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Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act
Legislative Progress
Introduced
November 21, 2013
Latest Action
November 21, 2013
Primary Sponsor
Bernard SandersIndependent(VT)
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2014 · first_quarter · Health Issues
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HR 487, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act, Urge House to cosponsor bill that would create GME pilot project to train primary care doctors, urge Senate to sponsor bill. HR 1281, Newborn Screening Saves lives Reauthorization Act, Supporting parent and provider newborn screening education programs and research at NIH. HR 487, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act, Urge House to cosponsor bill that would create GME pilot project to train primary care doctors, urge Senate to sponsor bill. HR 1281, Newborn Screening Saves lives Reauthorization Act, Supporting parent and provider newborn screening education programs and research at NIH. HR 2642, 5-year Farm Bill, FDA, tobacco regulation and nutrition programs. HR 2810, Repeal of Medicare SGR formula, Repeal of SGR to be replaced by a positive payment update and higher rate for primary care, Medicare Physician Payment rate and implementation of alternative payment models. HR 3547, Promoting Teaching Health Centers, AHRQ, Title VII primary care grants and NHSC appropriations, AAFP budget priorities, Title VII Sec 747, Teaching Health Center grants, NHSC, AHRQ. HR 4302 (SGR patch legislation), Advocate for inclusion of policies that benefit primary care, e.g. 9-month length. HR 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act, Medicare physician payment rate extended for one year. S. 1759, Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act, Reauthorize the Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education program. S. 1871, SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access, Medicare Physician Payment rate and implementation of alternative payment models. S. 1978, Increasing Primary Care Access Act, Family physician workforce. S. 2000, SGR repeal and Medicare provider Payment Modernization, Medicare Physician Payment rate and implementation of alternative payment models. S. 2110, Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act, Medicare Physician Payment rate and implementation of alternative payment models. S. 2157, the commonsense Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act, Medicare Physician Payment rate and implementation of alternative payment models. No Bill Number, SGR Repeal and Replacement process, Advocate for SGR repeal and new physician payment system that pays for value and primary care. No Bill Number, Medicaid Primary Care Bonus, Advocate for extension of the Medicaid bonus which expires at the end of 2014; advocate for members to mention at E&C hearing. No Bill Number, Telemedicine, educate staff on AAFP's view of telemedicine policies. No Bill Number, Rural physician workforce, Access to care in rural areas; Increased family physician workforce. No Bill Number, Call for an end to sequestration, End accross-the-board cuts to Medicare, NHSC, CHC, primary care research and training. No Bill Number, AHRQ 15th anniversary, Promoting primary care research. No Bill Number, President's FY 2015 budget, Federal spending prioritiesto support workforce, research. No Bill Number, AHEC Title VII section 751 program, Family physician workforce. No Bill Number, Coalition meetings to promote Medicaid parity payment, extend Medicaid parity for primary care. No Bill Number, HRSA budget, promoting health care access and increase physician workforce. No Bill Number, Medicare physician payment reform of the SGR, 2014 conversion factor. No Bill Number, E-Cigarettes, Urge FDA to regulate all tobacco products. No Bill Number, Graduate Medical Education, Nominate FP's to Council on GME. No Bill Number, Health insurance marketplaces, concerns with 90-day grace period. No Bill Number, Anti-competitive aspects of healthcare, FTC hearing and request for comments on professional regulations role. No Bill Number, Part D formularies, Opposed CMS changes to Part D formularies. No Bill Number, Nomination of Dr. Vivek Murthy for Surgeon General. No Bill Number, Tobacco Cessation Programs, Asking HHS to clearly define a comprehensive tobacco cessation benefit in health insurance coverage. No Bill Number, FY 2015 Federal Budget Proposal, Supporting budget proposals for primary care research, education and training programs. No Bill Number, Competition in Health Care Industries, Recommending state oversight in health care scope of practice and FTC oversight of hospital and insurance consolidations. No Bill Number, Notification of Lapsed Payment of Health Care Insurance Premiums, Revising policy to have insurance plans notify physicians that a patient has not paid on-month's premium. No Bill Number, Primary Care Incentive Payment Revision, Monitoring MedPac recommendation to make PCIP a capitated payment. No Bill Number, First Fridays Meetings, Provider outreach group for Affordable Care Act issues. No Bill Number, FTC Healthcare Competition Workshop, Scope of Practice issues. No Bill Number, Hearing of Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Implementation of the Affordable Care Act's Health Insurance Marketplaces. No Bill Number, Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Hearing on drug shortages, reducing the incidence of local and regional shortage of drugs. No Bill Number, Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations - Hearing on Counterfeit drugs. No Bill Number, Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade - hearing on Sports safety.
Client expense: $629,961 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), White House Office
2014 · first_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
HR 487, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act, Urge House to cosponsor bill that would create GME pilot project to train primary care doctors, urge Senate to sponsor bill; urge W&M offices to discuss during March 2014 budget hearing. HR 2810, Repeal of Medicare SGR formula, Repeal of SGR to be replaced by a positive payment update and higher rate for primary care. Medicare Patient Access and Quality Improvement Act, Medicare Physician paymnent rate and implementation of alternative payment models. HR 4302 (SGR patch legislation), Advocate for inclusion of policies that benefit primary care, e.g. 9-month length, Protecting Access to Medicare Act, prevent 24 percent cut medicare physician payment. HR 4302 (PL-113-93), Protecting Access to Medicare Act, Medicare physician payment rate extended for one year. S. 1759, Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act, Reauthorize the Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education program. S. 1871, SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access, Medicare Physician Payment rate and implementation of alternative payment models. S. 2000, Repeal Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate, Repeal SGR. Positive update and higher rate for primary care, Medicare Physician Payment rate and implementation of alternative payment models. S. 2110, Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act, Medicare Physician Payment rate and implementation of alternative payment models. S. 2157, the commonsense Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act, Medicare Physician Payment rate and implementation of alternative payment models. No Bill Number, SGR Repeal and Replacement process, Advocate for SGR repeal and new physician payment system that pays for value and primary care. No Bill Number, Medicaid Primary Care Bonus, Advocate for extension of the Medicaid bonus which expires at the end of 2014. No Bill Number, Call for an end to sequestration, End accross-the-board cuts to Medicare, NHSC, CHC, primary care research and training. No Bill Number, AHRQ 15th anniversary, Promoting primary care research. No Bill Number, President's FY 2015 budget, Federal spending priorities to support workforce, research; Supporting budget proposals for primary care research, education and training programs. No Bill Number, Coalition meetings to promote Medicaid parity payment, extend Medicaid parity for primary care. No Bill Number, AHEC Title VII section 751 program, Family physician workforce. No Bill Number, Medicare physician payment reform of the SGR, 2014 Proposed Medicare physician fee schedule. No Bill Number, Conversion to ICD-10, Urged HHS to delay and test ICD-10 before requiring it. No Bill Number, Medicare Part-D Formulary, Opposing regulation that would eliminate protected statuys of antidepressants and antipsychotics in the Part D formulary. No Bill Number, Notification of Lapsed Payment of Health Insurance Premiums, Revising policy to have insurance plans notify physicians that a patient has not paid one month's permium. No Bill Number, Primary Care Incentive Payment Revision, Monitoring MedPAC recommendation to make PCIP a capitated payment. No Bill Number, Extend Medicare/medicare parity for primary care services, Extend increase in Medicaid payments for primary care services to Medicare levels beyond 2015. No Bill Number, Coalition meetings to promote Medicaid parity payment, Extend Medicaid parity for primary care. No Bill Number, Hearing of Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Implementation of the Affordable Care Act's health Insurance Marketplaces. No Bill Number, Rural Physician Workforce, Access to care in rural areas; increased family physician workforce.
Client expense: $629,961 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), White House Office
2014 · first_quarter · Education
HR 3547, Appropriations for Labor HHS, Education and Related Agencies, AAFP budget priorities, Title VII Sec 747, Federal spending priorities to support workforce. HR 487, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act, Urge House to cosponsor bill that would create GME pilot project to train primary care doctors, urge Senate to sponsor bill; Urge W&M offives to discuss during March 2014 budget hearing. HR 1281, Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act. S. 1978, Increasing Primary Care Access Act, Family physician workforce. S. 1759, Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act, Reauthorize the teaching Health Centers Graduate Medicare Education program. No Bill Number, Rural physician workforce, Access to care in rural areas; Increased famaily physician workforce. No Bill Number, Call for an end to sequestration, End accross-the-board cuts to Medicare, NHSC, CHC, primary care research and training. No Bill Number, President's FY 2015 budget, Federal spending priorities to support workforce, research. No Bill Number, AHEC Title VII section 751 program, Family physician workforce. No Bill Number, HRSA budget, Promoting health care access and increase physician workforce.
Client expense: $629,961 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Education
HR 83 - Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act: Funding for Title VII Health Professions Grants, AHRQ. HR 3547 - FY 2015 funding Increases in AHRQ, Title VII section 747, NHSC, Teaching Health Center planning grants: Federal spending priorities to support workforce, research. S. 1759 - Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act GME program: Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medication Education. S. 2978 - Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act GME program: Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medication Education. S. 2229 - Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act GME program: Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medication Education. No Bill Number - Graduate Medical Education: Explain and advocate for AAFP's policy proposals on Graduate Medical Education. No Bill Number - National Health Service Corps trust fund reauthorization, appropriation: NHSC scholarship, debt relief & physicians for underserved. No Bill Number - Oppose cuts to pre-resident payment for Teaching Health Center GME: Maintain the sustainability of the THCGME program. No Bill Number - Urge Congress to prevent primary care cliff cuts to THCGME & CHCs: Protect Primary care spending. No Bill Number - Teaching Health Centers Funding: Opposing reductions in per-resident payments to teaching health centers; Supporting additional funding this year for Teaching Helath Center Graduate Medical Education Program. No Bill Number - PCORI Research Priorities: Encouraging greater focus on primary care research.
Client expense: $514,251 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2014 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
HR 83 - Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act: Funding for Title VII Health Professions Grants, AHRQ. HR 647 Better Life Experience Act: Opposing the use of savings in Medicare for non-Medicare programs. HR 2415 (S. 1184) - Treat and Reduce Obesity Act: Seeking House and Senate cosponsors for obesity legislation. HR 3547 - FY 2015 funding Increases in AHRQ, Title VII section 747, NHSC, Teaching Health Center planning grants: Federal spending priorities to support workforce, research. HR 5481 - Urge Leadership and member offices to support bill during lame-duck session; urge CMS to shorted reporting period for 2015. HR 4771 (S. 2021) - Designer Anabolic Steriod Control Act: Restricting access to anabolic steroids. S. 1184 - Treat and Reduce Obesity Act: Seeking House and Senate cosponsors for obesity legislation. S. 1759 - Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act GME program: Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medication Education. S. 2978 - Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act GME program: Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medication Education. S. 2229 - Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act GME program: Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medication Education. S. 2694 - Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women and Children Act: Extending for 2 years the requirement that Medicaid programs pay primary care physicians at least as much as Medicare Does; Advocate for extension of Medicaid parity which expires at the end of 2014; Urge senators to co-sponsor S. 2694. S. 2917 (HR 5729): Adding Ebola to the FDA priority Review Voucher Program Act: Adding Ebola drug research to an existing FDA priority review program. No Bill Number - SGR Repeal and Replace Process: Advocate for SGR repeal and new physician payment system that pays for value and primary-care; Repealing the current physician payment formula for Medicare. No Bill Number - Graduate Medical Education: Explain and advocate for AAFP's policy proposals on GME. No Bill Number - Addressing health care fragmentation and promoting Triple Aim of improved care and health at lower cost: Promoting health reforms that recognize the value of family medicine and primary care. No Bill Number - National Service Corps trust fund reauthorization, appropriation: NHSC scholarship, debt relief and physicians for underserved. No Bill Number - Ebola Public Health Threat: Preventing the spread of Ebola. No Bill Number - Oppose cuts to pre-resident payment for Teaching Health Center GME: Maintain the sustainability of the THCGME program. No Bill Number - Urge Congress to prevent primary care cliff cuts to THCGME, NHSC &CHCs: Protect primary care spending. No Bill Number - Medicare EHR incentive payments: Concerns over attestation process. No Bill Number - Medicare Advance Care Planning - Urge CMS to cover SPT codes for ACP services. No Bill Number - Medicare Physician Payment: Comments on 2015 final payments. No Bill Number - Veterans Affairs copayments for medications in 2015: Family Physicians ability to prescribe to VA Patients. No Bill Number - Nomination to HIV/AIDS committee: Nominated a family physician to an advisory committee. No Bill Number - Nomination to Medicare Evidence Based MEDCAC: Nominated a family physician to an advisory committee. No Bill Number - Continuing Medical Education - Urged CMS to not change Open Payment CME Policy. No Bill Number - National Defense Authorization Act: Opposing provision to prevent DOD from implementing restrictions on tobacco sales and use. No Bill Number - Confirmation of the Nominee for Surgeon General: Supporting the nomination of Dr. Murthy as Surgeon General. No Bill Number - Copayments for medications in 2015: Supporting the freezing of copayments in the VHA and allowing vets to fill perscriptions from Non-VHA Physicians. No Bill Number - Medicare EvidenceDevelopment and Coverage Advisory Committee: Offering names of family physicians who could serve on the committee. No Bill Number - Presidential Advisory Counsel on HIV/AIDS - Offering the nams of family physicians to serve on the council. No Bill Number - Children's Health Insurance Program: Supporting the reauthorization of the Children's Health Insurance Program. No Bill Number - Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee - Offering names of family physicisans to serve on committee. No Bill Number - Health Insurance Marketplace Issues and Provider involvement with Patient Enrollment: Network adequacy, patient enrollment in marketplaces.
Client expense: $514,251 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2014 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
S. 1759 - Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act GME program: Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medication Education. S. 2110 (HR 4015)- Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate: SGR Releal. Meicare reform to raise primary care payment. S. 2694 - Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women and Children Act: Extending for 2 years the requirement that Medicaid programs pay primary care physicians at least as much as Medicare Does; Advocate for extension of Medicaid parity which expires at the end of 2014; Urge senators to co-sponsor S. 2694. S. 2978 - Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act GME program: Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medication Education. S. 2229 - Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act GME program: Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medication Education. No Bill Number - Oppose cuts to pre-resident payment for Teaching Health Center GME: Maintain the sustainability of the THCGME program. No Bill Number - Repeal Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate: Repeal SGR. Positive update and higher rate for Primary Care. No Bill Number - Medicare EHR incentive payments: Concerns over attestation process. No Bill Number - Medicare Advance Care Planning - Urge CMS to cover CPT codes for ACP services. No Bill Number - Medicare Physician Payment: Comments on 2015 final payments. No Bill Number - Teaching Health Centers Funding - Opposing reductions in per-resident payments to teaching health centers. No Bill Number - Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee: Offering names of family physicians who could serve on the committee. No Bill Number - Children's Health Insurance Program - Supporting reauthorization of the Children's Health Insurance Program.
Client expense: $514,251 · Firm income: Not reported
2014 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
S. 1759 - Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act GME program: Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medication Education. S. 2110 (HR 4015)- Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate: SGR Releal. Meicare reform to raise primary care payment. S. 2694 - Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women and Children Act: Extending for 2 years the requirement that Medicaid programs pay primary care physicians at least as much as Medicare Does; Advocate for extension of Medicaid parity which expires at the end of 2014; Urge senators to co-sponsor S. 2694. S. 2978 - Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act GME program: Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medication Education. S. 2229 - Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act GME program: Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medication Education. No Bill Number - Oppose cuts to pre-resident payment for Teaching Health Center GME: Maintain the sustainability of the THCGME program. No Bill Number - Repeal Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate: Repeal SGR. Positive update and higher rate for Primary Care. No Bill Number - Medicare EHR incentive payments: Concerns over attestation process. No Bill Number - Medicare Advance Care Planning - Urge CMS to cover CPT codes for ACP services. No Bill Number - Medicare Physician Payment: Comments on 2015 final payments. No Bill Number - Teaching Health Centers Funding - Opposing reductions in per-resident payments to teaching health centers. No Bill Number - Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee: Offering names of family physicians who could serve on the committee. No Bill Number - Children's Health Insurance Program - Supporting reauthorization of the Children's Health Insurance Program.
Client expense: $514,251 · Firm income: Not reported
2014 · fourth_quarter · Education
HR 83 - Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act: Funding for Title VII Health Professions Grants, AHRQ. HR 3547 - FY 2015 funding Increases in AHRQ, Title VII section 747, NHSC, Teaching Health Center planning grants: Federal spending priorities to support workforce, research. S. 1759 - Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act GME program: Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medication Education. S. 2978 - Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act GME program: Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medication Education. S. 2229 - Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act GME program: Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medication Education. No Bill Number - Graduate Medical Education: Explain and advocate for AAFP's policy proposals on Graduate Medical Education. No Bill Number - National Health Service Corps trust fund reauthorization, appropriation: NHSC scholarship, debt relief & physicians for underserved. No Bill Number - Oppose cuts to pre-resident payment for Teaching Health Center GME: Maintain the sustainability of the THCGME program. No Bill Number - Urge Congress to prevent primary care cliff cuts to THCGME & CHCs: Protect Primary care spending. No Bill Number - Teaching Health Centers Funding: Opposing reductions in per-resident payments to teaching health centers; Supporting additional funding this year for Teaching Helath Center Graduate Medical Education Program. No Bill Number - PCORI Research Priorities: Encouraging greater focus on primary care research.
Client expense: $514,251 · Firm income: Not reported
2014 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
HR 83 - Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act: Funding for Title VII Health Professions Grants, AHRQ. HR 647 Better Life Experience Act: Opposing the use of savings in Medicare for non-Medicare programs. HR 2415 (S. 1184) - Treat and Reduce Obesity Act: Seeking House and Senate cosponsors for obesity legislation. HR 3547 - FY 2015 funding Increases in AHRQ, Title VII section 747, NHSC, Teaching Health Center planning grants: Federal spending priorities to support workforce, research. HR 5481 - Urge Leadership and member offices to support bill during lame-duck session; urge CMS to shorted reporting period for 2015. HR 4771 (S. 2021) - Designer Anabolic Steriod Control Act: Restricting access to anabolic steroids. S. 1184 - Treat and Reduce Obesity Act: Seeking House and Senate cosponsors for obesity legislation. S. 1759 - Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act GME program: Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medication Education. S. 2978 - Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act GME program: Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medication Education. S. 2229 - Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act GME program: Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medication Education. S. 2694 - Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women and Children Act: Extending for 2 years the requirement that Medicaid programs pay primary care physicians at least as much as Medicare Does; Advocate for extension of Medicaid parity which expires at the end of 2014; Urge senators to co-sponsor S. 2694. S. 2917 (HR 5729): Adding Ebola to the FDA priority Review Voucher Program Act: Adding Ebola drug research to an existing FDA priority review program. No Bill Number - SGR Repeal and Replace Process: Advocate for SGR repeal and new physician payment system that pays for value and primary-care; Repealing the current physician payment formula for Medicare. No Bill Number - Graduate Medical Education: Explain and advocate for AAFP's policy proposals on GME. No Bill Number - Addressing health care fragmentation and promoting Triple Aim of improved care and health at lower cost: Promoting health reforms that recognize the value of family medicine and primary care. No Bill Number - National Service Corps trust fund reauthorization, appropriation: NHSC scholarship, debt relief and physicians for underserved. No Bill Number - Ebola Public Health Threat: Preventing the spread of Ebola. No Bill Number - Oppose cuts to pre-resident payment for Teaching Health Center GME: Maintain the sustainability of the THCGME program. No Bill Number - Urge Congress to prevent primary care cliff cuts to THCGME, NHSC &CHCs: Protect primary care spending. No Bill Number - Medicare EHR incentive payments: Concerns over attestation process. No Bill Number - Medicare Advance Care Planning - Urge CMS to cover SPT codes for ACP services. No Bill Number - Medicare Physician Payment: Comments on 2015 final payments. No Bill Number - Veterans Affairs copayments for medications in 2015: Family Physicians ability to prescribe to VA Patients. No Bill Number - Nomination to HIV/AIDS committee: Nominated a family physician to an advisory committee. No Bill Number - Nomination to Medicare Evidence Based MEDCAC: Nominated a family physician to an advisory committee. No Bill Number - Continuing Medical Education - Urged CMS to not change Open Payment CME Policy. No Bill Number - National Defense Authorization Act: Opposing provision to prevent DOD from implementing restrictions on tobacco sales and use. No Bill Number - Confirmation of the Nominee for Surgeon General: Supporting the nomination of Dr. Murthy as Surgeon General. No Bill Number - Copayments for medications in 2015: Supporting the freezing of copayments in the VHA and allowing vets to fill perscriptions from Non-VHA Physicians. No Bill Number - Medicare EvidenceDevelopment and Coverage Advisory Committee: Offering names of family physicians who could serve on the committee. No Bill Number - Presidential Advisory Counsel on HIV/AIDS - Offering the nams of family physicians to serve on the council. No Bill Number - Children's Health Insurance Program: Supporting the reauthorization of the Children's Health Insurance Program. No Bill Number - Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee - Offering names of family physicisans to serve on committee. No Bill Number - Health Insurance Marketplace Issues and Provider involvement with Patient Enrollment: Network adequacy, patient enrollment in marketplaces.
2014 · third_quarter · Health Issues
HR 487, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act; pilot test alternatives to GME payment in order to increase primary care physician training.HR 2415, Treat and Reduce Obsity, Seeking House and Senate cosponsors for obesity legislation. HR 3230, Veterans Access, Choice and Accountablility Act; Support for allowing family physicians to provide health care to veterans paid for by the VHA. HR 4015, SGR Repeal and Medicarte Provider Payment Modernization Act, Support repeal of SGR and replacement with value-based payment systems. HR 4292, The Underserved Veterans Access to Healthcare Act; support for primary care residency positionsin VA health system. HR 5481, Health IT-FLEX-IT Act, Urge leadership and member offices to support bill during lame duck session- bill would shorten 2015 reporting period for meaningful use. HR 5498, Primary Care Physician Reentry Act, Facillitate reentry into practice for primary care physicians. HJ Res. 124, the Continuing Resolution; Support for continued funding for Health Professions Grants and other discretionary programs for primary care. S. 1184, Treat and Reduce Obsity, Seeking House and Senate cosponsors for obesity legislation. S. 1759, Reauthorizing Teaching Health Center GME Program, Reauthorize the Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education program. S. 1932, the Better Care at Lower Cost Act, Support for chronic care management. S. 1978, Reauthorizing Teaching Health Center GME Program, Reauthorize the Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education program; Increasing Primary Care access Act, Family physician workforce. S. 2000, SGR Repeal and Medicarte Provider Payment Modernization Act, Support repeal of SGR and replacement with value-based payment systems. S. 2229, Reauthorizing Teaching Health Center GME Program, Reauthorize the Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education program. S. 2694, Medicaid Parity for Primary care, including S. 2694, advocate for extension of parity which expires at the end of 2014; urge Senators to co-sponsor S. 2694. S. 2728, Extending and increasing funding for grants to teaching health centers. No Bill Number, Graduate Medical Education, Explain and advocate for AAFP's newly released policy proposals on GME; Support for primary care residency slots in non-hospital; settings. No Bill Number, SGR Repeal and Replacement process, Advocate for SGR repeal and new physician payment system that pays for value and primary care. No Bill Number, National Health Service Corps trust fund reauthorization, appropriation, NHSC provides scholarships & debt relief as well as physicians for underserved communities. No Bill Number, Patient Safety and Primary Care Research, Patient safety and primary care research at AHRQ. No Bill Number, FY funding increses in AHRQ, Title VII 747, NHSC, Teaching Health Center planning grants, Federal spending priorities to support workforce, research. No Bill Number, Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry, Federal spending on primary care medicine training grants. No Bill Number, Increased funding for Title 747, Federal spending on primary care medicine training grants. No Bill Number, Joining Forces Mental Health Convening, mental health care for returning service members & families. No Bill Number, Increased funding for AHRQ, Federal spending on patient safety primary care research. No Bill Number, Ebola Public Health Threat, Family Physician Kent Brantly testified at Senate hearing. No Bill Number, Medicare EHR incentive payments, Concerns over attestation process. No Bill Number, Infection Advisory, Nominated a FP to a panel. No Bill Number, Medicare physician payment, Comments of 2015 proposed payments. No Bill Number, Medicaid advisory panel, Nomiated FPs to MACPAC. No Bill Number, Physician relative value units, Comments on proposed review of RVUs by CMS. No Bill Number, Tobacco delivery devices, Urged FDA to assert authority. No Bill Number, Continuing Medical Education, Urged CMS to not change Open Payment CME policy. No Bill Number, Food Safety Modernization Act, Support for regulation to prevent food-borne illnesses. No Bill Number, Adult Pneumococcal Vaccine, Support for Medicare payment to administer PCV13.No Bill Number, Health Insurance Marketplace Issues & Provider Involvement with Patient Enrollment, Network adequacy,Patient Enrollment in Marketplaces. No Bill Number, E-Cigarettes, Support of FDA proposed rule giving the agency authority to regulate e-cigarettes. No Bill Number, Medicare Physician Payment Proposed Rule; Support for payment strategies that recognize primary care and care coordination.
2014 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
HR 487, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act, pilot test alternatives to GME payment to increase PCP training.HR 2415, Treat and Reduce Obsity, Seeking House and Senate cosponsors for obesity legislation. HR 5481, Health IT-FLEX-IT Act, Urge leadership and member offices to support bill during lame duck session- bill would shorten 2015 reporting period for meaningful use. HR 4015, SGR Repeal and Medicarte Provider Payment Modernization Act, Support repeal of SGR and replacement with value-based payment systems. S. 1184, Treat and Reduce Obsity, Seeking House and Senate cosponsors for obesity legislation. S. 1759, Reauthorizing Teaching Health Center GME program, Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education. S. 1978, Increasing Primary Care Access Act, Family physician workforce, Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act, Reauthorize the Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education program. S. 1932, the Better Care at Lower Cost Act, Support for chronic care management. S. 2000, SGR Repeal and Medicarte Provider Payment Modernization Act, Support repeal of SGR and replacement with value-based payment systems. S. 2229, Reauthorizing Teaching Health Center GME program, Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education. S. 2694, Medicaid Parity for Primary care, including S. 2694, advocate for extension of parity which expires at the end of 2014; urge Senators to co-sponsor S. 2694; Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women and Children Act, Prevent Medicaid primary care physician pay cut; Support for extension of this provision to pay primary care physicians for primary care services; extend increase in Medicaid payments for primary care services to Medicare levels beyond 2015; Seek House companion legislation. S. 2728, Community-based Medical Education Act of 2014, Medicare GME reform and THC GME reauthorization; Extending and increasing funding for grants to teaching health centers. No Bill Number, SGR Repeal and Replacement process, Advocate for SGR repeal and new physician payment system that pays for value and primary care. No Bill Number, Graduate Medical Education, Explain and advocate for AAFP's newly released policy proposals on GME. No Bill Number, Medicare Graduate Medical Education, Medicare GME Reform. No Bill Number, Medicare EHR incentive payments, Concerns over attestation process. No Bill Number, Medicare physician payment, Comments of 2015 proposed payments. No Bill Number, Medicare Physician Payment Proposed Rule; Support for payment strategies that recognize primary care and care coordination. No Bill Number, Graduate Medical Education, Support for primary care residency slots in non-hospital settings. No Bill Number, Adult Pneumococcal Vaccine, Support for Medicare payment to administer PCV13. No Bill Number, Pharmaceutical Companies' Payments to Physicians; Support for keeping payments for continuing education excluded from reporting. No Bill Number, Meaningful Use of Health Information Technology Requirements, Support for 90-day EHR reporting period for 2015. No Bill Number, Narrow Networks, Support for restricting health plans' ability to disassociate with primary care physicians. No Bill Number, Repeal SGR, Positive update and higher rate for primary care.
2014 · third_quarter · Education
HR 487, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act, Urge House to cosponsor bill that would create GME pilot project to train primary care doctors, urge Senate offices to sponsor bill; GME reform increase primary care physician training; pilot test alternatives to GME payment in order to increase primary care physician training.HR 3230, Veterans Access, Choice and Accountablility Act; Support for allowing family physicians to provide health care to veterans paid for by the VHA. HR 3528, National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Reauthorization Act; prevent opiod abuse, encourage adequate pain management. HR 4292, The Underserved Veterans Access to Healthcare Act; support for primary care residency positionsin VA health system. HR 5498, Primary Care Physician Reentry Act, Facillitate reentry into practice for primary care physicians. S. 1759, Reauthorizing Teaching Health Center GME program, Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education. S. 1978, Reauthorizing Teaching Health Center GME program, Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education; Increasing Primary Care Access; family physician workforce. S. 2229, Reauthorizing Teaching Health Center GME program, Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education. S. 2529, National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Reauthorization Act; prevent opiod abuse, encourage adequate pain management. S. 2728, Community-Based Medical Education Act; Support for extension of Teaching Health Centers; extending and funding for grants to teaching health centers. HJ Res. 124, the Continuing Resolution; Support for continued funding for Health Professions Grants and other discretionary programs for primary care. No Bill Number, Graduate Medical Education, Explain and advocate for AAFP's newly released policy proposals on GME; Support for primary care residency slots in non-hospital settings. No Bill Number, National Health Service Corps trust fund reauthorization, appropriation, NHSC provides scholarships & debt relief as well as physicians for underserved communities. No Bill Number, FY funding increses in AHRQ, Title VII 747, NHSC, Teaching Health Center planning grants, Federal spending priorities to support workforce, research. No Bill Number, Medicare Graduate Medical Education, Medicare GME reform No Bill Number, Increased funding for Title 747, Federal spending on primary care medicine training grants. No Bill Number, Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry, Federal spending on primary care medicine training grants. No Bill Number, Pharmaceutical Companies' Payments to Physicians; Support for keeping payments for continuing education excluded from reporting.
2014 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
HR 487, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act, Urge House to cosponsor bill that would create GME pilot project to train primary care doctors, urge Senate offices to sponsor bill; urge W&M offices to discuss during March 2014 budget hearing, GME reform increase primary care physician training, pilot test alternatives to GME payment to increase PCP training.HR 2305, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR, Positive update and higher rate for primary care. HR 2810, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR, Positive update and higher rate for primary care. HR 2867, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR, Positive update and higher rate for primary care. HR 2969, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR, Positive update and higher rate for primary care. HR 3306, Telehealth Enhancement Act, Defining the home base for telehealth reimbursement to incluse family medicine offices. HR 4015, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR, Positive update and higher rate for primary care. HR 4209, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR, Positive update and higher rate for primary care. HR 4302, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR. Positive update and higher rate for primary care. HR 4418, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR, Positive update and higher rate for primary care. HR 4543, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR, Positive update and higher rate for primary care. S. 1123, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR, Positive update and higher rate for primary care. S. 1184, Treat and Reduce Obesity Act, Seeking House and Senate cosponsors for obesity legislation. S. 1318, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR, Positive update and higher rate for primary care. S. 1759, Reauthorizing Teaching Health Center GME program, Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education. S. 1769, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR, Positive update and higher rate for primary care. S. 1871, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR, Positive update and higher rate for primary care. S. 1978, Increasing Primary Care Access Act, Family physician workforce, Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act, Reauthorize the Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education program, increase family physician workforce. S. 2000, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR. Positive update and higher rate for primary care. S. 2110, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR. Positive update and higher rate for primary care. S. 2122, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR, Positive update and higher rate for primary care. S. 2229, Reauthorizing Teaching Health Center GME program, Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education. S. 2415, Seeking House and Senate cosponsors for obesity legislation. No Bill Number, SGR Repeal and Replacement process, Advocate for SGR repeal and new physician payment system that pays for value and primary care. No Bill Number, Medicaid Primary Care Bonus, Advocate for extension of the Medicaid bonus which expires at the end of 2014. No Bill Number, Medicare Primary Care Incentive Payment, Urge Ways and Means members to discuss at annual MedPac hearing. No Bill Number, Telemedicine,advocate for AAFP policies to be included in a potential bipartisan telehealth bill. No Bill Number, Medicare Site Neutral Payments; advocate for AAFP policies to be included in conncection with MedPac hearing. No Bill Number, Extend Medicare/medicare parity for primary care services, Extend increase in Medicaid payments for primary care services to Medicare levels beyond 2015. No Bill Number, Direct Primary Care, Primary care model of retainer-based practice. No Bill Number, Medicare physician payment reform of the SGR, 2014 converstion factor. No Bill Number, Repeal SGR, Positive update and higher rate for primary care.No Bill Number, Site-neutral payment for medical services, Support site-neutral payment by CMS for medical services. No Bill Number, First Fridays Meetings, Provider outreach group for Affordable Care Act, provider and open enrollment issues.
2014 · second_quarter · Health Issues
HR 487, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act, Urge House to cosponsor bill that would create GME pilot project to train primary care doctors, urge Senate offices to sponsor bill, GME reform increase primary care physician training, Pilot test alternatives to GME payment in order to increase primary care physician training.HR 2415, Treat and Reduce Obsity, Seeking House and Senate cosponsors for obesity legislation. HR 3306, Telehealth Enhancement Act, Defining the home base for telehealth reimbursement to incluse family medicine offices. HR 4299, Improving Regulatory Transparency for New Medical Therapies Act, Improving DEA's process for scheduling new drugs approved by the FDA. HR 4709, Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act, Allowing supply chain stakeholders for prescription drugs to collaborate. HR 4810, VA Health Reform, Improve access for veterans to primary care services, both inside the VA and outside. S. 1184, Treat and Reduce Obsity, Seeking House and Senate cosponsors for obesity legislation. S. 1759, Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act, Reauthorize the Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education program. S. 1994, TRICARE Moms Improvement Act, Supporting TRICARE payment for breastfeeding support and supplies and counseling. S. 1978, Increasing Primary Care Access Act, Family physician workforce, Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act, Reauthorize the Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education program, increase family physician workforce. S. 2229, Expanding Primary Care Access and Workforce Act, Reauthorizing Title VII primary care programs, Teaching Health Centers and the NHSC, Reauthorizing Teaching Health Center GME program, Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education, Reauthorizing Title VII primary care programs, Teaching Health Centers and the NHSC. S. 2450, VA Health Reform, Improve access for veterans to primary care services, both inside the VA and outside No Bill Number, Extend Medicare/Medicare parity for primary care services, Extend Medicaid pay increase to Medicare levels beyond 2015. H. Con. Res. 96, House Budget Resolution, Protecting access to primary care in Medicaid. No Bill Number, Children's Health, Advocate for reauthorization of CHIP and children's mental health issues via coalition group meetings. No Bill Number, First Friday & Health Care Provider Meetings, Provider outreach groups for ACA, provider, and open enrollment issues. No Bill Number, SGR Repeal and Replacement process, Advocate for SGR repeal and new physician payment system that pays for value and primary care. No Bill Number, Medicaid Primary Care Bonus, Advocate for extension of the Medicaid bonus which expires at the end of 2014; advocate for members to mention at E&C hearing. No Bill Number, Medicare Primary Care Incentive Payment, Urge Ways and Means members to discuss at annual MedPac hearing. No Bill Number, Telemedicine,advocate for AAFP policies to be included in a potential bipartisan telehealth bill. No Bill Number, Teaching Health Centers, advocate for introduction of bipartisan bill to reauthorize the program. No Bill Number, FY funding increses in AHRQ, Title VII 747, NHSC, Teaching Health Center planning grants, Federal spending priorities to support workforce, research. No Bill Number, Veterans Health Care, advocate for inclusion of policies in final bill that allow family doctors to easily contract with the VA; advocate for primary-care GME slots in the VA. No Bill Number, FDA regulation of tobacco products, Oppose any limits or amendments that would limit FDA ability to regulate cigars. No Bill Number, E-Cigarettes impact on public health; Support FDA regulation of e-cigarettes, still urging FDA to regulate all tobacco. No Bill Number, National Health Service Corps trust fund reauthorization, appropriation, NHSC provides scholarships & debt relief as well as physicians for underserved communities.No Bill Number, Rural workforce, Comments on FQHC final rule. No Bill Number, VA committee on Woman Veterans, Nominated to FPs to the VA committee. No Bill Number, HHS Appropriations, Funding for health professions training grants, AHRQ research, and National Health Service Corps (NHSC). No Bill Number, Enhanced Medicaid payment for primary care, Extending the enhanced Medicaid payment for primary care. No Bill Number, Site-neutral payment for medical services, Support site-neutral payment by CMS for medical services. No Bill Number, White House's Health Kids and Save Sports Concussion Summit, Providing family physicians with latest information about sports concussions. No Bill Number, Veterans Health Administration, Allowing community physicians to charge VA for services to Vets. No Bill Number, Direct Primary Care, Primary care model of retainer-based practice. No Bill Number, Medicare physician payment reform of the Sustainable Growth Rate, 2014 conversion factor. No Bill Number, Graduate Medical Education, comments on 2015 proposed IPPS. No Bill Number, Health IT, asking CMS to delay MU2. No Bill Number, Non-discrimination, Advocate for correct use of non-discrimination clause in Affordable Care Act. No Bill Number, Extend Medicare/Medicare parity for primary services, extend Medicaid pay increase to Medicare levels beyond 2015. No Bill Number, First Fridays Meetings, Provider outreach group for Affordable Care Act, provider and open enrollment issues.
2014 · second_quarter · Education
HR 487, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act, Urge House to cosponsor bill that would create GME pilot project to train primary care doctors, urge Senate offices to sponsor bill; GME reform increase primary care physician training; pilot test alternatives to GME payment in order to increase primary care physician training.S. 1978, Increasing Primary Care Access Act, Family physician workforce. S. 1759, Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act, Reauthorize the teaching Health Centers Graduate Medicare Education program. S. 2229, Expanding Primary Care Access and Workforce Act, Reauthorizing Title VII primary care programs, Teaching Health Centers and the NHSC, Reauthorizing Teaching Health Center GME program, Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education. No Bill Number, FY funding increses in AHRQ, Title VII 747, NHSC, Teaching Health Center planning grants, Federal spending priorities to support workforce, research. No Bill Number, Prescription Drug Abuse, Prevent opiod abuse, encourage adequate pain management via coalition group meetings. No Bill Number, National Health Service Corps trust fund reauthorization, appropriation, NHSC provides scholarships & debt relief as well as physicians for underserved communities. No Bill Number, Teaching Health Centers, advocate for introduction of bipartisan bill to reauthorize the program.
Client expense: $627,558 · Firm income: Not reported
2014 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
S. 1759 - Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act GME program: Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medication Education. S. 2110 (HR 4015)- Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate: SGR Releal. Meicare reform to raise primary care payment. S. 2694 - Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women and Children Act: Extending for 2 years the requirement that Medicaid programs pay primary care physicians at least as much as Medicare Does; Advocate for extension of Medicaid parity which expires at the end of 2014; Urge senators to co-sponsor S. 2694. S. 2978 - Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act GME program: Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medication Education. S. 2229 - Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act GME program: Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medication Education. No Bill Number - Oppose cuts to pre-resident payment for Teaching Health Center GME: Maintain the sustainability of the THCGME program. No Bill Number - Repeal Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate: Repeal SGR. Positive update and higher rate for Primary Care. No Bill Number - Medicare EHR incentive payments: Concerns over attestation process. No Bill Number - Medicare Advance Care Planning - Urge CMS to cover CPT codes for ACP services. No Bill Number - Medicare Physician Payment: Comments on 2015 final payments. No Bill Number - Teaching Health Centers Funding - Opposing reductions in per-resident payments to teaching health centers. No Bill Number - Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee: Offering names of family physicians who could serve on the committee. No Bill Number - Children's Health Insurance Program - Supporting reauthorization of the Children's Health Insurance Program.
Client expense: $2,438,717 · Firm income: Not reported
2014 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
HR 83 - Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act: Funding for Title VII Health Professions Grants, AHRQ. HR 647 Better Life Experience Act: Opposing the use of savings in Medicare for non-Medicare programs. HR 2415 (S. 1184) - Treat and Reduce Obesity Act: Seeking House and Senate cosponsors for obesity legislation. HR 3547 - FY 2015 funding Increases in AHRQ, Title VII section 747, NHSC, Teaching Health Center planning grants: Federal spending priorities to support workforce, research. HR 5481 - Urge Leadership and member offices to support bill during lame-duck session; urge CMS to shorted reporting period for 2015. HR 4771 (S. 2021) - Designer Anabolic Steriod Control Act: Restricting access to anabolic steroids. S. 1184 - Treat and Reduce Obesity Act: Seeking House and Senate cosponsors for obesity legislation. S. 1759 - Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act GME program: Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medication Education. S. 2978 - Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act GME program: Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medication Education. S. 2229 - Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act GME program: Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medication Education. S. 2694 - Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women and Children Act: Extending for 2 years the requirement that Medicaid programs pay primary care physicians at least as much as Medicare Does; Advocate for extension of Medicaid parity which expires at the end of 2014; Urge senators to co-sponsor S. 2694. S. 2917 (HR 5729): Adding Ebola to the FDA priority Review Voucher Program Act: Adding Ebola drug research to an existing FDA priority review program. No Bill Number - SGR Repeal and Replace Process: Advocate for SGR repeal and new physician payment system that pays for value and primary-care; Repealing the current physician payment formula for Medicare. No Bill Number - Graduate Medical Education: Explain and advocate for AAFP's policy proposals on GME. No Bill Number - Addressing health care fragmentation and promoting Triple Aim of improved care and health at lower cost: Promoting health reforms that recognize the value of family medicine and primary care. No Bill Number - National Service Corps trust fund reauthorization, appropriation: NHSC scholarship, debt relief and physicians for underserved. No Bill Number - Ebola Public Health Threat: Preventing the spread of Ebola. No Bill Number - Oppose cuts to pre-resident payment for Teaching Health Center GME: Maintain the sustainability of the THCGME program. No Bill Number - Urge Congress to prevent primary care cliff cuts to THCGME, NHSC &CHCs: Protect primary care spending. No Bill Number - Medicare EHR incentive payments: Concerns over attestation process. No Bill Number - Medicare Advance Care Planning - Urge CMS to cover SPT codes for ACP services. No Bill Number - Medicare Physician Payment: Comments on 2015 final payments. No Bill Number - Veterans Affairs copayments for medications in 2015: Family Physicians ability to prescribe to VA Patients. No Bill Number - Nomination to HIV/AIDS committee: Nominated a family physician to an advisory committee. No Bill Number - Nomination to Medicare Evidence Based MEDCAC: Nominated a family physician to an advisory committee. No Bill Number - Continuing Medical Education - Urged CMS to not change Open Payment CME Policy. No Bill Number - National Defense Authorization Act: Opposing provision to prevent DOD from implementing restrictions on tobacco sales and use. No Bill Number - Confirmation of the Nominee for Surgeon General: Supporting the nomination of Dr. Murthy as Surgeon General. No Bill Number - Copayments for medications in 2015: Supporting the freezing of copayments in the VHA and allowing vets to fill perscriptions from Non-VHA Physicians. No Bill Number - Medicare EvidenceDevelopment and Coverage Advisory Committee: Offering names of family physicians who could serve on the committee. No Bill Number - Presidential Advisory Counsel on HIV/AIDS - Offering the nams of family physicians to serve on the council. No Bill Number - Children's Health Insurance Program: Supporting the reauthorization of the Children's Health Insurance Program. No Bill Number - Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee - Offering names of family physicisans to serve on committee. No Bill Number - Health Insurance Marketplace Issues and Provider involvement with Patient Enrollment: Network adequacy, patient enrollment in marketplaces.
2014 · fourth_quarter · Education
HR 83 - Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act: Funding for Title VII Health Professions Grants, AHRQ. HR 3547 - FY 2015 funding Increases in AHRQ, Title VII section 747, NHSC, Teaching Health Center planning grants: Federal spending priorities to support workforce, research. S. 1759 - Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act GME program: Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medication Education. S. 2978 - Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act GME program: Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medication Education. S. 2229 - Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act GME program: Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medication Education. No Bill Number - Graduate Medical Education: Explain and advocate for AAFP's policy proposals on Graduate Medical Education. No Bill Number - National Health Service Corps trust fund reauthorization, appropriation: NHSC scholarship, debt relief & physicians for underserved. No Bill Number - Oppose cuts to pre-resident payment for Teaching Health Center GME: Maintain the sustainability of the THCGME program. No Bill Number - Urge Congress to prevent primary care cliff cuts to THCGME & CHCs: Protect Primary care spending. No Bill Number - Teaching Health Centers Funding: Opposing reductions in per-resident payments to teaching health centers; Supporting additional funding this year for Teaching Helath Center Graduate Medical Education Program. No Bill Number - PCORI Research Priorities: Encouraging greater focus on primary care research.
Client expense: $2,438,717 · Firm income: Not reported
2014 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
S. 1759 - Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act GME program: Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medication Education. S. 2110 (HR 4015)- Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate: SGR Releal. Meicare reform to raise primary care payment. S. 2694 - Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women and Children Act: Extending for 2 years the requirement that Medicaid programs pay primary care physicians at least as much as Medicare Does; Advocate for extension of Medicaid parity which expires at the end of 2014; Urge senators to co-sponsor S. 2694. S. 2978 - Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act GME program: Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medication Education. S. 2229 - Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act GME program: Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medication Education. No Bill Number - Oppose cuts to pre-resident payment for Teaching Health Center GME: Maintain the sustainability of the THCGME program. No Bill Number - Repeal Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate: Repeal SGR. Positive update and higher rate for Primary Care. No Bill Number - Medicare EHR incentive payments: Concerns over attestation process. No Bill Number - Medicare Advance Care Planning - Urge CMS to cover CPT codes for ACP services. No Bill Number - Medicare Physician Payment: Comments on 2015 final payments. No Bill Number - Teaching Health Centers Funding - Opposing reductions in per-resident payments to teaching health centers. No Bill Number - Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee: Offering names of family physicians who could serve on the committee. No Bill Number - Children's Health Insurance Program - Supporting reauthorization of the Children's Health Insurance Program.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $2,438,717
2014 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
HR 83 - Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act: Funding for Title VII Health Professions Grants, AHRQ. HR 647 Better Life Experience Act: Opposing the use of savings in Medicare for non-Medicare programs. HR 2415 (S. 1184) - Treat and Reduce Obesity Act: Seeking House and Senate cosponsors for obesity legislation. HR 3547 - FY 2015 funding Increases in AHRQ, Title VII section 747, NHSC, Teaching Health Center planning grants: Federal spending priorities to support workforce, research. HR 5481 - Urge Leadership and member offices to support bill during lame-duck session; urge CMS to shorted reporting period for 2015. HR 4771 (S. 2021) - Designer Anabolic Steriod Control Act: Restricting access to anabolic steroids. S. 1184 - Treat and Reduce Obesity Act: Seeking House and Senate cosponsors for obesity legislation. S. 1759 - Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act GME program: Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medication Education. S. 2978 - Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act GME program: Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medication Education. S. 2229 - Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act GME program: Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medication Education. S. 2694 - Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women and Children Act: Extending for 2 years the requirement that Medicaid programs pay primary care physicians at least as much as Medicare Does; Advocate for extension of Medicaid parity which expires at the end of 2014; Urge senators to co-sponsor S. 2694. S. 2917 (HR 5729): Adding Ebola to the FDA priority Review Voucher Program Act: Adding Ebola drug research to an existing FDA priority review program. No Bill Number - SGR Repeal and Replace Process: Advocate for SGR repeal and new physician payment system that pays for value and primary-care; Repealing the current physician payment formula for Medicare. No Bill Number - Graduate Medical Education: Explain and advocate for AAFP's policy proposals on GME. No Bill Number - Addressing health care fragmentation and promoting Triple Aim of improved care and health at lower cost: Promoting health reforms that recognize the value of family medicine and primary care. No Bill Number - National Service Corps trust fund reauthorization, appropriation: NHSC scholarship, debt relief and physicians for underserved. No Bill Number - Ebola Public Health Threat: Preventing the spread of Ebola. No Bill Number - Oppose cuts to pre-resident payment for Teaching Health Center GME: Maintain the sustainability of the THCGME program. No Bill Number - Urge Congress to prevent primary care cliff cuts to THCGME, NHSC &CHCs: Protect primary care spending. No Bill Number - Medicare EHR incentive payments: Concerns over attestation process. No Bill Number - Medicare Advance Care Planning - Urge CMS to cover SPT codes for ACP services. No Bill Number - Medicare Physician Payment: Comments on 2015 final payments. No Bill Number - Veterans Affairs copayments for medications in 2015: Family Physicians ability to prescribe to VA Patients. No Bill Number - Nomination to HIV/AIDS committee: Nominated a family physician to an advisory committee. No Bill Number - Nomination to Medicare Evidence Based MEDCAC: Nominated a family physician to an advisory committee. No Bill Number - Continuing Medical Education - Urged CMS to not change Open Payment CME Policy. No Bill Number - National Defense Authorization Act: Opposing provision to prevent DOD from implementing restrictions on tobacco sales and use. No Bill Number - Confirmation of the Nominee for Surgeon General: Supporting the nomination of Dr. Murthy as Surgeon General. No Bill Number - Copayments for medications in 2015: Supporting the freezing of copayments in the VHA and allowing vets to fill perscriptions from Non-VHA Physicians. No Bill Number - Medicare EvidenceDevelopment and Coverage Advisory Committee: Offering names of family physicians who could serve on the committee. No Bill Number - Presidential Advisory Counsel on HIV/AIDS - Offering the nams of family physicians to serve on the council. No Bill Number - Children's Health Insurance Program: Supporting the reauthorization of the Children's Health Insurance Program. No Bill Number - Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee - Offering names of family physicisans to serve on committee. No Bill Number - Health Insurance Marketplace Issues and Provider involvement with Patient Enrollment: Network adequacy, patient enrollment in marketplaces.
2014 · fourth_quarter · Education
HR 83 - Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act: Funding for Title VII Health Professions Grants, AHRQ. HR 3547 - FY 2015 funding Increases in AHRQ, Title VII section 747, NHSC, Teaching Health Center planning grants: Federal spending priorities to support workforce, research. S. 1759 - Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act GME program: Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medication Education. S. 2978 - Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act GME program: Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medication Education. S. 2229 - Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act GME program: Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medication Education. No Bill Number - Graduate Medical Education: Explain and advocate for AAFP's policy proposals on Graduate Medical Education. No Bill Number - National Health Service Corps trust fund reauthorization, appropriation: NHSC scholarship, debt relief & physicians for underserved. No Bill Number - Oppose cuts to pre-resident payment for Teaching Health Center GME: Maintain the sustainability of the THCGME program. No Bill Number - Urge Congress to prevent primary care cliff cuts to THCGME & CHCs: Protect Primary care spending. No Bill Number - Teaching Health Centers Funding: Opposing reductions in per-resident payments to teaching health centers; Supporting additional funding this year for Teaching Helath Center Graduate Medical Education Program. No Bill Number - PCORI Research Priorities: Encouraging greater focus on primary care research.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $2,438,717
2014 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Medicare-funded graduate medical education; HRSA THCGME Program; S. 1759, The Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act; H.R. 1201, Training Tomorrow's Doctors Today Act; H.R. 1180, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013; S. 577, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013; H.R. 4282, Creating Access to Residency Education Act of 2014; S. 2728, The Community-Based Medical Education Act of 2014; S. 1152/H.R. 5458, Building a Healthcare Workforce for the Future Act; S. 1978, Increasing Primary Care Access Act of 2014; S. 2229, Expanding Primary Care Access and Workforce Act.
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
H.R.5464 and draft Senate legislation, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, Title II H.R. 83, P.L.113-235, Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Division G, Title II Issues: Support funding for NIH, Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), National Health Service Corps (NHSC), Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education program (CHGME), HRSA, biodefense and public health preparedness programs, and CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) and the Prevention Epicenters Program. Maintain NIH salary cap at Executive Level II. Encourage the highest possible allocation for the Labor-HHS Subcommittee. Support emergency supplemental funding to prepare and respond to Ebola and to reimburse for Ebola Virus Disease treatment. H.R. 4486 and draft Senate legislation, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, Title II H.R. 83, P.L.113-235, Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Division I, Title II President's Budget, FY 2016 Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the NHSC. Debt in Health Education Loan programs (DebtHELP) bill (draft) Issues: Expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 577, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013 H.R. 1180, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013 Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. H.R. 1201, Training Tomorrow's Doctors Today Act Issues: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education (DGME) and Indirect Medical Education (IME) payments and increase Graduate Medical Education (GME) accountability and transparency. H.R. 487, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act, Sections 5503 and 5506 Issue: Redistribution of residency positions. Issue: Implementation of and funding for Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. Issue: Development and implementation of new Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) formula required under the Affordable Care Act. H.R. 2810/S. 1871, SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2013. Issues: Support repeal of Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula; Medicare physician payment reform. Issue: Support the use of animals in medical research. S. 2553/H.R. 4994, Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 Issue: Standardization of post-acute care assessment data for quality, payment, and discharge planning. Issue: Promote interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. Issue: Support funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. Issue: Implementation of Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement. Issue: Oppose discretionary spending cuts through sequestration, including NIH, Titles VII and VIII health professions and nursing education programs, and other science programs. Issue: Support primary care workforce development S. 1759, Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act Issue: Legislation to reauthorize the Teaching Health Center Program and payments. Issue: Draft legislation on pain education in undergraduate and graduate medical education. H.R.548/S. 1152, The Building A Health Care Workforce for the Future Act Issue: Support bill to increase scholarship opportunities for medical students and encourage primary care workforce development. H.R. 5294, Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2014 Issue: Support bill to improve health equity. Issue: Oppose inclusion of Medicare add-on payments in Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) program. H.R. 3698, Two Midnight Rule Delay Act of 2013 S. 2082, Two Midnight Rule Coordination and Improvement Act of 2014 Issue: Support delay of enforcement of new CMS inpatient criteria (e.g., "Two-Midnight" rule) in FY 2014 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final rule. Issue: Support Medicare GME per Resident Amount and cap trigger technical corrections and administrative relief. H.R. 4188, Establishing Beneficiary Equity in the Hospital Readmissions Program Act. S. 2501, Hospital Readmission Accuracy and Accountability Act. Issue: Support inclusion of socioeconomic status as part of hospital readmissions program, including support for adoption of National Quality Forum (NQF) recommendations. Issue: Educating health professionals regarding prescription drug abuse and appropriate use of antibiotics. Issue: Support report language and efforts of HHS agencies to support efforts of urban-based institutions to improve health equity. Support use of holistic review in admissions. Issue: Support ACA consumer outreach and enrollment efforts. Issue: Implementation of the 340B drug discount program. Issue: Oppose Medicare payment reductions as offsets for non-Medicare spending. Issue: Support preservation of funding for the Primary Care Residency Expansion program. S. 2229, Expanding Primary Care Access and Workforce Act Issue: Offer comments on primary care workforce legislation. H.R. 5411, Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act of 2014 Issue: Medical education curricula content pertaining to human trafficking. S. 2658/H.R.5580, Accelerating Biomedical Research Act Issue: To increase discretionary spending cap to increase funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). S. 2450, Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act H.R. 4810, Veteran Access to Care Act Issue: Addressing VA backlogs by increasing care for veterans provided by non-VA facilities. S. 2115, American Cures Act H.R. 4384, America HEALS ACT Issue: Support establishment of a fund to provide an expanded and sustained investment in biomedical research. H.R. 4879, Research for All Act Issues: Support inclusion of male and female cells, tissues and animals in basic biomedical research. Support update of NIH guidelines to increase participation of women in clinical trials. Issue: FDA regulation of Laboratory Developed Tests (LDTs) S. 2728, Community Based Medical Education Act of 2014 Issue: Oppose reduction of Medicare GME/IME payments S. 2645, The Recovery Enhancement for Addiction Treatment (TREAT) Act Issue: Support legislation to increase access to care for patients addicted to opioids S. 2942, The Infectious Disease Hospitals Hubs Act Issue: Support legislation to establish a network of hospitals in preparing for and responding to infectious diseases. Issue: Support nomination of Dr. Vivek Murthy as U.S. Surgeon General Draft Hospital Improvements for Payment (HIP) Act of 2014 Issues: Support repeal of CMS Two-Midnights Rule, extending RAC audit moratorium for short stays, and permanent bundle program. Issue: Oppose further delays in the implementation of the ICD-10 system Submitted comments to: U.S. Census Bureau on the American Community Survey CMS on the Hospital Acquired Conditions Reduction Program (HAC)s technical expert panel (TEP)s report regarding the scoring of hospitals in the HAC program CMS on final rule regarding definition of uninsured for purposes of Medicaid DSH limits HHS on revisions to the safe harbors under the anti-kickback statute and civil monetary penalty rules (gainsharing, etc.) FDA on strategies for increasing patient involvement in regulatory processes. White House Ebola Response Coordinator offering to work with federal and state officials to prepare and respond to Ebola cases. NIH in response to an RFI related to the development of grant program to help facilitate the transition from training to independence. NIH on the consideration of sex as a biological variable in biomedical research The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) on the proposed process for peer review and public release of its primary research finding. DEA on delaying the Disposal of Controlled Substances Final Rule.
2014 · fourth_quarter · Education
Graduate medical education; Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013 (HR 1180/S 577); Training Tomorrow's Doctor's Today Act; Student Loan Fairness Act (HR 1330); Higher Education Reauthorization Act; Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act (HR 1201/S1759)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Teaching Health Centers Act Public Law 113-93, Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, generally Hospital Improvements for Payment Act of 2014, Medical Center issues Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act of 2014, Medical Center issues Monitor the following: S.1759, Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act S.2229, Expanding Primary Care Access and Workforce Act S.2728, Community-Based Medical Education Act of 2014
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Public Law 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Provisions relating to Community Health Centers Monitor the following: H.R.4810, Veteran Access to Care Act of 2014 H.R.3230, Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014 S.2229, Expanding Primary Care Access and Workforce Act S.1759, Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act S.2728, Community-Based Medical Education Act of 2014
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Graduate Medical Education Affordable Care Act Primary Care Graduate Medical Education Pilot Program- H.R. 487 Training Tomorrow's Doctor's Today Act- H.R. 1201 Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013- S.577 Teaching Health Centers Reauthorization Bill- S. 1759 Primary Care Exception Under Teaching Physician Regulation Building a Health Care Workforce for the Future Act- S. 1152 Expanding Primary Care Access and Workforce Act- S. 2229 Community-Based Medical Education Act of 2014- S. 2728 Increasing Primary Care Access Act- S. 1798
Client expense: $58,981 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), President of the U.S., SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2014 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Teaching Health Centers Act Public Law 113-93, Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, generally Hospital Improvements for Payment Act of 2014, Medical Center issues Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act of 2014, Medical Center issues Monitor the following: S.1759, Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act S.2229, Expanding Primary Care Access and Workforce Act S.2728, Community-Based Medical Education Act of 2014
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Medicare-funded GME, HRSA THCGME, S. 1759, H.R. 1201, H.R. 1180, S. 577, S. 2728, H.R. 5448, H.R. 4282
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Education
Graduate medical education; Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013 (HR 1180/S 577); Training Tomorrow's Doctor's Today Act; Student Loan Fairness Act (HR 1330); Higher Education Reauthorization Act; Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act (HR 1201/S1759)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office
2014 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Draft House and Senate Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, Title II H.R.5464, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, Title IIIssues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), National Health Service Corps (NHSC), Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education program (CHGME), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), biodefense and public health preparedness programs, and CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) and the Prevention Epicenters Program. Maintain NIH salary cap at Executive Level II. Encourage the highest possible allocation for the Labor-HHS Subcommittee. H.R. 4486 and draft Senate, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, Title II President's Budget, FY 2016 Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Debt in Health Education Loan programs (Debt HELP) bill (draft) Issues: Expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 577, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013 H.R. 1180, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013 Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. H.R. 1201, Training Tomorrow's Doctors Today Act Issues: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education (DGME) and Indirect Medical Education (IME) payments and increase Graduate Medical Education (GME) accountability and transparency. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issue: Reauthorizing National Health Service Corps Fund. H.R. 487, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act, Sections 5503 and 5506 Issue: Redistribution of residency positions. Issue: Implementation of and funding for Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. Issue: Development and implementation of new Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) formula required under the Affordable Care Act. H.R. 2810/S. 1871, SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2013. Issues: Support repeal of Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula; Medicare physician payment reform. Issue: Support the use of animals in medical research. S. 2553/H.R. 4994, Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 Issue: Standardization of post-acute care assessment data for quality, payment, and discharge planning. Issue: Promote interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. Issue: Support funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission.Issue: Implementation of Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement. Issue: Oppose discretionary spending cuts through sequestration, including NIH, Titles VII and VIII health professions and nursing education programs, and other science programs. Issue: Support primary care workforce development S. 1759, Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act Issue: Legislation to reauthorize the Teaching Health Center Program and payments. Issue: Draft legislation on pain education in undergraduate and graduate medical education. H.R.548/S. 1152, The Building A Health Care Workforce for the Future Act Issue: Support bill to increase scholarship opportunities for medical students and encourage primary care workforce development. H.R. 5294, Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2014 Issue: Support bill to improve health equity. Issue: Oppose implementation of Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) program and inclusion of Medicare add-on payments in HAC reduction program and penalties. H.R. 3698, Two Midnight Rule Delay Act of 2013 S. 2082, Two Midnight Rule Coordination and Improvement Act of 2014 Issue: Support delay of enforcement of new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) inpatient criteria (e.g., "Two-Midnight" rule) in FY 2014 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final rule. Issue: Support Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) per Resident Amount and cap trigger technical corrections and administrative relief. H.R. 4188, Establishing Beneficiary Equity in the Hospital Readmissions Program Act. S. 2501, Hospital Readmission Accuracy and Accountability Act. Issue: Support inclusion of socioeconomic status as part of hospital readmissions program, including support for adoption of National Quality Forum (NQF) recommendations. President's Budget, FY 2015 Issues: Oppose proposed reductions in Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education (DGME) and Indirect Medical Education (IME) payments; Oppose use of Medicare GME funding for creation of new GME grant program; oppose elimination of Children's Hospitals GME program. Issue: Legislation on educating health professionals regarding appropriate use of antibiotics. H.R. 4427, Enrich Act Draft Senate legislation Issue: Educating health professionals on nutrition.Issue: Support report language and efforts of HHS agencies to support efforts of urban-based institutions to improve health equity. Support use of holistic review in admissions. Issue: Support ACA consumer outreach and enrollment efforts. Issue: Implementation of the 340B drug discount program. Issue: Oppose Medicare payment reductions as offsets for non-Medicare spending. Issue: Support preservation of funding for the Primary Care Residency Expansion program. S. 2229, Expanding Primary Care Access and Workforce Act Issue: Offer comments on primary care workforce legislation. H.R. 5411, Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act of 2014 Issue: Medical education curricula content pertaining to human trafficking. S. 2658/H.R.5580, Accelerating Biomedical Research Act Issue: To increase discretionary spending cap to increase funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). H.R. 4942, Underserved Veterans Access to Health Care Act Issue: Support increasing funding for VA GME and Medicare GME. S. 2450, Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act H.R. 4810, Veteran Access to Care Act Issue: Addressing VA backlogs by increasing care for veterans provided by non-VA facilities. S. 2115, American Cures Act H.R. 4384, America HEALS ACT Issue: Support establishment of a fund to provide an expanded and sustained investment in biomedical research. H.R. 4879, Research for All Act Issues: Support inclusion of male and female cells, tissues and animals in basic biomedical research. Support update of National Institutes of Health (NIH) guidelines to increase participation of women in clinical trials. Issue: FDA regulation of laboratory-derived tests S. 2728, Community Based Medical Education Act of 2014 Issue: Oppose reduction of Medicare GME/IME payments S. 2645, The Recovery Enhancement for Addiction Treatment (TREAT) Act Issue: Support legislation to increase access to care for patients addicted to opioids Submitted comments to: the Food and Drug Administration responding to draft guidance entitled Informed Consent Information Sheet: Guidance for IRBs, Clinical Investigators, and Sponsors. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on the CY 2015 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on the CY 2015 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in support of additional transparency and comment opportunity in the valuation of physician and other healthcare professional services. the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to express concern of the delays and complications in the Open Payments Review and Dispute Process.the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury regarding standards for the use of reference-based pricing structures. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on Modifications to the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs for 2014 and Revisions to the Certified EHR Technology Definition Proposed Rule. National Quality Forum on its Draft Report: Priority Setting for Performance Measurement: Addressing Performance Measure Gaps for the Health Workforce.
2014 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Graduate Medical Education Affordable Care Act Primary Care Graduate Medical Education Pilot Program- H.R. 487 Training Tomorrow's Doctor's Today Act- H.R. 1201 Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013- S.577 Teaching Health Centers Reauthorization Bill- S. 1759 Primary Care Exception Under Teaching Physician Regulation Building a Health Care Workforce for the Future Act- S. 1152 Expanding Primary Care Access and Workforce Act- S. 2229 Community-Based Medical Education Act of 2014- S. 2728 Increasing Primary Care Access Act- S. 1798
Client expense: $49,920 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), President of the U.S., SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
HR 487, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act, pilot test alternatives to GME payment to increase PCP training.HR 2415, Treat and Reduce Obsity, Seeking House and Senate cosponsors for obesity legislation. HR 5481, Health IT-FLEX-IT Act, Urge leadership and member offices to support bill during lame duck session- bill would shorten 2015 reporting period for meaningful use. HR 4015, SGR Repeal and Medicarte Provider Payment Modernization Act, Support repeal of SGR and replacement with value-based payment systems. S. 1184, Treat and Reduce Obsity, Seeking House and Senate cosponsors for obesity legislation. S. 1759, Reauthorizing Teaching Health Center GME program, Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education. S. 1978, Increasing Primary Care Access Act, Family physician workforce, Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act, Reauthorize the Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education program. S. 1932, the Better Care at Lower Cost Act, Support for chronic care management. S. 2000, SGR Repeal and Medicarte Provider Payment Modernization Act, Support repeal of SGR and replacement with value-based payment systems. S. 2229, Reauthorizing Teaching Health Center GME program, Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education. S. 2694, Medicaid Parity for Primary care, including S. 2694, advocate for extension of parity which expires at the end of 2014; urge Senators to co-sponsor S. 2694; Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women and Children Act, Prevent Medicaid primary care physician pay cut; Support for extension of this provision to pay primary care physicians for primary care services; extend increase in Medicaid payments for primary care services to Medicare levels beyond 2015; Seek House companion legislation. S. 2728, Community-based Medical Education Act of 2014, Medicare GME reform and THC GME reauthorization; Extending and increasing funding for grants to teaching health centers. No Bill Number, SGR Repeal and Replacement process, Advocate for SGR repeal and new physician payment system that pays for value and primary care. No Bill Number, Graduate Medical Education, Explain and advocate for AAFP's newly released policy proposals on GME. No Bill Number, Medicare Graduate Medical Education, Medicare GME Reform. No Bill Number, Medicare EHR incentive payments, Concerns over attestation process. No Bill Number, Medicare physician payment, Comments of 2015 proposed payments. No Bill Number, Medicare Physician Payment Proposed Rule; Support for payment strategies that recognize primary care and care coordination. No Bill Number, Graduate Medical Education, Support for primary care residency slots in non-hospital settings. No Bill Number, Adult Pneumococcal Vaccine, Support for Medicare payment to administer PCV13. No Bill Number, Pharmaceutical Companies' Payments to Physicians; Support for keeping payments for continuing education excluded from reporting. No Bill Number, Meaningful Use of Health Information Technology Requirements, Support for 90-day EHR reporting period for 2015. No Bill Number, Narrow Networks, Support for restricting health plans' ability to disassociate with primary care physicians. No Bill Number, Repeal SGR, Positive update and higher rate for primary care.
2014 · third_quarter · Health Issues
HR 487, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act; pilot test alternatives to GME payment in order to increase primary care physician training.HR 2415, Treat and Reduce Obsity, Seeking House and Senate cosponsors for obesity legislation. HR 3230, Veterans Access, Choice and Accountablility Act; Support for allowing family physicians to provide health care to veterans paid for by the VHA. HR 4015, SGR Repeal and Medicarte Provider Payment Modernization Act, Support repeal of SGR and replacement with value-based payment systems. HR 4292, The Underserved Veterans Access to Healthcare Act; support for primary care residency positionsin VA health system. HR 5481, Health IT-FLEX-IT Act, Urge leadership and member offices to support bill during lame duck session- bill would shorten 2015 reporting period for meaningful use. HR 5498, Primary Care Physician Reentry Act, Facillitate reentry into practice for primary care physicians. HJ Res. 124, the Continuing Resolution; Support for continued funding for Health Professions Grants and other discretionary programs for primary care. S. 1184, Treat and Reduce Obsity, Seeking House and Senate cosponsors for obesity legislation. S. 1759, Reauthorizing Teaching Health Center GME Program, Reauthorize the Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education program. S. 1932, the Better Care at Lower Cost Act, Support for chronic care management. S. 1978, Reauthorizing Teaching Health Center GME Program, Reauthorize the Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education program; Increasing Primary Care access Act, Family physician workforce. S. 2000, SGR Repeal and Medicarte Provider Payment Modernization Act, Support repeal of SGR and replacement with value-based payment systems. S. 2229, Reauthorizing Teaching Health Center GME Program, Reauthorize the Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education program. S. 2694, Medicaid Parity for Primary care, including S. 2694, advocate for extension of parity which expires at the end of 2014; urge Senators to co-sponsor S. 2694. S. 2728, Extending and increasing funding for grants to teaching health centers. No Bill Number, Graduate Medical Education, Explain and advocate for AAFP's newly released policy proposals on GME; Support for primary care residency slots in non-hospital; settings. No Bill Number, SGR Repeal and Replacement process, Advocate for SGR repeal and new physician payment system that pays for value and primary care. No Bill Number, National Health Service Corps trust fund reauthorization, appropriation, NHSC provides scholarships & debt relief as well as physicians for underserved communities. No Bill Number, Patient Safety and Primary Care Research, Patient safety and primary care research at AHRQ. No Bill Number, FY funding increses in AHRQ, Title VII 747, NHSC, Teaching Health Center planning grants, Federal spending priorities to support workforce, research. No Bill Number, Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry, Federal spending on primary care medicine training grants. No Bill Number, Increased funding for Title 747, Federal spending on primary care medicine training grants. No Bill Number, Joining Forces Mental Health Convening, mental health care for returning service members & families. No Bill Number, Increased funding for AHRQ, Federal spending on patient safety primary care research. No Bill Number, Ebola Public Health Threat, Family Physician Kent Brantly testified at Senate hearing. No Bill Number, Medicare EHR incentive payments, Concerns over attestation process. No Bill Number, Infection Advisory, Nominated a FP to a panel. No Bill Number, Medicare physician payment, Comments of 2015 proposed payments. No Bill Number, Medicaid advisory panel, Nomiated FPs to MACPAC. No Bill Number, Physician relative value units, Comments on proposed review of RVUs by CMS. No Bill Number, Tobacco delivery devices, Urged FDA to assert authority. No Bill Number, Continuing Medical Education, Urged CMS to not change Open Payment CME policy. No Bill Number, Food Safety Modernization Act, Support for regulation to prevent food-borne illnesses. No Bill Number, Adult Pneumococcal Vaccine, Support for Medicare payment to administer PCV13.No Bill Number, Health Insurance Marketplace Issues & Provider Involvement with Patient Enrollment, Network adequacy,Patient Enrollment in Marketplaces. No Bill Number, E-Cigarettes, Support of FDA proposed rule giving the agency authority to regulate e-cigarettes. No Bill Number, Medicare Physician Payment Proposed Rule; Support for payment strategies that recognize primary care and care coordination.
2014 · third_quarter · Education
HR 487, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act, Urge House to cosponsor bill that would create GME pilot project to train primary care doctors, urge Senate offices to sponsor bill; GME reform increase primary care physician training; pilot test alternatives to GME payment in order to increase primary care physician training.HR 3230, Veterans Access, Choice and Accountablility Act; Support for allowing family physicians to provide health care to veterans paid for by the VHA. HR 3528, National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Reauthorization Act; prevent opiod abuse, encourage adequate pain management. HR 4292, The Underserved Veterans Access to Healthcare Act; support for primary care residency positionsin VA health system. HR 5498, Primary Care Physician Reentry Act, Facillitate reentry into practice for primary care physicians. S. 1759, Reauthorizing Teaching Health Center GME program, Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education. S. 1978, Reauthorizing Teaching Health Center GME program, Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education; Increasing Primary Care Access; family physician workforce. S. 2229, Reauthorizing Teaching Health Center GME program, Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education. S. 2529, National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Reauthorization Act; prevent opiod abuse, encourage adequate pain management. S. 2728, Community-Based Medical Education Act; Support for extension of Teaching Health Centers; extending and funding for grants to teaching health centers. HJ Res. 124, the Continuing Resolution; Support for continued funding for Health Professions Grants and other discretionary programs for primary care. No Bill Number, Graduate Medical Education, Explain and advocate for AAFP's newly released policy proposals on GME; Support for primary care residency slots in non-hospital settings. No Bill Number, National Health Service Corps trust fund reauthorization, appropriation, NHSC provides scholarships & debt relief as well as physicians for underserved communities. No Bill Number, FY funding increses in AHRQ, Title VII 747, NHSC, Teaching Health Center planning grants, Federal spending priorities to support workforce, research. No Bill Number, Medicare Graduate Medical Education, Medicare GME reform No Bill Number, Increased funding for Title 747, Federal spending on primary care medicine training grants. No Bill Number, Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry, Federal spending on primary care medicine training grants. No Bill Number, Pharmaceutical Companies' Payments to Physicians; Support for keeping payments for continuing education excluded from reporting.
2014 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Teaching Health Centers Act Public Law 113-93, Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, generally Monitor the following: S.1759, Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act S.2229, Expanding Primary Care Access and Workforce Act S.2728, Community-Based Medical Education Act of 2014
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Public Law 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Provisions relating to Community Health Centers Monitor the following: H.R.4810, Veteran Access to Care Act of 2014 H.R.3230, Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014 S.2229, Expanding Primary Care Access and Workforce Act S.1759, Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act S.2728, Community-Based Medical Education Act of 2014
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2014 · first_quarter · Health Issues
HR 487, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act, Urge House to cosponsor bill that would create GME pilot project to train primary care doctors, urge Senate to sponsor bill. HR 1281, Newborn Screening Saves lives Reauthorization Act, Supporting parent and provider newborn screening education programs and research at NIH.HR 487, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act, Urge House to cosponsor bill that would create GME pilot project to train primary care doctors, urge Senate to sponsor bill. HR 1281, Newborn Screening Saves lives Reauthorization Act, Supporting parent and provider newborn screening education programs and research at NIH. HR 2642, 5-year Farm Bill, FDA, tobacco regulation and nutrition programs. HR 2810, Repeal of Medicare SGR formula, Repeal of SGR to be replaced by a positive payment update and higher rate for primary care, Medicare Physician Payment rate and implementation of alternative payment models. HR 3547, Promoting Teaching Health Centers, AHRQ, Title VII primary care grants and NHSC appropriations, AAFP budget priorities, Title VII Sec 747, Teaching Health Center grants, NHSC, AHRQ. HR 4302 (SGR patch legislation), Advocate for inclusion of policies that benefit primary care, e.g. 9-month length. HR 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act, Medicare physician payment rate extended for one year. S. 1759, Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act, Reauthorize the Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education program. S. 1871, SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access, Medicare Physician Payment rate and implementation of alternative payment models. S. 1978, Increasing Primary Care Access Act, Family physician workforce. S. 2000, SGR repeal and Medicare provider Payment Modernization, Medicare Physician Payment rate and implementation of alternative payment models. S. 2110, Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act, Medicare Physician Payment rate and implementation of alternative payment models. S. 2157, the commonsense Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act, Medicare Physician Payment rate and implementation of alternative payment models. No Bill Number, SGR Repeal and Replacement process, Advocate for SGR repeal and new physician payment system that pays for value and primary care. No Bill Number, Medicaid Primary Care Bonus, Advocate for extension of the Medicaid bonus which expires at the end of 2014; advocate for members to mention at E&C hearing. No Bill Number, Telemedicine, educate staff on AAFP's view of telemedicine policies. No Bill Number, Rural physician workforce, Access to care in rural areas; Increased family physician workforce. No Bill Number, Call for an end to sequestration, End accross-the-board cuts to Medicare, NHSC, CHC, primary care research and training. No Bill Number, AHRQ 15th anniversary, Promoting primary care research. No Bill Number, President's FY 2015 budget, Federal spending prioritiesto support workforce, research. No Bill Number, AHEC Title VII section 751 program, Family physician workforce. No Bill Number, Coalition meetings to promote Medicaid parity payment, extend Medicaid parity for primary care. No Bill Number, HRSA budget, promoting health care access and increase physician workforce. No Bill Number, Medicare physician payment reform of the SGR, 2014 conversion factor. No Bill Number, E-Cigarettes, Urge FDA to regulate all tobacco products. No Bill Number, Graduate Medical Education, Nominate FP's to Council on GME. No Bill Number, Health insurance marketplaces, concerns with 90-day grace period. No Bill Number, Anti-competitive aspects of healthcare, FTC hearing and request for comments on professional regulations role. No Bill Number, Part D formularies, Opposed CMS changes to Part D formularies. No Bill Number, Nomination of Dr. Vivek Murthy for Surgeon General. No Bill Number, Tobacco Cessation Programs, Asking HHS to clearly define a comprehensive tobacco cessation benefit in health insurance coverage. No Bill Number, FY 2015 Federal Budget Proposal, Supporting budget proposals for primary care research, education and training programs.No Bill Number, Competition in Health Care Industries, Recommending state oversight in health care scope of practice and FTC oversight of hospital and insurance consolidations. No Bill Number, Notification of Lapsed Payment of Health Care Insurance Premiums, Revising policy to have insurance plans notify physicians that a patient has not paid on-month's premium. No Bill Number, Primary Care Incentive Payment Revision, Monitoring MedPac recommendation to make PCIP a capitated payment. No Bill Number, First Fridays Meetings, Provider outreach group for Affordable Care Act issues. No Bill Number, FTC Healthcare Competition Workshop, Scope of Practice issues. No Bill Number, Hearing of Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Implementation of the Affordable Care Act's Health Insurance Marketplaces. No Bill Number, Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Hearing on drug shortages, reducing the incidence of local and regional shortage of drugs. No Bill Number, Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations - Hearing on Counterfeit drugs. No Bill Number, Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade - hearing on Sports safety.
2014 · first_quarter · Education
HR 3547, Appropriations for Labor HHS, Education and Related Agencies, AAFP budget priorities, Title VII Sec 747, Federal spending priorities to support workforce. HR 487, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act, Urge House to cosponsor bill that would create GME pilot project to train primary care doctors, urge Senate to sponsor bill; Urge W&M offives to discuss during March 2014 budget hearing.HR 1281, Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act. S. 1978, Increasing Primary Care Access Act, Family physician workforce. S. 1759, Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act, Reauthorize the teaching Health Centers Graduate Medicare Education program. No Bill Number, Rural physician workforce, Access to care in rural areas; Increased famaily physician workforce. No Bill Number, Call for an end to sequestration, End accross-the-board cuts to Medicare, NHSC, CHC, primary care research and training. No Bill Number, President's FY 2015 budget, Federal spending priorities to support workforce, research. No Bill Number, AHEC Title VII section 751 program, Family physician workforce. No Bill Number, HRSA budget, Promoting health care access and increase physician workforce.
Client expense: $629,961 · Firm income: Not reported
2014 · first_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
HR 487, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act, Urge House to cosponsor bill that would create GME pilot project to train primary care doctors, urge Senate to sponsor bill; urge W&M offices to discuss during March 2014 budget hearing.HR 2810, Repeal of Medicare SGR formula, Repeal of SGR to be replaced by a positive payment update and higher rate for primary care. Medicare Patient Access and Quality Improvement Act, Medicare Physician paymnent rate and implementation of alternative payment models. HR 4302 (SGR patch legislation), Advocate for inclusion of policies that benefit primary care, e.g. 9-month length, Protecting Access to Medicare Act, prevent 24 percent cut medicare physician payment. HR 4302 (PL-113-93), Protecting Access to Medicare Act, Medicare physician payment rate extended for one year. S. 1759, Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act, Reauthorize the Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education program. S. 1871, SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access, Medicare Physician Payment rate and implementation of alternative payment models. S. 2000, Repeal Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate, Repeal SGR. Positive update and higher rate for primary care, Medicare Physician Payment rate and implementation of alternative payment models. S. 2110, Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act, Medicare Physician Payment rate and implementation of alternative payment models. S. 2157, the commonsense Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act, Medicare Physician Payment rate and implementation of alternative payment models. No Bill Number, SGR Repeal and Replacement process, Advocate for SGR repeal and new physician payment system that pays for value and primary care. No Bill Number, Medicaid Primary Care Bonus, Advocate for extension of the Medicaid bonus which expires at the end of 2014. No Bill Number, Call for an end to sequestration, End accross-the-board cuts to Medicare, NHSC, CHC, primary care research and training. No Bill Number, AHRQ 15th anniversary, Promoting primary care research. No Bill Number, President's FY 2015 budget, Federal spending priorities to support workforce, research; Supporting budget proposals for primary care research, education and training programs. No Bill Number, Coalition meetings to promote Medicaid parity payment, extend Medicaid parity for primary care. No Bill Number, AHEC Title VII section 751 program, Family physician workforce. No Bill Number, Medicare physician payment reform of the SGR, 2014 Proposed Medicare physician fee schedule. No Bill Number, Conversion to ICD-10, Urged HHS to delay and test ICD-10 before requiring it. No Bill Number, Medicare Part-D Formulary, Opposing regulation that would eliminate protected statuys of antidepressants and antipsychotics in the Part D formulary. No Bill Number, Notification of Lapsed Payment of Health Insurance Premiums, Revising policy to have insurance plans notify physicians that a patient has not paid one month's permium. No Bill Number, Primary Care Incentive Payment Revision, Monitoring MedPAC recommendation to make PCIP a capitated payment. No Bill Number, Extend Medicare/medicare parity for primary care services, Extend increase in Medicaid payments for primary care services to Medicare levels beyond 2015. No Bill Number, Coalition meetings to promote Medicaid parity payment, Extend Medicaid parity for primary care. No Bill Number, Hearing of Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Implementation of the Affordable Care Act's health Insurance Marketplaces. No Bill Number, Rural Physician Workforce, Access to care in rural areas; increased family physician workforce.
2014 · second_quarter · Education
HR 487, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act, Urge House to cosponsor bill that would create GME pilot project to train primary care doctors, urge Senate offices to sponsor bill; GME reform increase primary care physician training; pilot test alternatives to GME payment in order to increase primary care physician training.S. 1978, Increasing Primary Care Access Act, Family physician workforce. S. 1759, Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act, Reauthorize the teaching Health Centers Graduate Medicare Education program. S. 2229, Expanding Primary Care Access and Workforce Act, Reauthorizing Title VII primary care programs, Teaching Health Centers and the NHSC, Reauthorizing Teaching Health Center GME program, Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education. No Bill Number, FY funding increses in AHRQ, Title VII 747, NHSC, Teaching Health Center planning grants, Federal spending priorities to support workforce, research. No Bill Number, Prescription Drug Abuse, Prevent opiod abuse, encourage adequate pain management via coalition group meetings. No Bill Number, National Health Service Corps trust fund reauthorization, appropriation, NHSC provides scholarships & debt relief as well as physicians for underserved communities. No Bill Number, Teaching Health Centers, advocate for introduction of bipartisan bill to reauthorize the program.
Client expense: $1,257,519 · Firm income: Not reported
2014 · second_quarter · Health Issues
HR 487, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act, Urge House to cosponsor bill that would create GME pilot project to train primary care doctors, urge Senate offices to sponsor bill, GME reform increase primary care physician training, Pilot test alternatives to GME payment in order to increase primary care physician training.HR 2415, Treat and Reduce Obsity, Seeking House and Senate cosponsors for obesity legislation. HR 3306, Telehealth Enhancement Act, Defining the home base for telehealth reimbursement to incluse family medicine offices. HR 4299, Improving Regulatory Transparency for New Medical Therapies Act, Improving DEA's process for scheduling new drugs approved by the FDA. HR 4709, Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act, Allowing supply chain stakeholders for prescription drugs to collaborate. HR 4810, VA Health Reform, Improve access for veterans to primary care services, both inside the VA and outside. S. 1184, Treat and Reduce Obsity, Seeking House and Senate cosponsors for obesity legislation. S. 1759, Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act, Reauthorize the Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education program. S. 1994, TRICARE Moms Improvement Act, Supporting TRICARE payment for breastfeeding support and supplies and counseling. S. 1978, Increasing Primary Care Access Act, Family physician workforce, Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act, Reauthorize the Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education program, increase family physician workforce. S. 2229, Expanding Primary Care Access and Workforce Act, Reauthorizing Title VII primary care programs, Teaching Health Centers and the NHSC, Reauthorizing Teaching Health Center GME program, Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education, Reauthorizing Title VII primary care programs, Teaching Health Centers and the NHSC. S. 2450, VA Health Reform, Improve access for veterans to primary care services, both inside the VA and outside No Bill Number, Extend Medicare/Medicare parity for primary care services, Extend Medicaid pay increase to Medicare levels beyond 2015. H. Con. Res. 96, House Budget Resolution, Protecting access to primary care in Medicaid. No Bill Number, Children's Health, Advocate for reauthorization of CHIP and children's mental health issues via coalition group meetings. No Bill Number, First Friday & Health Care Provider Meetings, Provider outreach groups for ACA, provider, and open enrollment issues. No Bill Number, SGR Repeal and Replacement process, Advocate for SGR repeal and new physician payment system that pays for value and primary care. No Bill Number, Medicaid Primary Care Bonus, Advocate for extension of the Medicaid bonus which expires at the end of 2014; advocate for members to mention at E&C hearing. No Bill Number, Medicare Primary Care Incentive Payment, Urge Ways and Means members to discuss at annual MedPac hearing. No Bill Number, Telemedicine,advocate for AAFP policies to be included in a potential bipartisan telehealth bill. No Bill Number, Teaching Health Centers, advocate for introduction of bipartisan bill to reauthorize the program. No Bill Number, FY funding increses in AHRQ, Title VII 747, NHSC, Teaching Health Center planning grants, Federal spending priorities to support workforce, research. No Bill Number, Veterans Health Care, advocate for inclusion of policies in final bill that allow family doctors to easily contract with the VA; advocate for primary-care GME slots in the VA. No Bill Number, FDA regulation of tobacco products, Oppose any limits or amendments that would limit FDA ability to regulate cigars. No Bill Number, E-Cigarettes impact on public health; Support FDA regulation of e-cigarettes, still urging FDA to regulate all tobacco. No Bill Number, National Health Service Corps trust fund reauthorization, appropriation, NHSC provides scholarships & debt relief as well as physicians for underserved communities.No Bill Number, Rural workforce, Comments on FQHC final rule. No Bill Number, VA committee on Woman Veterans, Nominated to FPs to the VA committee. No Bill Number, HHS Appropriations, Funding for health professions training grants, AHRQ research, and National Health Service Corps (NHSC). No Bill Number, Enhanced Medicaid payment for primary care, Extending the enhanced Medicaid payment for primary care. No Bill Number, Site-neutral payment for medical services, Support site-neutral payment by CMS for medical services. No Bill Number, White House's Health Kids and Save Sports Concussion Summit, Providing family physicians with latest information about sports concussions. No Bill Number, Veterans Health Administration, Allowing community physicians to charge VA for services to Vets. No Bill Number, Direct Primary Care, Primary care model of retainer-based practice. No Bill Number, Medicare physician payment reform of the Sustainable Growth Rate, 2014 conversion factor. No Bill Number, Graduate Medical Education, comments on 2015 proposed IPPS. No Bill Number, Health IT, asking CMS to delay MU2. No Bill Number, Non-discrimination, Advocate for correct use of non-discrimination clause in Affordable Care Act. No Bill Number, Extend Medicare/Medicare parity for primary services, extend Medicaid pay increase to Medicare levels beyond 2015. No Bill Number, First Fridays Meetings, Provider outreach group for Affordable Care Act, provider and open enrollment issues.
2014 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
HR 487, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act, Urge House to cosponsor bill that would create GME pilot project to train primary care doctors, urge Senate offices to sponsor bill; urge W&M offices to discuss during March 2014 budget hearing, GME reform increase primary care physician training, pilot test alternatives to GME payment to increase PCP training.HR 2305, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR, Positive update and higher rate for primary care. HR 2810, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR, Positive update and higher rate for primary care. HR 2867, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR, Positive update and higher rate for primary care. HR 2969, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR, Positive update and higher rate for primary care. HR 3306, Telehealth Enhancement Act, Defining the home base for telehealth reimbursement to incluse family medicine offices. HR 4015, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR, Positive update and higher rate for primary care. HR 4209, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR, Positive update and higher rate for primary care. HR 4302, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR. Positive update and higher rate for primary care. HR 4418, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR, Positive update and higher rate for primary care. HR 4543, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR, Positive update and higher rate for primary care. S. 1123, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR, Positive update and higher rate for primary care. S. 1184, Treat and Reduce Obesity Act, Seeking House and Senate cosponsors for obesity legislation. S. 1318, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR, Positive update and higher rate for primary care. S. 1759, Reauthorizing Teaching Health Center GME program, Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education. S. 1769, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR, Positive update and higher rate for primary care. S. 1871, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR, Positive update and higher rate for primary care. S. 1978, Increasing Primary Care Access Act, Family physician workforce, Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act, Reauthorize the Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education program, increase family physician workforce. S. 2000, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR. Positive update and higher rate for primary care. S. 2110, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR. Positive update and higher rate for primary care. S. 2122, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR, Positive update and higher rate for primary care. S. 2229, Reauthorizing Teaching Health Center GME program, Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education. S. 2415, Seeking House and Senate cosponsors for obesity legislation. No Bill Number, SGR Repeal and Replacement process, Advocate for SGR repeal and new physician payment system that pays for value and primary care. No Bill Number, Medicaid Primary Care Bonus, Advocate for extension of the Medicaid bonus which expires at the end of 2014. No Bill Number, Medicare Primary Care Incentive Payment, Urge Ways and Means members to discuss at annual MedPac hearing. No Bill Number, Telemedicine,advocate for AAFP policies to be included in a potential bipartisan telehealth bill. No Bill Number, Medicare Site Neutral Payments; advocate for AAFP policies to be included in conncection with MedPac hearing. No Bill Number, Extend Medicare/medicare parity for primary care services, Extend increase in Medicaid payments for primary care services to Medicare levels beyond 2015. No Bill Number, Direct Primary Care, Primary care model of retainer-based practice. No Bill Number, Medicare physician payment reform of the SGR, 2014 converstion factor. No Bill Number, Repeal SGR, Positive update and higher rate for primary care.No Bill Number, Site-neutral payment for medical services, Support site-neutral payment by CMS for medical services. No Bill Number, First Fridays Meetings, Provider outreach group for Affordable Care Act, provider and open enrollment issues.
2014 · first_quarter · Health Issues
HR 487, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act, Urge House to cosponsor bill that would create GME pilot project to train primary care doctors, urge Senate offices to sponsor bill, GME reform increase primary care physician training, Pilot test alternatives to GME payment in order to increase primary care physician training.HR 2415, Treat and Reduce Obsity, Seeking House and Senate cosponsors for obesity legislation. HR 3306, Telehealth Enhancement Act, Defining the home base for telehealth reimbursement to incluse family medicine offices. HR 4299, Improving Regulatory Transparency for New Medical Therapies Act, Improving DEA's process for scheduling new drugs approved by the FDA. HR 4709, Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act, Allowing supply chain stakeholders for prescription drugs to collaborate. HR 4810, VA Health Reform, Improve access for veterans to primary care services, both inside the VA and outside. S. 1184, Treat and Reduce Obsity, Seeking House and Senate cosponsors for obesity legislation. S. 1759, Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act, Reauthorize the Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education program. S. 1994, TRICARE Moms Improvement Act, Supporting TRICARE payment for breastfeeding support and supplies and counseling. S. 1978, Increasing Primary Care Access Act, Family physician workforce, Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act, Reauthorize the Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education program, increase family physician workforce. S. 2229, Expanding Primary Care Access and Workforce Act, Reauthorizing Title VII primary care programs, Teaching Health Centers and the NHSC, Reauthorizing Teaching Health Center GME program, Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education, Reauthorizing Title VII primary care programs, Teaching Health Centers and the NHSC. S. 2450, VA Health Reform, Improve access for veterans to primary care services, both inside the VA and outside No Bill Number, Extend Medicare/Medicare parity for primary care services, Extend Medicaid pay increase to Medicare levels beyond 2015. H. Con. Res. 96, House Budget Resolution, Protecting access to primary care in Medicaid. No Bill Number, Children's Health, Advocate for reauthorization of CHIP and children's mental health issues via coalition group meetings. No Bill Number, First Friday & Health Care Provider Meetings, Provider outreach groups for ACA, provider, and open enrollment issues. No Bill Number, SGR Repeal and Replacement process, Advocate for SGR repeal and new physician payment system that pays for value and primary care. No Bill Number, Medicaid Primary Care Bonus, Advocate for extension of the Medicaid bonus which expires at the end of 2014; advocate for members to mention at E&C hearing. No Bill Number, Medicare Primary Care Incentive Payment, Urge Ways and Means members to discuss at annual MedPac hearing. No Bill Number, Telemedicine,advocate for AAFP policies to be included in a potential bipartisan telehealth bill. No Bill Number, Teaching Health Centers, advocate for introduction of bipartisan bill to reauthorize the program. No Bill Number, FY funding increses in AHRQ, Title VII 747, NHSC, Teaching Health Center planning grants, Federal spending priorities to support workforce, research. No Bill Number, Veterans Health Care, advocate for inclusion of policies in final bill that allow family doctors to easily contract with the VA; advocate for primary-care GME slots in the VA. No Bill Number, FDA regulation of tobacco products, Oppose any limits or amendments that would limit FDA ability to regulate cigars. No Bill Number, E-Cigarettes impact on public health; Support FDA regulation of e-cigarettes, still urging FDA to regulate all tobacco. No Bill Number, National Health Service Corps trust fund reauthorization, appropriation, NHSC provides scholarships & debt relief as well as physicians for underserved communities.No Bill Number, Rural workforce, Comments on FQHC final rule. No Bill Number, VA committee on Woman Veterans, Nominated to FPs to the VA committee. No Bill Number, HHS Appropriations, Funding for health professions training grants, AHRQ research, and National Health Service Corps (NHSC). No Bill Number, Enhanced Medicaid payment for primary care, Extending the enhanced Medicaid payment for primary care. No Bill Number, Site-neutral payment for medical services, Support site-neutral payment by CMS for medical services. No Bill Number, White House's Health Kids and Save Sports Concussion Summit, Providing family physicians with latest information about sports concussions. No Bill Number, Veterans Health Administration, Allowing community physicians to charge VA for services to Vets. No Bill Number, Direct Primary Care, Primary care model of retainer-based practice. No Bill Number, Medicare physician payment reform of the Sustainable Growth Rate, 2014 conversion factor. No Bill Number, Graduate Medical Education, comments on 2015 proposed IPPS. No Bill Number, Health IT, asking CMS to delay MU2. No Bill Number, Non-discrimination, Advocate for correct use of non-discrimination clause in Affordable Care Act. No Bill Number, Extend Medicare/Medicare parity for primary services, extend Medicaid pay increase to Medicare levels beyond 2015. No Bill Number, First Fridays Meetings, Provider outreach group for Affordable Care Act, provider and open enrollment issues.
2014 · first_quarter · Education
HR 487, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act, Urge House to cosponsor bill that would create GME pilot project to train primary care doctors, urge Senate offices to sponsor bill; GME reform increase primary care physician training; pilot test alternatives to GME payment in order to increase primary care physician training.S. 1978, Increasing Primary Care Access Act, Family physician workforce. S. 1759, Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act, Reauthorize the teaching Health Centers Graduate Medicare Education program. S. 2229, Expanding Primary Care Access and Workforce Act, Reauthorizing Title VII primary care programs, Teaching Health Centers and the NHSC, Reauthorizing Teaching Health Center GME program, Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education. No Bill Number, FY funding increses in AHRQ, Title VII 747, NHSC, Teaching Health Center planning grants, Federal spending priorities to support workforce, research. No Bill Number, Prescription Drug Abuse, Prevent opiod abuse, encourage adequate pain management via coalition group meetings. No Bill Number, National Health Service Corps trust fund reauthorization, appropriation, NHSC provides scholarships & debt relief as well as physicians for underserved communities. No Bill Number, Teaching Health Centers, advocate for introduction of bipartisan bill to reauthorize the program.
Client expense: $1,257,519 · Firm income: Not reported
2014 · first_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
HR 487, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act, Urge House to cosponsor bill that would create GME pilot project to train primary care doctors, urge Senate offices to sponsor bill; urge W&M offices to discuss during March 2014 budget hearing, GME reform increase primary care physician training, pilot test alternatives to GME payment to increase PCP training.HR 2305, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR, Positive update and higher rate for primary care. HR 2810, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR, Positive update and higher rate for primary care. HR 2867, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR, Positive update and higher rate for primary care. HR 2969, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR, Positive update and higher rate for primary care. HR 3306, Telehealth Enhancement Act, Defining the home base for telehealth reimbursement to incluse family medicine offices. HR 4015, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR, Positive update and higher rate for primary care. HR 4209, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR, Positive update and higher rate for primary care. HR 4302, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR. Positive update and higher rate for primary care. HR 4418, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR, Positive update and higher rate for primary care. HR 4543, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR, Positive update and higher rate for primary care. S. 1123, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR, Positive update and higher rate for primary care. S. 1184, Treat and Reduce Obesity Act, Seeking House and Senate cosponsors for obesity legislation. S. 1318, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR, Positive update and higher rate for primary care. S. 1759, Reauthorizing Teaching Health Center GME program, Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education. S. 1769, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR, Positive update and higher rate for primary care. S. 1871, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR, Positive update and higher rate for primary care. S. 1978, Increasing Primary Care Access Act, Family physician workforce, Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act, Reauthorize the Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education program, increase family physician workforce. S. 2000, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR. Positive update and higher rate for primary care. S. 2110, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR. Positive update and higher rate for primary care. S. 2122, Medicare Payment Reform, Repeal SGR, Positive update and higher rate for primary care. S. 2229, Reauthorizing Teaching Health Center GME program, Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education. S. 2415, Seeking House and Senate cosponsors for obesity legislation. No Bill Number, SGR Repeal and Replacement process, Advocate for SGR repeal and new physician payment system that pays for value and primary care. No Bill Number, Medicaid Primary Care Bonus, Advocate for extension of the Medicaid bonus which expires at the end of 2014. No Bill Number, Medicare Primary Care Incentive Payment, Urge Ways and Means members to discuss at annual MedPac hearing. No Bill Number, Telemedicine,advocate for AAFP policies to be included in a potential bipartisan telehealth bill. No Bill Number, Medicare Site Neutral Payments; advocate for AAFP policies to be included in conncection with MedPac hearing. No Bill Number, Extend Medicare/medicare parity for primary care services, Extend increase in Medicaid payments for primary care services to Medicare levels beyond 2015. No Bill Number, Direct Primary Care, Primary care model of retainer-based practice. No Bill Number, Medicare physician payment reform of the SGR, 2014 converstion factor. No Bill Number, Repeal SGR, Positive update and higher rate for primary care.No Bill Number, Site-neutral payment for medical services, Support site-neutral payment by CMS for medical services. No Bill Number, First Fridays Meetings, Provider outreach group for Affordable Care Act, provider and open enrollment issues.
2014 · second_quarter · Health Issues
Medicare-funded GME, HRSA THCGME, S. 1759, HR 1202, HR 1180, S. 577, ENRICH ACT
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · second_quarter · Education
Graduate medical education; Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013 (HR 1180/S 577); Training Tomorrow's Doctor's Today Act; Student Loan Fairness Act (HR 1330); Higher Education Reauthorization Act; Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act (HR 1201/S1759)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office
2014 · second_quarter · Health Issues
Draft House and Senate Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, Title II President's Budget, FY 2015Issues: Support funding for National Institues of Health (NIH), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), National Health Service Corps (NHSC), Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education program (CHGME), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), biodefense and public health preparedness programs, and CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) and the Prevention Epicenters Program. Maintain NIH salary cap at Executive Level II. Encourage the highest possible allocation for the Labor-HHS Subcommittee. Draft House and Senate, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, Title II President's Budget, FY 2015 Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Debt in Health Education Loan programs (Debt HELP) bill (draft) Issues: Expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 577, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013 H.R. 1180, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013 Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issue: Reauthorizing National Health Service Corps Fund. H.R. 487, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act, Sections 5503 and 5506 Issue: Redistribution of residency positions. Issue: Implementation of and funding for Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. H.R. 297/S. 1557, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (GME). P.L. 113-5, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013. Issue: Complete reauthorization of preparedness legislation. Issue: Development and implementation of new Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) formula required under the Affordable Care Act. H.R. 2810/S. 1871, SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2013. Issues: Support repeal of Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula; Medicare physician payment reform. Issue: Support the use of animals in medical research. S. 1555/H.R. 1920, DSH Reduction Act of 2013 Issue: Repeal/delay cuts for Medicare and Medicaid DSH. S. 2553/H.R. 4994, Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 Issue: Standardization of post-acute care assesment data for quality, payment, and discharge planning.H.R. 1201, Training Tomorrow's Doctors Today Act Issues: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education (DGME) and Indirect Medical Education (IME) payments and increase Graduate Medical Education (GME) accountability and transparency. Issue: Promote interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. Issue: Support funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. Issue: Implementation of Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement. Issue: Oppose discretionary spending cuts through sequestration, including NIH, Titles VII and VIII health professions and nursing education programs, and other science programs. Issue: Support primary care workforce development S. 1759, Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act Issue: Legislation to reauthorize the Teaching Health Center Program and payments. Issue: Draft legislation on pain education in undergraduate and graduate medical education. S. 1152, The Building A Health Care Workforce for the Future Act Issue: Support bill to increase scholarship opportunities for medical students and encourage primary care workforce development. Issue: Draft legislation to support health equity. Issue: Oppose inclusion of Medicare add-on payments on Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) reduction program. H.R. 3698, Two Midnight Rule Delay Act of 2013 S. 2082, Two Midnight Rule Coordination and Improvement Act of 2014 Issue: Support delay of enforcement of new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) inpatient criteria (e.g., "Two-Midnight" rule) in FY 2014 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final rule. Issue: Support expanding AAMC member participation in CMMI's state innovation group activities. Issue: Support Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) technical corrections and administrative relief. Issue: Support inclusion of socioeconomic status as part of hospital readmissions program, including support for adoption of National Quality Forum (NQF) recommendations. H.R. 4188, Establishing Beneficiary Equity in the Hospital Readmissions Program Act. S. 2501, Hospital Readmission Accuracy and Accountability Act. Issue: Support inclusion of appropriate SES Risk adjustments in Hospital Readmissions program. Issue: Support graduate medical education (GME) per resident amount and cap trigger technical corrections. President's Budget, FY 2015 Issues: Oppose proposed reductions in Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education (DGME) and Indirect Medical Education (IME) payments; Oppose use of Medicare GME funding for creation of new GME grant program; oppose elimination ofChildren's Hospitals GME program. Issue: Legislation on educating health profesionals regarding appropriate use of antibiotics. H.R. 4427, Enrich Act Draft Senate legislation Issue: Educating health professionals on nutrition. Issue: Support report languague and efforts of HHS agencies to support efforts of urban-based institutions to improve health equity. Issue: Support ACA consumer outreach and enrollment efforts. Issue: Implementation of the 340B drug discount program. Issue: Oppose Medicare payment reductions as offsets for non-Medicare spending. Issue: Support preservation of funding for the Primary Care Residency Expansion program. S. 2229, Expanding Primary Care Access and Workforce Act Issue: Offer comments on primary care workforce legislation. Issue: Medical education curricula content pertaining to human trafficking. Draft Accelerating Biomedical Research Act Issue: To increase discretionary spending cap to increase funding for the National Instutes of Health (NIH). H.R. 4951, Doctors Helping Heroes Act Issue: Recruiting foreign physicians with U.S. training to the VA H.R. 4942, Underserved Veterans Access to Health Care Act Issue: Support increasing funding for VA GME and Medicare GME. S. 2450, Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparancy Act H.R. 4810, Veteran Access to Care Act Issue: Addressing VA backlogs by increasing care for veterans provided by non-VA facilities. S. 2115, American Cures Act H.R. 4384, America HEALS ACT Issue: Support establishment of a fund to provide an expanded and sustained investment in biomedical research. H.R. 4879, Research for All Act Issues: Support inclusion of male and female cells, tissues and animals in basic biomedical research. Support update of National Institutes of Health (NIH) guidelines to increase participation of women in clinical trials. Submitted comments to: National Quality Forum (NQF) on sociodemographic/risk adjustment recommendations. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on examining competition in health care. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS) on Sunshine Act proposed dispute resolution process. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology on the inclusion of military service criteria in certified Electronic Health Records (EHRs).
2014 · second_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
FY 2015 House/Senate Labor HHS Appropriation Bills Public Health Services Act, Title VII Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality National Institute of Health National Health Service Corps FY 2015 Congressional Budget President's FY 2015 Budget Targeted support for Graduate Medical Education Primary Care Residency Expansion Grant Program Sequestration under Budget Control Act THC Reauthorization, specifically S.1759
Client expense: $49,627 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), President of the U.S., SENATE
| Democratic |
| MI |
| Elizabeth Warren | Democratic | MA |
| Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Democratic | NY |
| Maria Cantwell | Democratic | WA |
| Martin Heinrich | Democratic | NM |
| Richard J. Durbin | Democratic | IL |
| Robert P. Casey, Jr. | Democratic | PA |
| Tom Udall | Democratic | NM |
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Client expense: $514,251 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Client expense: $666,947 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Client expense: $666,947 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Client expense: $666,947 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Client expense: $627,558 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Client expense: $627,558 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Client expense: $2,438,717 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $2,438,717
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Client expense: $1,540,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Federal Reserve System, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Client expense: $1,250,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Client expense: $1,924,466 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Client expense: $1,924,466 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Client expense: $1,924,466 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Client expense: $629,961 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), White House Office
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), White House Office
Client expense: $629,961 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), White House Office
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Client expense: $1,257,519 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Client expense: $1,257,519 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Client expense: $1,257,519 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Client expense: $1,257,519 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Client expense: $1,120,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office