Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017
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Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to deem a hospital or an emergency department and a physician or physician group of a hospital or emergency department to be an employee of the Public Health Service with liability protection provided by the United States for purposes of any civil action that may arise due to providing emergency or post-stabilization services on or after January 1, 2018.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced in Senate
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2018 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Essential emergency medication shortages Mental health services for emergency psychiatric patients Price transparency, out-of-network reimbursement of emergency medical services H.Res.906-Congratulating the American College of Emergency Physicians on its 50th anniversary H.R.6-Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act H.R.372-Competetive Health Insurance Reform Act of 2017 H.R.548-Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 H.R.767-Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond (SOAR) to Health and Wellness Act of 2017 H.R.817-End Surprise Billing Act of 2017 H.R.880-Military Injury Surgical Systems Integrated Operationally Nationwide to Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths Act H.R.1057-Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act of 2017 H.R.1215-Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017 H.R.1323-Reducing Unnecessary Emergency Room Visits under Medicaid Act H.R.1492-Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017 H.R.1565-Saving Lives, Saving Costs Act H.R.1822-Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 H.R.1876-Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 H.R.2200-Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017 H.R.2410-Sickle Cell Disease Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2017 H.R.2851-Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues (SITSA) Act of 2017 H.R.2957-Save Rural Hospitals Act H.R.3181-Medicare Choices Empowerment and Protection Act H.R.3258-Marketplace Certainty Act H.R.3545-Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety (OPPS) Act H.R.4922-Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act H.R.5176-Preventing Overdoses While in Emergency Rooms Act of 2018 H.R.5197-Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the Emergency Department Act H.R.5531-Opioid Emergency Response Act H.R.5558-Alternatives to Opioids Prescribing Act H.R.5678-Rural Emergency Medical Center Act of 2018 H.R.5734-Resident Education Deferred Interest Act H.R.6082-Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety (OPPS) Act H.R.6143-Patient Right to Know Drug Prices Act H.R.6144-Know the Lowest Price Act of 2018 H.R.6372-To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services issue regulations to ensure due process rights for physicians furnishing emergency medical services H.R.6502-Reducing Unnecessary Senior Hospitalizations Act of 2018 H.R.6615-Traumatic Brain Injury Program Reauthorization Act of 2018 H.R.6733-Know the Cost Act of 2018 H.R.6748-Emergency Medical Services for Children Program Reauthorization Act of 2018 H.R.7223-Right Rebate Act of 2018 Senate resolution congratulating the American College of Emergency Physicians on its 50th anniversary S.191-Patient Freedom Act of 2017 S.256-SOAR to Health and Wellness Act of 2017 S.284-End Surprise Billing Act of 2017 S.372- Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act of 2017 S.527-Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 S.568-Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2017 S.781-Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 S.1016-Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2017 S.1022-Military Injury Surgical Systems Integrated Operationally Nationwide to Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths Act S.1130-Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital (REACH) Act S.1462-Marketplace Certainty Act S.1530- Medicare Choices Empowerment and Protection Act S.1553-Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act S.1835-Lower Premiums Through Reinsurance Act of 2017 S.2465-Sickle Cell Disease Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2018 S.2516-Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the Emergency Department Act S.2544-Patient Right to Know Drug Prices Act S.2553-Know the Lowest Price Act of 2018 S.2609-Recovery Coaches Offer Addiction Counseling and Healing (COACH) Act S.2610-Preventing Overdoses While in Emergency Departments Act of 2018 S.2680-Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018 S.3482-Emergency Medical Services for Children Program Reauthorization Act of 2018 S.3531-Emergency Care Improvement Act S.3657-Traumatic Brain Injury Program Reauthorization Act of 2018 S.3702-Right Rebate Act of 2018
Client expense: $549,617 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2018 · fourth_quarter · Torts
H.R.548-Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 H.R.720-Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act H.R.1215-Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017 H.R.1565-Saving Lives, Saving Costs Act H.R.1822-Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 H.R.1876-Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 S.527-Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 S.781-Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017
Client expense: $549,617 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2018 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Issues surrounding the enactment or repeal of the Affordable Care Act. Medicare reimbursement reform for providers including the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA). Medicare Part B Drug Reimbursement. FDA issues. Implementation of The Breast Cancer Patient Education Act. The Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act. Draft legislation to reform the FDA's regulation of cosmetics and draft legislation. Legislation to address physician workforce shortage (HR 2267, S. 1301). Legislation to address the medical liability system (HR 1565, HR 1876/S 781, HR 548/S 527). Legislation to reform the US Preventative Services Task Force (HR 539). HR 880/S.1022 Mission Zero Act. HR 3635/S.794 Local Coverage Determination Clarification Act. Legislation to address the opioid crisis. Reauthorization of the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA), Educating Congressional offices on bleeding control training.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · third_quarter · Torts
H.R.548-Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 H.R.720-Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act H.R.1215-Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017 H.R.1565-Saving Lives, Saving Costs Act H.R.1822-Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 H.R.1876-Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 S.527-Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 S.781-Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017
Client expense: $402,721 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Essential emergency medication shortages Mental health services for emergency psychiatric patients Price transparency, out-of-network reimbursement of emergency medical services H.Res.906-Congratulating the American College of Emergency Physicians on its 50th anniversary H.R.6-Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act H.R.372-Competetive Health Insurance Reform Act of 2017 H.R.548-Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 H.R.767-Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond (SOAR) to Health and Wellness Act of 2017 H.R.817-End Surprise Billing Act of 2017 H.R.880-Military Injury Surgical Systems Integrated Operationally Nationwide to Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths Act H.R.1057-Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act of 2017 H.R.1215-Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017 H.R.1323-Reducing Unnecessary Emergency Room Visits under Medicaid Act H.R.1492-Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017 H.R.1565-Saving Lives, Saving Costs Act H.R.1822-Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 H.R.1876-Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 H.R.2200-Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017 H.R.2410-Sickle Cell Disease Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2017 H.R.2851-Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues (SITSA) Act of 2017 H.R.2957-Save Rural Hospitals Act H.R.3181-Medicare Choices Empowerment and Protection Act H.R.3258-Marketplace Certainty Act H.R.3545-Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety (OPPS) Act H.R.4922-Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act H.R.5176-Preventing Overdoses While in Emergency Rooms Act of 2018 H.R.5197-Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the Emergency Department Act H.R.5531-Opioid Emergency Response Act H.R.5558-Alternatives to Opioids Prescribing Act H.R.5678-Rural Emergency Medical Center Act of 2018 H.R.5734-Resident Education Deferred Interest Act H.R.6082-Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety (OPPS) Act H.R.6143-Patient Right to Know Drug Prices Act H.R.6144-Know the Lowest Price Act of 2018 H.R.6372-To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services issue regulations to ensure due process rights for physicians furnishing emergency medical services H.R.6502-Reducing Unnecessary Senior Hospitalizations Act of 2018 H.R.6733-Know the Cost Act of 2018 Senate resolution congratulating the American College of Emergency Physicians on its 50th anniversary S.191-Patient Freedom Act of 2017 S.256-SOAR to Health and Wellness Act of 2017 S.284-End Surprise Billing Act of 2017 S.372- Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act of 2017 S.527-Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 S.568-Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2017 S.781-Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 S.1016-Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2017 S.1022-Military Injury Surgical Systems Integrated Operationally Nationwide to Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths Act S.1130-Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital (REACH) Act S.1462-Marketplace Certainty Act S.1530- Medicare Choices Empowerment and Protection Act S.1553-Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act S.1835-Lower Premiums Through Reinsurance Act of 2017 S.2465-Sickle Cell Disease Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2018 S.2516-Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the Emergency Department Act S.2544-Patient Right to Know Drug Prices Act S.2553-Know the Lowest Price Act of 2018 S.2609-Recovery Coaches Offer Addiction Counseling and Healing (COACH) Act S.2610-Preventing Overdoses While in Emergency Departments Act of 2018 S.2680-Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018 S.3531-Emergency Care Improvement Act
Client expense: $402,721 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
S. 527, the Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017: Medical liability protections for physicians providing EMTALA mandated care S. 781, the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act: Medical liability protections for physicians volunteering during a national disaster S.1022, MISSION ZERO Act: Military Injury Surgical Systems Integrated Operationally Nationwide to Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths Act: To facilitate assignment of military trauma care providers to civilian trauma centers in order to maintain military trauma readiness and to support such centers S.2852 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act: Including Good Samaritan liability protections H.R. 6, the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act or the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act: Opioid prescription limits and reporting requirements H.R. 880, Military Injury Surgical Systems Integrated Operationally Nationwide to Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths Act: To facilitate assignment of military trauma care providers to civilian trauma centers in order to maintain military trauma readiness and to support such centers H.R. 1876, the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act: Medical liability protections for physicians volunteering during a national disaster H.R.6378: Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act, including adding the Good Samaritan Bill provisions to PAHPA No BilL: Surprise medical bills No Bill: Pediatric loan repayment program
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2018 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
S. 527, the Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017: Medical liability protections for physicians providing EMTALA mandated care S. 781, the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act: Medical liability protections for physicians volunteering during a national disaster S.1022, MISSION ZERO Act: Military Injury Surgical Systems Integrated Operationally Nationwide to Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths Act: To facilitate assignment of military trauma care providers to civilian trauma centers in order to maintain military trauma readiness and to support such centers S.2852 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act: Including Good Samaritan liability protections H.R. 6, the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act or the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act: Opioid prescription limits and reporting requirements H.R. 880, Military Injury Surgical Systems Integrated Operationally Nationwide to Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths Act: To facilitate assignment of military trauma care providers to civilian trauma centers in order to maintain military trauma readiness and to support such centers H.R. 1876, the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act: Medical liability protections for physicians volunteering during a national disaster H.R. 6378: Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act, including adding the Good Samaritan Bill provisions to PAHPA No Bill: Surprise medical bills No Bill: Pediatric loan repayment program
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2018 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
PL 109-417 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) PL 114-10 - Medicare and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2017 Implementation H.R. 6 - SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act H.R. 5507 - Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2018 H. R. 5809 - Postoperative Opioid Prevention Act of 2018 H.R 4143/S. 2065 - Dialysis PATIENTS Demonstration Act of 2017 S. 2852/H.R. 6378 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018 (PAHPAI) H.R. 5385 - Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2018 S. 2809 - A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for electronic prior authorization under Medicare part D for covered part D drugs, and for other purposes. H.R. 5106 - Investor Choice Against Gun Proliferation Act H.R.1057 - STOP Act of 2017 H.R. 1822, 1876/S. 781 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 H.R. 880/S. 1022 - Mission Zero Act H.R. 1017/S. 479 - Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2017 H.R. 820/S. 292 - Childhood Cancer STAR Act H.R. 5160 - Cancer Care Planning and Communications Act of 2018 H.R. 1704 - ACCESS Act of 2017 H.R. 2267 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2017 H.R. 1676/S. 693 - Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act H.R. 4909/S. 2495 - STOP School Violence Act of 2018 H.R. 4841 - Standardizing Electronic Prior Authorization for Safe Prescribing Act of 2018 H.R. 4206/S. 2051 - Medicare Care Coordination Improvement Act H.R. 1892 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 H.R. 1625 - Omnibus H.R. 2906/S. 1351 - Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2017 H.R. 4434/S.2135 - Fix NICS Act of 2017 H.R. 548/S. 527 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 H.R. 849/S. 260, S. 251 - Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2017 H.R. 2843/S.1317 - Medicaid and CHIP Quality Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 3120 - Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use H.R. 2276/S.2575 - Audiology Patient Choice Act of 2018 H.R. 6157 - Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 H.R. 6545 - Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2018 H.R. 6808 - Patient Navigation Assistance Act of 2018 H.R.4897 - Women and Lung Cancer Research and Preventive Services Act of 2018 H.R. 930/S. 497 - Lymphedema Treatment Act H.R. 7083 - Access to Genetic Counselor Services Act of 2018 H.R. 1318 - Preventing Maternal Deaths Act of 2018 Medicaid GME Transparency Act Bleeding Control for the Injured (Stop The Bleed campaign) Injury Prevention Initiatives Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Cancer Research and Funding Opioids EHR Clinician Burden/Administrative Burden Mis-valued Codes Medicare Sequestration Congenital Anomalies Global Codes Qualified clinical data registry (QCDR) Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Surgical Care Survey (S-CAHPS) VA Health Issues DOD Health Issues The Emergency Medical Services for Children Program MIPS cost measure development E-Prior Authorization Digital health systems Sports Medicine Firearms Research Hospital-based violence intervention programs National Trauma System (Military-Civilian Trauma Care) Visa Denial Medicare Fraud Surprise Billing Draft Legislation Stark Law Reform and Medicare Administrative Burden relief Alternative Payment Models (APMs) Physician Fee Schedule Quality Payment Program (QPP) Out-of-Network billing Narrow networks/Network Adequacy Hospital-based Violence Intervention Programs Out of the Crucible: U.S. Military Combat Casualty Care principles
2018 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
PL 109-417 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) PL 114-10 - Medicare and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2017 Implementation H.R. 6 - SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act H.R. 5507 - Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2018 H. R. 5809 - Postoperative Opioid Prevention Act of 2018 H.R 4143/S. 2065 - Dialysis PATIENTS Demonstration Act of 2017 S. 2852/H.R. 6378 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018 (PAHPAI) H.R. 5385 - Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2018 S. 2809 - A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for electronic prior authorization under Medicare part D for covered part D drugs, and for other purposes. H.R. 5106 - Investor Choice Against Gun Proliferation Act H.R.1057 - STOP Act of 2017 H.R. 1822, 1876/S. 781 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 H.R. 880/S. 1022 - Mission Zero Act H.R. 1017/S. 479 - Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2017 H.R. 820/S. 292 - Childhood Cancer STAR Act H.R. 5160 - Cancer Care Planning and Communications Act of 2018 H.R. 1704 - ACCESS Act of 2017 H.R. 2267 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2017 H.R. 1676/S. 693 - Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act H.R. 4909/S. 2495 - STOP School Violence Act of 2018 H.R. 4841 - Standardizing Electronic Prior Authorization for Safe Prescribing Act of 2018 H.R. 4206/S. 2051 - Medicare Care Coordination Improvement Act H.R. 1892 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 H.R. 1625 - Omnibus H.R. 2906/S. 1351 - Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2017 H.R. 4434/S.2135 - Fix NICS Act of 2017 H.R. 548/S. 527 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 H.R. 849/S. 260, S. 251 - Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2017 H.R. 2843/S.1317 - Medicaid and CHIP Quality Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 3120 - Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use H.R. 2276/S.2575 - Audiology Patient Choice Act of 2018 H.R. 6157 - Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 H.R. 6545 - Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2018 H.R. 6808 - Patient Navigation Assistance Act of 2018 H.R.4897 - Women and Lung Cancer Research and Preventive Services Act of 2018 H.R. 930/S. 497 - Lymphedema Treatment Act H.R. 7083 - Access to Genetic Counselor Services Act of 2018 H.R. 1318 - Preventing Maternal Deaths Act of 2018 Medicaid GME Transparency Act Bleeding Control for the Injured (Stop The Bleed campaign) Injury Prevention Initiatives Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Cancer Research and Funding Opioids EHR Clinician Burden/Administrative Burden Mis-valued Codes Medicare Sequestration Congenital Anomalies Global Codes Qualified clinical data registry (QCDR) Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Surgical Care Survey (S-CAHPS) VA Health Issues DOD Health Issues The Emergency Medical Services for Children Program MIPS cost measure development E-Prior Authorization Digital health systems Sports Medicine Firearms Research Hospital-based violence intervention programs National Trauma System (Military-Civilian Trauma Care) Visa Denial Medicare Fraud Surprise Billing Draft Legislation Stark Law Reform and Medicare Administrative Burden relief Alternative Payment Models (APMs) Physician Fee Schedule Quality Payment Program (QPP) Out-of-Network billing Narrow networks/Network Adequacy Hospital-based Violence Intervention Programs Out of the Crucible: U.S. Military Combat Casualty Care principles
2018 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
PL 109-417 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) PL 114-10 - Medicare and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2017 Implementation H.R. 6 - SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act H.R. 5507 - Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2018 H. R. 5809 - Postoperative Opioid Prevention Act of 2018 H.R 4143/S. 2065 - Dialysis PATIENTS Demonstration Act of 2017 S. 2852/H.R. 6378 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018 (PAHPAI) H.R. 5385 - Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2018 S. 2809 - A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for electronic prior authorization under Medicare part D for covered part D drugs, and for other purposes. H.R. 5106 - Investor Choice Against Gun Proliferation Act H.R.1057 - STOP Act of 2017 H.R. 1822, 1876/S. 781 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 H.R. 880/S. 1022 - Mission Zero Act H.R. 1017/S. 479 - Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2017 H.R. 820/S. 292 - Childhood Cancer STAR Act H.R. 5160 - Cancer Care Planning and Communications Act of 2018 H.R. 1704 - ACCESS Act of 2017 H.R. 2267 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2017 H.R. 1676/S. 693 - Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act H.R. 4909/S. 2495 - STOP School Violence Act of 2018 H.R. 4841 - Standardizing Electronic Prior Authorization for Safe Prescribing Act of 2018 H.R. 4206/S. 2051 - Medicare Care Coordination Improvement Act H.R. 1892 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 H.R. 1625 - Omnibus H.R. 2906/S. 1351 - Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2017 H.R. 4434/S.2135 - Fix NICS Act of 2017 H.R. 548/S. 527 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 H.R. 849/S. 260, S. 251 - Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2017 H.R. 2843/S.1317 - Medicaid and CHIP Quality Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 3120 - Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use H.R. 2276/S.2575 - Audiology Patient Choice Act of 2018 H.R. 6157 - Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 H.R. 6545 - Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2018 H.R. 6808 - Patient Navigation Assistance Act of 2018 H.R.4897 - Women and Lung Cancer Research and Preventive Services Act of 2018 H.R. 930/S. 497 - Lymphedema Treatment Act H.R. 7083 - Access to Genetic Counselor Services Act of 2018 H.R. 1318 - Preventing Maternal Deaths Act of 2018 Medicaid GME Transparency Act Bleeding Control for the Injured (Stop The Bleed campaign) Injury Prevention Initiatives Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Cancer Research and Funding Opioids EHR Clinician Burden/Administrative Burden Mis-valued Codes Medicare Sequestration Congenital Anomalies Global Codes Qualified clinical data registry (QCDR) Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Surgical Care Survey (S-CAHPS) VA Health Issues DOD Health Issues The Emergency Medical Services for Children Program MIPS cost measure development E-Prior Authorization Digital health systems Sports Medicine Firearms Research Hospital-based violence intervention programs National Trauma System (Military-Civilian Trauma Care) Visa Denial Medicare Fraud Surprise Billing Draft Legislation Stark Law Reform and Medicare Administrative Burden relief Alternative Payment Models (APMs) Physician Fee Schedule Quality Payment Program (QPP) Out-of-Network billing Narrow networks/Network Adequacy Hospital-based Violence Intervention Programs Out of the Crucible: U.S. Military Combat Casualty Care principles
2018 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
PL 109-417 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) PL 114-10 - Medicare and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2017 Implementation H.R. 6 - SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act H.R. 5507 - Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2018 H. R. 5809 - Postoperative Opioid Prevention Act of 2018 H.R 4143/S. 2065 - Dialysis PATIENTS Demonstration Act of 2017 S. 2852/H.R. 6378 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018 (PAHPAI) H.R. 5385 - Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2018 S. 2809 - A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for electronic prior authorization under Medicare part D for covered part D drugs, and for other purposes. H.R. 5106 - Investor Choice Against Gun Proliferation Act H.R.1057 - STOP Act of 2017 H.R. 1822, 1876/S. 781 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 H.R. 880/S. 1022 - Mission Zero Act H.R. 1017/S. 479 - Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2017 H.R. 820/S. 292 - Childhood Cancer STAR Act H.R. 5160 - Cancer Care Planning and Communications Act of 2018 H.R. 1704 - ACCESS Act of 2017 H.R. 2267 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2017 H.R. 1676/S. 693 - Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act H.R. 4909/S. 2495 - STOP School Violence Act of 2018 H.R. 4841 - Standardizing Electronic Prior Authorization for Safe Prescribing Act of 2018 H.R. 4206/S. 2051 - Medicare Care Coordination Improvement Act H.R. 1892 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 H.R. 1625 - Omnibus H.R. 2906/S. 1351 - Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2017 H.R. 4434/S.2135 - Fix NICS Act of 2017 H.R. 548/S. 527 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 H.R. 849/S. 260, S. 251 - Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2017 H.R. 2843/S.1317 - Medicaid and CHIP Quality Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 3120 - Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use H.R. 2276/S.2575 - Audiology Patient Choice Act of 2018 H.R. 6157 - Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 H.R. 6545 - Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2018 H.R. 6808 - Patient Navigation Assistance Act of 2018 H.R.4897 - Women and Lung Cancer Research and Preventive Services Act of 2018 H.R. 930/S. 497 - Lymphedema Treatment Act H.R. 7083 - Access to Genetic Counselor Services Act of 2018 H.R. 1318 - Preventing Maternal Deaths Act of 2018 Medicaid GME Transparency Act Bleeding Control for the Injured (Stop The Bleed campaign) Injury Prevention Initiatives Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Cancer Research and Funding Opioids EHR Clinician Burden/Administrative Burden Mis-valued Codes Medicare Sequestration Congenital Anomalies Global Codes Qualified clinical data registry (QCDR) Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Surgical Care Survey (S-CAHPS) VA Health Issues DOD Health Issues The Emergency Medical Services for Children Program MIPS cost measure development E-Prior Authorization Digital health systems Sports Medicine Firearms Research Hospital-based violence intervention programs National Trauma System (Military-Civilian Trauma Care) Visa Denial Medicare Fraud Surprise Billing Draft Legislation Stark Law Reform and Medicare Administrative Burden relief Alternative Payment Models (APMs) Physician Fee Schedule Quality Payment Program (QPP) Out-of-Network billing Narrow networks/Network Adequacy Hospital-based Violence Intervention Programs Out of the Crucible: U.S. Military Combat Casualty Care principles
2018 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Issues surrounding the enactment or repeal of the Affordable Care Act. Medicare reimbursement reform for providers including the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA). Medicare Part B Drug Reimbursement. FDA issues. Implementation of The Breast Cancer Patient Education Act. The Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act. Draft legislation to reform the FDA's regulation of cosmetics and draft legislation. Legislation to address physician workforce shortage (HR 2267, S. 1301). Legislation to address the medical liability system (HR 1565, HR 1876/S 781, HR 548/S 527). Legislation to reform the US Preventative Services Task Force (HR 539). HR 880/S.1022 Mission Zero Act. HR 3635/S.794 Local Coverage Determination Clarification Act. Legislation to address the opioid crisis. Reauthorization of the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA), Educating Congressional offices on bleeding control training.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · third_quarter · Health Issues
S. 527, the Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017: Medical liability protections for physicians providing EMTALA mandated care S. 781, the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act: Medical liability protections for physicians volunteering during a national disaster S.1022, MISSION ZERO Act: Military Injury Surgical Systems Integrated Operationally Nationwide to Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths Act: To facilitate assignment of military trauma care providers to civilian trauma centers in order to maintain military trauma readiness and to support such centers S.2852 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act: Including Good Samaritan liability protections S. 3095, the Building a Health Care Workforce for the Future Act: Funding for specialty physician training H.R. 6, the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act or the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act: Opioid prescription limits and reporting requirements H.R. 548, the Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017: Medical liability protections for physicians providing EMTALA mandated care H.R. 880, Military Injury Surgical Systems Integrated Operationally Nationwide to Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths Act: To facilitate assignment of military trauma care providers to civilian trauma centers in order to maintain military trauma readiness and to support such centers H.R. 1876, the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act: Medical liability protections for physicians volunteering during a national disaster H.R. 6378: Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act, including adding the Good Samaritan Bill provisions to PAHPA
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2018 · third_quarter · Health Issues
S. 527, the Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017: Medical liability protections for physicians providing EMTALA mandated care S. 781, the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act: Medical liability protections for physicians volunteering during a national disaster S.1022, MISSION ZERO Act: Military Injury Surgical Systems Integrated Operationally Nationwide to Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths Act: To facilitate assignment of military trauma care providers to civilian trauma centers in order to maintain military trauma readiness and to support such centers S.2852 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act: Including Good Samaritan liability protections S.3095, the Building a Health Care Workforce for the Future Act H.R. 6, the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act or the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act: Opioid prescription limits and reporting requirements H.R. 548, the Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017: Medical liability protections for physicians providing EMTALA mandated care H.R. 880, Military Injury Surgical Systems Integrated Operationally Nationwide to Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths Act: To facilitate assignment of military trauma care providers to civilian trauma centers in order to maintain military trauma readiness and to support such centers H.R. 1876, the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act: Medical liability protections for physicians volunteering during a national disaster H.R.6378: Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act, including adding the Good Samaritan Bill provisions to PAHPA
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2018 · third_quarter · Health Issues
PL 109-417 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) PL 114-10 - Medicare and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2017 Implementation H.R. 6 - SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act H.R. 5507 - Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2018 H. R. 5809 - Postoperative Opioid Prevention Act of 2018 H.R 4143/S. 2065 - Dialysis PATIENTS Demonstration Act of 2017 S. 2852/H.R. 6378 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018 H.R. 5385 - Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2018 S. 2809 - A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for electronic prior authorization under Medicare part D for covered part D drugs, and for other purposes. H.R. 5106 - Investor Choice Against Gun Proliferation Act H.R.1057 - STOP Act of 2017 H.R. 1822, 1876/S. 781 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 H.R. 880/S. 1022 - Mission Zero Act H.R. 1017/S. 479 - Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2017 H.R. 820/S. 292 - Childhood Cancer STAR Act H.R. 5160 - Cancer Care Planning and Communications Act of 2018 H.R. 1704 - ACCESS Act of 2017 H.R. 2267 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2017 H.R. 1676/S. 693 - Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act H.R. 4909/S. 2495 - STOP School Violence Act of 2018 H.R. 4841 - Standardizing Electronic Prior Authorization for Safe Prescribing Act of 2018 H.R. 4206/S. 2051 - Medicare Care Coordination Improvement Act H.R. 1892 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 H.R. 1625 - Omnibus H.R. 2906/S. 1351 - Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2017 H.R. 4434/S.2135 - Fix NICS Act of 2017 H.R. 548/S. 527 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 H.R. 849/S. 260, S. 251 - Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2017 H.R. 2843/S.1317 - Medicaid and CHIP Quality Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 3120 - Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use H.R. 2276/S.2575 - Audiology Patient Choice Act of 2018 H.R. 6157 - Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 H.R. 6545 - Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2018 H.R. 6808 - Patient Navigation Assistance Act of 2018 Medicaid GME Transparency Act Bleeding Control for the Injured (Stop The Bleed campaign) Injury Prevention Initiatives Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Cancer Research and Funding Opioids EHR Clinician Burden/Administrative Burden Mis-valued Codes Medicare Sequestration Congenital Anomalies Global Codes Qualified clinical data registry (QCDR) Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Surgical Care Survey (S-CAHPS) VA Health Issues DOD Health Issues The Emergency Medical Services for Children Program MIPS cost measure development E-Prior Authorization Digital health systems Sports Medicine Firearms Research Hospital-based violence intervention programs National Trauma System (Military-Civilian Trauma Care) Visa Denial Medicare Fraud Surprise Billing Draft Legislation Stark Law Reform and Medicare Administrative Burden relief Alternative Payment Models (APMs) Physician Fee Schedule
2018 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
PL 109-417 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) PL 114-10 - Medicare and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2017 Implementation H.R. 6 - SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act H.R. 5507 - Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2018 H. R. 5809 - Postoperative Opioid Prevention Act of 2018 H.R 4143/S. 2065 - Dialysis PATIENTS Demonstration Act of 2017 S. 2852/H.R. 6378 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018 H.R. 5385 - Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2018 S. 2809 - A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for electronic prior authorization under Medicare part D for covered part D drugs, and for other purposes. H.R. 5106 - Investor Choice Against Gun Proliferation Act H.R.1057 - STOP Act of 2017 H.R. 1822, 1876/S. 781 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 H.R. 880/S. 1022 - Mission Zero Act H.R. 1017/S. 479 - Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2017 H.R. 820/S. 292 - Childhood Cancer STAR Act H.R. 5160 - Cancer Care Planning and Communications Act of 2018 H.R. 1704 - ACCESS Act of 2017 H.R. 2267 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2017 H.R. 1676/S. 693 - Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act H.R. 4909/S. 2495 - STOP School Violence Act of 2018 H.R. 4841 - Standardizing Electronic Prior Authorization for Safe Prescribing Act of 2018 H.R. 4206/S. 2051 - Medicare Care Coordination Improvement Act H.R. 1892 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 H.R. 1625 - Omnibus H.R. 2906/S. 1351 - Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2017 H.R. 4434/S.2135 - Fix NICS Act of 2017 H.R. 548/S. 527 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 H.R. 849/S. 260, S. 251 - Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2017 H.R. 2843/S.1317 - Medicaid and CHIP Quality Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 3120 - Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use H.R. 2276/S.2575 - Audiology Patient Choice Act of 2018 H.R. 6157 - Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 H.R. 6545 - Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2018 H.R. 6808 - Patient Navigation Assistance Act of 2018 Medicaid GME Transparency Act Bleeding Control for the Injured (Stop The Bleed campaign) Injury Prevention Initiatives Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Cancer Research and Funding Opioids EHR Clinician Burden/Administrative Burden Mis-valued Codes Medicare Sequestration Congenital Anomalies Global Codes Qualified clinical data registry (QCDR) Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Surgical Care Survey (S-CAHPS) VA Health Issues DOD Health Issues The Emergency Medical Services for Children Program MIPS cost measure development E-Prior Authorization Digital health systems Sports Medicine Firearms Research Hospital-based violence intervention programs National Trauma System (Military-Civilian Trauma Care) Visa Denial Medicare Fraud Surprise Billing Draft Legislation Stark Law Reform and Medicare Administrative Burden relief Alternative Payment Models (APMs) Physician Fee Schedule
2018 · third_quarter · Health Issues
PL 109-417 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) PL 114-10 - Medicare and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2017 Implementation H.R. 6 - SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act H.R. 5507 - Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2018 H. R. 5809 - Postoperative Opioid Prevention Act of 2018 H.R 4143/S. 2065 - Dialysis PATIENTS Demonstration Act of 2017 S. 2852/H.R. 6378 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018 H.R. 5385 - Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2018 S. 2809 - A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for electronic prior authorization under Medicare part D for covered part D drugs, and for other purposes. H.R. 5106 - Investor Choice Against Gun Proliferation Act H.R.1057 - STOP Act of 2017 H.R. 1822, 1876/S. 781 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 H.R. 880/S. 1022 - Mission Zero Act H.R. 1017/S. 479 - Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2017 H.R. 820/S. 292 - Childhood Cancer STAR Act H.R. 5160 - Cancer Care Planning and Communications Act of 2018 H.R. 1704 - ACCESS Act of 2017 H.R. 2267 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2017 H.R. 1676/S. 693 - Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act H.R. 4909/S. 2495 - STOP School Violence Act of 2018 H.R. 4841 - Standardizing Electronic Prior Authorization for Safe Prescribing Act of 2018 H.R. 4206/S. 2051 - Medicare Care Coordination Improvement Act H.R. 1892 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 H.R. 1625 - Omnibus H.R. 2906/S. 1351 - Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2017 H.R. 4434/S.2135 - Fix NICS Act of 2017 H.R. 548/S. 527 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 H.R. 849/S. 260, S. 251 - Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2017 H.R. 2843/S.1317 - Medicaid and CHIP Quality Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 3120 - Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use H.R. 2276/S.2575 - Audiology Patient Choice Act of 2018 H.R. 6157 - Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 H.R. 6545 - Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2018 H.R. 6808 - Patient Navigation Assistance Act of 2018 Medicaid GME Transparency Act Bleeding Control for the Injured (Stop The Bleed campaign) Injury Prevention Initiatives Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Cancer Research and Funding Opioids EHR Clinician Burden/Administrative Burden Mis-valued Codes Medicare Sequestration Congenital Anomalies Global Codes Qualified clinical data registry (QCDR) Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Surgical Care Survey (S-CAHPS) VA Health Issues DOD Health Issues The Emergency Medical Services for Children Program MIPS cost measure development E-Prior Authorization Digital health systems Sports Medicine Firearms Research Hospital-based violence intervention programs National Trauma System (Military-Civilian Trauma Care) Visa Denial Medicare Fraud Surprise Billing Draft Legislation Stark Law Reform and Medicare Administrative Burden relief Alternative Payment Models (APMs) Physician Fee Schedule
2018 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
PL 109-417 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) PL 114-10 - Medicare and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2017 Implementation H.R. 6 - SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act H.R. 5507 - Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2018 H. R. 5809 - Postoperative Opioid Prevention Act of 2018 H.R 4143/S. 2065 - Dialysis PATIENTS Demonstration Act of 2017 S. 2852/H.R. 6378 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018 H.R. 5385 - Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2018 S. 2809 - A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for electronic prior authorization under Medicare part D for covered part D drugs, and for other purposes. H.R. 5106 - Investor Choice Against Gun Proliferation Act H.R.1057 - STOP Act of 2017 H.R. 1822, 1876/S. 781 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 H.R. 880/S. 1022 - Mission Zero Act H.R. 1017/S. 479 - Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2017 H.R. 820/S. 292 - Childhood Cancer STAR Act H.R. 5160 - Cancer Care Planning and Communications Act of 2018 H.R. 1704 - ACCESS Act of 2017 H.R. 2267 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2017 H.R. 1676/S. 693 - Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act H.R. 4909/S. 2495 - STOP School Violence Act of 2018 H.R. 4841 - Standardizing Electronic Prior Authorization for Safe Prescribing Act of 2018 H.R. 4206/S. 2051 - Medicare Care Coordination Improvement Act H.R. 1892 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 H.R. 1625 - Omnibus H.R. 2906/S. 1351 - Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2017 H.R. 4434/S.2135 - Fix NICS Act of 2017 H.R. 548/S. 527 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 H.R. 849/S. 260, S. 251 - Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2017 H.R. 2843/S.1317 - Medicaid and CHIP Quality Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 3120 - Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use H.R. 2276/S.2575 - Audiology Patient Choice Act of 2018 H.R. 6157 - Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 H.R. 6545 - Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2018 H.R. 6808 - Patient Navigation Assistance Act of 2018 Medicaid GME Transparency Act Bleeding Control for the Injured (Stop The Bleed campaign) Injury Prevention Initiatives Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Cancer Research and Funding Opioids EHR Clinician Burden/Administrative Burden Mis-valued Codes Medicare Sequestration Congenital Anomalies Global Codes Qualified clinical data registry (QCDR) Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Surgical Care Survey (S-CAHPS) VA Health Issues DOD Health Issues The Emergency Medical Services for Children Program MIPS cost measure development E-Prior Authorization Digital health systems Sports Medicine Firearms Research Hospital-based violence intervention programs National Trauma System (Military-Civilian Trauma Care) Visa Denial Medicare Fraud Surprise Billing Draft Legislation Stark Law Reform and Medicare Administrative Burden relief Alternative Payment Models (APMs) Physician Fee Schedule
2018 · second_quarter · Health Issues
Issues surrounding the enactment or repeal of the Affordable Care Act. Medicare reimbursement reform for providers including the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA). Medicare Part B Drug Reimbursement. FDA issues. Implementation of The Breast Cancer Patient Education Act. The Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act. Draft legislation to reform the FDA's regulation of cosmetics and draft legislation. Legislation to address physician workforce shortage (HR 2267, S. 1301). Legislation to address the medical liability system (HR 1565, HR 1876/S 781, HR 548/S 527). Legislation to reform the US Preventative Services Task Force (HR 539). HR 880/S.1022 Mission Zero Act. HR 3635/S.794 Local Coverage Determination Clarification Act. Legislation to address the opioid crisis. Reauthorization of the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA), Educating Congressional offices on bleeding control training.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · second_quarter · Torts
H.R.548-Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 H.R.720-Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act H.R.1215-Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017 H.R.1565-Saving Lives, Saving Costs Act H.R.1822-Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 H.R.1876-Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 S.527-Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 S.781-Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017
Client expense: $702,392 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2018 · second_quarter · Health Issues
Essential emergency medication shortages Mental health services for emergency psychiatric patients Price transparency of emergency medical services Due process rights for physicians furnishing emergency medical services H.Res.906-Congratulating the American College of Emergency Physicians on its 50th anniversary H.R.6-Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act H.R.372-Competetive Health Insurance Reform Act of 2017 H.R.548-Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 H.R.767-Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond (SOAR) to Health and Wellness Act of 2017 H.R.817-End Surprise Billing Act of 2017 H.R.880-Military Injury Surgical Systems Integrated Operationally Nationwide to Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths Act H.R.1057-Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act of 2017 H.R.1215-Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017 H.R.1323-Reducing Unnecessary Emergency Room Visits under Medicaid Act H.R.1492-Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017 H.R.1565-Saving Lives, Saving Costs Act H.R.1822-Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 H.R.1876-Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 H.R.2200-Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017 H.R.2851-Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues (SITSA) Act of 2017 H.R.2957-Save Rural Hospitals Act H.R.3181-Medicare Choices Empowerment and Protection Act H.R.3258-Marketplace Certainty Act H.R.3545-Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety (OPPS) Act H.R.4922-Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act H.R.5176-Preventing Overdoses While in Emergency Rooms Act of 2018 H.R.5197-Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the Emergency Department Act H.R.5531-Opioid Emergency Response Act H.R.5558-Alternatives to Opioids Prescribing Act H.R.5678-Rural Emergency Medical Center Act of 2018 H.R.6082-Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety (OPPS) Act S.191-Patient Freedom Act of 2017 S.256-SOAR to Health and Wellness Act of 2017 S.284-End Surprise Billing Act of 2017 S.372- Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act of 2017 S.527-Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 S.568-Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2017 S.781-Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 S.1016-Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2017 S.1022-Military Injury Surgical Systems Integrated Operationally Nationwide to Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths Act S.1130-Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital (REACH) Act S.1462-Marketplace Certainty Act S.1530- Medicare Choices Empowerment and Protection Act S.1553-Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act S.1835-Lower Premiums Through Reinsurance Act of 2017 S.2516-Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the Emergency Department Act S.2609-Recovery Coaches Offer Addiction Counseling and Healing (COACH) Act S.2610-Preventing Overdoses While in Emergency Departments Act of 2018
2018 · second_quarter · Health Issues
S. 527, the Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017: Medical liability protections for physicians providing EMTALA mandated care S. 781, the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act: Medical liability protections for physicians volunteering during a national disaster S.1022, MISSION ZERO Act: Military Injury Surgical Systems Integrated Operationally Nationwide to Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths Act: To facilitate assignment of military trauma care providers to civilian trauma centers in order to maintain military trauma readiness and to support such centers S. 2456, CARA 2.0 Act of 2018: Opioid prescription limits and reporting requirements S. 2680, The Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018: Opioid prescription limits and reporting requirements S.2852 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act: Including Good Samaritan liability protections H.R. 6, the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act or the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act: Opioid prescription limits and reporting requirements H.R. 548, the Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017: Medical liability protections for physicians providing EMTALA mandated care H.R. 880, Military Injury Surgical Systems Integrated Operationally Nationwide to Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths Act: To facilitate assignment of military trauma care providers to civilian trauma centers in order to maintain military trauma readiness and to support such centers H.R. 1876, the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act: Medical liability protections for physicians volunteering during a national disaster H.R. 4482, the Opioid Abuse Deterrence, Research, and Recovery Act: Opioid prescription limits and reporting requirements H.R.5311, the CARA 2.0 Act of 2018: Opioid prescription limits and reporting requirements No House Bill Number: Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act
2018 · second_quarter · Health Issues
S. 527, the Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017: Medical liability protections for physicians providing EMTALA mandated care S. 781, the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act: Medical liability protections for physicians volunteering during a national disaster S.1022, MISSION ZERO Act: Military Injury Surgical Systems Integrated Operationally Nationwide to Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths Act: To facilitate assignment of military trauma care providers to civilian trauma centers in order to maintain military trauma readiness and to support such centers S. 2456, CARA 2.0 Act of 2018: Opioid prescription limits and reporting requirements S. 2680, The Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018: Opioid prescription limits and reporting requirements S.2852 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act: Including Good Samaritan liability protections H.R. 6, the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act or the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act: Opioid prescription limits and reporting requirements H.R. 548, the Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017: Medical liability protections for physicians providing EMTALA mandated care H.R. 880, Military Injury Surgical Systems Integrated Operationally Nationwide to Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths Act: To facilitate assignment of military trauma care providers to civilian trauma centers in order to maintain military trauma readiness and to support such centers H.R. 1876, the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act: Medical liability protections for physicians volunteering during a national disaster H.R. 4482, the Opioid Abuse Deterrence, Research, and Recovery Act: Opioid prescription limits and reporting requirements H.R.5311, the CARA 2.0 Act of 2018: Opioid prescription limits and reporting requirements No House Bill Number: Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act
2018 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
PL 109-417 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) PL 114-10 - Medicare and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2017 Implementation H.R. 6 - SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act H.R. 5507 - Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2018 H. R. 5809 - Postoperative Opioid Prevention Act of 2018 H.R 4143/S. 2065 - Dialysis PATIENTS Demonstration Act of 2017 S. 2852 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018 H.R. 5385 - Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2018 S. 2809 - A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for electronic prior authorization under Medicare part D for covered part D drugs, and for other purposes. H.R. 5106 - Investor Choice Against Gun Proliferation Act H.R.1057 - STOP Act of 2017 H.R. 1822, 1876/S. 781 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 H.R. 880/S. 1022 - Mission Zero Act H.R. 1017/S. 479 - Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2017 H.R. 820/S. 292 - Childhood Cancer STAR Act H.R. 5160 - Cancer Care Planning and Communications Act of 2018 H.R. 1704 - ACCESS Act of 2017 H.R. 2267 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2017 H.R. 1676/S. 693 - Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act H.R. 4909/S. 2495 - STOP School Violence Act of 2018 H.R. 4841 - Standardizing Electronic Prior Authorization for Safe Prescribing Act of 2018 H.R. 4206/S. 2051 - Medicare Care Coordination Improvement Act H.R. 1892 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 H.R. 1625 - Omnibus H.R. 2906/S. 1351 - Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2017 H.R. 4434/S.2135 - Fix NICS Act of 2017 H.R. 548/S. 527 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 H.R. 849/S. 260, S. 251 - Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2017 H.R. 2843/S.1317 - Medicaid and CHIP Quality Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 3120 - Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use H.R. 2276/S.2575 - Audiology Patient Choice Act of 2018 Medicaid GME Transparency Act Bleeding Control for the Injured (Stop The Bleed campaign) Injury Prevention Initiatives Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Cancer Research and Funding Opioids EHR Clinician Burden/Administrative Burden Mis-valued Codes Medicare Sequestration Congenital Anomalies Global Codes Qualified clinical data registry (QCDR) Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Surgical Care Survey (S-CAHPS) VA Health Issues DOD Health Issues The Emergency Medical Services for Children Program MIPS cost measure development E-Prior Authorization Digital health systems Sports Medicine Firearms Research Hospital-based violence intervention programs
2018 · second_quarter · Health Issues
PL 109-417 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) PL 114-10 - Medicare and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2017 Implementation H.R. 6 - SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act H.R. 5507 - Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2018 H. R. 5809 - Postoperative Opioid Prevention Act of 2018 H.R 4143/S. 2065 - Dialysis PATIENTS Demonstration Act of 2017 S. 2852 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018 H.R. 5385 - Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2018 S. 2809 - A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for electronic prior authorization under Medicare part D for covered part D drugs, and for other purposes. H.R. 5106 - Investor Choice Against Gun Proliferation Act H.R.1057 - STOP Act of 2017 H.R. 1822, 1876/S. 781 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 H.R. 880/S. 1022 - Mission Zero Act H.R. 1017/S. 479 - Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2017 H.R. 820/S. 292 - Childhood Cancer STAR Act H.R. 5160 - Cancer Care Planning and Communications Act of 2018 H.R. 1704 - ACCESS Act of 2017 H.R. 2267 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2017 H.R. 1676/S. 693 - Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act H.R. 4909/S. 2495 - STOP School Violence Act of 2018 H.R. 4841 - Standardizing Electronic Prior Authorization for Safe Prescribing Act of 2018 H.R. 4206/S. 2051 - Medicare Care Coordination Improvement Act H.R. 1892 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 H.R. 1625 - Omnibus H.R. 2906/S. 1351 - Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2017 H.R. 4434/S.2135 - Fix NICS Act of 2017 H.R. 548/S. 527 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 H.R. 849/S. 260, S. 251 - Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2017 H.R. 2843/S.1317 - Medicaid and CHIP Quality Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 3120 - Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use H.R. 2276/S.2575 - Audiology Patient Choice Act of 2018 Medicaid GME Transparency Act Bleeding Control for the Injured (Stop The Bleed campaign) Injury Prevention Initiatives Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Cancer Research and Funding Opioids EHR Clinician Burden/Administrative Burden Mis-valued Codes Medicare Sequestration Congenital Anomalies Global Codes Qualified clinical data registry (QCDR) Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Surgical Care Survey (S-CAHPS) VA Health Issues DOD Health Issues The Emergency Medical Services for Children Program MIPS cost measure development E-Prior Authorization Digital health systems Sports Medicine Firearms Research Hospital-based violence intervention programs
2018 · second_quarter · Health Issues
PL 109-417 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) PL 114-10 - Medicare and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2017 Implementation H.R. 6 - SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act H.R. 5507 - Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2018 H. R. 5809 - Postoperative Opioid Prevention Act of 2018 H.R 4143/S. 2065 - Dialysis PATIENTS Demonstration Act of 2017 S. 2852 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018 H.R. 5385 - Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2018 S. 2809 - A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for electronic prior authorization under Medicare part D for covered part D drugs, and for other purposes. H.R. 5106 - Investor Choice Against Gun Proliferation Act H.R.1057 - STOP Act of 2017 H.R. 1822, 1876/S. 781 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 H.R. 880/S. 1022 - Mission Zero Act H.R. 1017/S. 479 - Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2017 H.R. 820/S. 292 - Childhood Cancer STAR Act H.R. 5160 - Cancer Care Planning and Communications Act of 2018 H.R. 1704 - ACCESS Act of 2017 H.R. 2267 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2017 H.R. 1676/S. 693 - Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act H.R. 4909/S. 2495 - STOP School Violence Act of 2018 H.R. 4841 - Standardizing Electronic Prior Authorization for Safe Prescribing Act of 2018 H.R. 4206/S. 2051 - Medicare Care Coordination Improvement Act H.R. 1892 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 H.R. 1625 - Omnibus H.R. 2906/S. 1351 - Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2017 H.R. 4434/S.2135 - Fix NICS Act of 2017 H.R. 548/S. 527 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 H.R. 849/S. 260, S. 251 - Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2017 H.R. 2843/S.1317 - Medicaid and CHIP Quality Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 3120 - Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use H.R. 2276/S.2575 - Audiology Patient Choice Act of 2018 Medicaid GME Transparency Act Bleeding Control for the Injured (Stop The Bleed campaign) Injury Prevention Initiatives Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Cancer Research and Funding Opioids EHR Clinician Burden/Administrative Burden Mis-valued Codes Medicare Sequestration Congenital Anomalies Global Codes Qualified clinical data registry (QCDR) Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Surgical Care Survey (S-CAHPS) VA Health Issues DOD Health Issues The Emergency Medical Services for Children Program MIPS cost measure development E-Prior Authorization Digital health systems Sports Medicine Firearms Research Hospital-based violence intervention programs
2018 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
PL 109-417 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) PL 114-10 - Medicare and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2017 Implementation H.R. 6 - SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act H.R. 5507 - Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2018 H. R. 5809 - Postoperative Opioid Prevention Act of 2018 H.R 4143/S. 2065 - Dialysis PATIENTS Demonstration Act of 2017 S. 2852 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018 H.R. 5385 - Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2018 S. 2809 - A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for electronic prior authorization under Medicare part D for covered part D drugs, and for other purposes. H.R. 5106 - Investor Choice Against Gun Proliferation Act H.R.1057 - STOP Act of 2017 H.R. 1822, 1876/S. 781 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 H.R. 880/S. 1022 - Mission Zero Act H.R. 1017/S. 479 - Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2017 H.R. 820/S. 292 - Childhood Cancer STAR Act H.R. 5160 - Cancer Care Planning and Communications Act of 2018 H.R. 1704 - ACCESS Act of 2017 H.R. 2267 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2017 H.R. 1676/S. 693 - Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act H.R. 4909/S. 2495 - STOP School Violence Act of 2018 H.R. 4841 - Standardizing Electronic Prior Authorization for Safe Prescribing Act of 2018 H.R. 4206/S. 2051 - Medicare Care Coordination Improvement Act H.R. 1892 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 H.R. 1625 - Omnibus H.R. 2906/S. 1351 - Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2017 H.R. 4434/S.2135 - Fix NICS Act of 2017 H.R. 548/S. 527 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 H.R. 849/S. 260, S. 251 - Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2017 H.R. 2843/S.1317 - Medicaid and CHIP Quality Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 3120 - Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use H.R. 2276/S.2575 - Audiology Patient Choice Act of 2018 Medicaid GME Transparency Act Bleeding Control for the Injured (Stop The Bleed campaign) Injury Prevention Initiatives Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Cancer Research and Funding Opioids EHR Clinician Burden/Administrative Burden Mis-valued Codes Medicare Sequestration Congenital Anomalies Global Codes Qualified clinical data registry (QCDR) Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Surgical Care Survey (S-CAHPS) VA Health Issues DOD Health Issues The Emergency Medical Services for Children Program MIPS cost measure development E-Prior Authorization Digital health systems Sports Medicine Firearms Research Hospital-based violence intervention programs
2018 · first_quarter · Health Issues
Essential emergency medication shortages Bipartisan Health Care Stabilization Act of 2017 H.R.372-Competetive Health Insurance Reform Act of 2017 H.R.548-Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 H.R.582-Kari's Law Act of 2017 H.R.767-Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond (SOAR) to Health and Wellness Act of 2017 H.R.817-End Surprise Billing Act of 2017 H.R.849-Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2017 H.R.880-Military Injury Surgical Systems Integrated Operationally Nationwide to Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths Act H.R.1057-Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act of 2017 H.R.1148-Furthering Access to Stroke Telemedicine (FAST) Act of 2017 H.R.1215-Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017 H.R.1323-Reducing Unnecessary Emergency Room Visits under Medicaid Act H.R.1421-Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2017 H.R.1492-Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017 H.R.1565-Saving Lives, Saving Costs Act H.R.1628-American Health Care Act of 2017 H.R.1822-Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 H.R.1876-Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 H.R.2200-Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017 H.R.2392-Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2017 HR 2843-Medicaid and Chip Quality Improvement Act of 2017 H.R.2851-Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues (SITSA) Act of 2017 H.R.2957-Save Rural Hospitals Act H.R.3181-Medicare Choices Empowerment and Protection Act H.R.3258-Marketplace Certainty Act H.R.3545-Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety (OPPS) Act H.R.3729-Comprehensive Operations, Sustainability, and Transport Act of 2017 H.R.3922-Continuing Community Health And Medical Professional Programs to Improve Our Nation, Increase National Gains, and Help Ensure Access for Little Ones, Toddlers, and Hopeful Youth by Keeping Insurance Delivery Stable (CHAMPIONING HEALTHY KIDS) Act of 2017 H.R.5176-Preventing Overdoses While in Emergency Rooms Act of 2018 H.R.5197-Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the Emergency Department Act P.L.111-148-Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act S.191-Patient Freedom Act of 2017 S.251-Protecting Medicare from Executive Action Act of 2017 S.256-SOAR to Health and Wellness Act of 2017 S.260-Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2017 S.284-End Surprise Billing Act of 2017 S.372- Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act of 2017 S.527-Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 S.568-Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2017 S.781-Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 S.1016-Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2017 S.1022-Military Injury Surgical Systems Integrated Operationally Nationwide to Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths Act S.1063-Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2017 S.1130-Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital (REACH) Act H.R.1148-Furthering Access to Stroke Telemedicine (FAST) Act S.1462-Marketplace Certainty Act S.1530- Medicare Choices Empowerment and Protection Act S.1827-Keep Kids Insurance Dependable and Secure (KIDS) Act of 2017 S.1835-Lower Premiums Through Reinsurance Act of 2017 S.2516-Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the Emergency Department Act S.2609-Recovery Coaches Offer Addiction Counseling and Healing (COACH) Act S.2610-Preventing Overdoses While in Emergency Departments Act of 2018
2018 · first_quarter · Torts
H.R.548-Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 H.R.720-Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act H.R.1215-Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017 H.R.1565-Saving Lives, Saving Costs Act H.R.1822-Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 H.R.1876-Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 S.527-Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 S.781-Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017
Client expense: $520,414 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2018 · first_quarter · Health Issues
Issues surrounding the enactment or repeal of the Affordable Care Act, including IPAB. Medicare reimbursement reform for providers including the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA). Medicare Part B Drug Reimbursement. FDA issues. HR 1190 and S. 260 and H.R. 849 (IPAB repeal). Implementation of The Breast Cancer Patient Education Act. The Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act. Draft legislation to reform the FDA's regulation of cosmetics and draft legislation. Legislation to address physician workforce shortage (HR 2267, S. 1301). Legislation to address the medical liability system (HR 1565, HR 1876/S 781, HR 548/S 527). Legislation to reform the US Preventative Services Task Force (HR 539). HR 880/S.1022 Mission Zero Act. HR 3635/S.794 Local Coverage Determination Clarification Act. Educating Congressional offices on bleeding control training.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · first_quarter · Health Issues
S. 527, the Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017: Medical liability protections for physicians providing EMTALA mandated care S. 781, the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act: Medical liability protections for physicians volunteering during a national disaster S.1022, MISSION ZERO Act: Military Injury Surgical Systems Integrated Operationally Nationwide to Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths Act: To facilitate assignment of military trauma care providers to civilian trauma centers in order to maintain military trauma readiness and to support such centers S. 2456, CARA 2.0 Act of 2018: Opioid prescription limits and reporting requirements H.R. 195, Continuing funding resolution (H.R. 195): Reauthorization of Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) H.R. 548, the Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017: Medical liability protections for physicians providing EMTALA mandated care H.R. 880, Military Injury Surgical Systems Integrated Operationally Nationwide to Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths Act: To facilitate assignment of military trauma care providers to civilian trauma centers in order to maintain military trauma readiness and to support such centers H.R. 1156, Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act: To allow physicians to own specialty hospitals H.R. 1876, the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act: Medical liability protections for physicians volunteering during a national disaster H.R. 1892, Bipartisan Budget Act (H.R. 1892): Additional CHIP funding reauthorization H.R. 4482, the Opioid Abuse Deterrence, Research, and Recovery Act: Opioid prescription limits and reporting requirements H.R.5311, the CARA 2.0 Act of 2018: Opioid prescription limits and reporting requirements No bill: Opioid prescription limits, reporting requirements and funding for opioid treatment alternatives and research
2018 · first_quarter · Health Issues
S. 527, the Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017: Medical liability protections for physicians providing EMTALA mandated care S. 781, the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act: Medical liability protections for physicians volunteering during a national disaster S.1022, MISSION ZERO Act: Military Injury Surgical Systems Integrated Operationally Nationwide to Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths Act: To facilitate assignment of military trauma care providers to civilian trauma centers in order to maintain military trauma readiness and to support such centers S. 2456, CARA 2.0 Act of 2018: Opioid prescription limits and reporting requirements H.R. 195, Continuing funding resolution (H.R. 195): Reauthorization of Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) H.R. 548, the Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017: Medical liability protections for physicians providing EMTALA mandated care H.R. 880, Military Injury Surgical Systems Integrated Operationally Nationwide to Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths Act: To facilitate assignment of military trauma care providers to civilian trauma centers in order to maintain military trauma readiness and to support such centers H.R. 1156, Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act: To allow physicians to own specialty hospitals H.R. 1876, the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act: Medical liability protections for physicians volunteering during a national disaster H.R. 1892, Bipartisan Budget Act (H.R. 1892): Additional CHIP funding reauthorization H.R. 4482, the Opioid Abuse Deterrence, Research, and Recovery Act: Opioid prescription limits and reporting requirements H.R.5311, the CARA 2.0 Act of 2018: Opioid prescription limits and reporting requirements No bill: Opioid prescription limits, reporting requirements and funding for opioid treatment alternatives and research
2018 · first_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
PL 109-417 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) PL 114-10 - Medicare and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2017 Implementation H.R.1057 - STOP Act of 2017 H.R. 1822, 1876/S. 781 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 H.R. 880/S. 1022 - Mission Zero Act H.R. 1017/S. 479 - Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2017 H.R. 820/S. 292 - Childhood Cancer STAR Act H.R. 5160 - Cancer Care Planning and Communications Act of 2018 H.R. 1704 - ACCESS Act of 2017 H.R. 2267 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2017 H.R. 1676/S. 693 - Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act H.R. 4909/S. 2495 - STOP School Violence Act of 2018 H.R. 4841 - Standardizing Electronic Prior Authorization for Safe Prescribing Act of 2018 H.R. 4206/S. 2051 - Medicare Care Coordination Improvement Act H.R. 1892 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 H.R. 1625 - Omnibus H.R. 2906/S. 1351 - Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2017 H.R. 4434/S.2135 - Fix NICS Act of 2017 H.R. 548/S. 527 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 H.R. 849/S. 260, S. 251 - Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2017 H.R. 2843/S.1317 - Medicaid and CHIP Quality Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 3120 - Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use H.R. 2276/S.2575 - Audiology Patient Choice Act of 2018 Bleeding Control for the Injured (Stop The Bleed campaign) Injury Prevention Initiatives Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Cancer Research and Funding Opioids EHR Clinician Burden/Administrative Burden Mis-valued Codes Medicare Sequestration Congenital Anomalies Global Codes Qualified clinical data registry (QCDR) Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Surgical Care Survey (S-CAHPS) VA Health Issues DOD Health Issues The Emergency Medical Services for Children Program
2018 · first_quarter · Health Issues
PL 109-417 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) PL 114-10 - Medicare and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2017 Implementation H.R.1057 - STOP Act of 2017 H.R. 1822, 1876/S. 781 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 H.R. 880/S. 1022 - Mission Zero Act H.R. 1017/S. 479 - Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2017 H.R. 820/S. 292 - Childhood Cancer STAR Act H.R. 5160 - Cancer Care Planning and Communications Act of 2018 H.R. 1704 - ACCESS Act of 2017 H.R. 2267 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2017 H.R. 1676/S. 693 - Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act H.R. 4909/S. 2495 - STOP School Violence Act of 2018 H.R. 4841 - Standardizing Electronic Prior Authorization for Safe Prescribing Act of 2018 H.R. 4206/S. 2051 - Medicare Care Coordination Improvement Act H.R. 1892 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 H.R. 1625 - Omnibus H.R. 2906/S. 1351 - Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2017 H.R. 4434/S.2135 - Fix NICS Act of 2017 H.R. 548/S. 527 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 H.R. 849/S. 260, S. 251 - Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2017 H.R. 2843/S.1317 - Medicaid and CHIP Quality Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 3120 - Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use H.R. 2276/S.2575 - Audiology Patient Choice Act of 2018 Bleeding Control for the Injured (Stop The Bleed campaign) Injury Prevention Initiatives Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Cancer Research and Funding Opioids EHR Clinician Burden/Administrative Burden Mis-valued Codes Medicare Sequestration Congenital Anomalies Global Codes Qualified clinical data registry (QCDR) Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Surgical Care Survey (S-CAHPS) VA Health Issues DOD Health Issues The Emergency Medical Services for Children Program
2018 · first_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
PL 109-417 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) PL 114-10 - Medicare and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2017 Implementation H.R.1057 - STOP Act of 2017 H.R. 1822, 1876/S. 781 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 H.R. 880/S. 1022 - Mission Zero Act H.R. 1017/S. 479 - Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2017 H.R. 820/S. 292 - Childhood Cancer STAR Act H.R. 5160 - Cancer Care Planning and Communications Act of 2018 H.R. 1704 - ACCESS Act of 2017 H.R. 2267 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2017 H.R. 1676/S. 693 - Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act H.R. 4909/S. 2495 - STOP School Violence Act of 2018 H.R. 4841 - Standardizing Electronic Prior Authorization for Safe Prescribing Act of 2018 H.R. 4206/S. 2051 - Medicare Care Coordination Improvement Act H.R. 1892 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 H.R. 1625 - Omnibus H.R. 2906/S. 1351 - Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2017 H.R. 4434/S.2135 - Fix NICS Act of 2017 H.R. 548/S. 527 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 H.R. 849/S. 260, S. 251 - Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2017 H.R. 2843/S.1317 - Medicaid and CHIP Quality Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 3120 - Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use H.R. 2276/S.2575 - Audiology Patient Choice Act of 2018 Bleeding Control for the Injured (Stop The Bleed campaign) Injury Prevention Initiatives Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Cancer Research and Funding Opioids EHR Clinician Burden/Administrative Burden Mis-valued Codes Medicare Sequestration Congenital Anomalies Global Codes Qualified clinical data registry (QCDR) Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Surgical Care Survey (S-CAHPS) VA Health Issues DOD Health Issues The Emergency Medical Services for Children Program
2018 · first_quarter · Health Issues
PL 109-417 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) PL 114-10 - Medicare and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2017 Implementation H.R.1057 - STOP Act of 2017 H.R. 1822, 1876/S. 781 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 H.R. 880/S. 1022 - Mission Zero Act H.R. 1017/S. 479 - Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2017 H.R. 820/S. 292 - Childhood Cancer STAR Act H.R. 5160 - Cancer Care Planning and Communications Act of 2018 H.R. 1704 - ACCESS Act of 2017 H.R. 2267 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2017 H.R. 1676/S. 693 - Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act H.R. 4909/S. 2495 - STOP School Violence Act of 2018 H.R. 4841 - Standardizing Electronic Prior Authorization for Safe Prescribing Act of 2018 H.R. 4206/S. 2051 - Medicare Care Coordination Improvement Act H.R. 1892 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 H.R. 1625 - Omnibus H.R. 2906/S. 1351 - Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2017 H.R. 4434/S.2135 - Fix NICS Act of 2017 H.R. 548/S. 527 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 H.R. 849/S. 260, S. 251 - Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2017 H.R. 2843/S.1317 - Medicaid and CHIP Quality Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 3120 - Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use H.R. 2276/S.2575 - Audiology Patient Choice Act of 2018 Bleeding Control for the Injured (Stop The Bleed campaign) Injury Prevention Initiatives Childrens Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Cancer Research and Funding Opioids EHR Clinician Burden/Administrative Burden Mis-valued Codes Medicare Sequestration Congenital Anomalies Global Codes Qualified clinical data registry (QCDR) Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Surgical Care Survey (S-CAHPS) VA Health Issues DOD Health Issues The Emergency Medical Services for Children Program
Client expense: $185,387 · Firm income: Not reported
2017 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Alternatives to Opiates (ALTO) Bipartisan Health Care Stabilization Act of 2017 H.R.304-Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act of 2017 H.R.372-Competetive Health Insurance Reform Act of 2017 H.R.548-Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 H.R.582-Kari's Law Act of 2017 H.R.817-End Surprise Billing Act of 2017 H.R.849-Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2017 H.R.880-Military Injury Surgical Systems Integrated Operationally Nationwide to Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths Act H.R.1057-Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act of 2017 H.R.1215-Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017 H.R.1323-Reducing Unnecessary Emergency Room Visits under Medicaid Act H.R.1421-Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2017 H.R.1492-Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017 H.R.1565-Saving Lives, Saving Costs Act H.R.1628-American Health Care Act of 2017 H.R.1822-Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 H.R.1876-Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 H.R.2200-Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017 H.R.2392-Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2017 H.R.2430-FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 HR 2843-Medicaid and Chip Quality Improvement Act of 2017 H.R.2851-Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues (SITSA) Act of 2017 H.R.2957-Save Rural Hospitals Act H.R.3181-Medicare Choices Empowerment and Protection Act H.R.3258-Marketplace Certainty Act H.R.3545-Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety (OPPS) Act H.R.3729-Comprehensive Operations, Sustainability, and Transport Act of 2017 H.R.3922-Continuing Community Health And Medical Professional Programs to Improve Our Nation, Increase National Gains, and Help Ensure Access for Little Ones, Toddlers, and Hopeful Youth by Keeping Insurance Delivery Stable (CHAMPIONING HEALTHY KIDS) Act of 2017 H.J.Res.51-Approving the discontinuation of the process for consideration and automatic implementation of the annual proposal of the Independent Medicare Advisory Board under section 1899A of the Social Security Act P.L.111-148-Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act S.191-Patient Freedom Act of 2017 S.222-Obamacare Replacement Act S.251-Protecting Medicare from Executive Action Act of 2017 S.260-Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2017 S.284-End Surprise Billing Act of 2017 S.372- Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act of 2017 S.527-Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 S.568-Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2017 S.781-Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 S.916-Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act of 2017 S.934-FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 S.1016-Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2017 S.1022-Military Injury Surgical Systems Integrated Operationally Nationwide to Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths Act S.1063-Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2017 S.1130-Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital (REACH) Act H.R.1148-Furthering Access to Stroke Telemedicine (FAST) Act S.1462-Marketplace Certainty Act S.1530- Medicare Choices Empowerment and Protection Act S.1827-Keep Kids Insurance Dependable and Secure (KIDS) Act of 2017 S.1835-Lower Premiums Through Reinsurance Act of 2017 S.Amdt.667 to S.Amdt.267 to H.R.1628-Better Care Reconciliation Act S.J.Res.16-A joint resolution approving the discontinuation of the process for consideration and automatic implementation of the annual proposal of the Independent Medicare Advisory Board under section 1899A of the Social Security Act S.J.Res.17-A joint resolution approving the discontinuation of the process for consideration and automatic implementation of the annual proposal of the Independent Medicare Advisory Board under section 1899A of the Social Security Act
2017 · fourth_quarter · Torts
H.R.548-Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 H.R.720-Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act H.R.1215-Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017 H.R.1565-Saving Lives, Saving Costs Act H.R.1822-Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 H.R.1876-Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 S.527-Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 S.781-Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017
Client expense: $672,362 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2017 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Issues surrounding the enactment or repeal of the Affordable Care Act, including IPAB. Medicare reimbursement reform for providers including the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA). Medicare Part B Drug Reimbursement. FDA issues. HR 1190 and S. 260 and H.R. 849 (IPAB repeal). Implementation of The Breast Cancer Patient Education Act. The Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act. Draft legislation to reform the FDA's regulation of cosmetics and draft legislation. Legislation to address physician workforce shortage (HR 2267, S. 1301). Legislation to address the medical liability system (HR 1565, HR 1876/S 781, HR 548/S 527). Legislation to reform the US Preventative Services Task Force (HR 539). HR 880/S.1022 Mission Zero Act. HR 3635/S.794 Local Coverage Determination Clarification Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2017 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 1628 - American Health Care Act of 2017 Better Care Reconciliation Act, S.Amdt. 1030 (Graham-Cassidy), Obamacare Repeal Reconciliation Act Medical liability reform (H.R. 1215, H.R. 548/S. 527) H.R. 1156 / S. 1133 - Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2017 Market stabilization policies (Bipartisan Health Care Stabilization Act; S. 2052/H.R. 4200, Healthcare Market Certainty and Mandate Relief Act) Cost sharing reduction payments 340B Drug Pricing Program (H.R. 4392; H.R. 4710, 340B PAUSE Act) Opioid issues CHIP funding reauthorization (H.R. 3921, HEALTHY KIDS Act; H.R. 3922, CHAMPIONING HEALTHY KIDS Act; S. 1827, the Keeping Kids Insurance Dependable and Secure (KIDS) Act; H.R. 4515) IV and medication shortages HIPAA policy in mental and behavioral health information sharing Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization, including Hospital Preparedness Program
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2017 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
S. 527, the Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017: Medical liability protections for physicians providing EMTALA mandated care S. 781, the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act: Medical liability protections for physicians volunteering during a national disaster S. 808, Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act: Protections for certain sports medicine S. 989, the Ensuring Childrens Access to Specialty Care Act: Loan repayment program to address the shortage of pediatric medical subspecialists S.1022, MISSION ZERO Act: Military Injury Surgical Systems Integrated Operationally Nationwide to Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths Act: To facilitate assignment of military trauma care providers to civilian trauma centers in order to maintain military trauma readiness and to support such centers S. 1827, KIDS Act: Reauthorization of Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) funding S Res 252, National Spinal Cord Awareness Month: To increase awareness about spinal cord injury prevention and treatment H.R. 548, the Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017: Medical liability protections for physicians providing EMTALA mandated care H.R. 880, Military Injury Surgical Systems Integrated Operationally Nationwide to Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths Act: To facilitate assignment of military trauma care providers to civilian trauma centers in order to maintain military trauma readiness and to support such centers H.R. 1156, Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act: To allow physicians to own specialty hospitals H.R.1703, Medical Product Communications Act: Off label use of medical devices H.R. 1876, the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act: Medical liability protections for physicians volunteering during a national disaster H.R. 3767, the Ensuring Childrens Access to Specialty Care Act: Loan repayment program to address the shortage of pediatric medical subspecialists H.R. 3922, Championing Healthy Kids Act: Reauthorization of Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) funding H.R. 3928, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act: Truth in medical professional advertising No bill: Funding for cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payments
2017 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
S. 527, the Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017: Medical liability protections for physicians providing EMTALA mandated care S. 781, the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act: Medical liability protections for physicians volunteering during a national disaster S. 808, Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act: Protections for certain sports medicine S. 989, the Ensuring Childrens Access to Specialty Care Act: Loan repayment program to address the shortage of pediatric medical subspecialists S.1022, MISSION ZERO Act: Military Injury Surgical Systems Integrated Operationally Nationwide to Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths Act: To facilitate assignment of military trauma care providers to civilian trauma centers in order to maintain military trauma readiness and to support such centers S. 1827, KIDS Act: Reauthorization of Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) funding S Res 252, National Spinal Cord Awareness Month: To increase awareness about spinal cord injury prevention and treatment H.R. 548, the Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017: Medical liability protections for physicians providing EMTALA mandated care H.R. 880, Military Injury Surgical Systems Integrated Operationally Nationwide to Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths Act: To facilitate assignment of military trauma care providers to civilian trauma centers in order to maintain military trauma readiness and to support such centers H.R. 1156, Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act: To allow physicians to own specialty hospitals H.R.1703, Medical Product Communications Act: Off label use of medical devices H.R. 1876, the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act: Medical liability protections for physicians volunteering during a national disaster H.R. 3767, the Ensuring Childrens Access to Specialty Care Act: Loan repayment program to address the shortage of pediatric medical subspecialists H.R. 3922, Championing Healthy Kids Act: Reauthorization of Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) funding H.R. 3928, Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act: Truth in medical professional advertising No bill: Funding for cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payments
2017 · third_quarter · Torts
H.R.548-Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 H.R.720-Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act H.R.1215-Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017 H.R.1565-Saving Lives, Saving Costs Act H.R.1822-Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 H.R.1876-Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 S.527-Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 S.781-Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017
Client expense: $568,275 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2017 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Alternatives to Opiates (ALTO) H.R.304-Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act of 2017 H.R.372-Competetive Health Insurance Reform Act of 2017 H.R.548-Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 H.R.582-Kari's Law Act of 2017 H.R.817-End Surprise Billing Act of 2017 H.R.849-Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2017 H.R.880-Military Injury Surgical Systems Integrated Operationally Nationwide to Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths Act H.R.1057-Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act of 2017 H.R.1215-Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017 H.R.1323-Reducing Unnecessary Emergency Room Visits under Medicaid Act H.R.1421-Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2017 H.R.1492-Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017 H.R.1565-Saving Lives, Saving Costs Act H.R.1628-American Health Care Act of 2017 H.R.1822-Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 H.R.1876-Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 H.R.2200-Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017 H.R.2392-Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2017 H.R.2430-FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 H.R.2851-Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues (SITSA) Act of 2017 H.R.2957-Save Rural Hospitals Act H.R.3181-Medicare Choices Empowerment and Protection Act H.R.3258-Marketplace Certainty Act H.R.3545-Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety (OPPS) Act H.R.3729-Comprehensive Operations, Sustainability, and Transport Act of 2017 H.J.Res.51-Approving the discontinuation of the process for consideration and automatic implementation of the annual proposal of the Independent Medicare Advisory Board under section 1899A of the Social Security Act P.L.111-148-Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act S.191-Patient Freedom Act of 2017 S.222-Obamacare Replacement Act S.251-Protecting Medicare from Executive Action Act of 2017 S.260-Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2017 S.284-End Surprise Billing Act of 2017 S.372- Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act of 2017 S.527-Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017 S.568-Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2017 S.781-Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2017 S.916-Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act of 2017 S.934-FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 S.1016-Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2017 S.1022-Military Injury Surgical Systems Integrated Operationally Nationwide to Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths Act S.1063-Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2017 S.1130-Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital (REACH) Act H.R.1148-Furthering Access to Stroke Telemedicine (FAST) Act S.1462-Marketplace Certainty Act S.1530- Medicare Choices Empowerment and Protection Act S.Amdt.667 to S.Amdt.267 to H.R.1628-Better Care Reconciliation Act S.J.Res.16-A joint resolution approving the discontinuation of the process for consideration and automatic implementation of the annual proposal of the Independent Medicare Advisory Board under section 1899A of the Social Security Act S.J.Res.17-A joint resolution approving the discontinuation of the process for consideration and automatic implementation of the annual proposal of the Independent Medicare Advisory Board under section 1899A of the Social Security Act
2017 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Issues surrounding the enactment or repeal of the Affordable Care Act, including IPAB. Medicare reimbursement reform for providers including the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA). Medicare Part B Drug Reimbursement. FDA issues. HR 1190 and S. 260 and H.R. 849 (IPAB repeal). Implementation of The Breast Cancer Patient Education Act. The Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act. Draft legislation to reform the FDA's regulation of cosmetics and draft legislation. Legislation to address physician workforce shortage (HR 2267, S. 1301). Legislation to address the medical liability system (HR 1565, HR 1876/S 781, HR 548/S 527). Legislation to reform the US Preventative Services Task Force (HR 539). HR 880/S.1022 Mission Zero Act. HR 3635/S.794 Local Coverage Determination Clarification Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2017 · third_quarter · Health Issues
S. 527, the Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017: Medical liability protections for physicians providing EMTALA mandated care S. 781, the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act: Medical liability protections for physicians volunteering during a national disaster S. 808, Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act: Protections for certain sports medicine S.1022, MISSION ZERO Act: Military Injury Surgical Systems Integrated Operationally Nationwide to Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths Act: To facilitate assignment of military trauma care providers to civilian trauma centers in order to maintain military trauma readiness and to support such centers S Res 252, National Spinal Cord Awareness Month: To increase awareness about spinal cord injury prevention and treatment H.R. 548, the Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017: Medical liability protections for physicians providing EMTALA mandated care H.R. 880, Military Injury Surgical Systems Integrated Operationally Nationwide to Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths Act: To facilitate assignment of military trauma care providers to civilian trauma centers in order to maintain military trauma readiness and to support such centers H.R. 1156, Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act: To allow physicians to own specialty hospitals H.R.1703, Medical Product Communications Act: Off label use of medical devices H.R. 1876, the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act: Medical liability protections for physicians volunteering during a national disaster
Client expense: $35,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2017 · third_quarter · Health Issues
S. 527, the Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017: Medical liability protections for physicians providing EMTALA mandated care S. 781, the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act: Medical liability protections for physicians volunteering during a national disaster S. 808, Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act: Protections for certain sports medicine S.1022, MISSION ZERO Act: Military Injury Surgical Systems Integrated Operationally Nationwide to Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths Act: To facilitate assignment of military trauma care providers to civilian trauma centers in order to maintain military trauma readiness and to support such centers S Res 252, National Spinal Cord Awareness Month: To increase awareness about spinal cord injury prevention and treatment H.R. 548, the Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017: Medical liability protections for physicians providing EMTALA mandated care H.R. 880, Military Injury Surgical Systems Integrated Operationally Nationwide to Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths Act: To facilitate assignment of military trauma care providers to civilian trauma centers in order to maintain military trauma readiness and to support such centers H.R. 1156, Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act: To allow physicians to own specialty hospitals H.R.1703, Medical Product Communications Act: Off label use of medical devices H.R. 1876, the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act: Medical liability protections for physicians volunteering during a national disaster
Client expense: $35,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2017 · third_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 1628 - American Health Care Act of 2017 Better Care Reconciliation Act, S.Amdt. 1030 (Graham-Cassidy), Obamacare Repeal Reconciliation Act Medical liability reform (H.R. 1215, H.R. 548/S. 527) H.R. 1156 / S. 1133 - Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2017 Market stabilization policies H.R. 304, Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act 340B Drug Pricing Program Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act (H.R. 3545) Opioid issues CHIP funding reauthorization (HEALTHY KIDS Act)
Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2017 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Health Insurance Coverage, Genetic Screening and Testing (general); Health Disparities (general); Emergency Contraception (general); Breastfeeding (general); Pregnancy Intention (general); Smoking Cessation (general); Substance Use Disorder (general); Gynecologic Cancer (general); Gynecologic devices (general); Reproductive Health (general); Domestic Violence (general); Immunization (general); Breast Cancer (general); E-Cigarettes (general); Medical Liability Reform (general); Health IT (general); Patient-Physician Relationship (general); Child Welfare (general); Prematurity (general); Health Disparities (general); Prevention and Public Health Fund (general); Maternal Mortality and Morbidity (general); Electronic Health Records (general); Imaging (general); Graduate Medical Education (general); Quality Improvement Measurement (general); Lab Developed Tests (general); Stem Cell Research (general); Contraception (general); Postpartum Depression (general); Preeclampsia (general); National Health Service Corps (general); Community Health Centers (general); Abortion (general); Indian Health Care Improvement Act (general); Indian Health (general); Teaching Health Centers (general); H.R.3394/S. 1754, Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education Extension Act of 2017/Training the Next Generation of Primary Care Doctors Act of 2017; Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program (general); Research in Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women (general); Healthy Start (general); Zika Virus (general); Health Care Reform (general); Federal funding for Planned Parenthood (general); H.R.__/S. ___ Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act; H.R. 1318/S 1112, Preventing Maternal Deaths Act/Maternal Health Accountability Act; H.R. 1876/S. 781, Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act; H.R. 1215 Protecting Access to Care Act; H.R. 1704, Accessible Care by Curbing Excessive Lawsuits (ACCESS) Act; H.R. 1565, Saving Lives, Saving Costs Act; HR 548/S 527, Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act; HR 3120, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce the volume of future electronic health record-related significant hardship requests; H.R. 315/S. 783, Improving Access to Maternity Care Act; Hyde Amendment (General); H.R. 421/S. 93, Allowing Greater Access to Safe and Effective Contraception Act; H.R3842, Healthy Start Reauthorization Act; H.R.__/S. ___, the PREEMIE Reauthorization Act; H.R. ___ legislation to protect the confidentiality of health care services; H.R. 3382, the Youth Opioid Use Treatment Help Act; H.R. 3692, Addiction Treatment Access Improvement Act; S. 1045, Save Womens Preventive Care Act; H.R. 253/S. 1268, Family First Prevention Services Act/Child Protection and Family Support Act; Gun violence (general); H.R. 2545/S. 747, Special Diabetes Program for Indians Reauthorization Act; Personal Responsibility Education Program (general); Womens Preventive Services (general); H.R. 1628, American Health Care Act/Better Care Reconciliation Act, Obamacare Repeal Reconciliation Act, Healthcare Freedom Act, Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson Amendment ; H.R. 3635, Local Coverage Determination Clarification Act of 2017; H.R. 3922, CHAMPION Act; Implementation of P.L. 114-91, Protecting Our Infants Act; Implementation of P.L. 114-198, Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act; Implementation of P.L. 114-255, 21st Century Cures Act.
2017 · third_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 1628 - American Health Care Act of 2017 Better Care Reconciliation Act Medical Liability Reform (H.R. 1215,H.R. 548/S.527) H.R. 1156/S.1133 - Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2017 Market stabilization policies 340B Drug Pricing Program
Client expense: $250,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
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Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Client expense: $16,092 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Client expense: $16,092 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Client expense: $169,817 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Client expense: $169,817 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
Client expense: $28,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Client expense: $28,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Client expense: $182,400 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Client expense: $182,400 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Client expense: $702,392 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Client expense: $35,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
Client expense: $35,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
Client expense: $27,440 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Client expense: $27,440 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Client expense: $205,500 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Client expense: $205,500 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Client expense: $520,414 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
Client expense: $20,587 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Client expense: $20,587 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Client expense: $185,387 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Client expense: $672,362 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Client expense: $25,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
Client expense: $25,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
Client expense: $568,275 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
Client expense: $451,075 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Indian Health Service, Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP), SENATE, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office