Patient Debt Relief Act

HR 1692 / S 8, the Health Care Affordability Act; HR 2630 / S 652, the Safe Step Act; HR 3433 / S 2897, the Give Kids a Chance Act; HR 3503 / S 1701, The NIH Clinical Trial Diversity Act; HR 3991 / S 1624, the Gabriella Miller Kids First Act; HR 4363 / S 2213, Comprehensive Cancer Survivorship Act; HR 6003 / S 3103, the Medical Debt Relief Act; HR 6301 / S. 2039, The Cancer Drug Parity Act; HR 7383 / S 1214, the RARE Act; HR 8311 / S 4289, Medical Debt Cancellation Act; HR 824, the Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act; HR 1773, the Consumer Protection for Medical Debt Collections Act; HR 2813, Self-Insurance Protection Act; HR 2868, the Association Health Plans; HR 2880, the Protecting Patients Against PBM Abuses Act; HR 3799, CHOICE Arrangement Act; HR 3800, the Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act; HR 5609, the Advancing Health Savings Act; HR 5688, the Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act; HR 5687, the HSA Modernization Act; HR 6664, the Innovation in Pediatric Drugs Act; HR 6963, the Pediatric Cancer Drug Supply Chain Act; HR 7384, the Creating Hope Reauthorization Act; HR 8261, Preserving Telehealth, Hospital, and Ambulance Access Act; HR 8412, the Clinical Trial Modernization Act; HR 8574, the 340B ACCESS Act; HR 9129, Patient Debt Relief Act; S 113, the Prescription Pricing for the People Act; S 127, the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act; S 1339, the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act; S 1542, the DRUG Act; S 1967 the Patients Before Middlemen Act; S 2243, the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act; S 2483, the Strengthening Consumer Protections and Medical Debt Transparency Act; S 2973, the Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability Act; S 3167, Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement (MEWA) Act; HR 9774 / S 5194, the Health Care Affordability Act; Legislation to protect insurance purchasers interacting with insurance brokers; Implementation of the No Surprises Act; Federal rulemaking related to Short-term Limited Duration Insurance (STLDI) plans; Efforts to extend and make permanent the current enhanced Advance Premium Tax Credits; Insurance appeals and denials; Federal rulemaking related to Association Health Plans; Consumer protections related to consumers who will lose insurance due to the end of certain federal Medicaid maintenance-of-effort requirements; FDA draft guidance related to dose optimization studies in clinical trials

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), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE

HR 1692 / S 8, the Health Care Affordability Act; HR 2630 / S 652, the Safe Step Act; HR 3433 / S 2897, the Give Kids a Chance Act; HR 3503 / S 1701, The NIH Clinical Trial Diversity Act; HR 3991 / S 1624, the Gabriella Miller Kids First Act; HR 4363 / S 2213, Comprehensive Cancer Survivorship Act; HR 6003 / S 3103, the Medical Debt Relief Act; HR 6301 / S. 2039, The Cancer Drug Parity Act; HR 7383 / S 1214, the RARE Act; HR 8311 / S 4289, Medical Debt Cancellation Act; HR 824, the Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act; HR 1773, the Consumer Protection for Medical Debt Collections Act; HR 2813, Self-Insurance Protection Act; HR 2868, the Association Health Plans; HR 2880, the Protecting Patients Against PBM Abuses Act; HR 3799, CHOICE Arrangement Act; HR 3800, the Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act; HR 5609, the Advancing Health Savings Act; HR 5688, the Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act; HR 5687, the HSA Modernization Act; HR 6664, the Innovation in Pediatric Drugs Act; HR 6963, the Pediatric Cancer Drug Supply Chain Act; HR 7384, the Creating Hope Reauthorization Act; HR 8261, Preserving Telehealth, Hospital, and Ambulance Access Act; HR 8412, the Clinical Trial Modernization Act; HR 8574, the 340B ACCESS Act; HR 9129, Patient Debt Relief Act; S 113, the Prescription Pricing for the People Act; S 127, the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act; S 1339, the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act; S 1542, the DRUG Act; S 1967 the Patients Before Middlemen Act; S 2243, the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act; S 2483, the Strengthening Consumer Protections and Medical Debt Transparency Act; S 2973, the Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability Act; S 3167, Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement (MEWA) Act; HR 9774 / S 5194, the Health Care Affordability Act; Legislation to protect insurance purchasers interacting with insurance brokers; Implementation of the No Surprises Act; Federal rulemaking related to Short-term Limited Duration Insurance (STLDI) plans; Efforts to extend and make permanent the current enhanced Advance Premium Tax Credits; Insurance appeals and denials; Federal rulemaking related to Association Health Plans; Consumer protections related to consumers who will lose insurance due to the end of certain federal Medicaid maintenance-of-effort requirements; FDA draft guidance related to dose optimization studies in clinical trials

Client expense: $160,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office

H.R. 6645, Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act of 2023, all provisions S. 2377, Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act of 2023, all provisions H.R. 1610, Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2023, all provisions S. 799, Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2023, all provisions H.R. 4189, Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2023, all provisions S. 2016, Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2023, all provisions H.R. 8532, Connected MOM Act, all provisions S. 712, Connected MOM Act, all provisions H.R. 1770, Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act, all provisions S. 2477, Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act, all provisions H.R. 751, Fair Access In Residency (FAIR) Act, all provisions H.R. 4968, Getting Over Lengthy Delays in Care As Required by Doctors (GOLD CARD) Act of 2023, all provisions H.R. 2713, Improving Care and Access to Nurses (I CAN) Act, all provisions S. 2418, Improving Care and Access to Nurses (I CAN) Act, all provisions H.R. 2583, Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 2023, all provisions H.R. 6487, No Fees for EFTs Act, all provisions S. 3805, No Fees for EFTs Act, all provisions H.R. 977, Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2023, all provisions S. 470, Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2023, all provisions H.R. 2389, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023, all provisions S. 1302, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023, all provisions H.R. 7050, Substance Use Disorder Workforce Act, all provisions H.R. 7623, Telehealth Modernization Act of 2024, all provisions H.R. 2474, Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, all provisions H.R. 830, Help Ensure Lower Patient (HELP) Copays Act, all provisions S. 1375, Help Ensure Lower Patient (HELP) Copays Act, all provisions H.R. 6371, Provider Reimbursement Stability Act of 2023, all provisions H.R. 6545, Physician Fee Schedule Update and Improvements Act, all provisions H.R. 5378, Lower Costs, More Transparency Act, all provisions H.R. 6683, Preserving Seniors Access to Physicians Act of 2023, all provisions H.R. 5013, Value in Health Care Act of 2023, all provisions S. 3503, Value in Health Care Act of 2023, all provisions H.R. 8702, Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2024, all provisions S. 4532, Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2024, all provisions S. 4518, Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2024, all provisions S. 4935, Physician Fee Stabilization Act, all provisions H.R. 6366, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to the work geographic index for physician payments under the Medicare program, and to revise the phase-in of clinical laboratory test payment changes under such program, all provisions H.R. 7463, Extension of Continuing Appropriations and Other Matters Act, 2024, provisions relating to Medicare payments H.R. 7931, Preserving Emergency Access in Key Sites (PEAKS) Act, all provisions S. 4338, Pay PCPs Act of 2024, all provisions H.R. 8563, Preserving Access To Care in Hawaii (PATCH) Act, all provisions S. 4395, Protecting Access To Care in Hawaii (PATCH) Act, all provisions H.R. 6369, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend incentive payments for participation in eligible alternative payment models, all provisions H.R. 7665, ACO Assignment Improvement Act of 2024, all provisions S. 3939, ACO Assignment Improvement Act of 2024, all provisions H.R. 8404, Radiation Oncology Case Rate (ROCR) Value Based Program Act of 2024, all provisions S. 4330, Radiation Oncology Case Rate (ROCR) Value Based Program Act of 2024, all provisions H.R. 4829, Physical Therapist Workforce and Patient Access Act of 2023, all provisions H.R. 8235, Rural Physician Workforce Preservation Act, all provisions H.R. 1745, Medicare Fraud Detection and Deterrence Act of 2023, all provisions H.R. 1746, Preventing Medicare Telefraud Act, all provisions H.R. 8261, Preserving Telehealth, Hospital, and Ambulance Access Act, all provisions S. 1491, Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act, all provisions S. 669, Increasing Mental Health Options Act of 2023, all provisions H.R. 7618, Stopping Addiction and Falls for the Elderly (SAFE) Act, all provisions H.R. 3730, Rural Health Clinic Burden Reduction Act, all provisions H.R. 7279, Remove Duplicative Unnecessary Clerical Exchanges (REDUCE) Act, all provisions H.R. 7708, Requiring Enhanced & Accurate Lists of (REAL) Health Providers Act, all provisions S. 3508, Requiring Enhanced & Accurate Lists of (REAL) Health Providers Act, all provisions H.R. 9001, Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act, all provisions S. 5218, A bill to amend titles XI and XVIII of the Social Security Act to strengthen, increase oversight of, and compliance with, security standards for health information, and for other purposes, all provisions S. 4054, Health Care Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2024, all provisions H.R. 8588, Linking Seniors to Needed Legal Services Act of 2024, all provisions H.R. 5526, Seniors Access to Critical Medications Act of 2024, all provisions H.R. 9129, Patient Debt Relief Act, all provisions Fewer Burdens for Better Care Act/draft MACRA/MIPS program reform legislation/draft FY 2025 Medicare physician payment increase/draft Medical Chaperones in Medicare/draft Medicare program: No Surprises Act implementation Medicare program: 21st Century Cures Act implementation Medicare program: FY 2025 Physician payment cut Medicare program: Information Blocking Disincentives Medicare program: Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) reform Medicare program: Medicare Economic Index (MEI) Medicare program: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) reform Medicare program: Budget neutrality reforms/Inflationary update Medicare program: G2211 Inherent complexity code Medicare program: Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA 2014) lab cut reform Medicare program: High-cost disposable services payment Medicare program: Medicare Administrative Contractor/local-coverage determinations Medicare program: Making Care Primary alternative payment models (APM) Medicare program: Rural physicians APM Medicare program: Site neutral payment Medicare program: Physician-owned hospitals Medicare program: Graduate Medical Education (GME) funding Medicare program: Audio-visual supervision of residents/permanent expansion Medicare program: Conditions of Participation (COP)/Obstetrical service Medicare program: MACRA/physician burdens Medicare program: Health Information Technology/physician burdens Medicare program: Prior authorization/Medicare Advantage plans Medicare program: Interoperability/data sharing/information blocking/provider disincentives Medicare program: Promoting interoperability reporting Medicare program: Trusted exchange framework/common agreement Medicare program: Data segmentation Medicare program: Quality payment program Medicare program: Medicare Shared Savings Program/Advanced APM Medicare program: Public health reporting and data exchange Medicare program: Accountable Care Organizations/APM flexibilities Medicare program: Certified Electronic Health Record (EHR) Technology Medicare program: Physician Practice Information (PPI) survey/practice expense Medicare program: MIPS Value Pathways (MVPs)/APMs Medicare program: Telehealth flexibilities Medicare and Medicaid programs: Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Medicare and Medicaid programs: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)/electronic records

Client expense: $5,330,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)