Medicare Teaching Anesthesiology Funding Restoration Act of 2006

S. 2990 / H.R. 5246, H.R. 5348, Medicare Teaching Anesthesiology Funding Restoration Act of 2006.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $90,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 5246, HR 5348, S 2990, Medicare Teaching Anesthesiology Funding Restoration Act of 2006; HR 6184, Medicare Academic Anesthesiology and CRNA Payment Improvement Act of 2006; HR 5688, Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2006 HR 5647, S 3708, FY 07 Labor HHS Education Appropriations; HR 2528, Military Quality of Life and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act 2006 ; HR 534, HR 385, HR 4838, S 22, Help Efficient Accessible Low Cost Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2005

Client expense: $530,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 2356, " Preserving Patient Access to Physicians Act of 2005" H.R. 3617, " Medicare Value-Based Purchasing for Physicians' Services Act of 2005" H.R. 4241, " Deficit Reduction Act of 2005" H.R. 5955, " Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 2006" H.R. 5866, " Medicare Physician Payment Reform and Quality Improvement Act of 2006" H.R. 6408, " Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006" H.R. 6111, " Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006" H.R. 6184, " Medicare Academic Anesthesiology and CRNA Payment Improvement Act of 2006" H.R. 5916, " Patients' Access to Physicians Act of 2006" S. 1081, " Preserving Patient Access to Physicians Act of 2005" S. 1356, " Medicare Value Purchasing Act of 2005" S. 1932, " Deficit Reduction Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 2005" Medicare Fee Schedule; SGR; Practice Expense Methodologies-pain issues; physician work and practice expense values; teaching rule. Five Year Review of physician work values for anesthesiology services under CPT codes 00100-01999. Medicare and Medicaid hospital Conditions of Participation-Interpretive Guidelines relating to unsupervised practice by nurse anesthetists; informed consent. Medication security and post-anesthesia evaluations. Medicare anesthesia conversion factor. Value-Based Purchasing/ Pay for Performance/ Performance Measurement/ Physician Voluntary Reporting Program/ QIOs. Health Information Technology. Model Guidelines for Medicare Part D formulary. Medicare Program; Proposed Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems and Fiscal Year 2007 Rates. Transition to ICD-10 coding. Policy on Consultants by physicians. Ambulatory Surgical Centers; Covered Procedures and Payment Rates. S. 2990/H.R. 5246, "Medicare Teaching Anesthesiology Funding Restoration Act of 2006" H.R. 5348, "Medicare Anesthesiology Teaching Fund Restoration Act of 2006"

Client expense: $620,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE