Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2005

H 976/S 1893: State Children's Health Insurance Program; HR 3963: Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007; Medicare and Medicaid reform; Medicare competitive bidding; PL 108-173: Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act of 2003; HR 1017/S. 578 Protecting Children's Health in Schools Act; Federal Medical Assistance Percentage legislation; HR 1333/S. 647: Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2005;

Client expense: $141,250 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Council on Disability, SENATE, U.S. Architectural & Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (ACCESS), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office

HR 748, S. 450: Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act; HR Con. Res. 99/S. Con. Res. 21 budget legislation; HR 910/ S 401: Medicaid Community Based Attendant Services and Support Act of 2005. S. 1893: State Children's Health Insurance Program; Medicare and Medicaid reform; HR 916, S 428: Medicare Adult Day Services Alternative Act of 2005; Medicare competitive bidding; PL 108-173: Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act of 2003; HR 1017/S. 578 Protecting Children's Health in Schools Act; Federal Medical Assistance Percentage legislation; HR 1333/S. 647: Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2005;

Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: Not reported

S.1002 Hospital Fair Competition Act HR709 Medicare Beneficiary Freedom to Contract Act Medicaid Funding Practice Expense Payment under Medicare Payment of Teaching Physicians under Medicare Payment of Graduate Medical Education under Medicare Stark II-Physician Ban on Self-Referral and other Fraud & Abuse HR3617 Medicare Value Based Purchasing for Physicians Services Act of 2005 HR5866 Medican Physician Payment Reform and Quality Improvement Act of 2006 S.647/HR1337 Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapist S.1081/HR2356 Preserving Patient Access to Physicians Act S.1356 Medicare Value Purchasing Act S.1405/HR3773 Preserving Patient Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital Act

Client expense: $540,000 · Firm income: Not reported

HR 916/S 438 - Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal caps on Medicare outpatient therapy services; S 3516 - Rural Equity Payment Index Reform Extension Act, to extend the floor onthe work geographic index under the Medicare physician fee schedule; S 3677 - Medicare Independent Living Act, to eliminate the "in the home" restriction for Medicare coverage of devices to enhance the mobility of individuals with functional limitations, impairments, and disabilities; HR 5866 - Medicare Physican Payment Reform and Quality Improvement Act, to reform Medicare payment to health care professionals billing through the Medicare physician fee schedule; HR 3373/S 1405 - Preserving Patient Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospitals Act, to extend until two years after passage of the bill the 50% compliance threshold used to determine if a hospital or unit of a hospital is an inpatient rehabilitation facility; HR 3795/S 657 - to amend Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modify the definition of outpatient speech-language pathology services in order to recognize speech-language pathologists as suppliers under the Medicare program; Payment for physical therapist services under the Medicare physician fee schedule; Medicare skilled nursing facility payment for physical therapist services; Medicare "pay for performance"; Proposed quality standards for suppliers of durable medical equipment. HR 1333/S 647 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act, to amend Title XVIII of the Social Security Act ot authorize physical therapists to evaluate and treat Medicare beneficiaries without requirement of a physician referral;

Client expense: $800,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Federal Medical Assistance Percentage legislation; HR 1333, S 647: Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2005; HR 916, S. 438: Medicare Access to Rehabilitation services Act of 2005; S. 1932 budget reconciliation legislation; HR 910, S 401: Medicaid Community Based Attendant Services and Support Act of 2005; S 3705/HR 5834 Protecting Children's Health in Schools Act. SCHIP implementation; Medicare and Medicaid reform; HR 916, S 428: Medicare Adult Day Services Alternative Act of 2005; HR 1443, S 183: Family Opportunity Act; Medicare competitive bidding; PL 108-173: Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act of 2003;

Client expense: $110,000 · Firm income: Not reported