Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act

H.R. 1805, Assistance for Rural Community Hospitals (ARCH) Act, all provisions; S. 1261 / H.R. 4206, CONNECT for Health Act of 2025, 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; H.R. 5454/S. 2879, the Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act, all provisions; H.R. 6240, Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act of 2025, all provisions; H.R. 8375/ S. 4384, Medicare Advantage Improvement Act, all provisions; H.R. 8967 / S. 4460, Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program Reauthorization, all provisions; H.R. 9468, Saving Today's Acute Care Resources (STAR) Act, all provisions; H.R. 8891, Rural Maternity Options for Medial Support (Rural MOMS) Act, all provisions; H.R. 3108 / S. 1535, Rural Patient Monitoring Access Act (RPM Access Act), all provisions; S. 2761 / H.R. 5269, the Reforming and Enhancing Sustainable Updates to Laboratory Testing Services (RESULTS) Act , all provisions; H.R. 5142, The Home Health Stabilization Act, all provisions; H.R. 8261, Chronic Care Management Improvement Act, all provisions; DRAFT, HCA Mission Act, all provisions; H.R. 9642, Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act, all provisions; H.R. 9644, Medicare Advantage MLR Transparency Act, all provisions; H.R. 9693, Patients First Act of 2026, all provisions; H.R. 8163, Provider Reimbursement Stability Act of 2026, all provisions; H.R. 8622, Medicare Physician Data-driven Performance Payment system, all provisions; DRAFT, Medicare Provider Reimbursement Step to Stabilization Act of 2026, Issues pertaining to physician fee schedule reforms; H.R.10666, Frontier Community Health Integration Project Extension Act, all provisions; H.R. 1775, Second Chances for Rural Hospitals Act, all provisions; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Issues regarding proposed rule on Medicaid managed care state-directed payments and Medicaid fee-for-service targeted practitioner payments; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Issues pertaining to funding from the Rural Health Transformation Program and how it is distributed to hospitals; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Issues pertaining to the physician fee schedule and updates for the CY2027; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), "Comments pertaining to the proposed rule regarding the indirect hold harmless threshold of healthcare-related taxes. "; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Issues pertaining to interim final rule on community engagement requirements for certain Medicaid beneficiaries; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Issues pertaining to the hospital outpatient prospective payment system and ambulatory surgical center payment system proposed rule for calendar year 2027; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Issues pertaining to the calendar year 2027 home health prospective payment system proposed rule; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Issues pertaining to the CMS proposed rule implementing and codifying the Medicare Drug Benefit Program under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Issues pertaining to Essential Health Benefits framework and Affordable Care Act requirements; Medicaid Program, Issues pertaining to Medicaid program and how states finance programs, reimburse providers, and determine beneficiary eligibility, and implementation and mitigation of H.R. 1 provisions related to state directed payments, provider taxes and community engagement requirements; Site Neutral Payments, Issues related to site neutral payment cuts and facility fees; Rural Hospitals, Issues pertaining to the sustainability of MDHS, CAHs, SCHs, REH's, implementation of Rural Health Transformation Program, rural reclassification policy; Physician Payments, Issues pertaining to alternative payment models, mental health of workforce, physician reimbursement cuts, Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization (MACRA) Reforms; 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, Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) model, transparency in plan denial signatures, inappropriate downcoding, reducing administrative burdens; Provider Reimbursements, Issues related to provider reimbursement, site neutral payment cuts, Medicare/Medicaid program funding, facility fees; Post Acute Care, Issues pertaining to expanding patients' access to crucial services provided by long-term care hospitals, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, skilled nursing facilities, hospital at home, and home health agencies; Expiring Health Care Programs, Issues pertaining to expiring health care programs such as GPCI, Physician reimbursement, Medicare Dependent Hospital Program, and Low-Volume Adjustment program.

Client expense: $3,840,000 · Firm income: Not reported

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

(H.R.1317/S.575) I CAN Act Issues surrounding Medicare Conditions of Participation (H.R. 1) One Big Beautiful Bill Act [P.L. No. 119-21] Issues surrounding Medicare supervision requirements (H.R.9642) Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act (H.R. 10731) the Rural Surgery Sustainability Act of 2026

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

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