Better Data Sharing to Combat the Opioid Crisis Act

S. 2680, "The Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018", regarding all provisions. S. 2902, "Better Data Sharing to Combat the Opioid Crisis Act" regarding all provisions. S. 3042, "Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018", regarding federal funding for AHPs. S. 974, "CREATES Act", regarding all provisions. S.3063, "Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2018", regarding all provisions. HR 246, "To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act", regarding all provisions. HR 1101, "Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2017", regarding all provisions. HR 314, "Health Care Choice Act of 2017", regarding all provisions. HR 1628, "American Health Care Act of 2017", regarding all provisions. HR 2051, "FAST Generics Act of 2017", regarding all provisions. HR 2400, "To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow individuals who are not Federal employees to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, and for other purposes", regarding all provisions. HR 2212, "CREATES Act of 2017", regarding all provisions. HR 3976, "Access to Marketplace Insurance Act", regarding all provisions. S 1835, "Lower Premiums Through Reinsurance Act of 2017", regarding all provisions. Issues relating to the Health Insurance Tax. Issues relating to the Alexander/Murray legislation to stabilize the health insurance market. HR 195, "Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes", regarding all provisions. Affordable Care Act; Reinsurance; Cost Sharing Reductions (CSRs); Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Third Party Payment Premiums (TPPs); Drug Pricing; Individual Market, Health insurance Tax, Short Term Limited Duration Plans. FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018. Issues regarding Opioids.

Client expense: $1,130,000 · Firm income: Not reported

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

Matters relating to HR 6, the Substance Use Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment Act (SUPPORT)for Patients and Communities Act (Titles VII and VIII; matters relating to S. 2680, the Opioid Crisis Response Act, Sec 303, and HR 6, the Support for Patients and Communities Act, Section 3014, relating to the use of analytics to improve coordination between Customs and Border Protectionand FDA; S. 2902, the Better Data Sharing Act to Combat the Opioid Crisis Act, relating to the role of analytics to improve data sharing; S. 3282, DEA Order Clearinghouse Act of 2018 relating to the role of analytics in improving clearinghouse analysis.

Client expense: $335,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

S. 2460, Every Prescription Conveyed Securely Act (Bennet) - opioid issues S. 2680, Opioid Crisis Response Act (Alexander) - opioid initiatives, mental health parity S. 2789, Substance Abuse Prevention Act (Cornyn) - opioid initiatives, restrictions on step therapy S. 2812, Air Ambulance Consumer Protection Act (McCaskill) - air ambulance S. 2828, Sober Home Fraud Detection Act (Rubio) - best practices for identifying fraud in recovery housing S. 2891, Fighting the Opioid Epidemic with Sunshine Act (Grassley) - opioid issues S. 2892, Peer Support Enhancement and Evaluation Review Act (Cardin) - opioid issues S. 2898, Medication-Assisted Treatment Improvement Act (Casey) - opioid issues S. 2899, Caring Recovery for Infants and Babies Act (Brown) - opioid issues S. 2900, Comprehensive Screenings for Seniors Act (Brown) - opioid issues S. 2902, Better Data Sharing to Combat the Opioid Crisis Act (Cassidy) - opioid issues S. 2905, Strengthening Partnerships to Prevent Opioid Abuse Act (Toomey) - opioid issues S. 2910, Telehealth for Childrens Access to Services and Treatment Act (Roberts) - opioid issues S. 2911, Enhancing Patient Access to Non-Opioid Treatment Options (Heller) - opioid issues S. 2912, Opioid Addiction Treatment Programs Enhancement Act (Cassidy) - opioid issues S. 2920, Commit to Opioid Medical Prescriber Accountability and Safety for Seniors Act (McCaskill) - opioid issues S. 2922, Help for Moms and Babies Act (Stabenow) - opioid issues S. 2923, Building Capacity for Family-Focused Residential Treatment Act (Grassley) - opioid issues S. 2924, Supporting Family-Focused Residential Treatment Act (Scott) - opioid issues S. 3016, Action for Dental Health Act (Booker) - grants for oral health programs S. 3120, the HEAL Substance Use Disorders Act (Hatch) - opioid initiatives S. 3158, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act (Blunt) - HHS funding S. 3254, Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act (Rubio) - anti-kickback penalties for body brokers Draft Bill: Protecting Patients From Surprise Medical Bills Act (Cassidy) - surprise medical bills H.R. 6, SUPPORT Patients and Families Act (Walden) - opioid initiatives, Medicare and Medicaid issues, budget offsets H.R. 302, FAA Reauthorization Act - air ambulance issues H.R. 1215, Protecting Access to Care Act (King) - medical liability reform H.R. 1313, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act (Foxx) - employee wellness programs H.R. 2422, Action for Dental Health Act (Kelly) - oral health services and education for underserved populations H.R. 3331, adoption and use of EHR technology by behavioral health providers (Jenkins) - opioid issues H.R. 3528, Every Prescription Conveyed Securely Act (Clark) - opioid issues H.R. 4684, Ensuring Access to Quality Sober Living Act (Chu) - best practices for recovery housing H.R. 4841, Standardizing Electronic Prior Authorization for Safe Prescribing Act (Schweikert) - opioid issues H.R. 4998, Health Insurance for Former Foster Youth Act (Bass) - opioid issues H.R. 5100, Recovery Home Certification Act (Knight) -- anti-kickback penalties for body brokers H.R. 5477, Rural DOCS Act (O'Halleran) - opioid issues H.R. 5515, National Defense Authorization Act (Thornberry) H.R. 5562, Protecting NAS Babies Act (Jenkins) - opioid issues H.R. 5582, Abuse Deterrent Access Act (Carter) - opioid issues H.R. 5583, State reporting on certain adult health quality measures (Clarke) - opioid issues H.R. 5590, CMS Action Plan (Kinzinger) - opioid issues H.R. 5714, Education for Disposal of Unused Opioids Act (Black) - opioid issues H.R. 5715, Strengthening Partnerships to Prevent Opioid Abuse Act (Renacci) - opioid issues H.R. 5716, COMPASS Act (Roskam) - opioid issues H.R. 5723, Expanding Oversight of Opioid Prescribing and Payment Act (Tenney) - opioid issues H.R. 5725, BEST Act (Roskam) - opioid issues H.R. 5774, Combating Opioid Abuse for Care in Hospitals Act (Curbelo) - opioid issues H.R. 5775, Providing Reliable Options for Patients and Educational Resources Act (Paulsen) - opioid issues H.R. 5776, MOST Act (Neal) - opioid issues H.R. 5789, protections for pregnant and post-partum women (Foster) - opioid issues H.R. 5795, Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act (Blumenauer) - confidential sharing of substance use disorder information H.R. 5796, Responsible Education Achieves Care and Healthy Outcomes for Users' Treatment Act (Fitzpatrick) - opioid issues H.R. 5801, PARTNERSHIP Act (Griffith) - opioid issues H.R. 6082, Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act (Mullin) - confidential sharing of substance use disorder information H.R. 6147, Interior, Environment, Financial Services, Agriculture, FDA, Transportation, and Housing Appropriations Act (Calvert) - FDA funding H.R. 6157, Defense-Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act (Granger) - HHS funding H.R. 6753, Strengthening the Health Care Fraud Prevention Task Force Act (Walden) - codification of Healthcare Fraud Prevention Partnership H.R. 6878, Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act (Deutch) - anti-kickback penalties for body brokers H.R. 6902, Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act (Knight) - anti-kickback penalties for body brokers Regulatory Issues: HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets (including ICD-10), identifiers including the health plan identifier, enforcement; cybersecurity; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative, the enrollment reconciliation process, and a related OPM reimbursement factor for records that cannot be reconciled; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements; issues relating to similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) and MLR requirements under the FEHBP; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues related to hospital consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; prescription drug pricing; issues related to the collection of race and ethnicity data; issues related to medical loss ratios; reference pricing; review of rates for reasonableness; preexisting condition insurance plans; issues relating to antitrust; accountable care organizations; provider non-discrimination; coverage of preventive services; contraceptive coverage; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; health plan automatic enrollment requirements; issues related to qualified health plans including certification and rate filing templates; health insurance market rules; reinsurance, risk corridors, and risk adjustment; dependent coverage; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; benefit and payment parameters; essential health benefits, actuarial value, and accreditation; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations; issues related to supplemental products; issues related to HIPAA excepted benefits; issues related to short term limited duration products; issues related to the federally-facilitated marketplaces (i.e., Exchanges/formerly referred to as the web portal); issues related to business continuity in relation to pandemics or natural events (e.g., hurricane, tornado, etc.); issues related to association health plans; issues related to cost-sharing reductions (CSRs); issues related to the refundable credit for coverage under a qualified health plan; issues related to small employer group size; issues related to Certificate of Public Advantage; issues relating to veterans health care; issues relating to family caregivers; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.

S. 1625, FY 2018 Consolidated Appropriations Act (Royce) - funding for HHS programs and agencies, opioid initiatives, ACA risk corridors S. 2460, Every Prescription Conveyed Securely Act (Bennet) - opioid issues S. 2680, Opioid Crisis Response Act (Alexander) - opioid initiatives, mental health parity S. 2789, Substance Abuse Prevention Act (Cornyn) - opioid initiatives, restrictions on step therapy S. 2812, Air Ambulance Consumer Protection Act (McCaskill) - air ambulance S. 2891, Fighting the Opioid Epidemic with Sunshine Act (Grassley) - opioid issues S. 2892, Peer Support Enhancement and Evaluation Review Act (Cardin) - opioid issues S. 2898, Medication-Assisted Treatment Improvement Act (Casey) - opioid issues S. 2899, Caring Recovery for Infants and Babies Act (Brown) - opioid issues S. 2900, Comprehensive Screenings for Seniors Act (Brown) - opioid issues S. 2902, Better Data Sharing to Combat the Opioid Crisis Act (Cassidy) - opioid issues S. 2905, Strengthening Partnerships to Prevent Opioid Abuse Act (Toomey) - opioid issues S. 2910, Telehealth for Childrens Access to Services and Treatment Act (Roberts) - opioid issues S. 2911, Enhancing Patient Access to Non-Opioid Treatment Options (Heller) - opioid issues S. 2912, Opioid Addiction Treatment Programs Enhancement Act (Cassidy) - opioid issues S. 2920, Commit to Opioid Medical Prescriber Accountability and Safety for Seniors Act (McCaskill) - opioid issues S. 2922, Help for Moms and Babies Act (Stabenow) - opioid issues S. 2923, Building Capacity for Family-Focused Residential Treatment Act (Grassley) - opioid issues S. 2924, Supporting Family-Focused Residential Treatment Act (Scott) - opioid issues S. 2987, National Defense Authorization Act (Inhofe) S. 3120, the HEAL Substance Use Disorders Act (Hatch) - opioid initiatives S. 3158, FY 2019 Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Act (Blunt) - HHS funding, ACA issues House version of FY 2019 Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Act (Cole) - HHS funding, ACA issues H.R. 6, SUPPORT Patients and Families Act (Walden) - opioid initiatives, budget offsets H.R. 1215, Protecting Access to Care Act (King) - medical liability reform H.R. 1313, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act (Foxx) - employee wellness programs H.R. 2422, Action for Dental Health Act (Kelly) - oral health services and education for underserved populations H.R. 3331, adoption and use of EHR technology by behavioral health providers (Jenkins) - opioid issues H.R. 3528, Every Prescription Conveyed Securely Act (Clark) - opioid issues H.R. 3759, RAISE Family Caregivers Act (Harper-Castor) - support for family caregivers H.R. 4841, Standardizing Electronic Prior Authorization for Safe Prescribing Act (Schweikert) - opioid issues H.R. 4998, Health Insurance for Former Foster Youth Act (Bass) - opioid issues H.R. 5477, Rural DOCS Act (O'Halleran) - opioid issues H.R. 5562, Protecting NAS Babies Act (Jenkins) - opioid issues H.R. 5582, Abuse Deterrent Access Act (Carter) - opioid issues H.R. 5583, State reporting on certain adult health quality measures (Clarke) - opioid issues H.R. 5590, CMS Action Plan (Kinzinger) - opioid issues H.R. 5515, National Defense Authorization Act (Thornberry) H.R. 5714, Education for Disposal of Unused Opioids Act (Black) - opioid issues H.R. 5715, Strengthening Partnerships to Prevent Opioid Abuse Act (Renacci) - opioid issues H.R. 5716, COMPASS Act (Roskam) - opioid issues H.R. 5723, Expanding Oversight of Opioid Prescribing and Payment Act (Tenney) - opioid issues H.R. 5725, BEST Act (Roskam) - opioid issues H.R. 5774, Combating Opioid Abuse for Care in Hospitals Act (Curbelo) - opioid issues H.R. 5775, Providing Reliable Options for Patients and Educational Resources Act (Paulsen) - opioid issues H.R. 5776, MOST Act (Neal) - opioid issues H.R. 5789, protections for pregnant and post-partum women (Foster) - opioid issues H.R. 5795, Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act (Blumenauer) - confidential sharing of substance use disorder information H.R. 5796, Responsible Education Achieves Care and Healthy Outcomes for Users' Treatment Act (Fitzpatrick) - opioid issues H.R. 5801, PARTNERSHIP Act (Griffith) - opioid issues H.R. 6082, Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act (Mullin) - confidential sharing of substance use disorder information Regulatory Issues: HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets (including ICD-10), identifiers including the health plan identifier, enforcement; cybersecurity; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative, the enrollment reconciliation process, and a related OPM reimbursement factor for records that cannot be reconciled; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements; issues relating to similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) and MLR requirements under the FEHBP; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues related to hospital consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; prescription drug pricing; issues related to the collection of race and ethnicity data; issues related to medical loss ratios; reference pricing; review of rates for reasonableness; preexisting condition insurance plans; issues relating to antitrust; accountable care organizations; provider non-discrimination; coverage of preventive services; contraceptive coverage; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; health plan automatic enrollment requirements; issues related to qualified health plans including certification and rate filing templates; health insurance market rules; reinsurance, risk corridors, and risk adjustment; dependent coverage; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; benefit and payment parameters; essential health benefits, actuarial value, and accreditation; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations; issues related to supplemental products; issues related to HIPAA excepted benefits; issues related to short term limited duration products; issues related to the federally-facilitated marketplaces (i.e., Exchanges/formerly referred to as the web portal); issues related to business continuity in relation to pandemics or natural events (e.g., hurricane, tornado, etc.); issues related to association health plans; issues related to cost-sharing reductions (CSRs); issues related to the refundable credit for coverage under a qualified health plan; issues related to small employer group size; issues related to Certificate of Public Advantage; issues relating to veterans health care; issues relating to family caregivers; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.

H.R.6261 - Improving Choices in Health Care Coverage Act S.3095 - Building a Health Care Workforce for the Future Act H.R.6128 - HSA Employer Flexibility Act H.R.6110 - Dr. Todd Graham Pain Management, Treatment, and Recovery Act of 2018 H.R.6098 - Family Medical Leave Modernization Act H.R.6097 - State-Based Universal Health Care Act of 2018 H.R.6082 - Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act H.R.6 - SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act S.3063 - Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2018 H.R.6071 - SERV Communities Act S.3053 - CHIP Mental Health and Addiction Parity Act S.3048 - Examining Opioid Treatment Infrastructure Act of 2018 H.R.6050 - Increasing Access to Care Act S.3016 - Action for Dental Health Act of 2018 S.3000 - Patient Advocacy Transparency Act H.R.5997 - Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act of 2018 H.Res.915 - Expressing the sense of the Congress in support of protecting patients' access to medically appropriate, evidence-based healthcare and information, and the ethical and professional obligations of healthcare professionals to provide that care and information H.R.5966 - Women Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2018 H.R.5965 - Access to Infertility Treatment and Care Act H.R.5963 - To delay the reimposition of the annual fee on health insurance providers until after 2020 S.2960 - Access to Infertility Treatment and Care Act S.Res.526 - A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that politicians should not interfere with a woman's personal health care decisions or attempt to prevent providers from offering their full medical recommendations to their patients H.R.5942 - Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2018 H.R.5933 - Substance Abuse Prevention Act of 2018 H.R.5932 - Increasing Access to Mental Health in Schools Act H.R.5925 - CRISIS Act S.2934 - Increasing Access to Mental Health in Schools Act H.R.5917 - Professional's Access to Health Workforce Integration Act of 2018 H.R.5914 - To require a study and report on policy and regulatory changes that may have contributed to the opioid epidemic S.2920 - Commit to Opioid Medical Prescriber Accountability and Safety for Seniors Act of 2018 S.2912 - Opioid Addiction Treatment Programs Enhancement Act H.R.6144 - Know the Lowest Price Act of 2018 S.204 - Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2017 S.2680 - Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018 H.R.5511 - Healthy Communities Act of 2018 H.R.5491 - Rural Health Insurance Act of 2018 H.R.5455 - Accelerating Biomedical Research Act H.R.5641 - State Offices of Rural Health Reauthorization Act of 2018 H.R.5625 - Easy Enrollment Act of 2018 H.R.5624 - Pathway to Universal Coverage Act of 2018 H.R.5603 - Access to Telehealth Services for Substance Use Disorders Act S.2732 - Defending Access to Mental Health Care Act H.R.5699 - HOST Act of 2018 S.2802 - Responsible Additions and Increases to Sustain Employee Health Benefits Act of 2018 H.R.5725 - BEST Act S.2902 - Better Data Sharing to Combat the Opioid Crisis Act S.2901 - eTREAT Act H.R.5892 - To establish an Advisory Committee on Opioids and the Workplace to advise the Secretary of Labor on actions the Department of Labor can take to address the impact of opioid abuse on the workplace H.R.5858 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act of 2018 S.2875 - COMBAT Act of 2018 H.R.5795 - Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act S.2851 - Regional Health Care Emergency Preparedness and Response Systems Act H.R.5775 - Providing Reliable Options for Patients and Educational Resources Act of 2018 H.R.5769 - Expanding Access to Treatment Act S. 2608 - Reducing Opioid Risk Act S. 2589 - Comprehensive Opioid Recovery Centers Act of 2018 S. 2582 - Consumer Health Insurance Protection Act of 2018 S. 2554 - Patient Right to Know Drug Prices Act H.R. 5258 - Affordable Health Insurance for the Middle Class Act H.R. 5254 - To direct the Secretary of HHS to conduct a study on the feasibility of expanding eligibility for enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans to individuals enrolled under the Medicaid program or enrolled under a group health plan H.R. 5223 - Health Care Workplace Violence Prevention Act S. 2507 - Improving Choice in Health Care Coverage Act H.R. 5155 - Undo Sabotage and Expand Affordability of Health Insurance Act of 2018 S. 2496 - Small Business Health Account Act of 2018 S. 2494 - Fair Care Act H.R. 5138 - Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act of 2018 H.R. 5124 - Community Action Opioid Response Act of 2018 H.R. 5097 - PAVE Act of 2018 H.R. 5080 - COMBAT Act of 2018 H.R. 5062 - Advancing Access to Precision Medicine Act H.R. 5047 - VA Community Care Enhancement Act S. 2437 - Opioid Response Enhancement Act S. 2415 - Accelerating Kids Access to Care Act H.R. 4978 - Chronic Disease Management Act of 2018 S. 2410 - Chronic Disease Management Act of 2018 H.R. 4952 - To direct the Secretary of HHS to conduct a study and submit a report on the effects of the inclusion of quality increases in the determination of blended benchmark amounts under part C of the Medicare program H.R. 4938 - Respond NOW Act H.R. 4894 - Harmful Tax Prevention Act H.R. 4841 - Standardizing Electronic Prior Authorization for Safe Prescribing Act of 2018 H.R. 4831 - Healthcare Tax Relief Act H.R. 4820 - ASK Act S. 2315 - Over-the-Counter Drug Safety, Innovation, and Reform Act H.R. 4808 - Transparent Health Care Pricing Act of 2018 S. 2312 - HELP Act H.R. 4784 - ACA OUTREACH Act H.R. 4778 - Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act of 2018 S. 2302 - Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2018 S. 2301 - Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act of 2018 H.R. 4575 - A bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers. S. 2303 - A bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers. H.R. 1625 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 S. 2553 - Know the Lowest Price Act of 2018 H.R. 5343 - Prescription Transparency Act of 2018 H.R. 5150 - Protecting Medicare from Excessive Price Increases Act of 2018 H.R. 4874 - End The Shutdown Act of 2018 H.R. 4872 - End The Shutdown Act of 2018 H.R. 5104 - A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a special enrollment period under Medicare for individuals enrolled in COBRA continuation coverage, and for other purposes H.R. 6 - SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act S. 2554 - Patient Right to Know Drug Prices Act S. 2553 - Know the Lowest Price Act of 2018 H.R. 302 - FAA Re authorization Act of 2018 H. R. 6662 - Empowering Seniors Enrollment Decision Act of 2018 H.R. 6305 - Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act of 2018 H.R. 6312 - Personal Health Investment Today (PHIT) Act H.R. 6309 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals entitled to Medicare Part A by reason of being over age 65 to contribute to health savings accounts H.R. 4616 - To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for a temporary moratorium on the employer mandate and to provide for a delay in the implementation of the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage H.R. 6311 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to modify the definition of qualified health plan for purposes of the health insurance premium tax credit and to allow individuals purchasing health insurance in the individual market to purchase a lower premium copper plan

Matters relating to HR 6, the Substance Use Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment Act (SUPPORT)for Patients and Communities Act (Titles VII and VIII, S. 2680,Section 303,the Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018, S 2902, the Better Data Sharing Act to Combat the Opioid Crisis Act, and S___, the DEA Order Clearinghouse Act, relating to the use of analytics to help combat opioid addiction; matters relating to the use of analytics to improve public dashboards relating to the opioid crisis; matters relating to the use of analytics to better track and monitor drug manufacture and distribution and to align public services to help treat addiction and abuse.

Client expense: $360,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), White House Office

S. 2680, "The Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018", regarding all provisions. S. 2902, "Better Data Sharing to Combat the Opioid Crisis Act" regarding all provisions. S. 3042, "Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018", regarding federal funding for AHPs. S. 974, "CREATES Act", regarding all provisions. S.3063, "Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2018", regarding all provisions. HR 246, "To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act", regarding all provisions. HR 1101, "Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2017", regarding all provisions. HR 314, "Health Care Choice Act of 2017", regarding all provisions. HR 1628, "American Health Care Act of 2017", regarding all provisions. HR 2051, "FAST Generics Act of 2017", regarding all provisions. HR 2400, "To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow individuals who are not Federal employees to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, and for other purposes", regarding all provisions. HR 2212, "CREATES Act of 2017", regarding all provisions. HR 3976, "Access to Marketplace Insurance Act", regarding all provisions. S 1835, "Lower Premiums Through Reinsurance Act of 2017", regarding all provisions. Issues relating to the Health Insurance Tax. Issues relating to the Alexander/Murray legislation to stabilize the health insurance market. HR 195, "Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes", regarding all provisions. Affordable Care Act; Reinsurance; Cost Sharing Reductions (CSRs); Special Needs Plans (SNPs); Third Party Payment Premiums (TPPs); Drug Pricing; Individual Market, Health insurance Tax, Short Term Limited Duration Plans. FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018. Issues regarding Opioids.

H.R.6261 - Improving Choices in Health Care Coverage Act S.3095 - Building a Health Care Workforce for the Future Act H.R.6128 - HSA Employer Flexibility Act H.R.6110 - Dr. Todd Graham Pain Management, Treatment, and Recovery Act of 2018 H.R.6098 - Family Medical Leave Modernization Act H.R.6097 - State-Based Universal Health Care Act of 2018 H.R.6082 - Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act H.R.6 - SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act S.3063 - Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2018 H.R.6071 - SERV Communities Act S.3053 - CHIP Mental Health and Addiction Parity Act S.3048 - Examining Opioid Treatment Infrastructure Act of 2018 H.R.6050 - Increasing Access to Care Act S.3016 - Action for Dental Health Act of 2018 S.3000 - Patient Advocacy Transparency Act H.R.5997 - Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act of 2018 H.Res.915 - Expressing the sense of the Congress in support of protecting patients' access to medically appropriate, evidence-based healthcare and information, and the ethical and professional obligations of healthcare professionals to provide that care and information H.R.5966 - Women Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2018 H.R.5965 - Access to Infertility Treatment and Care Act H.R.5963 - To delay the reimposition of the annual fee on health insurance providers until after 2020 S.2960 - Access to Infertility Treatment and Care Act S.Res.526 - A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that politicians should not interfere with a woman's personal health care decisions or attempt to prevent providers from offering their full medical recommendations to their patients H.R.5942 - Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2018 H.R.5933 - Substance Abuse Prevention Act of 2018 H.R.5932 - Increasing Access to Mental Health in Schools Act H.R.5925 - CRISIS Act S.2934 - Increasing Access to Mental Health in Schools Act H.R.5917 - Professional's Access to Health Workforce Integration Act of 2018 H.R.5914 - To require a study and report on policy and regulatory changes that may have contributed to the opioid epidemic S.2920 - Commit to Opioid Medical Prescriber Accountability and Safety for Seniors Act of 2018 S.2912 - Opioid Addiction Treatment Programs Enhancement Act H.R.6144 - Know the Lowest Price Act of 2018 S.204 - Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2017 S.2680 - Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018 H.R.5511 - Healthy Communities Act of 2018 H.R.5491 - Rural Health Insurance Act of 2018 H.R.5455 - Accelerating Biomedical Research Act H.R.5641 - State Offices of Rural Health Reauthorization Act of 2018 H.R.5625 - Easy Enrollment Act of 2018 H.R.5624 - Pathway to Universal Coverage Act of 2018 H.R.5603 - Access to Telehealth Services for Substance Use Disorders Act S.2732 - Defending Access to Mental Health Care Act H.R.5699 - HOST Act of 2018 S.2802 - Responsible Additions and Increases to Sustain Employee Health Benefits Act of 2018 H.R.5725 - BEST Act S.2902 - Better Data Sharing to Combat the Opioid Crisis Act S.2901 - eTREAT Act H.R.5892 - To establish an Advisory Committee on Opioids and the Workplace to advise the Secretary of Labor on actions the Department of Labor can take to address the impact of opioid abuse on the workplace H.R.5858 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act of 2018 S.2875 - COMBAT Act of 2018 H.R.5795 - Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act S.2851 - Regional Health Care Emergency Preparedness and Response Systems Act H.R.5775 - Providing Reliable Options for Patients and Educational Resources Act of 2018 H.R.5769 - Expanding Access to Treatment Act S. 2608 - Reducing Opioid Risk Act S. 2589 - Comprehensive Opioid Recovery Centers Act of 2018 S. 2582 - Consumer Health Insurance Protection Act of 2018 S. 2554 - Patient Right to Know Drug Prices Act H.R. 5258 - Affordable Health Insurance for the Middle Class Act H.R. 5254 - To direct the Secretary of HHS to conduct a study on the feasibility of expanding eligibility for enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans to individuals enrolled under the Medicaid program or enrolled under a group health plan H.R. 5223 - Health Care Workplace Violence Prevention Act S. 2507 - Improving Choice in Health Care Coverage Act H.R. 5155 - Undo Sabotage and Expand Affordability of Health Insurance Act of 2018 S. 2496 - Small Business Health Account Act of 2018 S. 2494 - Fair Care Act H.R. 5138 - Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act of 2018 H.R. 5124 - Community Action Opioid Response Act of 2018 H.R. 5097 - PAVE Act of 2018 H.R. 5080 - COMBAT Act of 2018 H.R. 5062 - Advancing Access to Precision Medicine Act H.R. 5047 - VA Community Care Enhancement Act S. 2437 - Opioid Response Enhancement Act S. 2415 - Accelerating Kids Access to Care Act H.R. 4978 - Chronic Disease Management Act of 2018 S. 2410 - Chronic Disease Management Act of 2018 H.R. 4952 - To direct the Secretary of HHS to conduct a study and submit a report on the effects of the inclusion of quality increases in the determination of blended benchmark amounts under part C of the Medicare program H.R. 4938 - Respond NOW Act H.R. 4894 - Harmful Tax Prevention Act H.R. 4841 - Standardizing Electronic Prior Authorization for Safe Prescribing Act of 2018 H.R. 4831 - Healthcare Tax Relief Act H.R. 4820 - ASK Act S. 2315 - Over-the-Counter Drug Safety, Innovation, and Reform Act H.R. 4808 - Transparent Health Care Pricing Act of 2018 S. 2312 - HELP Act H.R. 4784 - ACA OUTREACH Act H.R. 4778 - Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act of 2018 S. 2302 - Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2018 S. 2301 - Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act of 2018 H.R. 4575 - A bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers. S. 2303 - A bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers. H.R. 1625 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 S. 2553 - Know the Lowest Price Act of 2018 H.R. 5343 - Prescription Transparency Act of 2018 H.R. 5150 - Protecting Medicare from Excessive Price Increases Act of 2018 H.R. 4874 - End The Shutdown Act of 2018 H.R. 4872 - End The Shutdown Act of 2018 H.R. 5104 - A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a special enrollment period under Medicare for individuals enrolled in COBRA continuation coverage, and for other purposes

S. 1625, FY 2018 Consolidated Appropriations Act (Royce) - funding for HHS programs and agencies, opioid initiatives, ACA risk corridors S. 2460, Every Prescription Conveyed Securely Act (Bennet) - opioid issues S. 2680, Opioid Crisis Response Act (Alexander) - opioid initiatives, mental health parity S. 2789, Substance Abuse Prevention Act (Cornyn) - opioid initiatives, restrictions on step therapy S. 2812, Air Ambulance Consumer Protection Act (McCaskill) - air ambulance S. 2891, Fighting the Opioid Epidemic with Sunshine Act (Grassley) - opioid issues S. 2892, Peer Support Enhancement and Evaluation Review Act (Cardin) - opioid issues S. 2898, Medication-Assisted Treatment Improvement Act (Casey) - opioid issues S. 2899, Caring Recovery for Infants and Babies Act (Brown) - opioid issues S. 2900, Comprehensive Screenings for Seniors Act (Brown) - opioid issues S. 2902, Better Data Sharing to Combat the Opioid Crisis Act (Cassidy) - opioid issues S. 2905, Strengthening Partnerships to Prevent Opioid Abuse Act (Toomey) - opioid issues S. 2910, Telehealth for Childrens Access to Services and Treatment Act (Roberts) - opioid issues S. 2911, Enhancing Patient Access to Non-Opioid Treatment Options (Heller) - opioid issues S. 2912, Opioid Addiction Treatment Programs Enhancement Act (Cassidy) - opioid issues S. 2920, Commit to Opioid Medical Prescriber Accountability and Safety for Seniors Act (McCaskill) - opioid issues S. 2922, Help for Moms and Babies Act (Stabenow) - opioid issues S. 2923, Building Capacity for Family-Focused Residential Treatment Act (Grassley) - opioid issues S. 2924, Supporting Family-Focused Residential Treatment Act (Scott) - opioid issues S. 2987, National Defense Authorization Act (Inhofe) S. 3120, the HEAL Substance Use Disorders Act (Hatch) - opioid initiatives S. 3158, FY 2019 Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Act (Blunt) - HHS funding, ACA issues House version of FY 2019 Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Act (Cole) - HHS funding, ACA issues H.R. 6, SUPPORT Patients and Families Act (Walden) - opioid initiatives, budget offsets H.R. 1215, Protecting Access to Care Act (King) - medical liability reform H.R. 1313, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act (Foxx) - employee wellness programs H.R. 2422, Action for Dental Health Act (Kelly) - oral health services and education for underserved populations H.R. 3331, adoption and use of EHR technology by behavioral health providers (Jenkins) - opioid issues H.R. 3528, Every Prescription Conveyed Securely Act (Clark) - opioid issues H.R. 3759, RAISE Family Caregivers Act (Harper-Castor) - support for family caregivers H.R. 4841, Standardizing Electronic Prior Authorization for Safe Prescribing Act (Schweikert) - opioid issues H.R. 4998, Health Insurance for Former Foster Youth Act (Bass) - opioid issues H.R. 5477, Rural DOCS Act (O'Halleran) - opioid issues H.R. 5562, Protecting NAS Babies Act (Jenkins) - opioid issues H.R. 5582, Abuse Deterrent Access Act (Carter) - opioid issues H.R. 5583, State reporting on certain adult health quality measures (Clarke) - opioid issues H.R. 5590, CMS Action Plan (Kinzinger) - opioid issues H.R. 5515, National Defense Authorization Act (Thornberry) H.R. 5714, Education for Disposal of Unused Opioids Act (Black) - opioid issues H.R. 5715, Strengthening Partnerships to Prevent Opioid Abuse Act (Renacci) - opioid issues H.R. 5716, COMPASS Act (Roskam) - opioid issues H.R. 5723, Expanding Oversight of Opioid Prescribing and Payment Act (Tenney) - opioid issues H.R. 5725, BEST Act (Roskam) - opioid issues H.R. 5774, Combating Opioid Abuse for Care in Hospitals Act (Curbelo) - opioid issues H.R. 5775, Providing Reliable Options for Patients and Educational Resources Act (Paulsen) - opioid issues H.R. 5776, MOST Act (Neal) - opioid issues H.R. 5789, protections for pregnant and post-partum women (Foster) - opioid issues H.R. 5795, Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act (Blumenauer) - confidential sharing of substance use disorder information H.R. 5796, Responsible Education Achieves Care and Healthy Outcomes for Users' Treatment Act (Fitzpatrick) - opioid issues H.R. 5801, PARTNERSHIP Act (Griffith) - opioid issues H.R. 6082, Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act (Mullin) - confidential sharing of substance use disorder information Regulatory Issues: HIPAA administrative simplification issues, including standards for privacy, security, and electronic transactions and code sets (including ICD-10), identifiers including the health plan identifier, enforcement; cybersecurity; FEHBP enrollment data clearinghouse initiative, the enrollment reconciliation process, and a related OPM reimbursement factor for records that cannot be reconciled; issues relating to health insurance plan participation in FEHBP, including contract requirements; issues relating to similarly sized subscriber group (SSSG) and MLR requirements under the FEHBP; implementation of the health savings account provisions of the Medicare Act; issues related to Medicare Secondary Payer requirements; issues related to implementation of the National Health Information Infrastructure; electronic health records, personal health records, and similar technologies; issues relating to market consolidation; issues related to hospital consolidation; issues relating to quality improvement; issues relating to the national health data stewardship; issues relating to hospital outpatient measurement and reporting; prescription drug pricing; issues related to the collection of race and ethnicity data; issues related to medical loss ratios; reference pricing; review of rates for reasonableness; preexisting condition insurance plans; issues relating to antitrust; accountable care organizations; provider non-discrimination; coverage of preventive services; contraceptive coverage; pre-existing condition exclusions; lifetime and annual dollar limits on benefits; patient protections; grandfathered health plan provisions; issues relating to the annual fee on health insurance providers; health plan automatic enrollment requirements; issues related to qualified health plans including certification and rate filing templates; health insurance market rules; reinsurance, risk corridors, and risk adjustment; dependent coverage; summary of benefits and coverage disclosures; benefit and payment parameters; essential health benefits, actuarial value, and accreditation; issues related to fraud, waste, abuse, Stark/Anti-Kickback laws and regulations; issues related to supplemental products; issues related to HIPAA excepted benefits; issues related to short term limited duration products; issues related to the federally-facilitated marketplaces (i.e., Exchanges/formerly referred to as the web portal); issues related to business continuity in relation to pandemics or natural events (e.g., hurricane, tornado, etc.); issues related to association health plans; issues related to cost-sharing reductions (CSRs); issues related to the refundable credit for coverage under a qualified health plan; issues related to small employer group size; issues related to Certificate of Public Advantage; issues relating to veterans health care; issues relating to family caregivers; and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.