KEEP Telehealth Options Act of 2023

H.R. 7513, Protecting America's Seniors Access to Care Act, all provisions; H.R. 468, Building Americas Health Care Workforce Act, all provisions; H.R. 8113, Transparency into State Directed Payments Act of 2024, all provisions; H.R. 8115, To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to allow for the deferral or disallowance of portions of payments for certain managed care violations under Medicaid, all provisions; H.R. 1110, KEEP Telehealth Option Act, all provisions; H.R. 7711, Advancing Access to Telehealth Act, all provisions; H.R. 3432, Telemental Health Care Access Act, all provisions; H.R. 3875, the Expanded Telehealth Access Act, all provisions; H.R. 5611, Helping Ensure Access to Local Telehealth (HEALTH) Act of 2023, all provisions; H.R. 6033, Patient Education and Knowledge (SPEAK) Act of 2023, all provisions; H.R. 5541, the Temporary Reciprocity to Ensure Access to Treatment (TREAT) Act, all provisions; H.R. 7863, To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on furnishing behavioral health services via telehealth to individuals with limited English proficiency under Medicare program, all provisions; H.R. 134, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove geographic requirements and expand originating sites for telehealth services, all provisions; H.R. 8261, The Preserving Telehealth, Hospital, and Ambulance Access Act, Issues pertaining to Telehealth, Hospital at Home, and MDH-LVA; S.4350 / H.R. 8260, Hospital Inpatient Services, Modernization Act of 2024, all provisions; H.R. 8235, Rural Physician Workforce Preservation Act, all provisions; S. 2016/ H.R. 4189, The CONNECT for Health Act of 2023, Specifically telehealth waivers, geographic restrictions, originating site requirements, in person requirement behavioral health, RHCs and FQHCs access; S. 1110, the Rural Hospital Support Act, all provisions; S. 1673 / H.R. 1666, Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2023, all provisions; H.R. 6430, Assistance for Rural Community Hospitals (ARCH)Act, all provisions; S. 803, Save Rural Hospitals Act, all provisions; H.R. 4968, GOLD Card Act of 2023, all provisions; H.R. 3173 / S. 4532, Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care, all provisions; H.R. 5013/S. 3503, Value in Health Care Act, all provisions; HR 2389/ S. 1302, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023, all provisions; Draft Bill, Graduate Medical Education Bill, Issues pertaining to proposed changes to the Medicare Graduate Medical Education program and solutions to address workforce shortages in rural areas; H.J.Res. 139 / S.J. Res 91, A joint resolution for congressional disapproval of a rule relating to "Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting", all provisions; HR 1565, Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2023, all provisions; H.R. 7623, Telehealth Modernization Act, Issues pertaining to Telehealth, Hospital at Home, Unique Health Identifier; H.R.1128, Rural Health Care Access Act of 2023, all provisions; S.1571, Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act of 2023, all provisions; S. 470 / H.R. 977, The Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act, all provisions; Draft Bill, Keeping Obstetrics Local Act, all provisions;H.R.5378, Lower Costs, More Transparency Act, Issues related to site neutral payment cuts, hospital price transparency, unique health identifier, 340B Program; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), FY25 proposed rule for the inpatient psychiatric facility (IPF) prospective payment system (PPS), Issues pertaining to payment policy proposals for inpatient psychiatric facilities (IPFs); Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), FY25 proposed rule for skilled nursing facility prospective payment system , Issues pertaining to payment policy proposals for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs); Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)FY25 proposed rule for inpatient rehabilitation facility prospective payment system, Issues pertaining to payment policy proposals for inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs); Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), FY25 proposed rule Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems , Issues pertaining to payment policy proposals for acute-care hospitals; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), FY25 proposed rule Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System, Issues pertaining to payment policy proposals for long term acute-care hospitals; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM), Deadline expansion and proposed mandatory alternative payment model; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Medicare Advantage Data RFI, Issues pertaining to enforcement and accountability of MA plans, prompt payment, gold carding, Standarization, penalties, and plan oversight; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS); Anomalous DME Spending in MSSP, accountable care models; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Accrediting Organizations (AO's), Feedback to strengthen accrediting organizations oversight; Provider Reimbursements, Issues related to provider reimbursement, site neutral payment cuts, Medicare/Medicaid program funding, facility fees; Site Neutral Payments, for Q2 2024, Issues related to site neutral payment cuts for drug administration; Valued Based Care, for Q2 2024, Specifically on alternative payment models, MACRA reform, feedback on proposed TEAM model; Rural Hospitals, Issues pertaining to the sustainability of MDHS, CAHs, SCHs, and REHs; Physician Payments, Issues pertaining to proposed solutions to improve MACRA, alternative payment models, mental health of workforce; LTCH High Cost Outlier Threshold, Issues concerning High Cost Outlier in LTCH payment policy; Organ Transplant Model, Issues pertaining to Value Based Care; Rural Health Clinic Payments, Issues related to increasing payments for rural health clinics; Chronic Care Management, Issues pertaining to chronic care management for Medicare beneficiaries.

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Issues regarding childrens health care coverage and access to care under Medicaid, CHIP, the Exchanges, and private insurance Issues regarding the annual Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for the Exchanges and private insurance H.R. 2412 The Helping Kids Cope Act S.2372/HR. 4758 - Accelerating Kids Access to Care Act  Issues regarding childrens and mothers health specifically continuous eligibility for children in Medicaid and CHIP, CHIP permanency Issues regarding childrens mental health and the national emergency in childrens mental health, including mental health parity, the mental health workforce and related access issues. Issue regarding Medicaid supplemental payments and directed payments Issues related to Health Information Technology, interoperability, information blocking, and cybersecurity Pediatric Access to Critical Healthcare (PATCH) Act, and issues regarding pediatric health care infrastructure and capacity  Issues regarding the importance of Medicaid to children, including military and veteran families  Issues regarding Medicaid support for providers caring for children on Medicaid, including DSH payments Issues regarding Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) program and funding Issues related to 340B Drug Pricing Program, prescription drug pricing, drug shortages, high-cost drugs/therapies and pharmaceutical supply chain, including H.R. 3290 Issues related to pediatric workforce, Medicare GME, the Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program, and Title VII and VIII Issues regarding Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network S. 3029/H.R. 6085 PREEMIE Reauthorization Act Issues regarding the Medicaid unwinding Issues regarding surprise billing, bad debt, and price transparency in health care  Issues regarding pediatric pandemic and disaster preparedness and response and emergency preparedness Issues regarding food security and nutrition Issues regarding drugs and medical device shortages and high costs Issues related to the regulation of laboratory developed tests Issues regarding prescribing of drugs via telehealth Issues related to mental health services in schools Issues related to pediatric cancer and the Moonshot Issues regarding Artificial Intelligence (AI) H.R. 1117, Advancing Safe Medications for Moms and Babies Act of 2023 H.R. 4189, CONNECT for Health Act H.R. 1110, KEEP Telehealth Options Act H.R. 5541, Temporary Reciprocity to Ensure Access to Treatment (TREAT) Act Issues regarding the Public Health Emergency Unwinding Issues involving Site Neutral payment legislation, including H.R. 3281 and H.R. 3561 S. 1884/H.R. 3713, Mental Health Services for Students Act H.R. 2389, The Resident Shortage Reduction Act S. 1774/H.R. 3761 the Assist Act H.R. 2665, Supporting Safety Net Hospitals Act H.R. 2584/S.2768, Safety form Violence for Healthcare employees (Save) Act H.R. 3046, Medical Student Education Authorization Act S. 2556, Improving CARE for Youth Act S. 2647/H.R. 5012, SHINE for Autumn Act of 2023 S. 923/H.R. 4933, Mental Health Professionals Workforce Shortage Loan Repayment Act of 2023 S. 2362/H.R. 3008, Drug Shortage Prevention Act of 2023 S. 1409, Kids Online Safety Act S. 1769/H.R. 3805, the Kickstarting Innovative Demonstrations Supporting (KIDS) Health Act. H.R. 5804, Mental Health Infrastructure Improvement Act H.R. 5976 /S. 3060 Youth Mental Health Research Act S. 3364, Kid PROOF Act of 2023 H.R. 6664 Innovation for Pediatric Drugs Act of 2023 H.R. 7808, the Early Action and Responsiveness Lifts Youth (EARLY) Minds Act H.R. 7153/S. 3679 Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act S. 3757 Congenital Heart Futures Reauthorization Act of 2024 H.R. 6960 Emergency Medical Services for Children Reauthorization Act of 2024 H.R. 3391 Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act 2.0 H.R. 6963 Pediatric Cancer Drug Supply Act H.R. 3433/ S. 2897, Give Kids A Chance Act H.R. 7384, Creating Hope Reauthorization Act. H.R. 6664, Innovation in Pediatric Drugs Act S. 4298: Esthers Law Issues regarding oversight and implementation of EPSDT

H.R. 7513, Protecting America's Seniors Access to Care Act, all provisions; H.R. 468, Building Americas Health Care Workforce Act, all provisions; H.R. 8113, Transparency into State Directed Payments Act of 2024, all provisions; H.R. 8115, To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to allow for the deferral or disallowance of portions of payments for certain managed care violations under Medicaid, all provisions; H.R. 1110, KEEP Telehealth Option Act, all provisions; H.R. 7711, Advancing Access to Telehealth Act, all provisions; H.R. 3432, Telemental Health Care Access Act, all provisions; H.R. 3875, the Expanded Telehealth Access Act, all provisions; H.R. 5611, Helping Ensure Access to Local Telehealth (HEALTH) Act of 2023, all provisions; H.R. 6033, Patient Education and Knowledge (SPEAK) Act of 2023, all provisions; H.R. 5541, the Temporary Reciprocity to Ensure Access to Treatment (TREAT) Act, all provisions; H.R. 7863, To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on furnishing behavioral health services via telehealth to individuals with limited English proficiency under Medicare program, all provisions; H.R. 134, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove geographic requirements and expand originating sites for telehealth services, all provisions; H.R. 8261, The Preserving Telehealth, Hospital, and Ambulance Access Act, Issues pertaining to Telehealth, Hospital at Home, and MDH-LVA; S.4350 / H.R. 8260, Hospital Inpatient Services, Modernization Act of 2024, all provisions; H.R. 8235, Rural Physician Workforce Preservation Act, all provisions; S. 2016/ H.R. 4189, The CONNECT for Health Act of 2023, Specifically telehealth waivers, geographic restrictions, originating site requirements, in person requirement behavioral health, RHCs and FQHCs access; S. 1110, the Rural Hospital Support Act, all provisions; S. 1673 / H.R. 1666, Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2023, all provisions; H.R. 6430, Assistance for Rural Community Hospitals (ARCH)Act, all provisions; S. 803, Save Rural Hospitals Act, all provisions; H.R. 4968, GOLD Card Act of 2023, all provisions; H.R. 3173 / S. 4532, Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care, all provisions; H.R. 5013/S. 3503, Value in Health Care Act, all provisions; HR 2389/ S. 1302, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023, all provisions; Draft Bill, Graduate Medical Education Bill, Issues pertaining to proposed changes to the Medicare Graduate Medical Education program and solutions to address workforce shortages in rural areas; H.J.Res. 139 / S.J. Res 91, A joint resolution for congressional disapproval of a rule relating to "Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting", all provisions; HR 1565, Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2023, all provisions; H.R. 7623, Telehealth Modernization Act, Issues pertaining to Telehealth, Hospital at Home, Unique Health Identifier; H.R.1128, Rural Health Care Access Act of 2023, all provisions; S.1571, Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act of 2023, all provisions; S. 470 / H.R. 977, The Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act, all provisions; Draft Bill, Keeping Obstetrics Local Act, all provisions;H.R.5378, Lower Costs, More Transparency Act, Issues related to site neutral payment cuts, hospital price transparency, unique health identifier, 340B Program; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), FY25 proposed rule for the inpatient psychiatric facility (IPF) prospective payment system (PPS), Issues pertaining to payment policy proposals for inpatient psychiatric facilities (IPFs); Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), FY25 proposed rule for skilled nursing facility prospective payment system , Issues pertaining to payment policy proposals for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs); Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)FY25 proposed rule for inpatient rehabilitation facility prospective payment system, Issues pertaining to payment policy proposals for inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs); Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), FY25 proposed rule Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems , Issues pertaining to payment policy proposals for acute-care hospitals; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), FY25 proposed rule Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System, Issues pertaining to payment policy proposals for long term acute-care hospitals; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM), Deadline expansion and proposed mandatory alternative payment model; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Medicare Advantage Data RFI, Issues pertaining to enforcement and accountability of MA plans, prompt payment, gold carding, Standarization, penalties, and plan oversight; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS); Anomalous DME Spending in MSSP, accountable care models; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Accrediting Organizations (AO's), Feedback to strengthen accrediting organizations oversight; Provider Reimbursements, Issues related to provider reimbursement, site neutral payment cuts, Medicare/Medicaid program funding, facility fees; Site Neutral Payments, for Q2 2024, Issues related to site neutral payment cuts for drug administration; Valued Based Care, for Q2 2024, Specifically on alternative payment models, MACRA reform, feedback on proposed TEAM model; Rural Hospitals, Issues pertaining to the sustainability of MDHS, CAHs, SCHs, and REHs; Physician Payments, Issues pertaining to proposed solutions to improve MACRA, alternative payment models, mental health of workforce; LTCH High Cost Outlier Threshold, Issues concerning High Cost Outlier in LTCH payment policy; Organ Transplant Model, Issues pertaining to Value Based Care; Rural Health Clinic Payments, Issues related to increasing payments for rural health clinics; Chronic Care Management, Issues pertaining to chronic care management for Medicare beneficiaries.

H.R. 8235 the Rural Physician Workforce Preservation Act H.R. 8261, the Preserving Telehealth, Hospital, and Ambulance Access Act HR 3171/S. 3018 The Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act H.R. 1110, KEEP Telehealth Options Act of 2023 H.R. 3875, Expanded Telehealth Access Act H.R. 5541, Temporary Reciprocity to Ensure Access to Treatment (TREAT) Act H.R. 5611, Helping Ensure Access to Local TeleHealth (HEALTH) Act of 2023 H.R. 6033, Supporting Patient Education And Knowledge (SPEAK) Act of 2023 H.R. 7149, Equal Access to Specialty Care Everywhere (EASE) Act of 2024 H.R. 7623, The Telehealth Modernization Act of 2024 H.R. 7711, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make permanent certain telehealth flexibilities under the Medicare program H.R. 7858, Telehealth Enhancement for Mental Health Act of 2024 H.R. 7863, To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on furnishing behavioral health services via telehealth to individuals with limited English proficiency under Medicare program H.R. 5386, Cutting Copays Act H.R. 5380, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase data transparency for supplemental benefits under Medicare Advantage H.R. 5372, Expanding Seniors Access to Lower Cost Medicines Act of 2023 S. 3059 the REAL Health Provider Act (Bennet, Tillis) S. 2973 Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability Act H.R. 2880, the Protecting Patients Against PBM Abuses Act S.1002 - No UPCODE Act H.R. 3282, the Promoting Transparency and Healthy Competition in Medicare Act H.R. 3284, the Providers and Payers COMPETE Act H.R. 3237, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require each outpatient department of a provider to include a unique identification number on claims for services, and to require hospitals with an outpatient department of a provider to submit to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services an attestation with respect to each outpatient department Legislation and regulation related to the Medicare Advantage program and Medicare/Medicaid coverage, care delivery and financing.

H.R. 1110, KEEP Telehealth Options Act of 2023 H.R. 3875, Expanded Telehealth Access Act H.R. 5541, Temporary Reciprocity to Ensure Access to Treatment (TREAT) Act H.R. 5611, Helping Ensure Access to Local TeleHealth (HEALTH) Act of 2023 H.R. 6033, Supporting Patient Education And Knowledge (SPEAK) Act of 2023 H.R. 7149, Equal Access to Specialty Care Everywhere (EASE) Act of 2024 H.R. 7623, The Telehealth Modernization Act of 2024 H.R. 7711, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make permanent certain telehealth flexibilities under the Medicare program H.R. 7858, Telehealth Enhancement for Mental Health Act of 2024 H.R. 7863, To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on furnishing behavioral health services via telehealth to individuals with limited English proficiency under Medicare program H.R. 5386, Cutting Copays Act H.R. 5380, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase data transparency for supplemental benefits under Medicare Advantage H.R. 5372, Expanding Seniors Access to Lower Cost Medicines Act of 2023 S. 3059 the REAL Health Provider Act (Bennet, Tillis) S. 2973 Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability Act H.R. 2880, the Protecting Patients Against PBM Abuses Act S.1002 - No UPCODE Act H.R. 3282, the Promoting Transparency and Healthy Competition in Medicare Act H.R. 3284, the Providers and Payers COMPETE Act H.R. 3237, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require each outpatient department of a provider to include a unique identification number on claims for services, and to require hospitals with an outpatient department of a provider to submit to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services an attestation with respect to each outpatient department Legislation and regulation related to the Medicare Advantage program and Medicare/Medicaid coverage, care delivery and financing.

Discussion with OMB/OIRA regarding OSHA Occupational Exposure to COVID-19 in Healthcare Settings Final Rule; Discussion with FDA Drug Shortage expert regarding Inflation Reduction Act Provisions that could impact duration of shortages; Discussion with ASPR Hospital Preparedness Program Staff about speaking at a meeting regarding HPP issues; Discussion with White House Office of Management & Budget, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - HHS FY 2024 Inpatient Prospective Payment System/Long Term Care Hospital Proposed Rule; Discussion with White House Office of Management & Budget, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - HHS FY 2024 Medicare Advantage Final Rule; Hill outreach about reducing hospital workplace violence; Hill outreach about the benefits of hospital mergers and acquisitions; Statement to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Examining Health Care Workforce Shortages: Where Do We Go from Here?; Letter to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions in response to an RFI on the drivers of health care workforce shortages; Support S.1110, Rural Hospitals Support Act, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to rebase the calculation of payments for sole community hospitals and Medicare-dependent hospitals, and for other purposes; Support H.R. 1110, Telehealth Option Act, a bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, and the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission to conduct studies and report to Congress on actions taken to expand access to telehealth services under the Medicare, Medicaid, and Childrens Health Insurance programs during the COVID-19 emergency; Feedback on the Connect for Health Act; AHA provided feedback on the creating opportunities new for necessary and effective care technologies (CONNECT) Act; False Claims Act Case AHA Provides Statement for House Hearing on Price Transparency, Competition; Oppose H.R.977/S.470 Patient Access Higher Quality Health Care Act, a bill to repeal changes made by health care reform laws to the Medicare exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals, and for other purposes; Support S.940, The Rural America Health Corps Act A bill to establish a demonstration program to provide payments on eligible loans for individuals who are eligible for the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program; Support the Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act that would allow international doctors trained in the United States to remain in the country if they practice in areas experiencing medical shortages; Letter to CMS regarding intent to issue staffing mandates for nursing homes and urged CMS and policy makers to focus on efforts that will bolster our workforce; Support HR 2389/ S 1302, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the distribution of additional residency positions; Support HR 2411/ S 1150, National Nursing Workforce Center Act of 2023, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to support and stabilize the existing nursing workforce, establish programs to increase the number of nurses; Support HR 2534, Preserving Rules Ordered for The Entities Covered Through 340B Act of 2023 or the PROTECT 340B Act of 2023, a bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to ensure the equitable treatment of covered entities and pharmacies participating in the 340B drug discount program; Support HR 2559, Strengthening Community Care Act of 2023, a bill to extend funding for community health centers and the National Health Service Corp; Statement to the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions hearing titled, Competition and Transparency: The Pathway Forward for a Stronger Health Care Market highlighting that mergers and acquisitions can be a helpful tool for many hospitals and pushing back against site-neutral payment policies; Letter urging Congress to continue to protect this critical program and oppose efforts to cut its benefits, which would result in reduced access to quality care for the patients and communities served by 340B hospitals; Statement to Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Energy and Commerce on its hearing Examining Existing Federal Programs to Build a Stronger Health Workforce and Improve Primary Care; Support S 1447, Bipartisan Solution to Cyclical Violence Act of 2023, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a grant program supporting trauma center violence intervention and violence prevention programs, and for other purposes; Support HR 3046/ S 1403, Medical Student Education Authorization Act of 2023, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a grant program to award grants to accredited public institutions of higher education, and for other purposes; Concerns with HR 2691, Transparent Prices Required to Inform Consumer and Employers Act or the Transparent PRICE Act, a bill to promote hospital and insurer price transparency; Letter strongly opposing the draft bills, which would create additional site-neutral payment cuts and threaten access to care, especially in rural and other vulnerable communities; Comment letter to the Office of Civil Rights on its HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy and concerns the guidance is too broad and will result in significant adverse consequences for hospitals, patients and the public at large; Statement to SFC for the hearing on Consolidation and Corporate Ownership in Health Care: Trends and Impacts on Access, Quality, and Costs; Comment letters to CMS on their Inpatient and Long-term Care Facility Prospective Payment System FY 2024 proposed rule; Letter to reauthorize key programs within the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act of 2018, supporting policies that will reduce barriers to receiving and administering behavioral health care by improving payment policies, reducing unnecessary regulatory and administrative burden, and strengthening the behavioral health workforce; Comment letter on the Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) proposed standards for the use of ethylene oxide (EtO) to sterilize medical devices urge caution and thoughtfulness in EPAs approach to avoid disrupting health care delivery through the unintentional fracturing of the already fragile medical device supply chain; Comment on Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Rodgers drug shortages discussion draft; Support S. 2364 Mapping Americas Pharmaceutical Supply Act A bill to map the United States pharmaceutical supply chain and use data analytics to identify supply chain vulnerabilities and other national security threats; Support S. 2510 RAPID Reserve Act A bill to improve supply chain resiliency for critical drug products with vulnerable supply chains and ensure that reserves of critical drugs and active pharmaceutical ingredients are maintained to prevent supply disruptions in the event of drug shortages or public health emergencies; Support S. 1961, Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Risk Assessment Act of 2023, A bill to require an interagency risk assessment of the pharmaceutical supply chain to identify and mitigate health and national security risks, and for other purposes; support the Drug Shortage Prevention Act that will help pave the way for additional improvements to the U.S. drug supply chain, which will, in turn, improve patient access and care; Support S.1636/H.R. 3440 Protecting Rural Telehealth Access Act A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect access to telehealth services under the Medicare program. Drug Shortages RFI Letter to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance in response to a Request For Information on drug shortages; Support H.R. 4713 Rural Hospital Technical Assistance Program Act A letter to support HR 4713, the Rural Hospital Technical Assistant Program Act. A bill to make permanent a program that provides technical assistance for rural hospitals to help prevent closures; Verbal Support Train More Nurse Act, It instructs HHS and DOL to conduct a joint review of all grant programs supporting the nursing workforce and coming up with recommendations to Congress within a year on how to change the programs to increase nurse faculty, provide pathways for those who want to become nurse faculty, and increase the nursing pipeline for both RNs and LPNs; Support H.R.2412 Helping Kids Cope Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to increase national capacity to provide pediatric behavioral health services at childrens hospitals and through community-based providers to improve childrens access to care; and to authorize grants to begin to address large numbers of children boarding in emergency departments, to support the pediatric behavioral health workforce, and for other purposes; Meeting with OMB to discuss Proposed Minimum Staffing Requirements for Long-term Care Facilities; Meeting with OMB to discuss FY 2024 IPPS and LTCH Final Rule; Meeting with Senate Finance Committee regarding the FY 2024 LTCH Final Rule; A letter to comment on ways to improve access to care in rural and underserved areas ensuring that Americans in these rural and underserved areas have high-quality, affordable health care; Support S. 2016/ H.R. 4189, CONNECT for Health Act of 2023, a bill to support to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to telehealth services, and for other purposes; A letter to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) expressing significant concerns about Cotivitis audit and appeals process, including its inadequate appeals procedures, the scope of audits being performed and the untenable timelines that are being executed; Support S. 3211/ H.R. 6205, Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, a bill to support Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act to enhance our Nations nurse and physician workforce by recapturing unused immigrant visas; Support for Reauthorization of PAPHA, The Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA), To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain programs with respect to public health security and all-hazards preparedness and response related to the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response and certain programs with respect to public health security and all-hazards preparedness and response related to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and for other purposes; Support H.R. 6430, Rural Community Hospitals (ARCH) Act, a bill to support the Assistance for Rural Community Hospitals (ARCH) Act; To support small rural hospitals for which Medicare patients make up a significant percentage of inpatient days or discharges, Congress established the Medicare- dependent Hospital (MDH) program in 1987, allowing eligible hospitals to receive the sum of their prospective payment system (PPS) payment rate, plus three- quarters of the amount by which their cost per discharge exceeds the PPS rate; Support H.R. 4531/ S.3393, Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act, a bill to reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, recovery, and treatment, and for other purposes; A letter to the FDA on its laboratory developed tests (LDTs) proposed rule urging the agency to not apply its device regulations to hospital and health system LDTs because they are not devices; rather, they are diagnostic tools developed and used in the context of patient care. Instead, we urged the FDA to continue to apply its enforcement discretion to hospital and health system LDTs; Submit Statement to the Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health hearing, Supporting Access to Long-Term Services and Supports: An Examination of the Impacts of Proposed Regulations on Workforce and Access to Care to share the hospital fields comments on proposed regulations for minimum staffing standards for LTC facilities and their potential impact on access to care; Concern H.R. 5378 Lower Costs, More Transparency Act, A bill to promotes price transparency in the health care sector, and for other purposes; Hill Briefing on SAVE Act, Support S. 2768 / H.R. 2584, The Safety from Violence for Healthcare Employees (SAVE) Act, A bill to protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes; Health Care Spending in the United States: Unsustainable for Patients, Employers, and Taxpayers; Statement to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health regarding the topic of national health expenditures, The Independent Dispute Resolution Process (IDR), To comment on the proposed rule related to the operations of the Independent Dispute Resolution Process (IDR) established by the No Surprises Act (NSA); Examining Chronic Drug Shortages in the United States, Statement to the House Committee on Ways and Means regarding the important topic of drug shortages in the United States; Support H.R. 6205 / S. 3211, Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, A bill to reauthorize title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes; H.R. 7513; Protecting Americas Seniors Access to Care, Statement to the House Committee on Ways and Means regarding Protecting Americas Seniors Access to Care to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from finalizing a proposed rule regarding minimum staffing for nursing facilities, and to establish an advisory panel on the skilled nursing facility workforce; Enhancing Access to Care at Home in Rural and Underserved Communities, Statement to the House Committee on Ways and Means on how telehealth flexibilities, the hospital-at-home (H@H) program and home health agencies have expanded access to care for patients in their homes and the need for these programs to continue; The recent cyberattack on Change Healthcare, Letter to House and Senate leadership requesting assistance for hospitals impacted by the cyberattack; The recent cyberattack on Change Healthcare, Letter to Senate Finance Committee leadership to share concerns regarding the Administrations proposal to penalize hospitals that do not meet certain cybersecurity requirements; Support S. 3779 / H.R. 7265, Child Suicide Prevention and Lethal Means Safety Act, A bill authorizing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to establish or expand programs to implement evidence-aligned practices in health care settings for the purpose of reducing the suicide rates of covered individuals, and for other purposes; Evaluating Approaches to Diagnostic Test Regulation and the Impact of FDAs Proposed Rule.", Statement to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health on the impact of the Food and Drug Administrations (FDA) proposed regulation of diagnostic tests; Senate RFI on the SUSTAIN 340B Act Draft, A letter to provide feedback on the Supporting Underserved and Strengthening Transparency, Accountability, and Integrity Now and for the Future of (SUSTAIN) 340B Act bipartisan discussion draft and accompanying request for information on the 340B Drug Pricing Program; Access to Health Care in America: Ensuring Resilient Emergency Medical Care, Statement to the House Committee on Ways and Means on access to emergency medical services in rural areas; Support H.R. 7623, Telehealth Modernization Act, A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make permanent certain telehealth flexibilities under the Medicare program; House RFI on strengthening ERISA, A letter to provide feedback on an RFI from the House Education and Workforce Committee on ways to strengthen and improve ERISA, Addressing drug shortagesAHAs statement for record to Ways and Means committee hearing on Examining Chronic Drug Shortages in the United States, Statement commenting on the impact of the FDAs proposed regulation of laboratory developed tests (LDTs), AHAs statement for the record to Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health on "Evaluating Approaches to Diagnostic Test Regulation and the Impact of FDAs Proposed Rule.", Response to RFI on oversight and regulation of LDTs, Response to Sen. Cassidy, Ranking Member of HELP Committee on his RFI seeking feedback on the FDAs proposed regulation of hospital LDTs, OMB meeting, including FDA officials, on the FDAs rulemaking on the regulation of hospital LDTs as medical devicesOMB/FDA; Support S 3679 / H.R. 7153, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act, A bill to reauthorize the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, and for other purposes, Support S. 1110, the Rural Hospital Support Act, A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to rebase the calculation of payments for sole community hospitals and Medicare-dependent hospitals, and for other purposes; Support HR 1565, Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2023, A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove the 96-hour physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services.

Issues regarding childrens health care coverage and access to care under Medicaid, CHIP, the Exchanges, and private insurance Issues regarding the annual Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for the Exchanges and private insurance Issues regarding the implementation of the ACE Kids Act  H.R. 2412 The Helping Kids Cope Act S.2372/HR. 4758 - Accelerating Kids Access to Care Act  Issues regarding childrens and mothers health specifically continuous eligibility for children in Medicaid and CHIP, CHIP permanency Issues regarding childrens mental health and the national emergency in childrens mental health, including mental health parity, the mental health workforce and related access issues. Issue regarding Medicaid supplemental payments and directed payments Issues related to Health Information Technology, interoperability, information blocking, and cybersecurity Pediatric Access to Critical Healthcare (PATCH) Act, and issues regarding pediatric health care infrastructure and capacity  Issues regarding the importance of Medicaid to children, including military and veteran families  Issues regarding Medicaid support for providers caring for children on Medicaid, including DSH payments FY 2024 and FY 2025 Senate and House Labor-HHS appropriations provisions - Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) program funding   Issues regarding Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) program reauthorization Issues related to 340B Drug Pricing Program, prescription drug pricing, drug shortages, high-cost drugs/therapies and pharmaceutical supply chain, including H.R. 3290 Issues related to pediatric workforce and the Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program S. 3029/H.R. 6085 PREEMIE Reauthorization Act Issues regarding the Medicaid unwinding Issues regarding surprise billing, bad debt, and price transparency in health care  Issues regarding pediatric pandemic and disaster preparedness and response and emergency preparedness Issues regarding food security and nutrition Issues regarding drugs and medical device shortages and high costs Issues related to the regulation of laboratory-developed tests Issues regarding prescribing of drugs via telehealth Issues related to mental health services in schools Issues related to pediatric cancer and the Moonshot H.R. 1117, Advancing Safe Medications for Moms and Babies Act of 2023 H.R. 4189, CONNECT for Health Act H.R. 1110, KEEP Telehealth Options Act H.R. 5541, Temporary Reciprocity to Ensure Access to Treatment (TREAT) Act Issues regarding the Public Health Emergency Unwinding Issues involving Site Neutral payment legislation, including H.R. 3281 and H.R. 3561 S. 1884/H.R. 3713, Mental Health Services for Students Act The Pursuing Equity in Mental Health America Act H.R. 2389, The Resident Shortage Reduction Act S. 1774/H.R. 3761 the Assist Act H.R. 3633, the Prevent HPV Cancers Act H.R. 2665, Supporting Safety Net Hospitals Act H.R. 2584/S.2768, Safety form Violence for Healthcare employees (Save) Act S. 923, Better Mental Health Care for Americans Act H.R. 3046, Medical Student Education Authorization Act S. 2556, Improving CARE for Youth Act S. 2647/H.R. 5012, SHINE for Autumn Act of 2023 S. 923/H.R. 4933, Mental Health Professionals Workforce Shortage Loan Repayment Act of 2023 S.2476/H.R. 4884, Mental Health for Latinos Act of 2023 S. 2362/H.R. 3008, Drug Shortage Prevention Act of 2023 H.R. 3759, Barriers to Suicide Act of 2023 S. 1409, Kids Online Safety Act S. 1769/H.R. 3805, the Kickstarting Innovative Demonstrations Supporting (KIDS) Health Act. H.R. 5804, Mental Health Infrastructure Improvement Act H.R. 5976 /S. 3060 Youth Mental Health Research Act S. 3364, Kid PROOF Act of 2023 H.R. 6664 Innovation for Pediatric Drugs Act of 2023 H.R. 7808, the Early Action and Responsiveness Lifts Youth (EARLY) Minds Act H.R. 7153/S. 3679 Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act S. 3757 Congenital Heart Futures Reauthorization Act of 2024 H.R. 6960 Emergency Medical Services for Children Reauthorization Act of 2024 H.R. 3391 Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act 2.0 H.R. 6963 Pediatric Cancer Drug Supply Act H.R. 3433/ S. 2897, Give Kids A Chance Act S. 2560 Long COVID Support Act H.R. 7384, Creating Hope Reauthorization Act. H.R. 6664, Innovation in Pediatric Drugs Act

HR 197 - Rural Telehealth Expansion Act; all provisions of the bill HR 824 - Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2023; all provisions of the bill HR 1110 - KEEP Telehealth Options Act of 2023; all provisions of the bill HR 1843 - Telehealth Expansion Act of 2023; all provisions of the bill S 1001 - Telehealth Expansion Act of 2023; all provisions of the bill Docket No. DEA-407 - Telemedicine Prescribing of Controlled Substances When the Practitioner and the Patient Have Not Had a Prior In-Person Medical Evaluation Health Data Privacy Issues

Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Wage index Congressman Gottheimer No Surprises Act Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act (H.R. 1359); Charitable Act (S. 566); Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020 (H.J. Res. 7); Site-Neutral Payment (Sec. 603 of the Balanced Budget Act of 2015); GME Slot Distribution (Resident Physician Reduction Act, Pub. L. 116-260, Sec. 126); HELP Committee health care workforce hearing - request for comments; Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Disclosures of Ownership and Additional Disclosable Parties Information for Skilled Nursing Facilities and Nursing Facilities (CMS-6084-P); FTC: None-Compete Clause Rule (FTC-2023-0007); HHS: Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes for Medicare Advantage Organizations, Medicaid Managed Care Plans, State Medicaid Agencies, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Agencies and CHIP Managed Care Entities, Issuers of Qualified Health Plans on the Federally-Facilitated Exchanges, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Eligible Clinicians, and Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals in the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program (CMS-0057-P); DEA: Expansion of Induction of Buprenorphine via Telemedicine Encounter DEA: Telemedicine Prescribing of Controlled Substances When the Practitioner and the Patient Have Not Had a Prior In-Person Medical Evaluation HHS: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2024 HHS: Coverage of Certain Preventive Services under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (CMS-9903-P); HHS: Contract Year 2024 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, Medicare Cost Plan Program, Medicare Parts A, B, C, and D Overpayment Provisions of the Affordable Care Act and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly; Health Information Technology Standards and Implementation Specifications. (CMS-4201-P). HHS: Request for Information: Essential Health Benefits (CMS-9898-NC); KEEP Telehealth Options Act (H.R. 1110); Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2021 (H.R. 3173/S. 3018); Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act (Pub. L. 116-22) reauthorization; Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2023 (H.R. 824).

H.R. 498 - 988 Lifeline Cybersecurity Responsibility Act H.R. 1110 - Knowing the Efficiency and Efficacy of Permanent (KEEP) Telehealth Options Act of 2023 H.R. 1114 - Long COVID Recovery Now Act H.R. 1201 - Increasing Behavioral Health Treatment Act H.R. 1202 - REDI Act H.R. 1359 / S. 644 - Modernization of Opioid Treatment Act H.R. 1502 - Comprehensive Opioid Recovery Centers (CORC) Reauthorization Act H.R. 1699 - Office of Gun Violence Prevention Act H.R. 2389 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023 H.R. 2412 - Helping Kids Cope Act S. 462 - Mental Health Professionals Workforce Shortage Loan Repayment Act S. 665 - Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act S. 669 - Increasing Mental Health Options Act of 2023 S. 923 - Better Mental Health Care for Americans Act

Client expense: $173,188 · Firm income: Not reported

Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020 (H.J. Res. 7); Charitable Act (S. 566); Medicaid DSH Cuts; KEEP Telehealth Options Act (H.R. 1110); Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act (H.R. 1359); Better Care Better Jobs Act (H.R. 547/S. 100); Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2021 (H.R. 3173/S. 3018); Site-Neutral Payment (Sec. 603 of the Balanced Budget Act of 2015); Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act (Pub. L. 116-22) reauthorization; Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2023 (H.R. 824); GME Slot Distribution (Resident Physician Reduction Act, Pub. L. 116-260, Sec. 126); HELP Committee health care workforce hearing - request for comments; Freedom for Health Care Workers Act (H.R. 497); Building Americas Health Care Workforce Act (H.R. 468); Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act (CMS-9903-P); Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Disclosures of Ownership and Additional Disclosable Parties Information for Skilled Nursing Facilities and Nursing Facilities (CMS-6084-P); Nome-Compete Clause Rule (FTC-2023-0007); Medicaid Program; Disproportionate Share Hospital Third-Party Payer Rule (CMS-2445); Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes for Medicare Advantage Organizations, Medicaid Managed Care Plans, State Medicaid Agencies, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Agencies and CHIP Managed Care Entities, Issuers of Qualified Health Plans on the Federally-Facilitated Exchanges, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Eligible Clinicians, and Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals in the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program (CMS-0057-P); Administrative Simplification: Adoption of Standards for Health Care Attachments Transactions and Electronic Signatures, and Modification to Referral Certification and Authorization Transaction Standard (CMS-0053-P); Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records (HHS-OCR-2022-0018-0001); Request for Information: Essential Health Benefits (CMS-9898-NC); Medicare Program: Contract Year 2024 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, Medicare Cost Plan Program, etc. (CMS-4201-P); Home health wage index (42 CFR 484); OMB Standards for Delineating Core Based Statistical Areas (86 FR 37770)

Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020 (H.J. Res. 7); Charitable Act (S. 566); Medicaid DSH Cuts; KEEP Telehealth Options Act (H.R. 1110); Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act (H.R. 1359); Better Care Better Jobs Act (H.R. 547/S. 100); Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2021 (H.R. 3173/S. 3018); Site-Neutral Payment (Sec. 603 of the Balanced Budget Act of 2015); Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act (Pub. L. 116-22) reauthorization; Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2023 (H.R. 824); GME Slot Distribution (Resident Physician Reduction Act, Pub. L. 116-260, Sec. 126); HELP Committee health care workforce hearing - request for comments; Freedom for Health Care Workers Act (H.R. 497); Building Americas Health Care Workforce Act (H.R. 468); Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act (CMS-9903-P); Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Disclosures of Ownership and Additional Disclosable Parties Information for Skilled Nursing Facilities and Nursing Facilities (CMS-6084-P); Nome-Compete Clause Rule (FTC-2023-0007); Medicaid Program; Disproportionate Share Hospital Third-Party Payer Rule (CMS-2445); Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes for Medicare Advantage Organizations, Medicaid Managed Care Plans, State Medicaid Agencies, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Agencies and CHIP Managed Care Entities, Issuers of Qualified Health Plans on the Federally-Facilitated Exchanges, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Eligible Clinicians, and Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals in the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program (CMS-0057-P); Administrative Simplification: Adoption of Standards for Health Care Attachments Transactions and Electronic Signatures, and Modification to Referral Certification and Authorization Transaction Standard (CMS-0053-P); Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records (HHS-OCR-2022-0018-0001); Request for Information: Essential Health Benefits (CMS-9898-NC); Medicare Program: Contract Year 2024 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, Medicare Cost Plan Program, etc. (CMS-4201-P); Home health wage index (42 CFR 484); OMB Standards for Delineating Core Based Statistical Areas (86 FR 37770)

Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020 (H.J. Res. 7); Charitable Act (S. 566); Medicaid DSH Cuts; KEEP Telehealth Options Act (H.R. 1110); Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act (H.R. 1359); Better Care Better Jobs Act (H.R. 547/S. 100); Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2021 (H.R. 3173/S. 3018); Site-Neutral Payment (Sec. 603 of the Balanced Budget Act of 2015); Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act (Pub. L. 116-22) reauthorization; Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2023 (H.R. 824); GME Slot Distribution (Resident Physician Reduction Act, Pub. L. 116-260, Sec. 126); HELP Committee health care workforce hearing - request for comments; Freedom for Health Care Workers Act (H.R. 497); Building Americas Health Care Workforce Act (H.R. 468); Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act (CMS-9903-P); Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Disclosures of Ownership and Additional Disclosable Parties Information for Skilled Nursing Facilities and Nursing Facilities (CMS-6084-P); Nome-Compete Clause Rule (FTC-2023-0007); Medicaid Program; Disproportionate Share Hospital Third-Party Payer Rule (CMS-2445); Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes for Medicare Advantage Organizations, Medicaid Managed Care Plans, State Medicaid Agencies, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Agencies and CHIP Managed Care Entities, Issuers of Qualified Health Plans on the Federally-Facilitated Exchanges, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Eligible Clinicians, and Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals in the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program (CMS-0057-P); Administrative Simplification: Adoption of Standards for Health Care Attachments Transactions and Electronic Signatures, and Modification to Referral Certification and Authorization Transaction Standard (CMS-0053-P); Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records (HHS-OCR-2022-0018-0001); Request for Information: Essential Health Benefits (CMS-9898-NC); Medicare Program: Contract Year 2024 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, Medicare Cost Plan Program, etc. (CMS-4201-P); Home health wage index (42 CFR 484); OMB Standards for Delineating Core Based Statistical Areas (86 FR 37770)

Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020 (H.J. Res. 7); Charitable Act (S. 566); Medicaid DSH Cuts; KEEP Telehealth Options Act (H.R. 1110); Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act (H.R. 1359); Better Care Better Jobs Act (H.R. 547/S. 100); Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2021 (H.R. 3173/S. 3018); Site-Neutral Payment (Sec. 603 of the Balanced Budget Act of 2015); Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act (Pub. L. 116-22) reauthorization; Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2023 (H.R. 824); GME Slot Distribution (Resident Physician Reduction Act, Pub. L. 116-260, Sec. 126); HELP Committee health care workforce hearing - request for comments; Freedom for Health Care Workers Act (H.R. 497); Building Americas Health Care Workforce Act (H.R. 468); Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act (CMS-9903-P); Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Disclosures of Ownership and Additional Disclosable Parties Information for Skilled Nursing Facilities and Nursing Facilities (CMS-6084-P); Nome-Compete Clause Rule (FTC-2023-0007); Medicaid Program; Disproportionate Share Hospital Third-Party Payer Rule (CMS-2445); Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes for Medicare Advantage Organizations, Medicaid Managed Care Plans, State Medicaid Agencies, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Agencies and CHIP Managed Care Entities, Issuers of Qualified Health Plans on the Federally-Facilitated Exchanges, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Eligible Clinicians, and Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals in the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program (CMS-0057-P); Administrative Simplification: Adoption of Standards for Health Care Attachments Transactions and Electronic Signatures, and Modification to Referral Certification and Authorization Transaction Standard (CMS-0053-P); Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records (HHS-OCR-2022-0018-0001); Request for Information: Essential Health Benefits (CMS-9898-NC); Medicare Program: Contract Year 2024 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, Medicare Cost Plan Program, etc. (CMS-4201-P); Home health wage index (42 CFR 484); OMB Standards for Delineating Core Based Statistical Areas (86 FR 37770)

Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020 (H.J. Res. 7); Charitable Act (S. 566); Medicaid DSH Cuts; KEEP Telehealth Options Act (H.R. 1110); Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act (H.R. 1359); Better Care Better Jobs Act (H.R. 547/S. 100); Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2021 (H.R. 3173/S. 3018); Site-Neutral Payment (Sec. 603 of the Balanced Budget Act of 2015); Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act (Pub. L. 116-22) reauthorization; Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2023 (H.R. 824); GME Slot Distribution (Resident Physician Reduction Act, Pub. L. 116-260, Sec. 126); HELP Committee health care workforce hearing - request for comments; Freedom for Health Care Workers Act (H.R. 497); Building Americas Health Care Workforce Act (H.R. 468); Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act (CMS-9903-P); Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Disclosures of Ownership and Additional Disclosable Parties Information for Skilled Nursing Facilities and Nursing Facilities (CMS-6084-P); Nome-Compete Clause Rule (FTC-2023-0007); Medicaid Program; Disproportionate Share Hospital Third-Party Payer Rule (CMS-2445); Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes for Medicare Advantage Organizations, Medicaid Managed Care Plans, State Medicaid Agencies, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Agencies and CHIP Managed Care Entities, Issuers of Qualified Health Plans on the Federally-Facilitated Exchanges, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Eligible Clinicians, and Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals in the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program (CMS-0057-P); Administrative Simplification: Adoption of Standards for Health Care Attachments Transactions and Electronic Signatures, and Modification to Referral Certification and Authorization Transaction Standard (CMS-0053-P); Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records (HHS-OCR-2022-0018-0001); Request for Information: Essential Health Benefits (CMS-9898-NC); Medicare Program: Contract Year 2024 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, Medicare Cost Plan Program, etc. (CMS-4201-P); Home health wage index (42 CFR 484); OMB Standards for Delineating Core Based Statistical Areas (86 FR 37770)

Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020 (H.J. Res. 7); Charitable Act (S. 566); Medicaid DSH Cuts; KEEP Telehealth Options Act (H.R. 1110); Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act (H.R. 1359); Better Care Better Jobs Act (H.R. 547/S. 100); Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2021 (H.R. 3173/S. 3018); Site-Neutral Payment (Sec. 603 of the Balanced Budget Act of 2015); Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act (Pub. L. 116-22) reauthorization; Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2023 (H.R. 824); GME Slot Distribution (Resident Physician Reduction Act, Pub. L. 116-260, Sec. 126); HELP Committee health care workforce hearing - request for comments; Freedom for Health Care Workers Act (H.R. 497); Building Americas Health Care Workforce Act (H.R. 468); Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act (CMS-9903-P); Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Disclosures of Ownership and Additional Disclosable Parties Information for Skilled Nursing Facilities and Nursing Facilities (CMS-6084-P); Nome-Compete Clause Rule (FTC-2023-0007); Medicaid Program; Disproportionate Share Hospital Third-Party Payer Rule (CMS-2445); Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes for Medicare Advantage Organizations, Medicaid Managed Care Plans, State Medicaid Agencies, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Agencies and CHIP Managed Care Entities, Issuers of Qualified Health Plans on the Federally-Facilitated Exchanges, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Eligible Clinicians, and Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals in the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program (CMS-0057-P); Administrative Simplification: Adoption of Standards for Health Care Attachments Transactions and Electronic Signatures, and Modification to Referral Certification and Authorization Transaction Standard (CMS-0053-P); Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records (HHS-OCR-2022-0018-0001); Request for Information: Essential Health Benefits (CMS-9898-NC); Medicare Program: Contract Year 2024 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, Medicare Cost Plan Program, etc. (CMS-4201-P); Home health wage index (42 CFR 484); OMB Standards for Delineating Core Based Statistical Areas (86 FR 37770)

Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020 (H.J. Res. 7); Charitable Act (S. 566); Medicaid DSH Cuts; KEEP Telehealth Options Act (H.R. 1110); Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act (H.R. 1359); Better Care Better Jobs Act (H.R. 547/S. 100); Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2021 (H.R. 3173/S. 3018); Site-Neutral Payment (Sec. 603 of the Balanced Budget Act of 2015); Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act (Pub. L. 116-22) reauthorization; Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2023 (H.R. 824); GME Slot Distribution (Resident Physician Reduction Act, Pub. L. 116-260, Sec. 126); HELP Committee health care workforce hearing - request for comments; Freedom for Health Care Workers Act (H.R. 497); Building Americas Health Care Workforce Act (H.R. 468); Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act (CMS-9903-P); Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Disclosures of Ownership and Additional Disclosable Parties Information for Skilled Nursing Facilities and Nursing Facilities (CMS-6084-P); Nome-Compete Clause Rule (FTC-2023-0007); Medicaid Program; Disproportionate Share Hospital Third-Party Payer Rule (CMS-2445); Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes for Medicare Advantage Organizations, Medicaid Managed Care Plans, State Medicaid Agencies, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Agencies and CHIP Managed Care Entities, Issuers of Qualified Health Plans on the Federally-Facilitated Exchanges, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Eligible Clinicians, and Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals in the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program (CMS-0057-P); Administrative Simplification: Adoption of Standards for Health Care Attachments Transactions and Electronic Signatures, and Modification to Referral Certification and Authorization Transaction Standard (CMS-0053-P); Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records (HHS-OCR-2022-0018-0001); Request for Information: Essential Health Benefits (CMS-9898-NC); Medicare Program: Contract Year 2024 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, Medicare Cost Plan Program, etc. (CMS-4201-P); Home health wage index (42 CFR 484); OMB Standards for Delineating Core Based Statistical Areas (86 FR 37770)

Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020 (H.J. Res. 7); Charitable Act (S. 566); Medicaid DSH Cuts; KEEP Telehealth Options Act (H.R. 1110); Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act (H.R. 1359); Better Care Better Jobs Act (H.R. 547/S. 100); Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2021 (H.R. 3173/S. 3018); Site-Neutral Payment (Sec. 603 of the Balanced Budget Act of 2015); Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act (Pub. L. 116-22) reauthorization; Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2023 (H.R. 824); GME Slot Distribution (Resident Physician Reduction Act, Pub. L. 116-260, Sec. 126); HELP Committee health care workforce hearing - request for comments; Freedom for Health Care Workers Act (H.R. 497); Building Americas Health Care Workforce Act (H.R. 468); Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act (CMS-9903-P); Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Disclosures of Ownership and Additional Disclosable Parties Information for Skilled Nursing Facilities and Nursing Facilities (CMS-6084-P); Nome-Compete Clause Rule (FTC-2023-0007); Medicaid Program; Disproportionate Share Hospital Third-Party Payer Rule (CMS-2445); Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes for Medicare Advantage Organizations, Medicaid Managed Care Plans, State Medicaid Agencies, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Agencies and CHIP Managed Care Entities, Issuers of Qualified Health Plans on the Federally-Facilitated Exchanges, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Eligible Clinicians, and Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals in the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program (CMS-0057-P); Administrative Simplification: Adoption of Standards for Health Care Attachments Transactions and Electronic Signatures, and Modification to Referral Certification and Authorization Transaction Standard (CMS-0053-P); Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records (HHS-OCR-2022-0018-0001); Request for Information: Essential Health Benefits (CMS-9898-NC); Medicare Program: Contract Year 2024 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, Medicare Cost Plan Program, etc. (CMS-4201-P); Home health wage index (42 CFR 484); OMB Standards for Delineating Core Based Statistical Areas (86 FR 37770)