Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 160) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on medical devices, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1190) to repeal the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board.

P.L. 114-115 Patient Access and Medicare Protection Act (all sections of full text) Discussions pertinent to the proposed reduction in the amount of Medicare bad debt payments to hospitals for Medicare beneficiaries who fail to pay their cost-sharing obligations for treatments provided by the hospital H.R.1190, Protecting Seniors Access to Medicare Act of 2015 (all sections of full text) S.141, Protecting Seniors Access to Medicare Act of 2015 (all sections of full text) H.Res.319 - Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 160) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on medical devices, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1190) to repeal the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board. Monitored the delay of the HHS/CMS 'Two-Midnight Rule' through December 31, 2015. Discussions pertaining to the extension of the Medicare sequester Monitored H.R. 2646, Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2015 Monitored S.1945 Mental Health Reform Act of 2015 Monitored S. 1893 Mental Health Awareness and Improvement Act of 2015 Monitored H.R.1083, Medicaid Physician Self-Referral Act of 2015 (all sections of full text) Oppose the lowering of Medicare outpatient site neutral proposal rates

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