Medicare Data Access and Research Act
Legislative Progress
Introduced
September 14, 2006
Latest Action
September 14, 2006
Primary Sponsor
Chuck GrassleyRepublican(IA)
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2006 · year_end · Medicare/Medicaid
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MMM (Legislative Issues): H.R. 3617: "Medicare Value-Based Purchasing for Physicians' Services Act" (Johnson); H.R. 4241: Budget Reconciliation Bill (Nussle) (continued) H.R. 4297: "Tax Relief Extension Reconciliation Act" (Thomas); H.R. 4719: Medicare Advantage Funding (Dingell); H.R. 5166: "Independent Pharmacy Protection Act" (Wicker); H.R. 5399: "Medicare Drug Benefit Enrollment Fairness Act" (Johnson); H.R. 4939: "Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act" (Lewis); H.R. 5647: Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act (Regula); H.R. 5866 "Medicare Physician Payment Reform and Quality Improvement Act" (Burgess); H.R. 6077: SCHIP Funding (Norwood); H.R. 6098 "Keep Children Covered Act" (Barrow); H.R. 6111: Medicare and Medicaid Provisions; H.R. 6164: SCHIP Funding (Barton); H.Con.Res. 376: Budget Resolution (Nussle); S. 124: Repeal of the Medicare Advantage Stabilization Fund (Feingold); S. 1356: "Medicare Value Purchasing Act" (Grassley-Baucus); S. 1778: QI-1 Extension/Ban on Coverage of ED Drugs (Grassley); S. 1932: Budget Reconciliation Bill (Gregg); S. 2255: "Medicare Drug Formulary Protection Act" (Feinstein-Collins); S. 2260: Medicare Advantage Funding (Clinton); S. 2354: "Medicare Prescription Drug Gap Reduction Act" (Nelson-Collins); S. 2409: "Home and Community Services Copayment Equity Act" (Smith-Bingaman); S. 2563: "Pharmacist Access and Recognition in Medicare Act" (Cochran); S. 2664: "Pharmacy Access Improvement Act" (Baucus); S. 2665: "Medicare Prescription Drug Simplification Act" (Baucus); S. 2810: "Medicare Late Enrollment Assistance Act" (Grassley-Baucus); S. 3647: "Prescription For Fairness Act" (Dorgan); S. 3897: "Medicare Data Access and Research Act" (Grassley); S. 3900: "Medicare Quality Enhancement Act" (Gregg); S. 3193: "Keep Children Covered Act" (Rockefeller); S. 3972: "Fair-SCHIP Act" (Grassley); S.Con.Res. 83: Budget Resolution (Gregg). MMM (Regulatory Issues) Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology and data issues, bidding and payment (including Part D reinsurance and low income subsidies), benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, measurement and oversight of plan performance, grievance and appeals processes, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education program; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval, systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing, payment and other operational issues; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, grievance and appeals processes, beneficiary information requirements, and other issues affecting Medicaid health plan operations; Medicaid prescription drug cost/rebate issues affecting Medicaid health plans; health plan-related State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues; and implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including documentation of citizenship requirements, state benefit flexibility options, and Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; and CMS RFI concerning health information technology.
Client expense: $3,700,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of, UNDETERMINED
2006 · year_end · Health Issues
Ryan White Reauthorization Act HR 575 - Say No to Drug Ads Act HR 810 - Stem Cell HR 870 - PhRMA Act of 2005 HR 1457 - Health Information Technology Act of 2005 HR 2090 - Food and Drug Administration Improvement Act of 2005 HR 3196, S 470 - Fair Access to Clinical Trails Act HR 3204 - Public Health Service Act HR 3696 - Medical Advertising Reform Act HR 4157, S 1418 - Health Information Technology S 1955 - Small Business Health Plans S 3546 - Dietary Supplement and Non-Prescription Drug Consumer Protection Act S 3807 - Enhancing Drug Safety and Innovation Act of 2006 S 3897 - Medicare Access & Data S 4098 - Pediatric Medical Device Safety and Improvement Act of 2006 FDA Regulation of Single-Use Device Re-Processing Hospital Group Purchasing Organizations Pediatric Medical Devices Pharmaceutical Reimportation
Client expense: $2,080,000 · 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), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2006 · year_end · Medicare/Medicaid
S3897 - Medicare Data Access and Research Act
Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Science Foundation (NSF), Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2006 · year_end · Medicare/Medicaid
MMM (Regulatory Issues) Ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs, including risk adjustment methodology and data issues, bidding and payment (including Part D reinsurance and low income subsidies), benefit design rules, SSA and CMS premium withhold processing issues, systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing, enrollment rules, marketing materials review and approval, measurement and oversight of plan performance, grievance and appeals processes, Part D prescription drug event data reporting, Part D formulary rules, Part D pharmacy access standards, and other operational issues; Medicare creditable drug coverage reporting requirements; implementation issues for the Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy program; functionality of the Medicare Personal Plan Finder and Drug Plan Finder; National Medicare Education program; ongoing implementation issues for the Medicare cost plan program including enrollment, marketing materials review and approval, systems issues affecting enrollment and disenrollment processing, payment and other operational issues; Medicare demonstration program on performance-based payments for physician groups; Medicare coverage policy and national coverage decisions; Medicare clinical trials; Medicaid managed care regulations and policies, including the Medicaid managed care actuarial soundness standard, quality oversight, grievance and appeals processes, beneficiary information requirements, and other issues affecting Medicaid health plan operations; Medicaid prescription drug cost/rebate issues affecting Medicaid health plans; health plan-related State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) issues, including eligibility and outreach issues; and implementation of Medicaid changes made in Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, including documentation of citizenship requirements, state benefit flexibility options, and Medicaid managed care organization provider tax issues; standards for electronic prescribing; and CMS RFI concerning health information technology. H.R. 4297: “Tax Relief Extension Reconciliation Act” (Thomas); H.R. 4719: Medicare Advantage Funding (Dingell); H.R. 5166: “Independent Pharmacy Protection Act” (Wicker); H.R. 5399: “Medicare Drug Benefit Enrollment Fairness Act" (Johnson); H.R. 4939: “Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act” (Lewis); H.R. 5647: Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act (Regula); H.R. 5866 "Medicare Physician Payment Reform and Quality Improvement Act" (Burgess); H.R. 6077: SCHIP Funding (Norwood); H.R. 6098 "Keep Children Covered Act" (Barrow); H.R. 6111: Medicare and Medicaid Provisions; H.R. 6164: SCHIP Funding (Barton); H.Con.Res. 376: Budget Resolution (Nussle); S. 124: Repeal of the Medicare Advantage Stabilization Fund (Feingold); S. 1356: “Medicare Value Purchasing Act” (Grassley-Baucus); S. 1778: QI-1 Extension/Ban on Coverage of ED Drugs (Grassley); S. 1932: Budget Reconciliation Bill (Gregg); S. 2255: “Medicare Drug Formulary Protection Act” (Feinstein-Collins); S. 2260: Medicare Advantage Funding (Clinton); S. 2354: “Medicare Prescription Drug Gap Reduction Act” (Nelson-Collins); S. 2409: “Home and Community Services Copayment Equity Act” (Smith-Bingaman); S. 2563: “Pharmacist Access and Recognition in Medicare Act” (Cochran); S. 2664: “Pharmacy Access Improvement Act” (Baucus); S. 2665: “Medicare Prescription Drug Simplification Act” (Baucus); S. 2810: “Medicare Late Enrollment Assistance Act” (Grassley-Baucus); S. 3647: "Prescription For Fairness Act" (Dorgan); S. 3897: "Medicare Data Access and Research Act" (Grassley); S. 3900: "Medicare Quality Enhancement Act" (Gregg); S. 3193: "Keep Children Covered Act" (Rockefeller); S. 3972: "Fair-SCHIP Act" (Grassley); S.Con.Res. 83: Budget Resolution (Gregg). MMM (Legislative Issues): H.R. 3617: “Medicare Value-Based Purchasing for Physicians' Services Act” (Johnson); H.R. 4241: Budget Reconciliation Bill (Nussle) (continued)
Client expense: $3,700,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of
2006 · year_end · Medicare/Medicaid
Medicare/Medicaid Reform; Medicare Modernization Act Amendments; "The Medicare Data Access and Research Act" (S3897)
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
LONG TERM CARE LONG TERM CARE H.R.2682 LONG TERM CARE H.R.2682 LONG TERM CARE H.R.2682 LONG TERM CARE H.R.3607 LONG TERM CARE S.1227 LONG TERM CARE S.1932 LONG TERM CARE S.1932 LONG TERM CARE S.493 LONG TERM CARE S.1932 LONG TERM CARE S.493 MEDICAID MEDICAID H.R.4993 MEDICAID S.493 MEDICAID S.493 MEDICAID S.493 MEDICARE MEDICARE H.R.5399 MEDICARE H.R.5969 MEDICARE H.R.5399 MEDICARE H.R.5969 MEDICARE H.R.5399 MEDICARE H.R.5699 MEDICARE H.R.5399 MEDICARE H.R.5399 MEDICARE S.334 MEDICARE S.3897 MEDICARE S.334 MEDICARE S.3897 MEDICARE S.334 MEDICARE S.3897
Client expense: $11,040,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2006 · year_end · Medicare/Medicaid
* "Pharmacy Access Improvement Act" - S 2664 A bill to amend Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to pharmacies under part D, issues relating to health plans. Sponsor: Senator Max Baucus "Bipartisan Commission on the Medicaid Act of 2005" - S 338 To provide for the establishment of a Bipartisan commission on Medicaid, issues relating to health plans. Sponsor: Senator Gordon Smith "Medicare Value Purchasing Act of 2005" - S 1356 To amend Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide incentives for the provision of high quality care under the Medicare program, issues relating to health plans. Sponsor: Senator Charles Grassley "Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid Act of 2005" - HR 985 To provide for the establishment of a Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid, issues relating to health plans. Sponsor: Congresswoman Heather Wilson "Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act of 2005" - HR 4050 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend reasonable cost contracts under Medicare, issues relating to health plan. Sponsor: Senator Ron Wyden "No Title – an amendment to the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005" - S 3590 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to delay the effective date of the amendments made by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 requiring documentation evidencing citizenship or nationality "Medicare Prescription Drug Simplification Act of 2006" - S 2665 A bill to amend Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to simplify and improve the Medicare prescription drug program, issues relating to health plans. Sponsor: Senator Max Baucus "Medicare Drug Benefit Enrollment Fairness Act of 2006" - HR 5399 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the Medicare prescription drug late enrollment penalty for months during 2006, and for other purposes, issues relating to health plans. Sponsor: Rep. Nancy Johnson for State Health Insurance Counseling Programs and area Agencies on Aging, and for other purposes, issues related to health plans. Sponsor(s) Sens. Charles Grassley and Max Baucus “Medicare Late Enrollment Assistance Act of 2006” – S 2810 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate months in 2006 from the calculation of any late enrollment penalty under the Medicare Part D prescription drug program and to provide for additional funding as a condition for receipt of medical assistance under the Medicaid program, issues relating to health plans. Sponsor: Senator Daniel Akaka "Medicare Drug Formulary Protection Act of 2006" - S 2255 A bill to amend Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to prohibit removal of covered part D drugs from a prescription drug plan formulary during the plan year once an individual has enrolled in the plan, issues relating to health plans. Sponsor: Senator Diane Feinstein and organizations, and congressional support agencies, issues relating to health plans. Sponsor: Senator Ron Grassley “Federal Family Health Information Technology Act of 2006” – HR 4859 To establish electronic health records for federal workers, retirees, and their dependents, issues relating to health plans. Sponsor: Rep. Jon Porter "Medicare Data Access and Research Act" - S 3897 A bill to amend Titles XI and XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the sharing of certain data collected by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services with certain agencies, research centers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
2006 · year_end · Medicare/Medicaid
HR 3617, Medicare Value-Based Purchasing for Physicians' Services Act of 2005; HR 4078, Maintaining Medicare Access Act of 2005; HR 5916, Patients' Access to Physicians Act of 2006; HR 4388, Tax Revision Act of 2005; HR 6408, Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006; HR 6111, Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006; S 1081, Preserving Patient Access to Physicians Act of 2005; S 1356, Medicare Value Purchasing Act of 2005. HR 4241, Budget Reconciliation Bill; HR 4297, Tax Relief Extension Reconciliation Act; HR 4719, Medicare Advantage Funding; HR 5166, Independent Pharmacy Protection Act; HR 5399, Medicare Drug Benefit Enrollment Fairness Act; HR 4939, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act; HR 5647, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act; HR 5866, Medicare Physician Payment Reform and Quality Improvement Act; HR 6077, SCHIP Funding; HR 6098, Keep Children Covered Act; HR 6164, SCHIP Funding; H Con Res 376, Budget Resolution; S 124 Repeal of the Medicare Advantage Stabilization Act; S 1778, QI-1 Extension/Ban on Coverage of ED Drugs; S 1932, Budget Reconciliation Act; S 2255, Medicare Drug Formulary Protection Act; S 2260, Medicare Advantage Funding; S 2354, Medicare Prescription Drug Gap Reduction Act; S 2409, Home and Community Services Copayment Equity Act; S 2563, Pharmacist Access and Recognition in Medicare Act; S 2664, Pharmacy Access Improvement Act; S 2665, Medicare Prescription Drug Simplification Act; S 2810 Medicare Late Enrollment Assistance Act; S 3647, Prescription for Fairness Act; S 3897, Medicare Data Access and Research Act; S 3900, Medicare Quality Enhancement Act; S 3913, Keep Children Covered Act; S 3972, FAIR-SCHIP Act; S Con Res 83, Budget Resolution Implementation of Medicare Part C (Medicare Advantage) - Executive action concerning this issue. Medicare Part D - Executive action concerning this issue. Medicare update for physicians, stabilization fund - HR 2356, Preserving Patient Access to Physicians Act of 2005;
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Reserve System, Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Social Security Administration (SSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of
Client expense: $240,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $180,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office