Removing Burdens From Organ Donation Act

H.R. 4581 / S.2372, 340B PATIENTS Act, all provisions; H.R. 3178 / S. 1600, The Save Healthcare Workers Act, all provisions; H.R. 929 / S. 266, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act, all provisions; H.R. 1585 / S. 709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act, all provisions; S. 1874, Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act, all provisions; S. 2169, Rural Hospital Cybersecurity Enhancement Act, all provisions; H.R. 5283 / S. 2759, Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, all provisions; S. 3315, Health Care Cybersecurity and Resiliency Act of 2025, all provisions; H.R. 5256, 340B Access Act, all provisions; S. 2355 / H.R. 5582, Patients Deserve Price Tags Act, all provisions; H.R. 7961, Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act, all provisions; S. 3435 / H.R. 6607, The Future Advancement of Academic Nursing, all provisions; S. 4637, Physician Workforce Optimization Act, all provisions; S.3788 / H.R. 8269, Consumer Labeling for Enhanced API Reporting and Legitimate Accountability for Base Entity Listings Act, all provisions; DRAFT, Issues pertaining to post-market surveillance of devices; S.Res.230, A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Hospital Week, to be observed from May 11 through May 17, 2025, all provisions; DRAFT, Issues pertaining to medical debt; S. 4568 / H.R. 8691, Nursing is a Professional Degree Act, all provisions; S.J. Res 196, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to "Reimagining and Improving Student Education-Federal Student Loan Program Final Regulations", all provisions; H.R. 6718, Professional Student Degree Act, all provisions; DRAFT, Lower Costs More Transparency Act of 2026, all provisions; DRAFT, To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to require hospitals to post prices on the walls, all provisions; DRAFT, To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act and title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure health insurer accountability through publishing of overhead costs and claim payments, all provisions; DRAFT, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act and title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to require the displaying of claim denial rates, all provisions; DRAFT, To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to require mandatory reporting with respect to certain health-related ownership information, all provisions; S. 1482, National Nursing Workforce Center, all provisions; S. 4027, Healthy Competition for Better Care Act, all provisions; H.R. 5629, To provide that the final rule of the Department of Health and Human Services titled Medications for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder, except for the portion of the final rule relating to accreditation of opioid treatment programs, shall have no force or effect; all provisions; H.R. 8726, the Protecting Authority and Restoring Tools Necessary for Enforcement by Regulatory States Act of 2026 PARTNERS Act, all provisions; S.3364, Fast Track Healthcare Apprenticeships Act, all provisions; S.4252, WIPP Economic Assistance Assurance Act of 2026, all provisions; H.R. 4470, Removing Burdens From Organ Donation Act, all provisions; U.S. Department of Health & Human Services / Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Issue pertaining to standardized set of data elements intended to support nationwide, interoperable electronic data exchange to help ensure consistent health information exchange throughout a patient's health care journey; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Issue pertaining a revised version of a 340B rebate model pilot program; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Issue pertaining to Eli Lilly 340B program decisions; Federal Trade Commission & Department of Justice, Issues pertaining to the effectiveness of the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) premerger notification form and implications for hospital field; Enhanced Premium Tax Credits, Extension of Enhanced Premium Tax Credits; Rural Health Care Access, Issues to protect access to rural health care; 340B Program, Issues pertaining to protecting 340B Program, including 340B Rebate Model Pilot Program; Maternal and Child Health, Access to maternal and child health care and addressing related workforce shortages, conditions of participation (COP); Behavioral Health, Issues related to expanding access to care and reducing regulatory barriers; Workforce, Issues pertaining to workforce development programs, supporting health care workforce and physician shortages, loan repayment programs for providers in rural and underserved areas, Graduate Medical Education program; Health Plan Accountability, Issues specific to prior authorization, patient access to care, adequate provider networks, inappropriate denials, reducing account receivables, prompt pay, white-bagging and brown-bagging policies; Health Care Resiliency & Preparedness, Issues pertaining to natural disasters, strengthen health care cybersecurity, cybersecurity workforce, and securing drug supply chains, hospital preparedness program, PAHPA reauthorization; Healthcare Price Transparency, Issues related to health care price transparency; Affordability, Issues and policy solutions pertaining to health care affordability and rising costs of health care; Tax-exempt status, Issues pertaining to not-for-profit hospitals' tax exempt status and tax-exempt private activity bonds; Immigration, Proposed H1-B Visa Program changes and impact to health care workforce; AI in Healthcare, Issues pertaining to the use of AI in healthcare; Professional Degree Program Changes, Issues pertaining to new student loan borrowing limits and professional degree programs changes; Drug Prices, Issues pertaining to lowering drug prices, securing drug supply chain, and transparency; Rural Health Transformation Fund, Issues pertaining to implementation of the Rural Health Transformation program.

Client expense: $4,470,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Education, Dept of, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE

Issues related to improvements for organ donors' referrals from hospitals to organ procurement organizations (generally); H.R. 4470 The Removing Burdens From Organ Donation Act Issues related to Medicare incentives for hard-to-place organs (generally)

Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported

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

Organ donation and Transplantation issues, including H.R. 4470, Removing Burdens From Organ Donation Act.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Issues related to promoting improvements in the donation, transport, transplantation and survivability of organs (generally, no specific legislation) Issues related to payment policies for organ donation and transplantation (generally, no specific legislation) Issues related to Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD)(no specific legislation) Issues related to "Organ Donation Referral Improvement Act" (H.R. 330) Issues related to "Removing Burdens From Organ Donation Act" (H.R. 4470)

Client expense: $105,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE

Issues related to improvements for organ donors' referrals from hospitals to organ procurement organizations (generally) H.R. 4470 The Removing Burdens From Organ Donation Act Issues related to Medicare incentives for hard to place organs (generally)

Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Issues related to promoting improvements in the donation, transport, transplantation and survivability of organs (generally, no specific legislation) Issues related to payment policies for organ donation and transplantation (generally, no specific legislation) Issues related to Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD)(no specific legislation) Issues related to "Organ Donation Referral Improvement Act" (H.R. 330) Issues related to "Removing Burdens From Organ Donation Act" (H.R. 4470)

Client expense: $105,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE

Organ donation and Transplantation issues, including H.R. 4470, Removing Burdens From Organ Donation Act.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Issues related to improvements for organ donors' referrals from hospitals to organ procurement organizations (generally) H.R. 4470 The Removing Burdens From Organ Donation Act Issues related to Medicare incentives for hard to place organs (generally)

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

-Honor Our Living Donors Act (H.R. 628 / S. 957) Legislation to simplify the process of determining eligibility for reimbursement for living kidney donation-related costs -Removing Barriers for Organ Donation Act (H.R.4470) Mandates implementation of automated referral regarding potential organ donors from donor hospitals to local organ procurement organizations, with exceptions, and calls for a GAO study and agency coordination -Living Donor Protection Act (H.R. 4583) and related FMLA bill (H.R. 4582 and S. 1552). Clarifies and strengthens protections for Americans who donate an organ. -$67M in appropriations for HRSA Organ Transplant work in FY26 (funding to modernize the US transplant system and support living donors through reimbursement for living kidney donation-related costs) -$25M in appropriations for HHS in FY26 to support KidneyX (public-private partnership to catalyze innovation in kidney disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment through a series of prize competitions) -Called for HRSA to focus on transparency for patients, improvements to data use and management, and attention to allocation out of sequence issues as it implements the 2023 Securing the US OPTN Act and FY25 appropriations -Called for the creation of an Officer of Kidney Health and Transplantation within the immediate office of the secretary of HHS (to coordinate kidney health care, research, and data-related efforts across the numerous HHS agencies with a role in kidney health) -Urged HHS to ensure kidney health data remains accessible and complete, including collection of key demographic information via form 2728

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

Issues related to recommendations in the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report entitled "Realizing the Promise of Equity in the Organ Transplantation System" (generally, no specific legislation) Issues related to promoting improvements in the donation, transport, transplantation and survivability of organs (generally, no specific legislation) Issues related to payment policies for organ donation and transplantation (generally, no specific legislation) Issues related to Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD)(no specific legislation) Issues related to "Organ Donation Referral Improvement Act" (H.R. 330) Issues related to "Removing Burdens From Organ Donation Act" (H.R. 4470)

Client expense: $105,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE

-Honor Our Living Donors Act (H.R. 628 / S. 957) Legislation to simplify the process of determining eligibility for reimbursement for living kidney donation-related costs -CONNECT for Health Act (S. 1261) Legislation to expand the use of telehealth and remote patient monitoring services in Medicare on a permanent basis -Organ Donation Referral Improvement Act (H.R. 330) Calls for study on adoption and best practices in automated referral regarding potential organ donors from donor hospitals to local organ procurement organizations -Removing Barriers for Organ Donation Act (H.R.4470) Mandates implementation of automated referral regarding potential organ donors from donor hospitals to local organ procurement organizations, with exceptions, and calls for a GAO study and agency coordination -Living Donor Protection Act (H.R. 4583) and related FMLA bill (H.R. 4582 and S. 1552). Clarifies and strengthens protections for Americans who donate an organ. - H.R. 5178, Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act Authorizes state Medicaid Programs to provide comprehensive coordinated care through a Home Health program. (Senate companion S. 721) -$67M in appropriations for HRSA Organ Transplant work in FY26 (funding to modernize the US transplant system and support living donors through reimbursement for living kidney donation-related costs) -$25M in appropriations for HHS in FY26 to support KidneyX (public-private partnership to catalyze innovation in kidney disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment through a series of prize competitions) -Called for HRSA to focus on transparency for patients, improvements to data use and management, and attention to allocation out of sequence issues as it implements the 2023 Securing the US OPTN Act and FY25 appropriations -Called for the creation of an Officer of Kidney Health and Transplantation within the immediate office of the secretary of HHS (to coordinate kidney health care, research, and data-related efforts across the numerous HHS agencies with a role in kidney health) -Urged CMS to ensure kidney health data, particularly through the EQRS, remains readily available to the kidney research community as well as to the USRDS -Urged additional improvements to kidney care models at CMMI, particularly CKCC and IOTA - Urged Department of Homeland Security to not impose restrictions on physician visas, including to waive the $100,000 application fee for H1b visas, not implement new weighted tier system for H1b visa availability, and responded to proposal to modify current Duration of Status for J1 visa holders.

General education regarding organ donation and transplantation issues, H.R.4470 - Removing Burdens From Organ Donation Act.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 1, The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA)Title VII - Committee on Finance; Subtitle B - Health Care: Issues pertaining to Medicaid, Medicare, Health tax, and Protecting Rural Hospitals and Providers; S. Amdt. 2554 to S. Amdt. 2360 to H.R.1, Scott, Crapo, Johnson, Lee, Lummis Amendment, all provisions; H.R. 4313 / S. 2237, Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act of 2025, all provisions; S. 1261 / H.R. 4206, CONNECT for Health Act of 2025, all provisions; H.R. 1805, Assistance for Rural Community Hospitals (ARCH) Act, all provisions; H.R. 2191, Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act, all provisions; S. 335, Rural Hospital Support Act, all provisions; S.1816 / H.R.3514, Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act, all provisions; S. 502, Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act, all provisions; S. 2439 / H.R. 4731, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025, all provisions; H.R. 4002, Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act, all provisions; S.2011/ HR 3884, Telemental Health Care Access Act, all provisions; S. 2279, Protect Medicaid and Rural Hospitals Act, all provisions; H.R. 4619, Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act, all provisions; H.R. 786/ S. 1460, Preserving Patient Access to Accountable Care Act, all provisions; H.R. 5120, Hospitals As Naloxone Distribution Sites (HANDS) Act, all provisions; H.R. 5454/S. 2879, The Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act, all provisions; S. S. 2793, Ensuring Access to Essential Providers, all provisions; H.R. 4470, The Removing Burdens from Organ Donations Act, all provisions; DRAFT, Issues pertaining to compounding of drugs; DRAFT, Legislation to provide relief for Long-Term Care Hospitals (LTCHs); DRAFT, Comments pertaining to legislative relief for independent rural hospitals; H.R.5081, Telehealth Modernization Act, all provisions; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), RFI: Hospital Price Transparency Accuracy and Completeness Request for Information, Issues pertaining to the accuracy and completeness of hospitals machine-readable files; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Rural Health Transformation Fund implementation/revisions, Comments on the Rural Health Transformation Program application and award process; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Proposed rule for Calendar Year (CY2026), Issues pertaining to outpatient and ambulatory surgery center prospective payment system, conditions of participation for maternal health; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), "Calendar Year (CY) 2026 Home Health Prospective; Payment System (HH PPS) Rate Update", Issues pertaining to the CY26 Home Health Proposed Rule; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Physician fee schedule (PFS) proposed rule for calendar year (CY) 2026, Issues pertaining to physician fee schedule; Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health Insurer Commitment Prior Auth Process, Issues pertaining to insurer commitment to improved prior authorization processes; Medicaid Program, Issues pertaining to Medicaid program and how states finance programs, reimburse providers, and determine beneficiary eligibility; Site Neutral Payments, Issues related to site neutral payment cuts; Rural Hospitals, Issues pertaining to the sustainability of MDHS, CAHs, SCHs, REH's, implementation of Rural Health Transformation Program; Physician Payments, Issues pertaining to alternative payment models, mental health of workforce, physician reimbursement cuts for 2025; Health Plan Accountability, Issues specific to prior authorization, patient access to care, adequate provider networks, inappropriate denials, reducing account receivables, prompt pay and cost-based reimbursement for critical access hospitals under Medicare Advantage; Provider Reimbursements, Issues related to provider reimbursement, site neutral payment cuts, Medicare/Medicaid program funding, facility fees, DSH cuts; Expiring Health Care Provisions, Issues pertaining to Telehealth, Hospital at Home, MDH/LVA, Medicaid DSH Program; Rural Health Transformation Fund, Issues pertaining to implementation and impact on rural hospitals.

Organ donation and Transplantation issues, including H.R. 4470, Removing Burdens From Organ Donation Act.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE