Medicare Preservation and Drug Price Fairness Act

H.R.941/S.823-Medicare Innovaton Responsiveness Act of 2003. H.R.569-Medicare Patient Access to Preventive and Diagnostic Test Act of 2003. H.R.810-Medicare Regulatory and Contracting Reform Act of 2003. H.R.2473/H.R.1 (became PL 1080173)-Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act of 2003. S.1-Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003. S.1054-Jobs Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003. S.1974-Medicare Prevention and Drug Price Fairness Act. (Bills under Medicare program to provide for expeditious coverage of new medical devices; establish procedures for determining payment amounts for new clinical diagnostic laboratory tests for which payment is made; to strengthen and improve and modernize the Medicare program; and to provide for regulatory relief and contracting flexibility.) H.R.883-Medicare Laboratory Services Access Act of 2003. (A btill to adjust fee for collecting specimen for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests under the Medicare program.) H.R.2342/S.1179-Medicare Chronic Care Improvement Act of 2003. H.R.5219-Essential Medicines for Medicare Act of 2002. (Bills to expand Medicare benefits to prevent, delay, and minimize the progression of chronic conditions and develop national policies on effective chronic condition care.) S.1570-The Fair Case for the Uninsured Act of 2003. (A bill to allow individuals a refundable credit against income tax purchase of private health insurance, and establish state health insurance safety net programs.)

Client expense: $2,440,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office