Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007

Labor-HHS-Education and related agencies appropriations, FY09; S. 1858, Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE

S.Con.Res. 70, Increase Discretionary Health Spending under F. 550 of the House and Senate Budget Resolutions, Adequate funding for HHS agencies: HRSA, AHRQ, Rural Health, NIH. S. 1858 (PL 110-204), Supporting Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2008, Promote public awareness, trained workers to offer quality care for newborns. S. 2029, Physician Payments Sunshine Act, To discourage requiring pharmaceutical companies from having to report unrestricted grants for CME. H.R. Con. Res. 312, Increase Discretionary Health Spending under F. 550 of the House and Senate Budget Resolutions, Adequate funding for HHS agencies: HRSA, AHRQ, Rural Health, NIH. H.R. Con. Res. 3825 (PL 110-204), Supporting Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2008, Promote public awareness, trained workers to offer quality care for newborns. H.R. 5605, Physician Payments Sunshine Act, To discourage requiring pharmaceutical companies from having to report unrestricted grants for CME. No Bill, Health care reforms to improve access to health care, To introduce AAFP views on health reform to Senate HELP Committees and to promote additional support. No Bill, Health Professions Shortage Areas, To ensure fairness in the designation process. No Bill, Increased funding for Rural Health Programs in FY 2009 Appropriations, Adequate funding for HHS Rural Health programs. No Bill, Increased funding for Title VII Health Professions Grants for Primary Care Medicine Training FY 2009 Appropriations, Adequate funding for HRSA's Title VII grants. No Bill, Out of pocket costs for health care, To make sure out-of-pocket costs for health care (especially drugs) does not prevent patients' access to health care. No Bill, Prevent cuts in funding to National Health Service Corps in FY 2009 Appropriations, Adequate funding for NHSC. No Bill, Racial and Ethnic Disparities, To reduce and eventually eliminate disparities in health care.

Client expense: $1,608,209 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), SENATE

S.Con.Res. 70, Increase Discretionary Health Spending under F. 550 of the House and Senate Budget Resolutions, Adequate funding for HHS agencies: HRSA, AHRQ, Rural Health, NIH. S. 1858 (PL 110-204), Supporting Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2008, Promote public awareness, trained workers to offer quality care for newborns. S.3101, Medicare physician payment reform to prevent 10.6 percent cut from taking effect on July 1, 2008, Prevent 10.6 percent cut to Medicare physician payments and repeal medicare sustainable growth rate formula, provide positive update for medicare physician payments. Extend payment rate for physicians to 18 months. H.R. Con. Res. 312, Increase Discretionary Health Spending under F. 550 of the House and Senate Budget Resolutions, Adequate funding for HHS agencies: HRSA, AHRQ, Rural Health, NIH. H.R. Con. Res. 3825 (PL 110-204), Supporting Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2008, Promote public awareness, trained workers to offer quality care for newborns. H.R. Con. Res. 6331, Medicare physician payment reform to prevent 10.6 percent cut from taking effect on July 1, 2008, Prevent 10.6 percent cut to Medicare physician payments and repeal medicare sustainable growth rate formula, provide positive update for medicare physician payments. Extend payment rate for physicians to 18 months. No Bill, Increased funding for Title VII Health Professions Grants for Primary Care Medicine Training FY 2009 Appropriations, Adequate funding for HRSA's Title VII grants. No Bill, Medicare and Medicaid Graduate Medical Education reform for primary care health professions workforce education, Protect GME payments needed to train primary care physicians. No Bill, Title VII Health Professions Grants for Primary Grants for Primary Care Medicine Training Reauthorization, Promote Title VII Health Professions Grants for Primary Care Training programs.

S. 1858/H.R. 3825, Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act S. 625/H.R. 1108, Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act H.R. 2464/S. 60, Wakefield Act H.R. 20, Melanie Blocker Stokes Postpartum Depression Research and Care Act S. 1375, Mom's Opportunity to Access Health, Education, Research and Support for Postpartum Depression Act S. 1760/H.R. 3267, Healthy Start Reauthorization Act S. 1069/H.R. 1198, Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act H.R. 2477, State Child Well-Being Research Act

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

HR 3248/S 1283: Managed Care Reform/Patients' rights legislation; HR 3248/S 1283: Lifespan Respite Care Act of 2005; HR 4281: Small Business Health Fairness Act; S 558: Mental Health Parity Legislation; HR 1424: Paul Wellstone Mental Health & Addiction Equality Act of 2007; PL 109-365: Older Americans Act Amendments of 2006; S 845: Safety of Seniors Act of 2007; HR 6331/S 3101: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 HR 3267/S 1760: Health Start Reauthorization Act of 2007; HR 5748: Ryan Dant Health Care Opportunity Act of 2008; HR 2642: Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriation Act of 2008; HR 1017/S 578: Protecting Children's Health in Schools Act; HR 5399/S 2810: Medicare Late Enrollment Assistance Act of 2006; HR 6111: Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006; S 543: Preserving Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospitals Act of 2007; HR 748/S 450: Medicare Access to Rehabilitative Services Act; HR 3043/S 1710: FY2008 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations; H. Con. Res 99/S. Con. Res. 21: FY2009 Budget Resolution; HR 5613: Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008; HR 3825/S 1858 Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007; HR 3014: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2007; Combating Autism Act; HR 1881/S 937 Expanding the Promise for Individuals with Autism Act; FY2009 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations.

Client expense: $121,956 · Firm income: Not reported

HR 1634, S. 634, S. 1858 Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007 HR 5629 Pathway for Biosimilars Act

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

S.Con.Res. 70, Increase Discretionary Health Spending under F. 550 of the House and Senate Budget Resolutions, Adequate funding for HHS agencies: HRSA, AHRQ, Rural Health, NIH. S. 1642, Higher Education Act Reauthorization, Make primary care physicians eligible for loan forgiveness available to those employed in areas of national need and reinstate 20/220 dept-to-income ratio to loan deferment. S. 1858, Supporting Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2008, Promote public awareness, trained workers to offer quality care for newborns. H.R. Con.Res.312, Increase Discretionary Health Spending under F. 550 of the House and Senate Budget Resolutions, Adequate funding for HHS agencies: HRSA, AHRQ, Rural Health, NIH. H.R. 3825, Supporting Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2008, Promote public awareness, trained workers to offer quality care for newborns. H.R. 4137, Higher Education Act Reauthorization, Make primary care physicians eligible for loan forgiveness available to those employed in areas of national need and reinstate 20/220 dept-to-income ratio to loan deferment. No Bill, Contact with GAO Staff, Medicare physician payment, Title VII. No Bill, Graduate Medical Education (volunteer preceptor, Medicaid), To review regulation of voluntary preceptors and continue GME funding. No Bill, Health Care Workforce, To encourage the Senate to support measures to make family medicine more attractive to medical students. No Bill, Health Professions grant program (Title VII), To ask Congress to fund this family medicine training program. No Bill, Medicare and Medicaid Graduate Medical Education reform for primary care health professions workforce education, Protect GME payments needed to train primary care physicians. No Bill, Medicare physician payment reform; Title VII health professions grants, Repeal Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate formula, provide positive update for Medicare physicians payments; Promote Title VII health professions grants for primary care training. No Bill, Title VII Health Professions Grants for Primary Care Medicine Training Reauthorization, Promote Title VII Health Professions Grants for Primary Care Training programs.

S.Con.Res. 70, Increase Discretionary Health Spending under F. 550 of the House and Senate Budget Resolutions, Adequate funding for HHS agencies: HRSA, AHRQ, Rural Health, NIH. S. 1544, Medicare Quality Enhancement, To assure that the data that the bill requires is from an accurate source. S. 1858, Supporting Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2008, Promote public awareness, trained workers to offer quality care for newborns. S. 2029, Physician Payments Sunshine Act, to discourage requiring pharma. companies from having to report unrestricted grants for CME. H.Con.Res. 312, Increase Discretionary Health Spending under F. 550 of the House and Senate Budget Resolutions, Adequate funding for HHS agencies: HRSA, AHRQ, Rural Health, NIH. H.R. 3370, Medicare Quality Enhancement, To assure that the data that the bill requires is from an accurate source. H.R. 3825, Supporting Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2008, Promote public awareness, trained workers to offer quality care for newborns. H.R. 5605, Physician Payments Sunshine Act, to discourage requiring pharma. companies from having to report unrestricted grants for CME. No Bill, Comparative drug effectiveness, This will provide family physicians with useful guidance for their prescribing. No Bill, Contact with GAO Staff, Medicare physician payment; Title VII. No Bill, Health Professions Shortage Areas, To make sure the revisions to the designation process are fair. No Bill, Increased funding for Rural Health Programs in FY 2009 Appropriations, Adequate funding for HHS Rural Health programs. No Bill, Increased funding for Title VII Health Professions Grants for Primary Care Medicine Training FY 2009 Appropriations, Adequate funding for HRSA's Title VII Grants. No Bill, Medicare quality reporting (PQRI program), To continue the program as a voluntary bonus payment one. No Bill, Prevent cuts in funding to National Health Service Corps in FY 2009 Appropriations, Adequate funding for NHSC. No Bill, Scope of Practice, Relates to truth in advertising legislation.

S. 1858/H.R. 3825, Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act S. 625/H.R. 1108, Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act H.R. 2464/S. 60, Wakefield Act H.R. 20, Melanie Blocker Stokes Postpartum Depression Research and Care Act S. 1375, Mom's Opportunity to Access Health, Education, Research and Support for Postpartum Depression Act S. 1760/H.R. 3267, Healthy Start Reauthorization Act S. 1069/H.R. 1198, Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act H.R. 2477, State Child Well-Being Research Act

Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Labor-HHS-Education and related agencies appropriations, FY09; S. 1858, Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE

HR 3248/S 1283: Managed Care Reform/Patients' rights legislation; HR 3248/S 1283: Lifespan Respite Care Act of 2005; HR 4281: Small Business Health Fairness Act; HR 976/S 1893: State Children's Health Insurance Program; HR 3963: Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007; S 558: Mental Health Parity Legislation; HR 1424: Paul Wellstone Mental Health & Addiction Equality Act of 2007; PL 109-365: Older Americans Act Amendments of 2006 HR 1017/S 578: Protecting Children's Health in Schools Act; HR 5399/S 2810: Medicare Late Enrollment Assistance Act of 2006; HR 6111: Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006; S 543: Preserving Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospitals Act of 2007; HR 748/S 450: Medicare Access to Rehabilitative Services Act; HR 3043/S 1710: FY2008 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations; H. Con. Res 99/S. Con. Res. 21: FY2008 Budget Resolution; HR 5613: Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008; HR 3825/S 1858 Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007; HR 3014: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2007; Combating Autism Act; HR 1881/S 937 Expanding the Promise for Individuals with Autism Act; FY2009 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations.

Client expense: $125,221 · Firm income: Not reported

HR 1634, S. 634, S. 1858 Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007 HR 5629 Pathway for Biosimilars Act

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

HR 2206 (PL 110-28) - US Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 H. Con. Res 99/S. Con. Res. 21 - Fy 2008 Budget Resolution HR 3161/S 1858 - FY 2008 Agriculture Appropriations Bill; H.R. 3074/S. 1789 - FY 2008 Transportation/Hud Appropriations Bill H.R. 2638/S. 1644 - FY 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill; H.R. 3043/S. 1710 - Fy 2008 Labor-HHS Appropriations Bill

Client expense: $925,350 · Firm income: Not reported

S. 558, Mental Health Parity Act, The bill includes provisions listed in the House version, but limits state requirements that might be more comprehensive. S. 625, Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, The bill would allow the Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco products. AAFP supports this from a public health perspective. S. 634, Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act , The measure would reauthorize the Childrens Health Act and would provide as much as $55 million to enhance the capacity of states to expand and improve their newborn screening programs. S. 1693, Wired for Health Care Act, Electronic Health Records; quality initiatives. S. 1710, Departments of Labor, HHS and Education Appropriations Act, FY 2008, Adequate funding for Title VII Health Professions Grants, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and Rural Health Programs. S. 1858, Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act , Authorize grants to educate parents, train health care providers about newborn screening, improve follow-up care for infants and help states expand and improve newborn screening programs. S. 2408, Medicare Electronic and Safety Protection (E-MEDS) Act, It would require physician utilization of the Medicare electronic prescription drug program. S. 2499, Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act, The measure increases the Medicare physician payment rate by 0.5 percent until July 1, 2008. H.R. 20, Melanie Blocker-Stokes Postpartum Depression Research and Care Act, It would direct NIH to expand and intensify research and related activities on postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis. H.R. 976, Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act, The bill, which was vetoed, would have increased SCHIP coverage by 10 million. H.R. 1108, Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, The bill would allow the Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco products. AAFP supports this from a public health perspective. H.R. 1368, Health Information Technology, Electronically network patients with their fps and other medical home providers. H.R. 1424, Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act, The bill would require health plans to ensure that any financial requirements applied to mental health and addiction benefits are no more restrictive or costly than those applied to substantially all comparable medical and surgical benefits that the plan covers. H.R. 1634, Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act, The measure would reauthorize the Childrens Health Act and would provide as much as $55 million to enhance the capacity of states to expand and improve their newborn screening programs. H.R. 2406, Healthcare Information Technology Enterprise Integration Act, The bill authorizes the National Institute of Standards and Technology to increase its efforts in support of the integration of healthcare information. H.R. 2669, College Cost Reduction Act , The Senate-passed bill includes a section to provide student loan deferment for the entire length of a medical or dental residency. Currently, debt can be deferred only up to three years while in residency. H.R. 2764, Consolidated FY 2008 Appropriations bill, Adequate funding for Title VII Health Professions Grants, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and Rural Health Programs. H.R. 3043, Appropriations for Depts. Of Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies, The FY 2008 spending bill included an across-the-board cut of 1.75 percent which reduces the Title VII Training in Primary Care Medicine account by $853,000 below the FY 2007 level. H.R. 3162, The Childrens Health and Medicare Protection Act, It would provide a definite annual update of 0.5 percent for 2008 and 2009. In addition, it would repeal the SGR and replace it with a new formula that would create six categories of expenditure targets each of which would have its conversion factor. H.R. 3825, Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act, Authorize grants to educate parents, train health care providers about newborn screening, improve follow-up care for infants and help states expand and improve newborn screening programs. H.R. 3963, Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act, The second bill, which was vetoed, would have increased SCHIP coverage by 10 million. H.R. 4296, Medicare Electronic and Safety Protection (E-MEDS) Act, It would require physician utilization of the Medicare electronic prescription drug program. No bill, Appropriations, Physician workforce and payment; geographic practice cost index; physician incentives to practice in underserved areas; electronic medical records; graduate medical education; Medicare Advantage; primary care and the Patient-centered Medical Home. No bill, Medical Home, Place patient-centered medical home in legislation. No bill, Title VII Health Professions Program Reauthorization, Promote Title VII Health Professions Grants for Primary Care Training programs. No bill, No title, Physician payment reform to include 1. expanded patient centered medical home demonstration; 2. revision of CMS implementation of budget neutrality in applying revised physician work values.

H.R. 3161/S. 1858 -- FY 2008 Agriculture Appropriations Bill H.R. 2638/S. 1644 -- FY 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill H.R. 3043/S. 1710 -- FY 2008 Labor-Health and Human Services Appropriations Bill H.R. 3074/S. 1789 -- Transportation-HUD Appropriations Bill

Client expense: $500,464 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office

S. 1858/H.R. 3825, Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act S. 625/H.R. 1108, Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act H.R. 3580, Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007, Titles IV, V H.R. 2464/S. 60, Wakefield Act

Client expense: $220,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

H.R. 2638/S. 1644 - FY 2008 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill H.R. 3043/S. 1710 - FY 2008 Labor-Health and Human Services Appropriations Bill H.R. 3074/S. 1789 - FY 2008 Transportation-HUD Appropriations Bill H.R. 2206 (P.L. 110-28) - U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 H.Con.Res.99/S.Con.Res.21 - FY 2008 Budget Resolution H.R. 3161/S. 1858 - FY 2008 Agriculture Appropriations Bill

Client expense: $925,350 · Firm income: Not reported

S. 1082, HR 2900 Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 S. 623, HR 1038 Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act HR 2889, S. 1712 SHINE Act HR 1634, S. 634, S. 1858 Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE