Health ACCESS Act

Educate Members of Congress about the potential to use technology to improve access to care, reduce wait time, and improve patient engagement; discuss issues related to the Anti-Kickback Statute; discuss issues related to ghost networks; discuss issues related to the health care workforce; encourage support for H.R.7292 / S.3744, the Health ACCESS Act.

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

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Medicaid DSH Payments including the Medicaid DSH Payment Adjustment Fairness Act (H.R. 5015) or other proposed solutions to amend Section 203 of Title II of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021; Prevent annual DSH cuts; Graduate Medical Education (GME) including the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act (HR 2389); increased federal funding for public safety net hospitals including workforce development; the Substance Use Disorder Workforce Act (HR 7050); Safety from Violence for Healthcare Employees (SAVE) Act (HR2584); CONNECT for Health Act (HR 4189); and the Health Accelerating Consumers; Care by Expediting Self-Scheduling (ACCESS) Act (HR 7292).

Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported

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

Educate Members of Congress about the potential to use technology to improve access to care, reduce wait time, and improve patient engagement; discuss issues related to price transparency; discuss issues related to the Anti-Kickback Statute; discuss issues related to ghost networks; discuss issues related to the health care workforce; encourage support for H.R.7292 / S.3744, the Health ACCESS Act.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 618, Improving Access to Workers Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act, all provisions S. 131, Improving Access to Workers Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act, all provisions H.R. 2923, Living Donor Protection Act, all provisions S. 1384, Living Donor Protection Act, all provisions H.R. 1359, Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act, all provisions S. 644, Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act, all provisions H.R. 6487, No Fees for EFTs Act, all provisions S. 3805, No Fees for EFTs Act, all provisions H.R. 2630, Safe Step Act, all provisions S. 652, Safe Step Act, all provisions S. 2840, Bipartisan Primary Care and Health Workforce Act, all provisions H.R. 7153, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act, all provisions S. 3679, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act, all provisions H.R. 830, Help Ensure Lower Patient Copays (HELP Copays) Act, all provisions S. 1375, Help Ensure Lower Patient Copays (HELP Copays) Act, all provisions S. 127, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act, all provisions H.R. 6475, Health Disparity Zones Act, all provisions H.R. 6033, Supporting Patient Education And Knowledge (SPEAK) Act, provisions relating to telehealth/equity H.R. 6230, Doctor Knows Best Act, all provisions H.R. 6881, AI Foundation Model Transparency Act of 2023, all provisions H.R. 5066, Tech to Save Moms Act, all provisions H.R. 7292, Health Accelerating Consumers Care by Expediting Self-Scheduling (Health ACCESS) Act, all provisions H.R. 2706, Charlotte Woodward Organ Transplant Discrimination Prevention Act, all provisions S. 1183, Charlotte Woodward Organ Transplant Discrimination Prevention Act, all provisions S. 2666, Electronic Prescribing for Controlled Substances (EPCS 2.0) Act S. 131, Improving Access to Workers Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act, all provisions Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act implementation Augmented intelligence in health care HHS administrative authority/CHANGE Healthcare cyberattack Child and adolescent high body mass index/USPSTF recommendation Waste emissions/climate change/environmental justice Diabetes Prevention Program/changes Healthy Air Campaign Environmental and nutrition issues Substance use disorder Drug overdose epidemic Reproductive health Maternal health Over-the-counter birth control access Drinking water regulations and lead and copper rule improvements Data privacy HIPAA/electronic records Coding Laboratory developed tests Telemedicine/Buprenorphine Health Workforce Well-Being Day of Awareness Physician-assisted Suicide

Medicaid DSH Payments including the Medicaid DSH Payment Adjustment Fairness Act (H.R. 5015) or other proposed solutions to amend Section 203 of Title II of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021; Prevent annual DSH cuts; Graduate Medical Education (GME) including the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act (HR 2389); increased federal funding for public safety net hospitals including workforce development; the Substance Use Disorder Workforce Act (HR 7050); Safety from Violence for Healthcare Employees (SAVE) Act (HR2584); CONNECT for Health Act (HR 4189); and the Health Accelerating Consumers; Care by Expediting Self-Scheduling (ACCESS) Act (HR 7292).

Client expense: $18,000 · Firm income: Not reported

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

Funding for Disproportionate Share Hospitals (Medicaid DSH); Funding for Medicare graduate medical education (GME); COVID-19 regulatory changes in general; Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations (CPRSA) Act, The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act - issues impacting hospital financing, Medicaid DSH, telehealth expansion, Provider Relief Funds; H.R.266/P.L. 116-139, the Health Care Enhancement Act - provisions related to Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund; support for issues regarding recognition of uncompensated are costs and addressing social determinants of health in the Medicaid and Medicare populations; H.R.7292 - The COVID-19 Hospital Forgiveness Act; support of telehealth policies, including for audio-only telehealth services; H.R.5376 - Build Back Better Act, policies concerning Medicare graduate medical education (GME); H.R.7053/S.3792 - acute hospital care at home waiver flexibility; policy proposals to address mental and physical/medical comorbidities of beneficiaries in the Medicare/Medicaid programs; H.R.1868/Pub. L. No. 117-7, To prevent across-the-board direct spending cuts, and for other purposes/Medicare sequester; in general - protecting access to physician services for Medicare beneficiaries per preventing reductions resulting from Medicare sequestration, Statutory PAYGO, and reduction in Medicare conversion factor for CY2023; H.R.2617, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000