academic medicine in the provision of mental and behavioral health care, including initiatives to respond to the opioid epidemic. Support measures to expand access to mental health care and substance use disorder treatment, including funding for training on substance use disorders, pain management, and safe prescribing practices, enhance enforcement of mental health parity laws, increased financial support for integrated behavioral health models, and the removal of regulatory barriers to telehealth-enabled mental health care, including electronic interprofessional consults (eConsults). Support Senate Finance Committee proposal to provide 400 additional Medicare-supported graduate medical education slots for psychiatry and psychiatry sub-specialties. H.R. 1384/ S.445 Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment (MAT) Act of 2021 Issue: Support suspension of waiver requirement for certain providers to prescribe buprenorphine. H.R. 2067 Medication Access and Training Expansion Act of 2021 Issue: Oppose legislative mandates dictating medical education curriculum on pain management and addiction. H.R. 7236 Strengthen Kids Mental Health Now Act Issue: Support increasing Medicaid reimbursement rates for pediatric mental health services through a 100% federal match. P.L. 116-22, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2019 Issues: Support the Hospital Preparedness Program and the reauthorization of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act. Support increased funding authorization levels. Issue: Educate Congress on how the 340B Drug Pricing Program helps safety-net providers to fulfill their missions and care for patients and communities. Support measures to preserve and strengthen the 340B Drug Pricing Program and oppose efforts to reduce the scope of the program, including not providing 340B discounts on covered drugs purchased at community pharmacies. H.R. 4390 Preserving Rules Ordered for the Entities Covered Through 340B Act of 2021 (PROTECT 340B Act) Issue: Support measures to prevent pharmacy benefit managers and commercial insurers from discriminating against 340B covered entities. H.R. 3203/S. 773 Issue: Support policy to allow 340B DSH hospitals to remain eligible to participate in the program throughout the current public health emergency even if their DSH adjustment falls below the current threshold due to changes in payor mix as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Issue: Oppose insurance plans that do not meet Affordable Care Act requirements. Issue: Support increased interoperability and exchange of electronic health information and delayed enforcement of information blocking rule until comprehensive guidance is issued. Issue: Support the ongoing refinement of the two new mandatory alternative payment models, the Radiation Oncology Model and End-stage Renal Disease Treatment Choices Model, to better incentivize high-quality care for all patients. H.R. 4128/ S. 2209 Verifying Accurate Leading-edge IVCT Development (VALID) Act of 2021 S. 4348, Food and Drug Administration Safety and Landmark Advancements (FDASLA) Act of 2022 Issue: Educate Congress on development of Laboratory Developed Tests at academic medical centers and oppose policies that would increase burdensome regulations and negatively impact patients access to care by allowing Food and Drug Administration regulation of the development of Laboratory Developed Tests at academic medical centers. S. 4348, Food and Drug Administration Safety and Landmark Advancements (FDASLA) Act of 2022 H.R. 7667, Food and Drug Amendments of 2022 (FDA22) Issue: Support promotion of data sharing and clinical trials results reporting. Support increased clinical trials diversity. Issue: Development of Enhanced Primary Care Pilot Act proposal Issue: Support initiatives of hospitals to promote affordable housing in local communities and eliminate other social determinants of health to improve health equity. H.R. 2503 Social Determinants Accelerator Act of 2021 Issue: Support grants to address social determinants of health H.R. 7585 / S. 4486, Health Equity and Accountability Act Issue: Support programs to improve health equity and address social determinants of health. Issue: Support incentives to encourage the inclusion of implicit bias training in medical education and residency training. Issue: Support congressional investment in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) models to reduce maternal mortality and improve maternal health. Issue: Support maternal health initiatives to expand coverage for postpartum women and expand demonstration project grants. H.R. 959 Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021 S. 1695 / H.R. 4387 Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act S. 1491/ H.R. 769 Rural MOMs Act H.R. 4387 Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act of 2021 H.R. 5376, Build Back Better Act H.R. 925 / S. 347 Data to Save Moms Act Issue: Support legislative efforts to improve maternal health and reduce rates of maternal mortality, including the Momnibus. Support legislative initiatives to improve data collection to improve maternal health equity. P.L. 117-159, Bipartisan Safer Communities Act Issue: Support policies to promote firearm safety, universal background checks, violence prevention programs, extreme risk protection orders, child access safety laws, reinstating assault weapons ban, data infrastructure, hospital based and community violence intervention programs, and programs to address mental and behavioral health impact of gun violence. Issue: Support funding for Community Violence Interventions/ Hospital Based Violence Intervention Programs P.L. 117-105, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act Issue: Support grants directed at improving clinician burnout and well-being. Issue: Provide feedback on implementation of the Provider Relief Fund. Support extension for use of PRF funds. Issue: Support improvements to the Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payment Programs, including delaying recoupment of MAAP loans. Issue: Support extension of public health emergency declaration. Issue: Provide feedback on COVID-19 and pandemic response. Provide feedback on monkeypox response including testing. S. 3799, PREVENT Pandemics Act Issue: Provide feedback on pandemic preparedness legislation, urge inclusion of provisions to support academic medical centers preparedness activities. Issue: Support establishment of regional pandemic response centers, stronger linkages between public health and academic medicine, and the role of medical students and academic medical centers in administering COVID vaccines. H.R. 8131 Increasing Competition for Medical Residency Act Issue: Educate Congress on the medical education and training continuum, the annual residency Match, and the role of the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) in medical education and residency. Issue: Support efforts of academic medical centers to respond to public health threats such as monkeypox and COVID-19. Urge establishment and implementation of robust national testing strategy; functional, redundant, and transparent supply chain; improved federal coordination; investments in public health and health care human and other resources; data modernization initiatives; and other actions to improve current and future pandemic response. H.R. 708, S. 168, Temporary Reciprocity to Ensure Access to Treatment (TREAT) Act Issue: Support for a temporary uniform licensing standard for all practitioners in all states throughout the COVID-19 public health emergency S. 674 Public Health Infrastructure Saves Lives Act Issue: Support investments in core public health infrastructure. Issue: Support ensuring patients are put first, that conscience protections align with medical professionalism standards, and oppose interference in the patient-physician relationship. Issue: Support increased interoperability and exchange of electronic health information. Support delay of enforcement beyond April 2021. H.R. 6000, Cures 2.0 Act Issue: Provide feedback on provisions related to public health, patients and caregivers, FDA, CMS, and research, and ARPA-H. Issue: Promote strategies to strengthen the health, public health, and research workforces. H.R. 3671, Doctors of Community Act Issue: Discuss authorization of the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program. Issue: Provide guidance on the implementation of the No Surprises Act. Issue: Provide feedback on proposed modifications to the HIPAA privacy rule. H.R. 5035, S. 2982 Child Suicide Prevention and Lethal Means Safety Act Issue: Support legislation to provide grants to improve suicide prevention and lethal means safety. Issue: Inform Congress and Administration about medical education on caring for older adults, nutrition, climate change, stigma around addiction, reproductive health, and accelerated medical education training programs. Issue: Provide feedback on efforts of the academic medicine community to address climate change and decarbonization. H.R. 7152/ S.3534, The Tracking Pathogens Act Issue: Support expansion of CDC activities related to genomic sequencing of pathogens. Issue: Support reignition of Cancer Moonshot. H.R. 7961 - Safety from Violence for Healthcare Employees (SAVE) Act Issue: Support statutory protections against violence and intimidation for healthcare workers and provide grants for hospital programs aimed at preventing violence in healthcare settings. Issue: Support a one-year pause in military medical billet reductions in the Military Health System.
Client expense: $912,077 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP), Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), White House Office
2022 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 (H.R. 6833) Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (H.R. 5376) Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022 (HR 7666) Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act of 2021 Maternal health: MOMMAs Act S. 411/HR 3407; Black Maternal Health Omnibus Act of 2021 S. 346/H.R. 959; Data to Save Moms Act S. 347/HR 925; IMPACT to Save Moms Act S 1675/HR 4387; Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act S. 1675/H.R. 4387 Conrad State 30 & Physician Access Reauthorization Act S. 1810/H.R. 3541 Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund Regulatory relief in light of coronavirus Transparency (No Surprises Act regulations; public posting of hospital charges) 340B Drug Pricing Program Strengthening Americas Health Care Readiness Act (S. 54) Social Determinants Accelerator Act (H.R. 2503), Leveraging Integrated Networks in Communities (LINC) to Address Social Needs Act (S. 509) No Surprises Act regulations Protecting Providers Everywhere in America Act (S. 308/H.R. 1436) Behavioral health reimbursement and policies (Child Suicide Prevention and Lethal Means Safety Act - H.R. 5035; Childrens Mental Health Infrastructure Act - H.R. 4945; Helping Kids Cope Act - H.R. 4944; Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022 (HR 7666)) Public health emergency designation FAAN Future Advancement of Academic Nursing (FAAN) Act of 2022
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 · Health Issues
Issue: Educate Congress and the administration on academic medicines missions, including education, research, patient care, GME, workforce, and physician shortages in rural and urban communities. Draft Graduate Medical Education Reform Act Issue: Support increased funding for the National Health Service Corps, Teaching Health Center GME, and National Disaster Medical Service (NDMS) demonstration pilot. Support increased Medicare support for Graduate Medical Education/physician training. Issues: Educate Congress and the administration about the role of academic medicine in the provision of mental and behavioral health care, including initiatives to respond to the opioid epidemic. Support measures to expand access to mental health care and substance use disorder treatment, including funding for training on substance use disorders, pain management, and safe prescribing practices, enhance enforcement of mental health parity laws, increased financial support for integrated behavioral health models, and the removal of regulatory barriers to telehealth-enabled mental health care, including electronic interprofessional consults (eConsults). H.R. 1384/ S.445 Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment (MAT) Act of 2021 Issue: Support suspension of waiver requirement for certain providers to prescribe buprenorphine. H.R. 2067 Medication Access and Training Expansion Act of 2021 Issue: Oppose legislative mandates dictating medical education curriculum on pain management and addiction. H.R. 7236 Strengthen Kids Mental Health Now Act Issue: Support increasing Medicaid reimbursement rates for pediatric mental health services through a 100% federal match. P.L. 116-22, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2019 Issues: Support the Hospital Preparedness Program and the reauthorization of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act. Support increased funding authorization levels. Issue: Support measures to preserve and strengthen the 340B Drug Pricing Program and oppose efforts to reduce the scope of the program, including not providing 340B discounts on covered drugs purchased at community pharmacies. H.R. 4390 Preserving Rules Ordered for the Entities Covered Through 340B Act of 2021 (PROTECT 340B Act) Issue: Support measures to prevent pharmacy benefit managers and commercial insurers from discriminating against 340B covered entities. H.R. 3203/S. 773 Issue: Support policy to allow 340B DSH hospitals to remain eligible to participate in the program throughout the current public health emergency even if their DSH adjustment falls below the current threshold due to changes in payor mix as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Issue: Oppose insurance plans that do not meet Affordable Care Act requirements. Issue: Support increased interoperability and exchange of electronic health information and delayed enforcement of information blocking rule until comprehensive guidance is issued. Issue: Support the ongoing refinement of the two new mandatory alternative payment models, the Radiation Oncology Model and End-stage Renal Disease Treatment Choices Model, to better incentivize high-quality care for all patients. H.R. 4128/ S. 2209 Verifying Accurate Leading-edge IVCT Development (VALID) Act of 2021 S. 4348, Food and Drug Administration Safety and Landmark Advancements (FDASLA) Act of 2022 Issue: Educate Congress on development of Laboratory Developed Tests at academic medical centers and oppose policies that would increase burdensome regulations and negatively impact patients access to care. Issue: Development of Enhanced Primary Care Pilot Act proposal H.R.7585, Health Equity and Accountability Act Issue: Support programs to improve health equity and address social determinants of health. Issue: Support initiatives of hospitals to promote affordable housing in local communities and eliminate other social determinants of health to improve health equity. H.R. 2503 Social Determinants Accelerator Act of 2021 Issue: Support grants to address social determinants of health Issue: Support congressional investment in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) models to reduce maternal mortality and improve maternal health. Issue: Support maternal health initiatives to expand coverage for postpartum women and expand demonstration project grants. H.R. 959 Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021 S. 1695 / H.R. 4387 Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act S. 1491/ H.R. 769 Rural MOMs Act H.R. 4387 Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act of 2021 H.R. 5376, Build Back Better Act H.R. 925 / S. 347 Data to Save Moms Act Issue: Support legislative efforts to improve maternal health and reduce rates of maternal mortality, including the Momnibus. Support legislative initiatives to improve data collection to improve maternal health equity. P.L. 117-159, Bipartisan Safer Communities Act Issue: Support policies to promote firearm safety, universal background checks, violence prevention programs, extreme risk protection orders, child access safety laws, reinstating assault weapons ban, data infrastructure, hospital based and community violence intervention programs, and programs to address mental and behavioral health impact of gun violence. Issue: Support funding for Community Violence Interventions/ Hospital Based Violence Intervention Programs P.L. 117-105, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act Issue: Support grants directed at improving clinician burnout and well-being. Issue: Provide feedback on implementation of the Provider Relief Fund. Support extension for use of PRF funds. Issue: Support improvements to the Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payment Programs, including delaying recoupment of MAAP loans. Issue: Support extension of public health emergency declaration. Issue: Provide feedback on COVID-19 and pandemic response. S. 3799, PREVENT Pandemics Act Issue: Provide feedback on pandemic preparedness legislation, urge inclusion of provisions to support academic medical centers preparedness activities. Issue: Support establishment of regional pandemic response centers, stronger linkages between public health and academic medicine, and the role of medical students and academic medical centers in administering COVID vaccines. Issue: Support efforts of academic medical centers to respond to public health threats such as monkeypox and COVID-19. Urge establishment and implementation of robust national testing strategy; functional, redundant, and transparent supply chain; improved federal coordination; investments in public health and health care human and other resources; data modernization initiatives; and other actions to improve current and future pandemic response. H.R. 708, S. 168, Temporary Reciprocity to Ensure Access to Treatment (TREAT) Act Issue: Support for a temporary uniform licensing standard for all practitioners in all states throughout the COVID-19 public health emergency S. 674 Public Health Infrastructure Saves Lives Act Issue: Support investments in core public health infrastructure. Issue: Support ensuring patients are put first, that conscience protections align with medical professionalism standards, and oppose interference in the patient-physician relationship. Issue: Support increased interoperability and exchange of electronic health information. Support delay of enforcement beyond April 2021. S. 4348, Food and Drug Administration Safety and Landmark Advancements (FDASLA) Act of 2022 H.R. 7667, Food and Drug Amendments of 2022 (FDA22) Issue: Support promotion of data sharing and clinical trials results reporting. Support increased clinical trials diversity. H.R. 6000, Cures 2.0 Act Issue: Provide feedback on provisions related to public health, patients and caregivers, FDA, CMS, and research, and ARPA-H. Issue: Promote strategies to strengthen the health, public health, and research workforces. H.R. 3671, Doctors of Community Act Issue: Discuss authorization of the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program. Issue: Provide guidance on the implementation of the No Surprises Act. Issue: Provide feedback on proposed modifications to the HIPAA privacy rule. H.R. 5035, S. 2982 Child Suicide Prevention and Lethal Means Safety Act Issue: Support legislation to provide grants to improve suicide prevention and lethal means safety. Issue: Inform Congress about medical education on caring for older adults, nutrition, climate change, and opportunities to accelerate training. Issue: Provide feedback on efforts of the academic medicine community to address climate change and decarbonization. H.R. 7152/ S.3534, The Tracking Pathogens Act Issue: Support expansion of CDC activities related to genomic sequencing of pathogens. Issue: Support reignition of Cancer Moonshot. Issue: Educate Congress on accelerated medical education programs. Issue: Educate Congress and the administration on AAMC member curriculum on climate change and nutrition.
Client expense: $1,090,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP), Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), White House Office
2022 · second_quarter · Health Issues
Implementation of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Pub. L. No. 117-2; Covid-19 Testing: Policies associated with use of serology and antigen testing; S. 2209, Verifying Accurate Leading-Edge IVCT Development Act (VALID), A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the regulation of in vitro clinical tests, and for other purposes, HR 4128, A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the regulation of in vitro clinical tests, and for other purposes; Medical Device User Fee Agreement; Remanufacturing Medical Devices (HR 7253;"Clarifying Remanufacturing to Protect Patient Safety Act of 2022") Right to Repair; Artificial Intelligence for imaging devices; Cybersecurity for legacy imaging equipment(including Protecting and Transforming Cyber Health Act); Proposed amendments to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, Pub. L. No. 116-136.; Copyright 1201 exemption impacting medical devices; HR 925 Heroes Act.
Client expense: $390,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2022 · second_quarter · Health Issues
Medical Device User Fee Agreement; Remanufacturing Medical Devices (HR 7253;"Clarifying Remanufacturing to Protect Patient Safety Act of 2022") Right to Repair; Artificial Intelligence for imaging devices; Cybersecurity for legacy imaging equipment(including Protecting and Transforming Cyber Health Act); Copyright 1201 exemption impacting medical devices; S.3648/HR 748 CARES Act; HR 925 Heroes Act.
Client expense: $180,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE
2022 · second_quarter · Natural Resources
Chronic Wasting Disease Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund Endangered Species Act, Wildlife Restoration Program, state authority to manage fish and wildlife; wildlife dependent recreation, fish and wildlife diseases Lacey Act, Sikes Act, Migratory Treaty Bird Act, Access to public lands for hunting and fishing, North American Wetland Conservation Act (HR925) National Fish Hatchery System; Lesser prairie chicken, wolves, National Fish Habitat Conservation Through Partnerships Act Recovering America's Wildlife (HR2773/S2372) Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act COVID-19 related legislation Wildlife Trade and wildlife disease Migratory Bird Protection Act (HR4833) HR4716 HR4521 HR5608
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
2022 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
H.R. 4014, Physician Shortage GME Cap Flex Act of 2021, provisions relating to Graduate Medical Education S. 2094, Physician Shortage GME Cap Flex Act of 2021, provisions relating to Graduate Medical Education H.R. 1332, Telehealth Modernization Act, all provisions S. 368, Telehealth Modernization Act, all provisions H.R. 4058, Telemental Health Care Access Act of 2021, all provisions S. 2061, Telemental Health Care Access Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 3173, Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2021, provisions relating to Prior Authorization and attachment standards S. 3018, Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2021, provisions relating to Prior Authorization and attachment standards H.R. 7995, Getting Over Lengthy Delays in Care As Required by Doctors (GOLD CARD) Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 3259, Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation (NO PAIN) Act, all provisions S. 586, Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation (NO PAIN) Act, all provisions H.R. 4587, Value in Health Care Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 7213, Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act, all provisions S. 748, Medicare Sequester Relief Act, all provisions H.R. 2903, Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act, all provisions S. 1512, Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act, all provisions H.R. 2256, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act, all provisions S. 834, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act, all provisions H.R. 1218, Data Mapping to Save Moms Lives Act, all provisions S. 198, Data Mapping to Save Moms Lives Act, all provisions H.R. 3407, Mothers and Offspring Mortality and Morbidity Awareness (MOMMAs) Act, all provisions S. 411, Mothers and Offspring Mortality and Morbidity Awareness (MOMMAs) Act, all provisions H.R. 3441, Substance Use Disorder Workforce Act, all provisions S. 1438, Opioid Workforce Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 955, Medicaid Reentry Act of 2021, all provisions S. 285, Medicaid Reentry Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 2654, Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 6020, Supporting Medicare Providers Act of 2021, all provisions S. 3314, Supporting Medicare Providers Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 6311, Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency Act of 2021, all provisions S. 3418, Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 3, Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act, all provisions H.R. 19, Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2021, all provisions S. 801, Connected Maternal Online Monitoring Act, all provisions H.R. 1738, Stabilize Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Act, all provisions H.R. 1025, Kids Access to Primary Care Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 66, Comprehensive Access to Robust Insurance Now Guaranteed (CARING) for Kids Act, all provisions S. 610, Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act, all provisions H.R. 6000, Cures 2.0 Act, all provisions H.R. 4043, Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act of 2021, all provisions S. 2416, New Opportunities for Value that Extend Lives (NOVEL) Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 7666, Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 3746, Accountable Care in Rural America Act, all provisions H.R. 4755, Seniors Chronic Care Management Improvement Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 6308, ACO Assignment Improvement Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 1868, To prevent across-the-board direct spending cuts, and for other purposes, all provisions H.R. 315, Medicare Sequester COVID Moratorium Act, all provisions H.R. 6048, Medicare Stability for Patients and Providers Act, all provisions H.R. 3348, SOS: Sustaining Outpatient Services Act, all provisions H.R. 366, Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 2166, Ensuring Parity in MA and PACE for Audio-Only Telehealth Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 2228, Rural Behavioral Health Access Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 3447, Permanency for Audio-Only Telehealth Act, all provisions H.R. 7051, Access to Prescription Digital Therapeutics Act of 2022, all provisions S. 3791, Access to Prescription Digital Therapeutics Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 7878, Kidney Health Connect Act of 2022, all provisions S. 4307, Kidney Health Connect Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 6202, Telehealth Extension Act of 2021, all provisions S. 987, CARA 3.0 Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 1438, Opioid Workforce Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 925, Data to Save Moms Act, all provisions H.R. 7475, Mamas First Act, all provisions H.R. 3746, Accountable Care in Rural America Act, all provisions H.R. 4587, Value in Health Care Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 3, Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act, all provisions H.R. 3614, Menstrual Equity For All Act of 2021, provisions related to menstrual products coverage in Medicaid Medicare program: Physician Payment and Delivery Reform Medicare program: Impending Medicare payment cuts Medicare program: Medicare Evaluation and Management/budget neutrality Medicare program: Statutory PAYGO/Sequester Relief Medicare program: Accountable Care Organizations/specialty care Medicare program: Alternative Payment Models Medicare program: AMA Recovery Plan for Americas Physicians/payment reform Medicare program: Global and Professional Direct Contracting alternative payment model/REACH ACOs Medicare program: Appropriate Use Criteria and Prior Authorization Medicare program: Medicare Advantage/prior authorization regulation Medicare program: Automatic blood pressure measurement devices/coverage Medicare program: Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Value Pathways (MVPs) Medicare program: MIPS/Promoting Interoperability/Cost/Improvement Activities Medicare program: MIPS/data sharing/transparency Medicare program: MACRA physician burdens Medicare program: Quality Payment Program Medicare program: Health IT burden Medicare program: Public Health Emergency COVID-19 /Accelerated and Advance Payments Medicare program: Primary Care First models Medicare program: Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) Medicare program: Modifier 25 Medicare program: Split/shared billing Medicare program: Interoperability/data blocking/HIPAA Medicare program: Coding Medicare program: Provider compliance/Regulatory relief Medicare program: Provider Enrollment, Chain, and Ownership System (PECOS) Enrollment/Revalidation Medicare program: Open Payments Medicare program: Prescription drug pricing/Pharmacy Benefits Managers Medicare program: Step Therapy Medicare and Medicaid programs: Medicare Access and Chip Reauthorization Act (MACRA)/implementation Medicare and Medicaid programs: MACRA Oversight Medicaid program: Improving Access to Physical and Mental Health Care for Children and Youth Under Medicaid and CHIP draft Medicare and Medicaid programs: Health Equity Medicaid program: Maternal Mortality Medicaid program: Uninsured and healthcare coverage/COVID-19 Medicaid program: Special Enrollment Period Medicaid program: Sickle Cell Disease
Client expense: $4,550,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), 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 · Health Issues
Build Back Better Act (Reconciliation bill) Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (S. 2938) Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022 (HR 7666) Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act S. 4349/HR 809 Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act of 2021 Maternal health: MOMMAs Act S. 411/HR 3407; Black Maternal Health Omnibus Act of 2021 S. 346/H.R. 959; Data to Save Moms Act S. 347/HR 925; IMPACT to Save Moms Act S 1675/HR 4387; Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act S. 1675/H.R. 4387 Conrad State 30 & Physician Access Reauthorization Act S. 1810/H.R. 3541 Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund Regulatory relief in light of coronavirus Transparency (surprise medical bills; public posting of hospital charges) 340B Drug Pricing Program, including S. 773/H.R. 3203 Strengthening Americas Health Care Readiness Act (S. 54) Social Determinants Accelerator Act (H.R. 2503), Leveraging Integrated Networks in Communities (LINC) to Address Social Needs Act (S. 509) OSHA rule on COVID-19 Healthcare Workplace Safety No Surprises Act regulations Protecting Providers Everywhere in America Act (S. 308/H.R. 1436) 340B Drug Pricing Program legislation (S. 773/HR 3203) Behavioral health reimbursement and policies (Child Suicide Prevention and Lethal Means Safety Act - H.R. 5035; Childrens Mental Health Infrastructure Act - H.R. 4945; Helping Kids Cope Act - H.R. 4944; Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022 (HR 7666) )
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 · first_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Advocating for expanded funding for advanced development of COVID vaccines in Coronavirus Supplemental Appropriations Act (HR925) and the Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act for FY 2023 (H.R. 4502 and S. 3062) Advocating for expanded funding for Defense Department research and development on biodefense vaccines in the Defense Appropriations Act for FY 2023 (no bills introduced).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · first_quarter · Health Issues
Issue: Educate Congress and the administration on academic medicines missions, including education, research, patient care, GME, workforce, and physician shortages in rural and urban communities. Draft Graduate Medical Education Reform Act Issue: Support increased funding for the National Health Service Corps, Teaching Health Center GME, and National Disaster Medical Service (NDMS) demonstration pilot. Support increased Medicare support for Graduate Medical Education/physician training. Issues: Educate Congress and the administration about academic medicines response to the opioid epidemic. Support funding for training on substance use disorders, pain management, and safe prescribing practices. Support suspension of DATA waivers and new guidelines to expand access to buprenorphine. Support continuation of telehealth flexibilities allowing authorized practitioners to prescribe buprenorphine. Issue: Educate Congress on the role of academic medicine in the provision of mental and behavioral health care. Support measures to expand access to mental health care, including enhanced enforcement of mental health parity laws, expanded funding for integrated behavioral health models, and the removal of regulatory barriers to telehealth-enabled mental health care, including electronic interprofessional consults (eConsults). H.R. 1384/ S.445 Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment (MAT) Act of 2021 Issue: Support suspension of waiver requirement for certain providers to prescribe buprenorphine. P.L. 116-22, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2019 Issues: Support the Hospital Preparedness Program and the reauthorization of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act. Support increased funding authorization levels. Issue: Support high-quality affordable health insurance. Support programs and funds for safety-net providers. Issue: Support measures to preserve and strengthen the 340B Drug Pricing Program and oppose efforts to reduce the scope of the program, including not providing 340B discounts on covered drugs purchased at community pharmacies. H.R. 3203/S. 773 Issue: Support policy to allow 340B DSH hospitals to remain eligible to participate in the program throughout the current public health emergency even if their DSH adjustment falls below the current threshold due to changes in payor mix as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Issue: Oppose insurance plans that do not meet Affordable Care Act requirements. Issue: Support increased interoperability and exchange of electronic health information and delayed enforcement of information blocking rule until comprehensive guidance is issued. Issue: Support the ongoing refinement of the two new mandatory alternative payment models, the Radiation Oncology Model and End-stage Renal Disease Treatment Choices Model, to better incentivize high-quality care for all patients. H.R. 4128/ S. 2209 Verifying Accurate Leading-edge IVCT Development (VALID) Act of 2021 Issue: Educate Congress on development of Laboratory Developed Tests and impact of burdensome regulation on patients access to care at academic medical centers. Issue: Development of Enhanced Primary Care Pilot Act proposal Draft Health Equity and Accountability Act Issue: Support programs to improve health equity and address social determinants of health. Issue: Support initiatives of hospitals to promote affordable housing in local communities and eliminate other social determinants of health to improve health equity. H.R. 2503 Social Determinants Accelerator Act of 2021 Issue: Support grants to address social determinants of health Issue: Support congressional investment in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) models to reduce maternal mortality and improve maternal health. Issue: Support maternal health initiatives to expand coverage for postpartum women and expand demonstration project grants. H.R. 959 Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021 S. 1695 / H.R. 4387 Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act S. 1491/ H.R. 769 Rural MOMs Act H.R. 4387 Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act of 2021 H.R. 5376, Build Back Better Act H.R. 925 / S. 347 Data to Save Moms Act Issue: Support legislative efforts to improve maternal health and reduce rates of maternal mortality, including the Momnibus. Support legislative initiatives to improve data collection to improve maternal health equity. Issue: Support policies to promote firearm safety, universal background checks, violence prevention programs, extreme risk protection orders, child access safety laws, and reinstating assault weapons ban. Issue: Support funding for Community Violence Interventions/ Hospital Based Violence Intervention Programs P.L. 117-105, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act Issue: Support grants directed at improving clinician burnout and well-being. Issue: Provide feedback on implementation of the Provider Relief Fund. Support extension for use of PRF funds. Issue: Support improvements to the Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payment Programs, including delaying recoupment of MAAP loans. Issue: Support extension of public health emergency declaration. Issue: Provide feedback on COVID-19 and pandemic response. S. 3799, PREVENT Pandemics Act Issue: Provide feedback on pandemic preparedness legislation, urge inclusion of provisions to support academic medical centers preparedness activities. Issue: Support establishment of regional pandemic response centers, stronger linkages between public health and academic medicine, and the role of medical students and academic medical centers in administering COVID vaccines. Issue: Urge establishment and implementation of robust national COVID-19 testing strategy; functional, redundant, and transparent supply chain; improved federal coordination; investments in public health and health care human and other resources; data modernization initiatives; and other actions to improve current and future pandemic response. H.R. 708, S. 168, Temporary Reciprocity to Ensure Access to Treatment (TREAT) Act Issue: Support for a temporary uniform licensing standard for all practitioners in all states throughout the COVID-19 public health emergency S. 674 Public Health Infrastructure Saves Lives Act Issue: Support investments in core public health infrastructure. Issue: Support ensuring patients are put first, that conscience protections align with medical professionalism standards, and oppose interference in the patient-physician relationship. Issue: Support increased interoperability and exchange of electronic health information. Support delay of enforcement beyond April 2021. Issue: Support robust research agenda for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. Issue: Support promotion of data sharing and clinical trials results reporting. H.R. 6000, Cures 2.0 Act Issue: Provide feedback on provisions related to public health, patients and caregivers, FDA, CMS, and research, and ARPA-H. Issue: Promote strategies to strengthen the health, public health, and research workforces. H.R. 3671, Doctors of Community Act Issue: Discuss authorization of the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program. Issue: Provide guidance on the implementation of the No Surprises Act. Issue: Provide feedback on proposed modifications to the HIPAA privacy rule. H.R. 5035, S. 2982 Child Suicide Prevention and Lethal Means Safety Act Issue: Support legislation to provide grants to improve suicide prevention and lethal means safety. Issue: Inform about medical education on caring for older adults, nutrition, climate change, and opportunities to accelerate training. H.R. 7152/ S.3534, The Tracking Pathogens Act Issue: Support expansion of CDC activities related to genomic sequencing of pathogens. Issue: Support reignition of Cancer Moonshot. HR 5035, The Child Suicide Prevention and Lethal Means Safety Act Issue: Support expansion of training for health professionals to prevent self-harm or suicide
Client expense: $874,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP), Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), White House Office
2022 · first_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
H.R. 1868, To prevent across-the-board direct spending cuts, and for other purposes, all provisions H.R. 315, Medicare Sequester COVID Moratorium Act, all provisions H.R. 6020, Supporting Medicare Providers Act of 2021, all provisions S. 3314, Supporting Medicare Providers Act of 2021, all provisions S. 610, Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act, all provisions H.R. 6048, Medicare Stability for Patients and Providers Act, all provisions H.R. 3, Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act, all provisions H.R. 19, Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 3259, Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation (NOPAIN) Act, all provisions S. 586, Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation (NOPAIN) Act, all provisions H.R. 3441, Substance Use Disorder Workforce Act, all provisions S. 1438, Opioid Workforce Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 1332, Telehealth Modernization Act, all provisions S. 368, Telehealth Modernization Act, all provisions H.R. 2903, Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2021, all provisions S. 1512, Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 4058, Telemental Health Care Access Act of 2021, all provisions S. 2061, Telemental Health Care Access Act of 2021, all provisions S. 801, Connected Maternal Online Monitoring Act, all provisions S. 346, Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 3407, Mothers and Offspring Mortality and Morbidity Awareness (MOMMAs) Act, all provisions S. 411, Mothers and Offspring Mortality and Morbidity Awareness (MOMMAs) Act, all provisions H.R. 1738, Stabilize Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Act, all provisions H.R. 1025, Kids Access to Primary Care Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 66, Comprehensive Access to Robust Insurance Now Guaranteed (CARING) for Kids Act, all provisions H.R. 2256, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021, all provisions S. 834, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 3173, Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2021, all provisions S. 3018, Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2021, all provisions S. 748, Medicare Sequester Relief Act, all provisions H.R. 2163, Safe Step Act, all provisions S. 464, Safe Step Act, all provisions H.R. 955, Medicaid Reentry Act of 2021, all provisions S. 285, Medicaid Reentry Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 2654, Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 4587, Value in Health Care Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 6000, Cures 2.0 Act, all provisions H.R. 4043, Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act of 2021, all provisions S. 2416, New Opportunities for Value that Extend Lives (NOVEL) Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 6311, Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency (CARE) Act of 2021, all provisions S. 3418, Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency (CARE) Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 4014, Physician Shortage GME Cap Flex Act of 2021, all provisions S. 2094, Physician Shortage GME Cap Flex Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 6202, Telehealth Extension Act of 2021, all provisions S. 3593, Telehealth Extension and Evaluation Act, all provisions H.R. 2807, Promoting Responsible and Effective Virtual Experiences through Novel Technology to Deliver Improved Access and Better Engagement with Tested and Evidence-based Strategies (PREVENT DIABETES) Act, all provisions S. 2173, Promoting Responsible and Effective Virtual Experiences through Novel Technology to Deliver Improved Access and Better Engagement with Tested and Evidence-based Strategies (PREVENT DIABETES) Act, all provisions H.R. 5804, Expanding Access to Diabetes Self-Management Training Act of 2021, all provisions S. 2203, Expanding Access to Diabetes Self-Management Training Act of 2021, all provisions S. 596, Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 2166, Ensuring Parity in MA and PACE for Audio-Only Telehealth Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 366, Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 2228, Rural Behavioral Health Access Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 3447, Permanency for Audio-Only Telehealth Act, all provisions H.R. 7051, Access to Prescription Digital Therapeutics Act of 2022, all provisions S. 3791, Access to Prescription Digital Therapeutics Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 2503, Social Determinants Accelerator Act of 2021, all provisions S. 3039, Social Determinants Accelerator Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 987, CARA 3.0 Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 925, Data to Save Moms Act, all provisions H.R. 3746, Accountable Care in Rural America Act, all provisions H.R. 4755, Seniors Chronic Care Management Improvement Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 6308, ACO Assignment Improvement Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 6583, Stop the Wait Act of 2022, all provisions S. 224, Stop the Wait Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 3, Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act, all provisions H.R. 7213, Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act, all provisions Medicare program: Gold Card Act/draft Medicare program: 21st Century Cures Act Medicare program: Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA)/Laboratory testing/diagnostics Medicare program: Small Practice, Underserved, and Rural Support Program (SURS) Extension Act of 2022 Medicare program: Telehealth and dialysis centers/COVID-19 flexibilities continuation Medicare program: Telehealth/telephone visit codes/equity/quality Medicare program: Physician Payment Reform Medicare program: MEDPAC Report Medicare program: 2% Medicare sequester moratorium/continuation Medicare program: 4% Medicare sequester/Statutory PAYGO Medicare program: Physician payment/inflation index Medicare program: Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Conversion Factor/extension of 3% increase Medicare program: Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program (MDPP) model Medicare program: Global and Professional Direct Contracting Model (GPDC)/Accountable Care Organization Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health (ACO REACH) Medicare program: Evaluation and Management (E/M)/budget neutrality Medicare program: Prior authorization Medicare program: Interoperability Medicare program: EFT fees Medicare program: Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)/Quality/Cost/Improvement activities Medicare program: MIPS Value Pathways (MVPs) Medicare program: MIPS draft cost measures/field testing extension Medicare program: Value-based care acceleration/transparency/stability Medicare program: Virtual credit cards Medicare program: Primary Care First models Medicare program: Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) Medicare program: RVS Update Committee (RUC)/Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Medicare program: Split/shared billing Medicare program: PECOS Enrollment/Revalidation Medicare program: Open Payments Medicare program: Step Therapy Medicare program: Public health emergency/accelerated and advance payments Medicare program: MACRA oversight Medicare program: MACRA/physician burdens Medicare program: Alternative payment models (APMs) Medicare and Medicaid programs: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA)/implementation/Accountable Care Organizations Medicare and Medicaid programs: Information blocking/Patient privacy Medicare and Medicaid programs: COVID-19 response Medicare and Medicaid programs: Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA)/patient protection Medicare and Medicaid programs: Health equity/COVID-19 Medicare and Medicaid programs: Drug overdose epidemic Medicare and Medicaid programs: Health IT burdens Medicaid program: Medicaid funding in US territories Medicaid program: Uninsured individuals/COVID-19 Medicaid program: Special enrollment period Medicaid program: Sickle Cell Disease
Client expense: $6,520,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP), SENATE
2022 · first_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 1384, Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment (MAT) Act of 2021, all provisions S. 445, Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment (MAT) Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 1218, Data Mapping to Save Moms Lives Act, all provisions S. 198, Data Mapping to Save Moms' Lives Act, all provisions H.R. 4387, Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act of 2021, all provisions S. 1675, Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act, all provisions H.R. 1446, Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 8, Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 1667, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, all provisions S. 610, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, all provisions H.R. 379, Improving Social Determinants of Health Act of 2021, all provisions S. 104, Improving Social Determinants of Health Act of 2021, all provisions S. 54, Strengthening Americas Health Care Readiness Act, all provisions H.R. 5248, Temporary Responders for Immediate Aid in Grave Emergencies (TRIAGE) Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 3753, Parity Implementation Assistance Act, all provisions S. 1962, Parity Implementation Assistance Act, all provisions S. 3904, Healthcare Cybersecurity Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 4128, Verifying Accurate Leading-edge IVCT Development (VALID) Act of 2021, all provisions S. 2209, Verifying Accurate Leading-edge IVCT Development (VALID) Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 6000, Cures 2.0 Act, all provisions S. 3799, Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats, and (PREVENT) Pandemics Act, all provisions S. 253, Cannabidiol and Marihuana Research Expansion Act, all provisions S. 2866, Treatment Restoration for Emergency Antibody Therapeutics (TREAT) Act, all provisions H.R. 708, Temporary Reciprocity to Ensure Access to Treatment (TREAT) Act, provisions relating to waste, fraud, and abuse in telehealth S. 168, Temporary Reciprocity to Ensure Access to Treatment (TREAT) Act, provisions relating to waste, fraud, and abuse and telehealth H.R. 4480, Telehealth Coverage and Payment Parity Act, all provisions H.R. 1306, National Coronavirus Commission Act of 2021, all provisions S. 412, National Coronavirus Commission Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 1843, COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, all provisions S.937, COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, all provisions H.R. 6279, Opioid Treatment Access Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 3778, Nullifying Opportunities for Variants to Infect and Decimate (NOVID) Act, all provisions S. 1976, Nullifying Opportunities for Variants to Infect and Decimate (NOVID) Act, all provisions H.R. 6904, Patients Before Profits Act of 2022, all provisions H.R. 2503, Social Determinants Accelerator Act of 2021, all provisions S. 3039, Social Determinants Accelerator Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 6072, Leveraging Integrated Networks in Communities (LINC) to Address Social Needs Act of 2021, all provisions S. 509, Leveraging Integrated Networks in Communities (LINC) to Address Social Needs Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 5224, Preventing Overdoses and Saving Lives Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 925, Data to Save Moms Act, all provisions H.R. 3352, Midwives for MOMS Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 847, Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act, all provisions S. 224, Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act, all provisions H.R. 4098, Non-Opioid Directive Act, all provisions S. 3620, Health Data Use and Privacy Commission Act, all provisions Emergency Room Hero and Patient Safety Act Primary Care Physician Reentry Act 21st Century Cures Act/implementation Affordable Care Act (ACA)/Stabilization Ryan Haight Act/telemedicine/controlled substances No Surprises Act/implementation Physician workforce issues Opioid overdose epidemic Medical device user fee reauthorization Telehealth study COVID-19/vaccine distribution/vaccine in physician offices COVID-19/health equity/vaccine COVID-19/testing/personal protective equipment(PPE)/misinformation Pandemic preparedness and public health Health insurance affordability Mental health parity Prior authorization Health equity and technology/biometric technologies Health Equity COVID-19/Provider Relief Fund Modifier 25/OIG Information blocking/Patient privacy Naloxone/over the counter (OTC) EHR Certification Precision medicine/diagnostics/coverage/payment/coding Digital health/AI/Digital therapeutics/transparency/equity
Client expense: $6,520,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, White House Office
2022 · first_quarter · Natural Resources
Chronic Wasting Disease Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund Endangered Species Act, Wildlife Restoration Program, state authority to manage fish and wildlife; wildlife dependent recreation, fish and wildlife diseases Lacey Act, Sikes Act, Migratory Treaty Bird Act, Access to public lands for hunting and fishing, North American Wetland Conservation Act (HR925) National Fish Hatchery System; Lesser prairie chicken, wolves, National Fish Habitat Conservation Through Partnerships Act Recovering America's Wildlife (HR2773/S2372) Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act COVID-19 related legislation Wildlife Trade and wildlife disease Migratory Bird Protection Act (HR4833) HR4716 HR4521 HR5608
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
2022 · first_quarter · Health Issues
HR 1319; American Rescue Plan Act of 2021; Covid-19 Testing: Policies associated with use of serology and antigen testing; S. 2209, Verifying Accurate Leading-Edge IVCT Development Act (VALID), A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the regulation of in vitro clinical tests, and for other purposes, HR 4128, A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the regulation of in vitro clinical tests, and for other purposes; Medical Device User Fee Agreement; Remanufacturing Medical Devices (HR 7253;"Clarifying Remanufacturing to Protect Patient Safety Act of 2022") Right to Repair; Artificial Intelligence for imaging devices; Cybersecurity for legacy imaging equipment(including Protecting and Transforming Cyber Health Act); Copyright 1201 exemption impacting medical devices; S.3648/HR 748 CARES Act; HR 925 Heroes Act.
Client expense: $250,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE
2022 · first_quarter · Health Issues
Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 2471) Build Back Better Act H.R 5376 (Reconciliation bill Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act S. 4349/HR 809 Provider Relief Fund Improvement Act H.R. 5963/S. 3611 Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act of 2021 Rural America Health Corps Act S.54 Maternal health: MOMMAs Act S. 411/HR 3407; Black Maternal Health Omnibus Act of 2021 S. 346/H.R. 959; Data to Save Moms Act S. 347/HR 925; IMPACT to Save Moms Act S 1675/HR 4387; Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act S. 1675/H.R. 4387 Conrad State 30 & Physician Access Reauthorization Act S. 1810/H.R. 3541 Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund Regulatory relief in light of coronavirus Transparency (surprise medical bills; public posting of hospital charges) 340B Drug Pricing Program, including S. 773/H.R. 3203 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), Strengthening Americas Health Care Readiness Act (S. 54) Social Determinants Accelerator Act (H.R. 2503), Leveraging Integrated Networks in Communities (LINC) to Address Social Needs Act (S. 509) OSHA rule on COVID-19 Healthcare Workplace Safety Drug-price Transparency for Competition (DTC) Act (S. 2304) No Surprises Act regulations Protecting Providers Everywhere in America Act (S. 308/H.R. 1436) 340B legislation (S. 773 HR 3203) Childrens Mental Health Infrastructure Act H.R. 4945; Helping Kids Cope Act H.R. 4944; Child Suicide Prevention and Lethal Means Safety Act H.R. 5035 HEALTH CARE REFORM - Discussions about addressing social determinants of health
Client expense: $220,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2022 · first_quarter · Health Issues
HR 1319; American Rescue Plan Act of 2021; Covid-19 Testing: Policies associated with use of serology and antigen testing; S. 2209, Verifying Accurate Leading-Edge IVCT Development Act (VALID), A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the regulation of in vitro clinical tests, and for other purposes, HR 4128, A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the regulation of in vitro clinical tests, and for other purposes; Medical Device User Fee Agreement; Remanufacturing Medical Devices (HR 7253;"Clarifying Remanufacturing to Protect Patient Safety Act of 2022") Right to Repair; Artificial Intelligence for imaging devices; Cybersecurity for legacy imaging equipment(including Protecting and Transforming Cyber Health Act); Copyright 1201 exemption impacting medical devices; S.3648/HR 748 CARES Act; HR 925 Heroes Act.
Client expense: $570,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2022 · first_quarter · Health Issues
HR 1319; American Rescue Plan Act of 2021; Covid-19 Testing: Policies associated with use of serology and antigen testing; S. 2209, Verifying Accurate Leading-Edge IVCT Development Act (VALID), A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the regulation of in vitro clinical tests, and for other purposes, HR 4128, A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the regulation of in vitro clinical tests, and for other purposes; Medical Device User Fee Agreement; Remanufacturing Medical Devices (HR 7253;"Clarifying Remanufacturing to Protect Patient Safety Act of 2022") Right to Repair; Artificial Intelligence for imaging devices; Cybersecurity for legacy imaging equipment(including Protecting and Transforming Cyber Health Act); Copyright 1201 exemption impacting medical devices; S.3648/HR 748 CARES Act; HR 925 Heroes Act.
Client expense: $570,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2021 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Advocating for expanded funding for advanced development of COVID vaccines in Coronavirus Supplemental Appropriations Act (HR925) and the Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act for FY 2023 (H.R. 4502 and S. 3062)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2021 · third_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Advocating for expanded funding for advanced development of COVID vaccines in Coronavirus Supplemental Appropriations Act (HR925) and the Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act for FY 2023 (H.R. 4502 and S. 3062)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2021 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 205 - Accelerating Broadband Connectivity Act of 2021 - Rep. Kelly, Trent [R-MS-1] - broadband H.R. 341 - Ensuring Telehealth Expansion Act of 2021 - Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25] - telehealth H.R. 366 - Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act of 2021 - Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5] - telehealth H.R. 379 - Improving Social Determinants of Health Act of 2021 - Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] - SDOH H.R. 434 - Preventing Mental Health and Substance Use Crises During Emergencies Act - Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6] - mental health and SUD H.R. 596 - ACCESS Act - Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] - telehealth H.R. 675 - COVID-19 Price Gouging Prevention Act - Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] - price gouging H.R. 747 - Access to TESTs Act - Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1] - COVID-19 H.R. 909 - Moms Matter Act - Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large] - maternal health H.R. 925 - Data to Save Moms Act - Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3] - maternal health H.R. 937 - Tech To Save Moms Act - Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30] - maternal health H.R. 943 - Social Determinants for Moms Act - Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6] - maternal health H.R. 951 - Maternal Vaccination Act - Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] - maternal health H.R. 959 - To end preventable maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity in the United States and close disparities in maternal health outcomes, and for other purposes - Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14] - maternal health H.R. 1046 - Federal Broadband Deployment in Unserved Areas Act - Rep. Curtis, John R. [R-UT-3] - broadband H.R. 1218 - Data Mapping to Save Moms Lives Act - Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1] - maternal health H.R. 1319 - American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 - Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3] - COVID-19 relief H.R. 1332 - Telehealth Modernization Act - Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] - telehealth H.R. 1721 - To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 to authorize additional funds for the Emergency Broadband Connectivity Fund, to provide grants to States and Tribal Entities to strengthen the National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier, to provide for Federal coordination between the National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier and the National Accuracy Clearinghouse, and for other purposes - Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] - broadband and telehealth H.R. 1872 - MORE Health Education Act - Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large] - health education H.R. 1888 - Improving Access to Indian Health Services Act- Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36] - FMAP for Indian health services H.R. 2010 - To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to establish a public health insurance option - Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] - public option H.R. 3063 - MOMMIES Act - Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7] - maternal health H.R. 3126 - Healthy MOM Act - Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] - maternal health H.R. 3407 - MOMMAs Act - Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] - maternal health H.R. 3688 - To address maternal mortality and morbidity - Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] - maternal health H.R. 3753 - Parity Implementation Assistance Act - Rep. Cardenas, Tony [D-CA-29] - mental health and SUD H.R. 4026 - Social Determinants of Health Data Analysis Act of 2021 - Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26] - SDOH H.R. 4387 - Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act of 2021 - Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] - maternal health H.R. 4502 - Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Agriculture, Rural Development, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2022 - Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] - health care funding H.R. 4918 - Rural Telehealth Expansion Act - Rep. Rosendale Sr., Matthew M. [R-MT-At Large] - telehealth and rural health H.R. 5376 - Build Back Better Act - Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3] - health care funding H.R. 5506 - Rural Telehealth Access Task Force Act - Rep. Pence, Greg [R-IN-6] - telehealth and rural health H.R. 5837 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to telehealth services relating to substance use disorder treatment - Rep. Curtis, John R. [R-UT-3] - telehealth SUD services S. 104 - Improving Social Determinants of Health Act of 2021- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] - SDOH S. 168 - TREAT Act - Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] - telehealth S. 287 - A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance to States to educate providers, managed care entities, and other insurers about the value and process of delivering respectful maternal health care through diverse and multidisciplinary care provider models, and for other purposes - Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] - maternal health S. 334 - IMPACT to Save Moms Act - Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] - maternal health S. 345 - Maternal Vaccinations Act - Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] - maternal health S. 346 - Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021 - Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] - maternal health S. 347 - Data to Save Moms Act - Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] - maternal health S. 368 - Telehealth Modernization Act - Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] - telehealth S. 408 - Supporting Best Practices for Healthy Moms Act - Sen. Toomey, Pat [R-PA] - maternal health S. 411 - MOMMAs Act - Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] - maternal health S. 851 - A bill to address social determinants of maternal health - Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] - SDOH S. 983 - A bill to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to establish a public health insurance option, and for other purposes - Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] - public option S. 1333 - A bill to address maternal mortality and morbidity - Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] - maternal health S. 1542 - MOMMIES Act - Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] - maternal health S. 1622 - HEALTH for MOM Act of 2021 - Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] - maternal health S. 1704 - Telehealth Expansion Act of 2021 - Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] - telehealth S. 1804 - Mothers and Newborns Success Act - Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] - maternal health S. 1833 - Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women & Children Act - Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] - maternal health S. 1962 - Parity Implementation Assistance Act - Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] - mental health and SUD S. 1988 - Protecting Rural Telehealth Access Act - Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] - telehealth S. 2061 - Telemental Health Care Access Act of 2021 - Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] - telehealth S. 2779 - TRIUMPH for New Moms Act of 2021 - Sen. Hassan, Maggie [D-NH] - maternal health and mental health S. 3039 - Social Determinants Accelerator Act of 2021 - Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] - SDOH S. 3062 - Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022 - Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] - HHS 2022 appropriations Regulatory Issues: HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets (including ICD-10), identifiers, enforcement; cybersecurity; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative, the enrollment reconciliation process, and a related OPM reimbursement factor for records that cannot be reconciled; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to health care price transparency; issues related to all payor claims databases; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues related to hospital and provider consolidation; issues related to trauma-informed care; issues related to medical management; issues relating to quality improvement; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; issues relating to COVID-19, including testing, vaccines and therapeutics; issues related to health equity; issues related to vaccination; issues related to addressing the social determinants of health, including housing, transportation, nutrition, and educational opportunities; prescription drug pricing; telemedicine; rural health; issues related to behavioral health benefits; issues related to Managed Long Term Services and Supports (MLTSS); issues related to the collection of race and ethnicity data; issues related to medical loss ratios; reference pricing; review of rates for reasonableness; preexisting condition insurance plans; issues relating to antitrust; issues related to repeal of the antitrust-related portions of the McCarran-Ferguson Act; issues relating to surprise medical bills; accountable care organizations; provider non-discrimination; coverage of preventive services; contraceptive coverage; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; issues related to health insurance tax; health plan automatic enrollment requirements; issues related to qualified health plans including certification and rate filing templates; health insurance market rules; reinsurance, risk corridors, and risk adjustment; dependent coverage; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; benefit and payment parameters; essential health benefits, actuarial value, and accreditation; NQF reauthorization; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations; issues related to supplemental products; issues related to HIPAA excepted benefits; issues related to short term limited duration products; issues related to the federally-facilitated marketplaces (i.e., Exchanges/formerly referred to as the web portal); issues related to business continuity in relation to pandemics or natural events (e.g., hurricane, tornado, etc.); issues related to association health plans; issues related to cost-sharing reductions (CSRs); issues related to the refundable credit for coverage under a qualified health plan and enhancements included in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA); issues related to Medicaid coverage gap; issues related to small employer group size; issues related to Certificate of Public Advantage; issues relating to veterans health care; issues relating to caregivers; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Client expense: $2,630,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2021 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
H.R. 1868, To prevent across-the-board direct spending cuts, and for other purposes, all provisions H.R. 315, Medicare Sequester COVID Moratorium Act, all provisions S. 748, Medicare Sequester Relief Act, all provisions H.R. 5612, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a one-year waiver of budget neutrality adjustments under the Medicare physician fee schedule, and for other purposes, all provisions H.R. 6020, Supporting Medicare Providers Act of 2021, all provisions S. 3314, Supporting Medicare Providers Act of 2021, all provisions S. 610, Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act, provisions relating to averting Medicare physician fee schedule cuts H.R. 6144, Removing Waste and Protecting Medicare Act, all provisions H.R. 6048, Medicare Stability for Patients and Providers Act, all provisions H.R. 1332, Telehealth Modernization Act, provisions related to permanently lifting Medicare telehealth restrictions S. 368, Telehealth Modernization Act, provisions related to permanently lifting Medicare telehealth restrictions H.R. 2903, CONNECT for Health Act of 2021, provisions related to permanently lifting Medicare telehealth restrictions S. 1512, CONNECT for Health Act of 2021, provisions related to permanently lifting Medicare telehealth restrictions H.R. 366, Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 4058, Telemental Health Care Access Act of 2021, provisions related to permanently lifting Medicare telehealth restrictions S. 2061, Telemental Health Care Access Act of 2021, provisions related to permanently lifting Medicare telehealth restrictions H.R. 2166, Ensuring Parity in MA and PACE for Audio-Only Telehealth Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 2228, Rural Behavioral Health Access Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 3447, Permanency for Audio-Only Telehealth Act, all provisions H.R. 6000, Cures 2.0 Act, all provisions H.R. 2503, Social Determinants Accelerator Act of 2021, all provisions S. 3039, Social Determinants Accelerator Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 3173, Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2021, all provisions S. 3018, Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 2163, Safe Step Act, all provisions S. 464, Safe Step Act, all provisions H.R. 3259, Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation (NOPAIN) Act, all provisions S. 586, Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation (NOPAIN) Act, all provisions S. 987, CARA 3.0 Act of 2021, all provisions S. 1438, Opioid Workforce Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 3441, Substance Use Disorder Workforce Act, all provisions H.R. 3407, MOMMAs Act, all provisions S. 411, MOMMAs Act, all provisions H.R. 925, Data to Save Moms Act, all provisions H.R. 3352, Midwives for MOMS Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 2256, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021, all provisions S. 834, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 4014, Physician Shortage GME Cap Flex Act of 2021, all provisions S. 2094, Physician Shortage GME Cap Flex Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 3746, Accountable Care in Rural America Act, all provisions H.R. 4587, Value in Health Care Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 4755, Seniors Chronic Care Management Improvement Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 6308, ACO Assignment Improvement Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 3, Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act, all provisions H.R. 19, Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 4034, Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act of 2021, all provisions S. 2416, New Opportunities for Value that Extend Lives (NOVEL) Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 2144, Access to Genetic Counselor Services Act of 2021, provisions relating to scope of practice S. 1450, Access to Genetic Counselor Services Act of 2021, provisions relating to scope of practice H.R. 2654, Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2021, provisions relating to scope of practice H.R. 2305, Improving Access to Mental Health Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 5218, Collaborate in an Orderly and Cohesive Manner Act, all provisions S. 801, Connected MOM Act, all provisions S. 346, Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 1738, Stabilize Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Act, all provisions H. R. 1025, Kids Access to Primary Care Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 66, Comprehensive Access to Robust Insurance Now Guaranteed (CARING) for Kids Act, all provisions H.R. 955, Medicaid Reentry Act of 2021, all provisions S. 285, Medicaid Reentry Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 6311, Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency Act of 2021, provisions relating to Medicare and Medicaid S. 3418, Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency Act of 2021, provisions relating to Medicare and Medicaid Medicare program: No Surprises Act/implementation Medicare program: CY 2021 Physician Fee Schedule/3.75% payment adjustment Medicare program: Physician Payment Reform Medicare program: 2022 physician payment Medicare program: Alternative payment models (APMs) Medicare program: Health equity Medicare program: Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program Medicare program: Prescription drug prices Medicare program: Cybersecurity Medicare program: Medicare expansion/dental, vision, hearing coverage Medicare program: Physician payment/PAYGO and sequester Medicare program: Barriers to patient care Medicare program: 2020 Physician spending/COVID-19 Impact Medicare program: Evaluation and Management (E/M)/budget neutrality Medicare program: Pharmacy Benefit Managers/Rx drug price transparency Medicare program: Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) program Medicare program: MIPS/Value Pathways (MVPs) Medicare program: MIPS/cost, promoting interoperability, improvement activities Medicare program: Quality Payment Program (QPP) Medicare program: Health IT physician burdens Medicare program: Primary Care First models Medicare program: Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) Medicare program: Open Payments Medicare program: Provider Enrollment, Chain, and Ownership System (PECOS) Enrollment/Revalidation Medicare program: Telehealth policies Medicare program: RVS Update Committee (RUC) - physician payment Medicare program: Coding - CPT Panel Medicare program: Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)/Pre-COVID Benchmarks Medicare program: Federal Gold Carding Medicare and Medicaid programs: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA)/implementation/Accountable Care Organizations Medicare and Medicaid programs: MACRA Oversight Medicare and Medicaid programs: MACRA physician burdens Medicare and Medicaid programs: Prior authorization Medicare and Medicaid programs: COVID-19 public health emergency/accelerated and advance payments Medicare and Medicaid programs: Electronic funds transfer (EFT) standard/Enforcement Medicare and Medicaid programs: Provider Relief Fund Medicare and Medicaid programs: Telehealth Extension and Evaluation Act/draft Medicare and Medicaid programs: Telehealth and Dialysis centers Medicare and Medicaid programs: COVID-19 telehealth flexibilities continuation Medicare and Medicaid programs: Primary and Virtual Health Care Affordability Act Medicare and Medicaid programs: Data Privacy Medicare and Medicaid programs: Social determinants of health Medicare and Medicaid programs: Information blocking/privacy Medicare and Medicaid programs: Information blocking/privacy of adolescents Medicare and Medicaid programs: Opioids Medicaid program: Medicaid funding in U.S. Territories Medicaid program: Medicaid expansion Medicaid program: Maternal mortality Medicaid program: COVID-19/uninsured healthcare coverage Medicaid program: Medicaid Special Enrollment Period
Client expense: $4,770,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2021 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 586/ S. 1391 - STANDUP Act of 2021 H.R. 654 - Drug-Free Communities Pandemic Relief Act H.R. 925 - Data to Save Moms Act H.R. 1475/ S.1795 - Pursuing Equity in Mental Health Act H.R. 1667 / S.610 - Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act H.R. 2051 - Methamphetamine Response Act of 2021 H.R. 2163 / S. 464 - Safe Step Act H.R. 2255/ S. 1024 - Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act H.R. 2256/ S. 834 -Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act H.R. 2364 - Synthetic Opioid Danger Awareness Act H.R. 2379 - State Opioid Response Grant Authorization Act of 2021 H.R. 2503 - Social Determinants Accelerator Act of 2021 H.R. 3173/ S. 3018 - Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act H.R 3441/S. 1438 - Substance Use Disorder Workforce Act/ Opioid Workforce Act H.R. 3407/ S. 411 - MOMMAs Act H.R. 3447 - Permanency for Audio-Only Telehealth Act H.R. 3541/ S. 1810 - Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act H.R. 3753/S. 1962 - Parity Implementation Assistance Act H.R. 3894 - Collecting and Analyzing Resources Integral and Necessary for Guidance (CARING) for Social Determinants Act of 2021 H.R. 4026 - Social Determinants of Health Data Analysis Act of 2021 H.R. 4058/S. 2061 - Telemental Health Care Access Act H.R. 4194 - People's Response Act H.R. 4387 - Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act of 2021 H.R. 4406 - Supporting Medicaid in the U.S. Territories Act of 2021 H.R. 4770 - Evaluating Disparities and Outcomes of Telehealth (EDOT) Act of 2021 H.R. 4943 - Childrens Mental Health Infrastructure Act of 2021 H.R. 4944 - Helping Kids Cope Act of 2021 HR 5218 - Collaborate in an Orderly and Cohesive Manner Act H.R. 5235 - Student Mental Health Helpline Act of 2021 H.R. 5407 - Enhancing Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Through Campus Planning Act H.R. 5435/ S. 3427 - BRAIN Act of 2021/Neuroscience Center of Excellence Act of 2021 H.R. 5611/ S.1902 - Behavioral Health Crisis Services Expansion Act H.R. 5674/ S. 3061 - Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act H.R. 5837 - A bill to expand telehealth services relating to substance use disorder H.R.5950 - Improving Patient Access to Care and Treatment Act H.R. 6000 - Cures 2.0 Act H.R. 6020/ S. 3314 - Supporting Medicare Providers Act of 2021 H.R. 6202 - Telehealth Extension Act of 2021 S. 610 - Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act (No legislation) Implementation of No Surprises Act
Client expense: $83,505 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2021 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
S. 3548/H.R. 748 CARES Act COVID-19 testing S. 4473/H.R. 7956 Critical Medical Infrastructure Right-to-Repair Act H.R. 925 Heroes Act 21st Century Cures Act implementation
Client expense: $390,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2021 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Build Back Better Act H.R 5376 (Reconciliation bill) Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act H.R. 2638 (Infrastructure legislation) Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act S. 4349/HR 8094 Provider Relief Fund Deadline Extension Act S.2493/HR 4735 Provider Relief Fund Improvement Act H.R. 5963 Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act of 2021 Rural America Health Corps Act S.54 Maternal health: MOMMAs Act S. 411/HR 3407; Black Maternal Health Omnibus Act of 2021 S. 346/H.R. 959; Data to Save Moms Act S. 347/HR 925; IMPACT to Save Moms Act S 1675/HR 4387; Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act S. 1675/H.R. 4387 Conrad State 30 & Physician Access Reauthorization Act S. 1810/H.R. 3541 Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund Regulatory relief in light of coronavirus Transparency (surprise medical bills; public posting of hospital charges) 340B Drug Pricing Program, including S. 773/H.R. 3203 Leading Infrastructure for Tomorrows America Act/LIFT America Act H.R. 1848 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), Strengthening Americas Health Care Readiness Act (S. 54) Resident Physician Shortage Act (S. 834/H.R. 2256) Social Determinants Accelerator Act (H.R. 2503), Leveraging Integrated Networks in Communities (LINC) to Address Social Needs Act (S. 509) OSHA rule on COVID-19 Healthcare Workplace Safety Drug-price Transparency for Competition (DTC) Act (S. 2304) No Surprises Act regulations Protecting Providers Everywhere in America Act (S. 308/H.R. 1436) 340B legislation (S. 773 HR 3203) Childrens Mental Health Infrastructure Act H.R. 4945; Helping Kids Cope Act H.R. 4944; Child Suicide Prevention and Lethal Means Safety Act H.R. 5035
Client expense: $180,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2021 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
Chronic Wasting Disease Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund Endangered Species Act, Wildlife Restoration Program, state authority to manage fish and wildlife; wildlife dependent recreation, fish and wildlife diseases Lacey Act, Sikes Act, Migratory Treaty Bird Act, Access to public lands for hunting and fishing, North American Wetland Conservation Act (HR925) National Fish Hatchery System; Lesser prairie chicken, wolves, National Fish Habitat Conservation Through Partnerships Act Land and Water Conservation Fund; Restore our Parks Act, Restore Our Public Land Act Recovering America's Wildlife (HR2773/S2372) Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act COVID-19 related legislation Wildlife Trade and wildlife disease Migratory Bird Protection Act (HR4833)
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
2021 · third_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 205 - Accelerating Broadband Connectivity Act of 2021 - Rep. Kelly, Trent [R-MS-1] - broadband H.R. 341 - Ensuring Telehealth Expansion Act of 2021 - Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25] - telehealth H.R. 366 - Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act of 2021 - Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5] - telehealth H.R. 379 - Improving Social Determinants of Health Act of 2021 - Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] - SDOH H.R. 434 - Preventing Mental Health and Substance Use Crises During Emergencies Act - Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6] - mental health and SUD H.R. 596 - ACCESS Act - Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] - telehealth H.R. 675 - COVID-19 Price Gouging Prevention Act - Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] - price gouging H.R. 747 - Access to TESTs Act - Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1] - COVID-19 H.R. 909 - Moms Matter Act - Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large] - maternal health H.R. 925 - Data to Save Moms Act - Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3] - maternal health H.R. 937 - Tech To Save Moms Act - Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30] - maternal health H.R. 943 - Social Determinants for Moms Act - Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6] - maternal health H.R. 951 - Maternal Vaccination Act - Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] - maternal health H.R. 959 - To end preventable maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity in the United States and close disparities in maternal health outcomes, and for other purposes - Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14] - maternal health H.R. 1046 - Federal Broadband Deployment in Unserved Areas Act - Rep. Curtis, John R. [R-UT-3] - broadband H.R. 1218 - Data Mapping to Save Moms Lives Act - Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1] - maternal health H.R. 1319 - American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 - Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3] - COVID-19 relief H.R. 1332 - Telehealth Modernization Act - Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] - telehealth H.R. 1721 - To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 to authorize additional funds for the Emergency Broadband Connectivity Fund, to provide grants to States and Tribal Entities to strengthen the National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier, to provide for Federal coordination between the National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier and the National Accuracy Clearinghouse, and for other purposes - Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] - broadband and telehealth H.R. 1872 - MORE Health Education Act - Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large] - health education H.R. 1888 - Improving Access to Indian Health Services Act- Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36] - FMAP for Indian health services H.R. 2010 - To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to establish a public health insurance option - Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] - public option H.R. 3063 - MOMMIES Act - Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7] - maternal health H.R. 3126 - Healthy MOM Act - Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] - maternal health H.R. 3407 - MOMMAs Act - Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] - maternal health H.R. 3688 - To address maternal mortality and morbidity - Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] - maternal health H.R. 3753 - Parity Implementation Assistance Act - Rep. Cardenas, Tony [D-CA-29] - mental health and SUD H.R. 4026 - Social Determinants of Health Data Analysis Act of 2021 - Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26] - SDOH H.R. 4387 - Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act of 2021 - Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] - maternal health H.R. 4502 - Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Agriculture, Rural Development, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2022 - Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] - health care funding H.R. 4918 - Rural Telehealth Expansion Act - Rep. Rosendale Sr., Matthew M. [R-MT-At Large] - telehealth and rural health H.R. 5376 - Build Back Better Act - Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3] - health care funding S. 104 - Improving Social Determinants of Health Act of 2021- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] - SDOH S. 168 - TREAT Act - Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] - telehealth S. 287 - A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance to States to educate providers, managed care entities, and other insurers about the value and process of delivering respectful maternal health care through diverse and multidisciplinary care provider models, and for other purposes - Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] - maternal health S. 334 - IMPACT to Save Moms Act - Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] - maternal health S. 345 - Maternal Vaccinations Act - Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] - maternal health S. 346 - Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021 - Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] - maternal health S. 347 - Data to Save Moms Act - Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] - maternal health S. 368 - Telehealth Modernization Act - Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] - telehealth S. 408 - Supporting Best Practices for Healthy Moms Act - Sen. Toomey, Pat [R-PA] - maternal health S. 411 - MOMMAs Act - Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] - maternal health S. 851 - A bill to address social determinants of maternal health - Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] - SDOH S. 983 - A bill to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to establish a public health insurance option, and for other purposes - Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] - public option S. 1333 - A bill to address maternal mortality and morbidity - Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] - maternal health S. 1542 - MOMMIES Act - Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] - maternal health S. 1622 - HEALTH for MOM Act of 2021 - Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] - maternal health S. 1704 - Telehealth Expansion Act of 2021 - Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] - telehealth S. 1804 - Mothers and Newborns Success Act - Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] - maternal health S. 1833 - Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women & Children Act - Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] - maternal health S. 1962 - Parity Implementation Assistance Act - Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] - mental health and SUD S. 1988 - Protecting Rural Telehealth Access Act - Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] - telehealth S. 2061 - Telemental Health Care Access Act of 2021 - Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] - telehealth S. 2779 - TRIUMPH for New Moms Act of 2021 - Sen. Hassan, Maggie [D-NH] - maternal health and mental health Regulatory Issues: HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets (including ICD-10), identifiers, enforcement; cybersecurity; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative, the enrollment reconciliation process, and a related OPM reimbursement factor for records that cannot be reconciled; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to health care price transparency; issues related to all payor claims databases; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues related to hospital and provider consolidation; issues related to trauma-informed care; issues related to medical management; issues relating to quality improvement; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; issues relating to COVID-19, including testing, vaccines and therapeutics; issues related to health equity; issues related to vaccination; issues related to addressing the social determinants of health, including housing, transportation, nutrition, and educational opportunities; prescription drug pricing; telemedicine; rural health; issues related to behavioral health benefits; issues related to Managed Long Term Services and Supports (MLTSS); issues related to the collection of race and ethnicity data; issues related to medical loss ratios; reference pricing; review of rates for reasonableness; preexisting condition insurance plans; issues relating to antitrust; issues related to repeal of the antitrust-related portions of the McCarran-Ferguson Act; issues relating to surprise medical bills; accountable care organizations; provider non-discrimination; coverage of preventive services; contraceptive coverage; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; issues related to health insurance tax; health plan automatic enrollment requirements; issues related to qualified health plans including certification and rate filing templates; health insurance market rules; reinsurance, risk corridors, and risk adjustment; dependent coverage; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; benefit and payment parameters; essential health benefits, actuarial value, and accreditation; NQF reauthorization; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations; issues related to supplemental products; issues related to HIPAA excepted benefits; issues related to short term limited duration products; issues related to the federally-facilitated marketplaces (i.e., Exchanges/formerly referred to as the web portal); issues related to business continuity in relation to pandemics or natural events (e.g., hurricane, tornado, etc.); issues related to association health plans; issues related to cost-sharing reductions (CSRs); issues related to the refundable credit for coverage under a qualified health plan and enhancements included in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA); issues related to Medicaid coverage gap; issues related to small employer group size; issues related to Certificate of Public Advantage; issues relating to veterans health care; issues relating to caregivers; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Client expense: $2,250,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2021 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
H.R. 1868, To prevent across-the-board direct spending cuts, and for other purposes, all provisions H.R. 315, Medicare Sequester COVID Moratorium Act, all provisions H.R. 1332, Telehealth Modernization Act, all provisions S. 368, Telehealth Modernization Act, all provisions H.R. 2903, Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2021, all provisions S. 1512, Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 366, Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 2166, Ensuring Parity in MA and PACE for Audio-Only Telehealth Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 2228, Rural Behavioral Health Access Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 3447, Permanency for Audio-Only Telehealth Act, all provisions H.R. 5241, Linking Seniors to Needed Legal Services Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 3173, Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 3259, Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation (NOPAIN) Act, all provisions S. 586, Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation (NOPAIN) Act, all provisions S. 987, CARA 3.0 Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 3441, Substance Use Disorder Workforce Act, all provisions S. 1438, Opioid Workforce Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 3407, Mothers and Offspring Mortality and Morbidity Awareness (MOMMAs) Act, all provisions S. 411, Mothers and Offspring Mortality and Morbidity Awareness (MOMMAs) Act, all provisions H.R. 925, Data to Save Moms Act, all provisions H.R. 2256, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021, all provisions S. 834, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 4014, Physician Shortage GME Cap Flex Act of 2021, all provisions S. 2094, Physician Shortage GME Cap Flex Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 3746, Accountable Care in Rural America Act, all provisions H.R. 4587, Value in Health Care Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 4755, Seniors Chronic Care Management Improvement Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 1330, Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 3, Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act, all provisions H.R. 4043, Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act of 2021, all provisions S. 2416, NOVEL Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 2144, Access to Genetic Counselor Services Act of 2021, provisions relating to scope of practice S. 1450, Access to Genetic Counselor Services Act of 2021, provisions relating to scope of practice H.R. 2654, Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2021, provisions relating to scope of practice H.R. 5370, Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Demonstration Pilot Act of 202, all provisions H.R. 2807, Promoting Responsible and Effective Virtual Experiences through Novel Technology to Deliver Improved Access and Better Engagement with Tested and Evidence-based Strategies (PREVENT DIABETES) Act, all provisions S. 2173, Promoting Responsible and Effective Virtual Experiences through Novel Technology to Deliver Improved Access and Better Engagement with Tested and Evidence-based Strategies (PREVENT DIABETES) Act, all provisions S. 748, Medicare Sequester Relief Act, all provisions H.R. 955, Medicaid Reentry Act of 2021, all provisions S. 285, Medicaid Reentry Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 19, Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2021, provisions relating to pharmacy benefits managers and drug price transparency S. 801, Connected MOM Act, all provisions S. 346, Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 1738, Stabilize Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Act, all provisions H.R. 1025, Kids Access to Primary Care Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 66, Comprehensive Access to Robust Insurance Now Guaranteed (CARING) for Kids Act, all provisions S. 2214, Promote Responsible Oversight and Targeted Employee background Check Transparency for Seniors (PROTECTS) Act, all provisions H.R. 5125, Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act, all provisions H.R. 1587, Medicare Audiologist Access and Services Act of 2021, all provisions S. 2691, Strengthening the Vaccines for Children Program Act of 2021, all provisions Medicare program: No Surprises Act/implementation Medicare program: Physician payment Medicare program: 2022 Physician Fee Schedule/audio-only telehealth expansion Medicare program: Telehealth Extension and Evaluation Act Medicare program: Alternative payment models Medicare program: National Coverage Determination/self-measured blood pressure monitoring devices Medicare program: Physician payment issues/PAYGO and Sequester/3.75% Conversion Factor increase Medicare program: Evaluation and Management (E/M)/budget neutrality Medicare program: Physician-owned hospitals/hospital consolidation Medicare program: Medicare expansion/dental, vision, hearing coverage Medicare program: Diabetes Prevention Medicare program: Surprise Medical Billing/Price transparency Medicare program: Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) program Medicare program: MIPS Value Pathways Medicare program: Quality Payment Program Medicare program: Information blocking/interoperability/data segmentation Medicare program: Cybersecurity and HIPAA Medicare program: Measure Application Partnership (MAP) Medicare program: COVID-19 Public Health Emergency/Accelerated and Advance Payments Medicare program: Primary Care First (PCF) models Medicare program: Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) Medicare program: Physician payment/globals Medicare program: Provider Enrollment, Chain, and Ownership System (PECOS)/Revalidation Medicare program: Open Payments Medicare program: Prescription Drug Prices Medicare program: Chronic Care Management code Medicare program: Graduate Medical Education (GME) Medicare program: Step Therapy Medicare and Medicaid programs: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA)/implementation/Accountable Care Organizations Medicare and Medicaid programs: MACRA/physician burdens Medicare and Medicaid programs: Drug overdose epidemic Medicare and Medicaid programs: 21st Century Cures 2.0 Medicare and Medicaid programs: Waste, fraud, and abuse in telehealth Medicare and Medicaid programs: Prior authorization Medicare and Medicaid programs: Public Option Medicare and Medicaid programs: Electronic Health Records (EHR) certification Medicare and Medicaid programs: Physician Health IT burdens Medicare and Medicaid programs: Data privacy Medicare and Medicaid programs: Provider compliance and regulatory relief Medicaid program: COVID-19/Provider Relief Fund Medicaid program: Funding for U.S. territories Medicaid program: Medicaid expansion Medicaid program: Work requirements Medicaid program: COVID-19/Uninsured and healthcare coverage/child 12 month continuous eligibility Medicaid program: Pediatric mental health care access/behavioral health services Medicaid program: Special enrollment period Medicaid program: Proprietary Laboratory Analysis (PLA) codes
Client expense: $3,490,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2021 · third_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 708, Temporary Reciprocity to Ensure Access to Treatment (TREAT) Act, all provisions S. 168, Temporary Reciprocity to Ensure Access to Treatment (TREAT) Act, all provisions H.R. 4058, Telemental Health Care Access Act of 2021 S. 2061, Telemental Health Care Access Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 4480, Telehealth Coverage and Payment Parity Act, all provisions H.R. 8, Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 1446, Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 1306, National Coronavirus Commission Act of 2021, all provisions S. 412, National Coronavirus Commission Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 1843, COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, all provisions S. 937, COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, all provisions H.R. 1667, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, all provisions S. 610, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, all provisions H.R. 3778, Nullifying Opportunities for Variants to Infect and Decimate (NOVID) Act, all provisions S. 1976, Nullifying Opportunities for Variants to Infect and Decimate (NOVID) Act, all provisions S. 2448, Health Misinformation Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 2503, Social Determinants Accelerator Act of 2021, all provisions S. 509, Leveraging Integrated Networks in Communities (LINC) to Address Social Needs Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 2163, Safe Step Act, all provisions S. 464, Safe Step Act, all provisions H.R. 1384, Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act of 2021, all provisions S. 445, Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 925, Data to Save Moms Act, all provisions H.R. 2547, Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement Act, provisions relating to medical debt H.R. 3755, Women's Health Protection Act of 2021, all provisions S. 1975, Womens Health Protection Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 1816, Information Transparency & Personal Data Control Act, all provisions H.R. 4217, Taskforce Recommending Improvements for Unaddressed Mental Perinatal & Postpartum Health (TRIUMPH) for New Moms Act of 2021, provision relating to physician representation S. 2779, Taskforce Recommending Improvements for Unaddressed Mental Perinatal & Postpartum Health (TRIUMPH) for New Moms Act of 2021, provision relating to physician representation S. 253, Cannabidiol and Marihuana Research Expansion Act, all provisions H.R. 379, Improving Social Determinants of Health Act of 2021, all provisions S. 104, Improving Social Determinants of Health Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 1218, Data Mapping to Save Moms Lives Act, all provisions S. 198, Data Mapping to Save Moms Lives Act, all provisions S. 1675, Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act, all provisions H.R. 1384, Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act of 2021, all provisions S. 445, Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act of 2021, all provisions H.R. 666, Anti-Racism in Public Health Act of 2021, all provisions S. 162, Anti-Racism in Public Health Act of 2021, all provisions Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency (CARE) Act of 2019 21st Century Cures 2.0 Affordable Care Act Tax Credits Primary and Virtual Health Care Affordability Act Affordable Care Act family glitch Waste, fraud, and abuse in telehealth Digital Therapeutics Digital Health/Artificial Intelligence (AI) regulation Telehealth studies Dialysis Centers/COVID-19 telehealth flexibilities continuation Physician burnout and suicide issues Vaccine distribution/vaccines in physician offices/health equity Provider Relief Fund Prior Authorization/attachment standards ERISA Plans/prior authorization requirements Health equity/race corrections in clinical algorithms Maternal mortality Prescription drug pricing Data Privacy Information blocking Drug overdose epidemic Social Determinants of Health Cybersecurity and HIPAA Clinical and administrative data COVID-19/health equity/testing/PPE/misinformation/vaccine issues COVID-19/OSHA/emergency temporary standard (ETS) Precision Medicine/Diagnostics/Coding Nomination of Rahul Gupta, MD, to be Director of White House Office of National Drug Control Policy Mental health parity Prior authorization Physician health programs
Client expense: $3,490,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office