Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act of 2025

HR 2757, Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act S.1996, Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act HR 6718, Professional Student Degree Act FY '27 LHHS Appropriations Act

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 2757 Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act S. 1996 Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act LHHS Appropriations FY'26 for an increase in EHDI funding LHHS Appopriations FY'26 for increase in NIDCD funding

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R.1 - An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 (PL 119-21), provisions related to Medicare payment reform, Medicaid reforms, Alternative Payment Models (APMs) H.R.1317 - I CAN Act, all provisions H.R.1614 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand practitioners eligible to furnish telehealth services under the Medicare program, all provisions H.R.2 - Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (PL 114-10) H.R.2120 - ROCR Value Based Program Act, all provisions H.R.2433 - Reducing Medically Unnecessary Delays in Care Act of 2025, all provisions H.R.2757 - Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act of 2025, all provisions H.R.2757 - Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act of 2025, all provisions H.R.2902 - SOAR Act of 2025, all provisions H.R.3069 - Medicare for All Act, all provisions H.R.3108 - RPM Access Act, all provisions, all provisions H.R.3514 - Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025, all provisions H.R.3878 - RNs for Rural Health Act of 2025, all provisions H.R.4002 - Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2025, all provisions H.R.4074 - Optimizing Postpartum Outcomes Act of 2025, all provisions H.R.4206 - CONNECT for Health Act of 2025, all provisions H.R.483 - Health Care Efficiency Through Flexibility Act, all provisions H.R.483 - Health Care Efficiency Through Flexibility Act, all provisions H.R.4977 - Connected MOM Act, all provisions H.R.5081 - Telehealth Modernization Act, all provisions H.R.5178 - Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act, all provisions H.R.5281 - REAL Health Providers Act, all provisions H.R.5347 - Health Care Efficiency Through Flexibility Act, all provisions H.R.539 - Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, all provisions H.R.5467 - PAAT Act, all provisions H.R.5940 - Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act of 2025, all provisions H.R.6160 - Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, all provisions H.R.6280 - Access to Genetic Counselor Services Act of 2025, all provisions H.R.7520 - Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act, all provisions H.R.786 - Preserving Patient Access to Accountable Care Act, all provisions H.R.786 - Preserving Patient Access to Accountable Care Act, all provisions H.R.7905 - Diabetes Foot Health Access and Modernization Act of 2026, all provisions H.R.8129 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a full risk ACO program, all provisions H.R.8163 - Provider Reimbursement Stability Act of 2026, all provisions H.R.8261 - Chronic Care Management Improvement Act of 2026, all provisions H.R.8375 - Medicare Advantage Improvement Act of 2026, all provisions H.R.8487 - Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act, all provisions H.R.8500 - Timely Access to Coverage Decisions Act of 2026, all provisions H.R.8622 - Medicare Physician Data-driven Performance Payment System Act of 2026, all provisions H.R.879 - Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, all provisions S.1031 - ROCR Value Based Program Act, all provisions S.106 - Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, all provisions S.1105 - No UPCODE Act, all provisions S.1261 - CONNECT for Health Act of 2025, all provisions S.1399 - Health Tech Investment Act, all provisions S.141 - Connected MOM Act, all provisions S.1460 - Preserving Patient Access to Accountable Care Act, all provisions S.1535 - Rural Patient Monitoring (RPM) Access Act, all provisions S.1640 - Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, all provisions S.1816 - Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025, all provisions S.1996 - Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act of 202, all provisions S.1996 - Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act of 2025, all provisions S.2709 - Telehealth Modernization Act, all provisions S.3480 - Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act of 2025, all provisions S.3607 - Access to Genetic Counselor Services Act of 2026, all provisions S.3750 - REAL Health Providers Act, all provisions S.3762 - Prior Authorization Relief Act, all provisions S.4070 - Diabetes Foot Health Access and Modernization Act of 2026, all provisions S.4384 - Medicare Advantage Improvement Act of 2026, all provisions S.665 - Fatal Overdose Reduction Act of 2025, all provisions S.721 - Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act, all provisions S.891 - Bipartisan Health Care Act, all provisions Comment Letter: [CMS 0057 F] 2024 CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization final rule Comment Letter: [CMS-0062-P] Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Interoperability Standards and Prior Authorization for Drugs for Medicare Advantage Organizations, Medicaid Managed Care Plans, State Medicaid Agencies, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Agencies and CHIP Managed Care Entities, and Issuers of Qualified Health Plans on the Federally-Facilitated Exchanges Comment Letter: [CMS-1849-P] Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals (IPPS) and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Rates; Requirements for Quality Programs; and Other Policy Changes Comment Letter: [CMS-9874-NC] Request for Information; Comprehensive Review of the Essential Health Benefits Framework and Typical Employer Plan Standard Statement for the Record: Examining the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, MACRA, and Opportunities for Payment Reforms Draft: Artificial intelligence in prior authorization denials by Medicare Advantage organizations Draft: GOLD CARD Act Draft: MACRA/MIPS program reform Draft: Medicare bonus payment for alternative payment model (APM) participation Draft: Medicare Budget Neutrality and MIPS reform Medicaid program: Changes in Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Affordable Care Act insurance marketplaces Medicaid program: Community engagement/medical frailty exemption Medicaid program: Practice of Medicine Medicaid program: Work requirements, per capita caps, provider taxes, Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) changes Medicare and Medicaid programs: LEAD (Long-term Enhanced ACO Design) Model Reform Medicare and Medicaid programs: ACO REACH (Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health) Model Reform Medicare and Medicaid programs: Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable Solutions (ACCESS) Model reform. Medicare and Medicaid programs: Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) reforms Medicare and Medicaid programs: CMMI reform/Physician AI use Medicare and Medicaid programs: Evaluation and Management (E/M) codes Medicare and Medicaid programs: High-cost disposable supplies/billing codes Medicare and Medicaid programs: Indirect Practice Expense Relative Value Updates (RVU) changes Medicare and Medicaid programs: Interoperability Medicare and Medicaid programs: MACRA/physician burdens Medicare and Medicaid programs: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA)/broad reform Medicare and Medicaid programs: Prior authorization Medicare and Medicaid programs: TEAM (Transforming Episode Accountability Model) changes Medicare and Medicaid programs: Telehealth Medicare and Medicaid programs: Telehealth and Digital Health Medicare program: ACO (Accountable Care Organization) REACH Model Medicare program: ACO/APM flexibilities Medicare program: Advanced APM reporting Medicare program: AI chatbots/Medicare Advantage preventive screens Medicare program: AI services/payment Medicare program: Aligned Networks and interoperability Medicare program: Alternative Payment Models (APMs) Medicare program: Certified electronic health record and PI Medicare program: CJR-X (Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Expanded) Model Medicare program: Coding Medicare program: Data privacy/cybersecurity Medicare program: Data-Driven Performance Payment System Medicare program: Digital quality measures Medicare program: G2211 Inherent Complexity Code Medicare program: Health Information Technology/physician burdens Medicare program: Indirect practice expense Medicare program: Long-term Enhanced ACO Design (LEAD) Model Medicare program: Medicare Advantage provider networks/physician experience Medicare program: Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program Medicare program: Medicare Economic Index (MEI)/inflationary updates Medicare program: Medicare Part D issues Medicare program: Medicare physician payment/budget neutrality Medicare program: MEI Update Medicare program: Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)/reforms and penalties Medicare program: MIPS quality and cost measures Medicare program: MIPS Value Pathways (MVPs) reform Medicare program: Organ transplantation access Medicare program: Prior authorization/Medical billing transition Medicare program: Promoting Interoperability (PI) Program Medicare program: Provider directories Medicare program: Public Health Reporting and Data Exchange Medicare program: Quality Payment Program Medicare program: Review Choice Demonstration (RCD)/Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Medicare program: RVS Update Committee (RUC) and Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) issues Medicare program: Shared Savings Program Medicare program: Site Neutral Payment Medicare program: Traditional Medicare/Medicare Advantage enrollment difficulties Medicare program: Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) and Ambulatory Specialty Model

H.R.1 - An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 (PL 119-21), provisions related to Medicare payment reform, Medicaid reforms, Alternative Payment Models (APMs) H.R.1317 - I CAN Act, all provisions H.R.1614 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand practitioners eligible to furnish telehealth services under the Medicare program, all provisions H.R.2 - Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (PL 114-10) H.R.2120 - ROCR Value Based Program Act, all provisions H.R.2433 - Reducing Medically Unnecessary Delays in Care Act of 2025, all provisions H.R.2757 - Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act of 2025, all provisions H.R.2757 - Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act of 2025, all provisions H.R.2902 - SOAR Act of 2025, all provisions H.R.3069 - Medicare for All Act, all provisions H.R.3108 - RPM Access Act, all provisions, all provisions H.R.3514 - Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025, all provisions H.R.3878 - RNs for Rural Health Act of 2025, all provisions H.R.4002 - Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2025, all provisions H.R.4074 - Optimizing Postpartum Outcomes Act of 2025, all provisions H.R.4206 - CONNECT for Health Act of 2025, all provisions H.R.483 - Health Care Efficiency Through Flexibility Act, all provisions H.R.483 - Health Care Efficiency Through Flexibility Act, all provisions H.R.4977 - Connected MOM Act, all provisions H.R.5081 - Telehealth Modernization Act, all provisions H.R.5178 - Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act, all provisions H.R.5281 - REAL Health Providers Act, all provisions H.R.5347 - Health Care Efficiency Through Flexibility Act, all provisions H.R.539 - Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, all provisions H.R.5467 - PAAT Act, all provisions H.R.5940 - Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act of 2025, all provisions H.R.6160 - Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, all provisions H.R.6280 - Access to Genetic Counselor Services Act of 2025, all provisions H.R.7520 - Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act, all provisions H.R.786 - Preserving Patient Access to Accountable Care Act, all provisions H.R.786 - Preserving Patient Access to Accountable Care Act, all provisions H.R.7905 - Diabetes Foot Health Access and Modernization Act of 2026, all provisions H.R.8129 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a full risk ACO program, all provisions H.R.8163 - Provider Reimbursement Stability Act of 2026, all provisions H.R.8261 - Chronic Care Management Improvement Act of 2026, all provisions H.R.8375 - Medicare Advantage Improvement Act of 2026, all provisions H.R.8487 - Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act, all provisions H.R.8500 - Timely Access to Coverage Decisions Act of 2026, all provisions H.R.8622 - Medicare Physician Data-driven Performance Payment System Act of 2026, all provisions H.R.879 - Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, all provisions S.1031 - ROCR Value Based Program Act, all provisions S.106 - Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, all provisions S.1105 - No UPCODE Act, all provisions S.1261 - CONNECT for Health Act of 2025, all provisions S.1399 - Health Tech Investment Act, all provisions S.141 - Connected MOM Act, all provisions S.1460 - Preserving Patient Access to Accountable Care Act, all provisions S.1535 - Rural Patient Monitoring (RPM) Access Act, all provisions S.1640 - Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, all provisions S.1816 - Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025, all provisions S.1996 - Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act of 202, all provisions S.1996 - Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act of 2025, all provisions S.2709 - Telehealth Modernization Act, all provisions S.3480 - Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act of 2025, all provisions S.3607 - Access to Genetic Counselor Services Act of 2026, all provisions S.3750 - REAL Health Providers Act, all provisions S.3762 - Prior Authorization Relief Act, all provisions S.4070 - Diabetes Foot Health Access and Modernization Act of 2026, all provisions S.4384 - Medicare Advantage Improvement Act of 2026, all provisions S.665 - Fatal Overdose Reduction Act of 2025, all provisions S.721 - Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act, all provisions S.891 - Bipartisan Health Care Act, all provisions Comment Letter: [CMS 0057 F] 2024 CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization final rule Comment Letter: [CMS-0062-P] Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Interoperability Standards and Prior Authorization for Drugs for Medicare Advantage Organizations, Medicaid Managed Care Plans, State Medicaid Agencies, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Agencies and CHIP Managed Care Entities, and Issuers of Qualified Health Plans on the Federally-Facilitated Exchanges Comment Letter: [CMS-1849-P] Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals (IPPS) and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Rates; Requirements for Quality Programs; and Other Policy Changes Comment Letter: [CMS-9874-NC] Request for Information; Comprehensive Review of the Essential Health Benefits Framework and Typical Employer Plan Standard Statement for the Record: Examining the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, MACRA, and Opportunities for Payment Reforms Draft: Artificial intelligence in prior authorization denials by Medicare Advantage organizations Draft: GOLD CARD Act Draft: MACRA/MIPS program reform Draft: Medicare bonus payment for alternative payment model (APM) participation Draft: Medicare Budget Neutrality and MIPS reform Medicaid program: Changes in Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Affordable Care Act insurance marketplaces Medicaid program: Community engagement/medical frailty exemption Medicaid program: Practice of Medicine Medicaid program: Work requirements, per capita caps, provider taxes, Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) changes Medicare and Medicaid programs: LEAD (Long-term Enhanced ACO Design) Model Reform Medicare and Medicaid programs: ACO REACH (Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health) Model Reform Medicare and Medicaid programs: Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable Solutions (ACCESS) Model reform. Medicare and Medicaid programs: Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) reforms Medicare and Medicaid programs: CMMI reform/Physician AI use Medicare and Medicaid programs: Evaluation and Management (E/M) codes Medicare and Medicaid programs: High-cost disposable supplies/billing codes Medicare and Medicaid programs: Indirect Practice Expense Relative Value Updates (RVU) changes Medicare and Medicaid programs: Interoperability Medicare and Medicaid programs: MACRA/physician burdens Medicare and Medicaid programs: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA)/broad reform Medicare and Medicaid programs: Prior authorization Medicare and Medicaid programs: TEAM (Transforming Episode Accountability Model) changes Medicare and Medicaid programs: Telehealth Medicare and Medicaid programs: Telehealth and Digital Health Medicare program: ACO (Accountable Care Organization) REACH Model Medicare program: ACO/APM flexibilities Medicare program: Advanced APM reporting Medicare program: AI chatbots/Medicare Advantage preventive screens Medicare program: AI services/payment Medicare program: Aligned Networks and interoperability Medicare program: Alternative Payment Models (APMs) Medicare program: Certified electronic health record and PI Medicare program: CJR-X (Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Expanded) Model Medicare program: Coding Medicare program: Data privacy/cybersecurity Medicare program: Data-Driven Performance Payment System Medicare program: Digital quality measures Medicare program: G2211 Inherent Complexity Code Medicare program: Health Information Technology/physician burdens Medicare program: Indirect practice expense Medicare program: Long-term Enhanced ACO Design (LEAD) Model Medicare program: Medicare Advantage provider networks/physician experience Medicare program: Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program Medicare program: Medicare Economic Index (MEI)/inflationary updates Medicare program: Medicare Part D issues Medicare program: Medicare physician payment/budget neutrality Medicare program: MEI Update Medicare program: Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)/reforms and penalties Medicare program: MIPS quality and cost measures Medicare program: MIPS Value Pathways (MVPs) reform Medicare program: Organ transplantation access Medicare program: Prior authorization/Medical billing transition Medicare program: Promoting Interoperability (PI) Program Medicare program: Provider directories Medicare program: Public Health Reporting and Data Exchange Medicare program: Quality Payment Program Medicare program: Review Choice Demonstration (RCD)/Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Medicare program: RVS Update Committee (RUC) and Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) issues Medicare program: Shared Savings Program Medicare program: Site Neutral Payment Medicare program: Traditional Medicare/Medicare Advantage enrollment difficulties Medicare program: Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) and Ambulatory Specialty Model

Issues related to Medicare physician payment. H.R.539/S.106, Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025. H.R.879/S.1640, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025. H.R.929/S.266, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act. H.R.2028/S.942, Resident Education Deferred Interest (REDI) Act. H.R.2191/S.1390, Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act. H.R.2433, Reducing Medically Unnecessary Delays in Care Act of 2025. H.R.2757/S.1996, Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act of 2025. H.R.3006/S.1776, Medicare Beneficiary Co-Pay Fairness Act. H.R.3164, Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services (ECAPS) Act. H.R.3170, Improving Access to Workers' Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act. H.R.3277/S.1677, Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act. H.R.3514/S.1816, Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2025. H.R.4002, Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2025. H.R.4206/S.1261, CONNECT for Health Act of 2025. H.R.4331, Access to Claims Data Act. H.R.4606/S.3400, Ally's Act. H.R.4681/S.1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act. H.R.4710/S.2420, No Surprises Act Enforcement Act. H.R.4731/S.2439, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025. H.R.5435/S.2842, Stop CMV Act of 2025. H.R.5509/S.2903, Safe Step Act. H.R.5736, Penicillin Allergy Verification and Evaluation (PAVE) Act. H.R.6160, Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act. H.R.7520, Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act. H.R.8163, Provider Reimbursement Stability Act of 2026. H.R.9237, Take Care of America's Veterans Act. H.R.9260, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027. S.1105, No UPCODE Act. Commented on May 20, 2026, House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing regarding Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, MACRA, and opportunities for payment reforms. Provided comments to Representatives Greg Murphy, MD; John Joyce, MD; and Kim Schrier, MD; regarding their April 23 discussion draft of legislation to modernize the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). Provided comments to Representatives Greg Murphy, MD; John Joyce, MD; and Kim Schrier, MD; urging them to include provisions in their physician payment reform legislation that would address the impending cut to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule scheduled to take effect in 2027 and address the efficiency adjustment cuts expected to continue on an indefinite three-year cycle.

Issues related to Medicare physician payment. H.R.539/S.106, Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025. H.R.879/S.1640, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025. H.R.2191/S.1390, Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act. H.R.2433, Reducing Medically Unnecessary Delays in Care Act of 2025. H.R.2757/S.1996, Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act of 2025. H.R.3006/S.1776, Medicare Beneficiary Co-Pay Fairness Act. H.R.3514/S.1816, Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2025. H.R.4002, Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2025. H.R.4206/S.1261, CONNECT for Health Act of 2025. H.R.4331, Access to Claims Data Act. H.R.4731/S.2439, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025. H.R.5736, Penicillin Allergy Verification and Evaluation (PAVE) Act. H.R.6160, Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act. H.R.7520, Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act. H.R.8163, Provider Reimbursement Stability Act of 2026. H.R.9260, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027. S.1105, No UPCODE Act. Commented on May 20, 2026, House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing regarding Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, MACRA, and opportunities for payment reforms. Provided comments to Representatives Greg Murphy, MD; John Joyce, MD; and Kim Schrier, MD; regarding their April 23 discussion draft of legislation to modernize the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). Provided comments to Representatives Greg Murphy, MD; John Joyce, MD; and Kim Schrier, MD; urging them to include provisions in their physician payment reform legislation that would address the impending cut to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule scheduled to take effect in 2027 and address the efficiency adjustment cuts expected to continue on an indefinite three-year cycle.

Issues related to prior authorization requirements in Medicare, including H.R. 3514/S. 1816, the Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025 Issues related to Medicare coverage of audiology services and the Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act (H.R. 2757/S. 1996) Issues related to the provision of audiology and speech-language pathology services through telepractice, including H.R. 1614, legislation to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand practitioners eligible to furnish telehealth services under the Medicare program, H.R. 5801, H.R. 6296, the Advancing Access to Telehealth Act, the Telehealth Modernization Act (H.R. 5081/S. 2709), and S. 3834, the Expanded Telehealth Access Act. Issues related to Medicare Part B reimbursement of audiology and speech-language pathology services, including H.R. 8163, the Provider Reimbursement Stability Act of 2026 Issues related to the Multiple Procedure Payment Reduction, including the Removing Excessive Cuts to Outpatient and Vital Essential Rehabilitation (RECOVER) Act (H.R. 8386) H.R. 6160, Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act H.R. 7520, the Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act Prompt and Fair Pay Act (H.R. 4559) Medicare Patient Choice Act (H.R. 4204) Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act (H.R. 8464) Protecting Health Care and Lowering Costs Act (H.R. 4849/S. 2556) Various issues related to CMS Actions surrounding: Audits of medical records and claims for Part A and B services Procedure code development and valuation of audiology and speech-language pathology services Quality reporting under MIPS Implementation of the IMPACT Act Medicare physician fee schedule Prospective payments systems, including home health and skilled nursing facility policy and payment issues Accountable Care Organizations Federally-facilitated marketplace Medicare Advantage Various issues related to interoperable health information, including the post-acute care interoperability project (PACIO) Medicare telehealth coverage under Part A and B Provision and payment for Part A therapy Various issues related to implementation of ACA Issues related to Medicare beneficiaries accessing services provided by audiologists without a physician order Issues related to qualified Medicare providers Issues related to fraud, waste, and abuse Issues related to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) actions related to value-based care Issues related to proposals to block grant or institute work requirements and/or per capita caps in the Medicaid program.

H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, all provisions S. 1640, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, all provisions S, 891, Bipartisan Health Care Act, all provisions H.R. 786, Preserving Patient Access to Accountable Care Act, all provisions S. 1460, Preserving Patient Access to Accountable Care Act, all provisions H.R. 539, Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, all provisions S. 106, Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 1317, Improving Care and Access to Nurses (I CAN) Act, all provisions H.R. 2191, Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act, all provisions S. 1390, Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act, all provisions S. 665, Fatal Overdose Reduction Act of 2025, all provisions H.R, 4977, Connected MOM Act, all provisions S. 141, Connected MOM Act, all provisions H.R. 3514, Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025, all provisions S. 1816, Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025, all provisions S. 1105, No UPCODE Act, all provisions H.R. 5081, Telehealth Modernization Act, all provisions S. 2709, Telehealth Modernization Act, all provisions H.R. 2483, SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, provisions related to Medicare payment reform, Medicaid reforms, Alternative Payment Models (APMs) H.R. 6160, Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, all provisions H.R. 7520, Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act, all provisions H.R. 7148, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, provisions related to APM bonus extension/incentive payments/qualifying provider revenue thresholds freeze H.R. 1968, Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025, provisions related to APMs H.R. 8163, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure stability for provider payments under the Medicare program, all provisions H.R. 2120, Radiation Oncology Case Rate (ROCR) Value Based Program Act of 2025, all provisions S. 1031, Radiation Oncology Case Rate (ROCR) Value Based Program Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 483, Health Care Efficiency Through Flexibility Act, all provisions H.R. 5347, Health Care Efficiency Through Flexibility Act, all provisions H.R. 8129, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a full risk ACO program, all provisions H.R. 1614, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand practitioners eligible to furnish telehealth services under the Medicare program, all provisions H.R. 3108, Rural Patient Monitoring (RPM) Access Act, all provisions S. 1535, Rural Patient Monitoring (RPM) Access Act, all provisions H.R. 3164, Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act, all provisions H.R. 2725, Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 2757, Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act of 2025, all provisions S. 1996, Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 3878, RNs for Rural Health Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 5199, Modernizing Rural Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner Utilization Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 2433, Reducing Medically Unnecessary Delays in Care Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 5467, Patient Access to Autoimmune Treatments (PAAT) Act, all provisions H.R. 5940, Seniors Deserve Streamlined Medical Approvals for Timely, Efficient Recovery (SMARTER) Care Act of 2025, all provisions S. 3480, Seniors Deserve Streamlined Medical Approvals for Timely, Efficient Recovery (SMARTER) Care Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 4002, Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 3022, Restoring Rights of Physicians to Own Hospitals Act, all provisions S. 1399, Health Tech Investment Act, all provisions S. 3386, Health Care Freedom for Patients Act of 2025, provisions related to the ACA H.R. 498, Do No Harm in Medicaid Act, all provisions H.R. 4710, No Surprises Act Enforcement Act, all provisions S. 2420, No Surprises Act Enforcement Act, all provisions S. 1692, Radiology Outpatient Ordering Transmission (ROOT) Act, provisions related to imaging appropriate use criteria H.R. 5737, Radiology Outpatient Ordering Transmission (ROOT) Act, provisions related to imaging appropriate use criteria H.R. 3164, Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act, all provisions S. 2426, Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act, all provisions S. 3934, Medical Nutrition Therapy Act of 2026, all provisions H.R. 4206, CONNECT for Health Act of 2025, all provisions No Fees for EFTs Act, all provisions Drafts/Chronic Care Management Improvement Act Drafts/Access to Genetic Counselor Services Act Drafts/GOLD CARD Act Drafts/Medicare Advantage Improvement Act Draft/Value in Health Care Act Draft/Medicare Budget Neutrality and MIPS reform Draft/MACRA/MIPS program reform Medicare program: Medicare Economic Index (MEI)/inflationary updates Medicare program: Medicare physician payment/budget neutrality Medicare program: Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)/reforms and penalties Medicare program: MIPS Value Pathways (MVPs) reform Medicare program: MIPS quality and cost measures Medicare program: G2211 Inherent Complexity Code Medicare program: Alternative Payment Models (APMs) Medicare program: ACO (Accountable Care Organization) REACH Model Medicare program: Long-term Enhanced ACO Design (LEAD) Model Medicare program: ACO/APM flexibilities Medicare program: Prior authorization Medicare program: Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) and Ambulatory Specialty Model Medicare program: Site Neutral Payment Medicare program: AI chatbots/Medicare Advantage preventive screens Medicare program: Coding Medicare program: MEI Update Medicare program: AI services/payment Medicare program: Indirect practice expense Medicare program: Telehealth and Digital Health Medicare program: Medicare Advantage provider networks/physician experience Medicare program: Shared Savings Program Medicare program: Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program Medicare program: Data-Driven Performance Payment System Medicare program: Promoting Interoperability (PI) Program Medicare program: Quality Payment Program Medicare program: Certified electronic health record and PI Medicare program: Advanced APM reporting Medicare program: Public Health Reporting and Data Exchange Medicare program: Provider directories Medicare program: Digital quality measures Medicare program: Aligned Networks and interoperability Medicare program: Health Information Technology/physician burdens Medicare program: Data privacy/cybersecurity Medicare program: Review Choice Demonstration (RCD)/Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Medicare program: Organ transplantation access Medicare program: Prior authorization/Medical billing transition Medicare program: Traditional Medicare/Medicare Advantage enrollment difficulties Medicare and Medicaid programs: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA)/broad reform Medicare and Medicaid programs: MACRA/physician burdens Medicare and Medicaid programs: Telehealth Medicare and Medicaid programs: Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) reforms Medicare and Medicaid programs: CMMI reform/Physician AI use Medicare and Medicaid programs: High-cost disposable supplies/billing codes Medicaid program: Gender affirming care Medicaid program: Work requirements, per capita caps, provider taxes, FMAP changes Medicaid program: Community engagement/medical frailty exemption

H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, all provisions S. 1640, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, all provisions S, 891, Bipartisan Health Care Act, all provisions H.R. 786, Preserving Patient Access to Accountable Care Act, all provisions S. 1460, Preserving Patient Access to Accountable Care Act, all provisions H.R. 539, Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, all provisions S. 106, Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 1317, Improving Care and Access to Nurses (I CAN) Act, all provisions H.R. 2191, Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act, all provisions S. 1390, Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act, all provisions S. 665, Fatal Overdose Reduction Act of 2025, all provisions H.R, 4977, Connected MOM Act, all provisions S. 141, Connected MOM Act, all provisions H.R. 3514, Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025, all provisions S. 1816, Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025, all provisions S. 1105, No UPCODE Act, all provisions H.R. 5081, Telehealth Modernization Act, all provisions S. 2709, Telehealth Modernization Act, all provisions H.R. 2483, SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, provisions related to Medicare payment reform, Medicaid reforms, Alternative Payment Models (APMs) H.R. 6160, Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, all provisions H.R. 7520, Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act, all provisions H.R. 7148, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, provisions related to APM bonus extension/incentive payments/qualifying provider revenue thresholds freeze H.R. 1968, Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025, provisions related to APMs H.R. 8163, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure stability for provider payments under the Medicare program, all provisions H.R. 2120, Radiation Oncology Case Rate (ROCR) Value Based Program Act of 2025, all provisions S. 1031, Radiation Oncology Case Rate (ROCR) Value Based Program Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 483, Health Care Efficiency Through Flexibility Act, all provisions H.R. 5347, Health Care Efficiency Through Flexibility Act, all provisions H.R. 8129, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a full risk ACO program, all provisions H.R. 1614, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand practitioners eligible to furnish telehealth services under the Medicare program, all provisions H.R. 3108, Rural Patient Monitoring (RPM) Access Act, all provisions S. 1535, Rural Patient Monitoring (RPM) Access Act, all provisions H.R. 3164, Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act, all provisions H.R. 2725, Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 2757, Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act of 2025, all provisions S. 1996, Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 3878, RNs for Rural Health Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 5199, Modernizing Rural Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner Utilization Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 2433, Reducing Medically Unnecessary Delays in Care Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 5467, Patient Access to Autoimmune Treatments (PAAT) Act, all provisions H.R. 5940, Seniors Deserve Streamlined Medical Approvals for Timely, Efficient Recovery (SMARTER) Care Act of 2025, all provisions S. 3480, Seniors Deserve Streamlined Medical Approvals for Timely, Efficient Recovery (SMARTER) Care Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 4002, Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 3022, Restoring Rights of Physicians to Own Hospitals Act, all provisions S. 1399, Health Tech Investment Act, all provisions S. 3386, Health Care Freedom for Patients Act of 2025, provisions related to the ACA H.R. 498, Do No Harm in Medicaid Act, all provisions H.R. 4710, No Surprises Act Enforcement Act, all provisions S. 2420, No Surprises Act Enforcement Act, all provisions S. 1692, Radiology Outpatient Ordering Transmission (ROOT) Act, provisions related to imaging appropriate use criteria H.R. 5737, Radiology Outpatient Ordering Transmission (ROOT) Act, provisions related to imaging appropriate use criteria H.R. 3164, Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act, all provisions S. 2426, Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act, all provisions S. 3934, Medical Nutrition Therapy Act of 2026, all provisions H.R. 4206, CONNECT for Health Act of 2025, all provisions No Fees for EFTs Act, all provisions Drafts/Chronic Care Management Improvement Act Drafts/Access to Genetic Counselor Services Act Drafts/GOLD CARD Act Drafts/Medicare Advantage Improvement Act Draft/Value in Health Care Act Draft/Medicare Budget Neutrality and MIPS reform Draft/MACRA/MIPS program reform Medicare program: Medicare Economic Index (MEI)/inflationary updates Medicare program: Medicare physician payment/budget neutrality Medicare program: Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)/reforms and penalties Medicare program: MIPS Value Pathways (MVPs) reform Medicare program: MIPS quality and cost measures Medicare program: G2211 Inherent Complexity Code Medicare program: Alternative Payment Models (APMs) Medicare program: ACO (Accountable Care Organization) REACH Model Medicare program: Long-term Enhanced ACO Design (LEAD) Model Medicare program: ACO/APM flexibilities Medicare program: Prior authorization Medicare program: Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) and Ambulatory Specialty Model Medicare program: Site Neutral Payment Medicare program: AI chatbots/Medicare Advantage preventive screens Medicare program: Coding Medicare program: MEI Update Medicare program: AI services/payment Medicare program: Indirect practice expense Medicare program: Telehealth and Digital Health Medicare program: Medicare Advantage provider networks/physician experience Medicare program: Shared Savings Program Medicare program: Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program Medicare program: Data-Driven Performance Payment System Medicare program: Promoting Interoperability (PI) Program Medicare program: Quality Payment Program Medicare program: Certified electronic health record and PI Medicare program: Advanced APM reporting Medicare program: Public Health Reporting and Data Exchange Medicare program: Provider directories Medicare program: Digital quality measures Medicare program: Aligned Networks and interoperability Medicare program: Health Information Technology/physician burdens Medicare program: Data privacy/cybersecurity Medicare program: Review Choice Demonstration (RCD)/Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Medicare program: Organ transplantation access Medicare program: Prior authorization/Medical billing transition Medicare program: Traditional Medicare/Medicare Advantage enrollment difficulties Medicare and Medicaid programs: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA)/broad reform Medicare and Medicaid programs: MACRA/physician burdens Medicare and Medicaid programs: Telehealth Medicare and Medicaid programs: Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) reforms Medicare and Medicaid programs: CMMI reform/Physician AI use Medicare and Medicaid programs: High-cost disposable supplies/billing codes Medicaid program: Gender affirming care Medicaid program: Work requirements, per capita caps, provider taxes, FMAP changes Medicaid program: Community engagement/medical frailty exemption

Issues related to Medicare physician payment. H.R.539/S.106, Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025. H.R.879/S.1640, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025. H.R.2191/S.1390, Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act. H.R.2433, Reducing Medically Unnecessary Delays in Care Act of 2025. H.R.2757/S.1996, Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act of 2025. H.R.3006/S.1776, Medicare Beneficiary Co-Pay Fairness Act. H.R.3514/S.1816, Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2025. H.R.4002, Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2025. H.R.4206/S.1261, CONNECT for Health Act of 2025. H.R.4331, Access to Claims Data Act. H.R.4731/S.2439, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025. H.R.5304/S.2587, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026. H.R.5736, Penicillin Allergy Verification and Evaluation (PAVE) Act. H.R.6160, Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act. H.R. 7520, Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act S.1105, No UPCODE Act. Commented on policies to modernize the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015. Submitted comments to CMS on CY 2027 Medicare Advantage and Part D Advance Notice Submitted response to CMS RFI on Comprehensive Regulations to Uncover Suspicious Healthcare Activity (CRUSH) Regulation RFI

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Issues related to Medicare physician payment. H.R.539/S.106, Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025. H.R.879/S.1640, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025. H.R.929/S.266, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act. H.R.2028/S.942, Resident Education Deferred Interest (REDI) Act. H.R.2191/S.1390, Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act. H.R.2433, Reducing Medically Unnecessary Delays in Care Act of 2025. H.R.2757/S.1996, Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act of 2025. H.R.3006/S.1776, Medicare Beneficiary Co-Pay Fairness Act. H.R.3164, Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services (ECAPS) Act. H.R.3170, Improving Access to Workers' Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act. H.R.3277/S.1677, Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act. H.R.3514/S.1816, Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2025. H.R.4002, Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2025. H.R.4206/S.1261, CONNECT for Health Act of 2025. H.R.4331, Access to Claims Data Act. H.R.4606/S.3400, Ally's Act. H.R.4681/S.1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act. H.R.4710/S.2420, No Surprises Act Enforcement Act. H.R.4731/S.2439, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025. H.R.5304/S.2587, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026. H.R.5435/S.2842, Stop CMV Act of 2025. H.R.5509/S.2903, Safe Step Act. H.R.5736, Penicillin Allergy Verification and Evaluation (PAVE) Act. H.R.6160, Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act. H.R. 7520, Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act. S.1105, No UPCODE Act. Commented on policies to modernize the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015. Commented on the Department of Homeland Security proclamation Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers. Submitted an Appropriations request of $310 million for smoking cessation programs in the Centers for Disease Control Submitted comments to CMS on CY 2027 Medicare Advantage and Part D Advance Notice Submitted response to CMS RFI on Comprehensive Regulations to Uncover Suspicious Healthcare Activity (CRUSH) Regulation RFI

H.R. 3514/S. 1816, the Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025 Issues related to Medicare coverage of audiology services and the Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act (H.R. 2757/S. 1996) Issues related to the provision of audiology and speech-language pathology services through telepractice, including H.R. 1614, legislation to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand practitioners eligible to furnish telehealth services under the Medicare program, H.R. 5801, H.R. 6296, the Advancing Access to Telehealth Act, the Telehealth Modernization Act (H.R. 5081/S. 2709), and S. 3834, the Expanded Telehealth Access Act. Issues related to Medicare Part B reimbursement of audiology and speech-language pathology services, including H.R. 879, the Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025 Issues related to the Multiple Procedure Payment Reduction H.R. 6160, Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act H.R. 7520, the Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act Prompt and Fair Pay Act (H.R. 4559) Medicare Patient Choice Act (H.R. 4204) Protecting Health Care and Lowering Costs Act (H.R. 4849/S. 2556) Various issues related to CMS Actions surrounding: oAudits of medical records and claims for Part A and B services oProcedure code development and valuation of audiology and speech-language pathology services oQuality reporting under MIPS oImplementation of the IMPACT Act oMedicare physician fee schedule oProspective payments systems, including home health and skilled nursing facility policy and payment issues oAccountable Care Organizations oFederally-facilitated marketplace oMedicare Advantage oVarious issues related to interoperable health information, including the post-acute care interoperability project (PACIO) oMedicare telehealth coverage under Part A and B oProvision and payment for Part A therapy oVarious issues related to implementation of ACA oIssues related to Medicare beneficiaries accessing services provided by audiologists without a physician order oIssues related to qualified Medicare providers oIssues related to fraud, waste, and abuse Issues related to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) actions related to value-based care Issues related to proposals to block grant or institute work requirements and/or per capita caps in the Medicaid program. H.R. 7148, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026

HR 2757, Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act S.1996, Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act HR 6718, Professional Student Degree Act

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HR 2757 Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act S. 1996 Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act LHHS Appropriations FY'26 for an increase in EHDI funding LHHS Appopriations FY'26 for increase in NIDCD funding

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HR 2757, Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act S.1996, Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act HR 6718, Professional Student Degree Act

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Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 2757, Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act S.1996, Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act HR 6718, Professional Student Degree Act

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Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Issues related to Medicare physician payment. H.R.539/S.106, Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025. H.R.879/S.1640, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025. H.R.929/S.266, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act. H.R.2028/S.942, Resident Education Deferred Interest (REDI) Act. H.R.2191/S.1390, Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act. H.R.2433, Reducing Medically Unnecessary Delays in Care Act of 2025. H.R.2757/S.1996, Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act of 2025. H.R.3006/S.1776, Medicare Beneficiary Co-Pay Fairness Act. H.R.3164, Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services (ECAPS) Act. H.R.3170, Improving Access to Workers' Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act. H.R.3277/S.1677, Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act. H.R.3514/S.1816, Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2025. H.R.4002, Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2025. H.R.4206/S.1261, CONNECT for Health Act of 2025. H.R.4331, Access to Claims Data Act. H.R.4606/S.3400, Ally's Act. H.R.4681/S.1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act. H.R.4710/S.2420, No Surprises Act Enforcement Act. H.R.4731/S.2439, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025. H.R.5304/S.2587, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026. H.R.5435/S.2842, Stop CMV Act of 2025. H.R.5509/S.2903, Safe Step Act. H.R.5736, Penicillin Allergy Verification and Evaluation (PAVE) Act. H.R.6160, Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act. S.1105, No UPCODE Act. Commented to House and Senate leadership opposing provision in CY2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule that reduces the work Relative Value Units (RVUs) and intra-service time for all non-time-based codes by 2.5 percent in 2026, with additional reductions expected every three years indefinitely. Commented to House Appropriations Committee commending them for adopting an amendment to the FY2026 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act that would halt funding to implement the Medicare Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) Model.

Issues related to Medicare physician payment. H.R.539/S.106, Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025. H.R.879/S.1640, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025. H.R.2191/S.1390, Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act. H.R.2433, Reducing Medically Unnecessary Delays in Care Act of 2025. H.R.2757/S.1996, Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act of 2025. H.R.3006/S.1776, Medicare Beneficiary Co-Pay Fairness Act. H.R.3514/S.1816, Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2025. H.R.4002, Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2025. H.R.4206/S.1261, CONNECT for Health Act of 2025. H.R.4331, Access to Claims Data Act. H.R.4731/S.2439, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025. H.R.5304/S.2587, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026. H.R.5736, Penicillin Allergy Verification and Evaluation (PAVE) Act. H.R.6160, Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act. S.1105, No UPCODE Act. Commented to House and Senate leadership opposing provision in CY2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule that reduces the work Relative Value Units (RVUs) and intra-service time for all non-time-based codes by 2.5 percent in 2026, with additional reductions expected every three years indefinitely. Commented to House Appropriations Committee commending them for adopting an amendment to the FY2026 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act that would halt funding to implement the Medicare Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) Model.

Client expense: $260,000 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 539, Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, all provisions S. 106, Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 1317, Improving Care and Access to Nurses (I CAN) Act, all provisions H.R. 1521, Dental and Optometric Care (DOC) Access Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 2191, Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act, all provisions S. 1390, Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act, all provisions S. 665, Fatal Overdose Reduction Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 4977, Connected MOM Act, all provisions H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act (PL 119-21), provisions relating to Graduate Medical Education, Medicare Physician Payment Reform, Medicaid Reform (work requirements, per capita caps, provider taxes, and FMAP changes), Alternative Payment Models (APMs), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Medicaid biannual redetermination requirements S. 141, Connected MOM Act, all provisions H.R. 3514, Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025, all provisions S. 1816, Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025, all provisions S. 1105, No Unreasonable Payments, Coding, Or Diagnoses for the Elderly (No UPCODE) Act, all provisions H.R. 5081, Telehealth Modernization Act, all provisions S. 2709, Telehealth Modernization Act, all provisions H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, all provisions S. 1640, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 6160, Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, all provisions H.R. 786, Preserving Patient Access to Accountable Care Act, all provisions S. 1460, Preserving Patient Access to Accountable Care Act, all provisions H.R. 2120, Radiation Oncology Case Rate (ROCR) Value Based Program Act of 2025, all provisions S. 1031, Radiation Oncology Case Rate (ROCR) Value Based Program Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 1968, Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025, provisions relating to APMs H.R. 483, Health Care Efficiency Through Flexibility Act, provisions relating to APMs H.R. 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025, all provisions S. 2439, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 4731, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 4206, CONNECT for Health Act of 2025, all provisions S. 1261, CONNECT for Health Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 1614, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand practitioners eligible to furnish telehealth services under the Medicare program, all provisions H.R. 3108, Rural Patient Monitoring (RPM) Access Act, all provisions S. 1535, Rural Patient Monitoring (RPM) Access Act, all provisions H.R. 3164, Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services (ECAPS) Act, all provisions S. 2426, Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services (ECAPS) Act, all provisions H.R. 2757, Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act of 2025, all provisions S. 1996, Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 3878, RNs for Rural Health Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 5199, Modernizing Rural Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner Utilization Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 2433, Reducing Medically Unnecessary Delays in Care Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 5467, Patient Access to Autoimmune Treatments (PAAT) Act, all provisions H.R. 5940, Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act of 2025, all provisions S. 3480, Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 4002, Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 3022, Restoring Rights of Physicians to Own Hospitals Act, all provisions S. 1399, Health Tech Investment Act, all provisions H.R. 4710, No Surprises Act Enforcement Act, all provisions S. 2420, No Surprises Act Enforcement Act, all provisions S. 2882, Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026, provisions relating to ACA premium tax credit S.J.Res.84, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services relating to "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Market Integrity and Affordability,/Congressional Review Act repeal effort S. 3386, Health Care Freedom for Patients Act of 2025, provisions related to ACA premium tax credit H.R. 6575, CommonGround for Affordable Health Care Act, provisions related to ACA premium tax credit H.R. 6501, Bipartisan Health Insurance Affordability Act, provisions related to ACA premium tax credit H.R. 5737, Radiology Outpatient Ordering Transmission (ROOT) Act, all provisions S. 1692, Radiology Outpatient Ordering Transmission (ROOT) Act, all provisions H.R. 5813, Womens Health and Cancer Rights Modernization Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 5347, Health Care Efficiency Through Flexibility Act, all provisions H.R. 5269, Reforming and Enhancing Sustainable Updates to Laboratory Testing Services (RESULTS) Act of 2025, all provisions S. 2761, Reforming and Enhancing Sustainable Updates to Laboratory Testing Services (RESULTS) Act of 2025, all provisions Access to Genetic Counselor Services Act/draft GOLD CARD Act/drafts Medicare Access to Radiology Care (MARCA) Act/drafts Data-Driven Payment Performance System (DPPS) Act/draft Value in Health Care Act/draft Legislation to reform the MACRA and MIPS Programs/draft Medicare program: Medicare Economic Index (MEI)/Physician inflationary updates Medicare program: Medicare Physician Payment System/Budget Neutrality reforms Medicare program: MEDPAC/physician practice 2027 payment update/full MEI update recommendation Medicare program: Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)/reforms/penalties/replacement proposal Medicare program: CY 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule/implementation phase-in/indirect practice expense Medicare program: APMs/bonuses/incentive payments Medicare program: G2211 Inherent Complexity Code Medicare program: Private practice physician issues/benchmark survey Medicare program: Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) reforms Medicare program: Payer and EHR developers/proprietary technology and electronic prior authorizations Medicare program: Prior Authorization/AI Medicare program: Medicare Advantage/prior authorization Medicare program: Site neutral payment Medicare program: Coding Medicare program: Medicare Advantage/preventive screens/AI Chatbots Medicare program: AI services/payment Medicare program: Diabetes Prevention Program Medicare program: Promoting Interoperability (PI) Program Medicare program: Quality Payment Program Medicare program: HIPAA/Electronic health records Medicare program: Certified electronic health record technology and PI Medicare program: Medicare Shared Savings Program/Advanced APM reporting Medicare program: Public Health Reporting and Data Exchange Medicare program: Value-based care delivery Medicare program: Telehealth/digital health/budget neutrality Medicare program: Medicare Telehealth waiver extension Medicare program: Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISER) payment model Medicare program: Modifier 25/appropriate use Medicare program: Provider directories Medicare program: ACO/MIPS/skin substitutes/clinicians increased spending Medicare program: ACO/APM flexibilities Medicare program: Local Coverage Determination/peripheral nerve blocks/chronic pain procedures Medicare program: Data privacy/cybersecurity Medicare program: ACA/Enhanced tax credit extension Medicare program: Digital health and wearables Medicare and Medicaid programs: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA)/broad reform Medicare and Medicaid programs: MACRA/physician burdens Medicare and Medicaid programs: Health IT/physician burdens

H.R. 3514/S. 1816, the Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025 Issues related to Medicare coverage of audiology services and the Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act (H.R. 2757/S. 1996) Issues related to the provision of audiology and speech-language pathology services through telepractice, including H.R. 1614, legislation to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand practitioners eligible to furnish telehealth services under the Medicare program, and H.R. 5801, the Telehealth Modernization Act. Issues related to Medicare Part B reimbursement of audiology and speech-language pathology services, including H.R. 879, the Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025 H.R. 6160, Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act Prompt and Fair Pay Act (H.R. 4559) Medicare Patient Choice Act (H.R. 4204) Protecting Health Care and Lowering Costs Act (H.R. 4849/S. 2556) Various issues related to CMS Actions surrounding: oAudits of medical records and claims for Part A and B services oProcedure code development and valuation of audiology and speech-language pathology services oQuality reporting under MIPS oImplementation of the IMPACT Act oMedicare physician fee schedule oProspective payments systems, including home health and skilled nursing facility policy and payment issues oAccountable Care Organizations oFederally-facilitated marketplace oMedicare Advantage oVarious issues related to interoperable health information, including the post-acute care interoperability project (PACIO) oMedicare telehealth coverage under Part A and B oProvision and payment for Part A therapy oVarious issues related to implementation of ACA oIssues related to Medicare beneficiaries accessing services provided by audiologists without a physician order oIssues related to qualified Medicare providers Issues related to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) actions related to value-based care Issues related to proposals to block grant or institute work requirements and/or per capita caps in the Medicaid program. H.R.5371, the Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 H.R. 6296, the Advancing Access to Telehealth Act

HR 2757, Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act S.1996, Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, all provisions S. 1640, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, all provisions S. 891, Bipartisan Health Care Act, provisions related to Medicare and Medicaid H.R. 786, Preserving Patient Access to Accountable Care Act, all provisions S. 1460, Preserving Patient Access to Accountable Care Act, all provisions H.R. 539, Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, all provisions S. 106, Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 1317, Improving Care and Access to Nurses (I CAN) Act, all provisions H.R. 2191, Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act, all provisions S. 665, Fatal Overdose Reduction Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 4977, Connected MOM Act, all provisions S. 141, Connected MOM Act, all provisions H.R. 3514, Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025, all provisions S. 1816, Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025, all provisions S. 1105, No Unreasonable Payments, Coding, Or Diagnoses for the Elderly (No UPCODE) Act, all provisions H.R. 5081, Telehealth Modernization Act, all provisions S. 2709, Telehealth Modernization Act, all provisions H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, provisions relating to Medicare and Medicaid physician payments, work requirements, per capita taxes, provider taxes, APMs, FMAP changes, PBM transparency H.R. 5347, Health Care Efficiency Through Flexibility Act, all provisions H.R. 2120, Radiation Oncology Case Rate (ROCR) Value Based Program Act of 2025, all provisions S. 1031, Radiation Oncology Case Rate (ROCR) Value Based Program Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 2314, Fair Access In Residency (FAIR) Act, all provisions S. 2715, Fair Access In Residency (FAIR) Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 1968, Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025, provisions relating to APMs H.R. 4206, Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2025, all provisions S. 1261, Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 1614, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand practitioners eligible to furnish telehealth services under the Medicare program, all provisions H.R. 3108, Rural Patient Monitoring (RPM) Access Act, all provisions S. 1535, Rural Patient Monitoring (RPM) Access Act, all provisions H.R. 3164, Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services (ECAPS) Act, all provisions S. 2426, Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services (ECAPS) Act, all provisions H.R. 2757, Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act of 2025, all provisions S. 1996, Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 3878, RNs for Rural Health Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 5199, Modernizing Rural Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner Utilization Act of 2025, al provisions H.R. 2433, Reducing Medically Unnecessary Delays in Care Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 5467, Patient Access to Autoimmune Treatments (PAAT) Act, all provisions H.R. 4002, Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 3022, Restoring Rights of Physicians to Own Hospitals Act, all provisions H.R. 2191, Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act, all provisions S. 1390, Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act, all provisions S. 1399, Health Tech Investment Act, all provisions H.R. 4559, Prompt and Fair Pay Act, all provisions H.R. 5454, Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act, all provisions S. 2879, Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act, all provisions H.R. 4313, Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act, all provisions S. 2237, Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act, all provisions H.R. 4752, Reducing Hereditary Cancer Act, all provisions S. 2760, Reducing Hereditary Cancer Act, all provisions S. 2882, Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026, provisions relating to Medicaid S.J.Res.8, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services relating to "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Market Integrity and Affordability," all provisions H.R. 5343, Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act, all provisions S. 1717, Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 842, Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act, all provisions S. 1692, Radiology Outpatient Ordering Transmission (ROOT) Act, all provisions H.R. 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 4731, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025, all provisions S. 2439, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 4464, Preventive Health Savings Act, all provisions H.R. 2509, Connecting Our Medical Providers with Links to Expand Tailored and Effective (COMPLETE) Care Act, all provisions S. 931, Connecting Our Medical Providers with Links to Expand Tailored and Effective (COMPLETE) Care Act, all provisions Draft legislation to reform the MACRA/MIPS program Value in Health Care Act/draft GOLD CARD Act/drafts Medicare program: 21st Century Cures Act/implementation Medicare program: Medicare Economic Index (MEI) inflationary updates Medicare program: Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)/cost, quality, improvement activities, and interoperability Medicare program: MIPS Value Pathways (MVPs) reforms Medicare program: Medicare Physician Fee Schedule/efficiency adjustment, and indirect practice-expense Medicare program: Physician payment/budget neutrality Medicare program: Physician payment reform Medicare program: Kidney care models Medicare program: Coding Medicare program: G2211 Inherent Complexity Code Medicare program: Prior authorization Medicare program: Site neutral payment Medicare program: Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)/Alternative Payment Model (APM) flexibilities Medicare program: APMs/Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) Medicare program: APMs/Ambulatory Specialty Model (ASM) Medicare program: APM Bonus Extension Medicare program: Medicare acceptance rates, private practice issues/benchmark survey Medicare program: Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) processes Medicare program: Wearables Medicare program: Local and National Coverage Determination processes Medicare program: Value-based care Medicare program: Postoperative visits Medicare program: Medicare Advantage (MA)/utilization management Medicare program: MA/prior authorization Medicare program: Promoting Interoperability (PI) Program Medicare program: Health IT/physician burdens Medicare program: Data privacy and cybersecurity Medicare program: HIPAA/electronic records Medicare and Medicaid programs: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA)/broad reform Medicare and Medicaid programs: MACRA/physician burdens Medicare and Medicaid programs: Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) reforms Medicare and Medicaid programs: Telehealth flexibilities Medicaid: Access to care/advance premium tax credit

H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act H.R. 3514/S. 1816, the Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025 Issues related to Medicare coverage of audiology services and the Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act (H.R. 2757/S. 1996) Issues related to the provision of audiology and speech-language pathology services through telepractice, including H.R. 1614, legislation to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand practitioners eligible to furnish telehealth services under the Medicare program, and H.R. 5801, the Telehealth Modernization Act. Issues related to Medicare Part B reimbursement of audiology and speech-language pathology services, including H.R. 879, the Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025 Prompt and Fair Pay Act (H.R. 4559) Medicare Patient Choice Act (H.R. 4204) Protecting Health Care and Lowering Costs Act (H.R. 4849/S. 2556) Various issues related to CMS Actions surrounding: oAudits of medical records and claims for Part A and B services oProcedure code development and valuation of audiology and speech-language pathology services oQuality reporting under MIPS oImplementation of the IMPACT Act oMedicare physician fee schedule oProspective payments systems, including home health and skilled nursing facility policy and payment issues oAccountable Care Organizations oFederally-facilitated marketplace oMedicare Advantage oVarious issues related to interoperable health information, including the post-acute care interoperability project (PACIO) oMedicare telehealth coverage under Part A and B oImplementation of CARES Act (P.L. 116-136) oProvision and payment for Part A therapy oVarious issues related to implementation of ACA oIssues related to Medicare beneficiaries accessing services provided by audiologists without a physician order oIssues related to qualified Medicare providers Issues related to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) actions related to value-based care Issues related to proposals to block grant or institute work requirements and/or per capita caps in the Medicaid program.

H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025. S. 1227/H.R. 2491, the Alleviating Barriers for Caregivers Act of 2025. S. 3766, the Connecting Caregivers to Medicare Act of 2025. H.R. 3665, the Medicare Economic Security Solutions Act of 2025. H.R. 4619, the Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act of 2025. S. 1996/H.R. 2757, the Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act of 2025. S. 1105, the No Unreasonable Payments, Coding, or Diagnoses for the Elderly Act (No UPCODE Act of 2025). S. 1816, the Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025. S. 1261/H.R.4206, the CONNECT for Health Act of 2025. S. 2237/H.R. 4313, the Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act of 2025. H.R. 5228, the HCBS Worker Protection Act of 2025. H.R. 3954, the Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2025. No bill number. Discussed prior authorization in Medicare. No bill number. Discussed consumer protections and deceptive marketing in Medicare Advantage. No bill number. Discussed digital health technology and telehealth. No bill number. Discussed network adequacy and provider access issues in Medicare Advantage. No bill number. Discussed the proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for calendar year 2026. No bill number. Discussed Long-term care ombudsman program. No bill number. Discussed the proposed Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System for calendar year 2026. No bill number. Discussed Medicaid work requirements. No bill number. Discussed Medicaid retroactive coverage. No bill number. Discussed Medicaid cost-sharing. No bill number. Discussed Medicaid redeterminations. No bill number. Discussed nursing home staffing and quality. No bill number. Discussed long-term care, home health, hospice, and post-acute care. No bill number. Discussed Essential Caregivers Act. No bill number. Discussed 2026 Medicare Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS). No bill number. Discussed family caregivers and Medicaid. No bill number. Discussed Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver.

Issues related to Medicare physician payment. H.R.1/P.L.119-21, One Big Beautiful Bill Act (specifically provisions related to Medicare physician payment, pass-through entity taxes (PTET) for specified service trades or businesses (SSTBs), and federal student loans). H.R.539/S.106, Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025. H.R.879/S.1640, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025. H.R.929/S.266, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act. H.R.2028/S.942, Resident Education Deferred Interest (REDI) Act. H.R.2191/S.1390, Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act. H.R.2433, Reducing Medically Unnecessary Delays in Care Act of 2025. H.R.2757/S.1996, Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act of 2025. H.R.3006/S.1776, Medicare Beneficiary Co-Pay Fairness Act. H.R.3164, Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services (ECAPS) Act. H.R.3170, Improving Access to Workers' Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act. H.R.3277/S.1677, Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act. H.R.3514/S.1816, Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2025. H.R.4016/S.2572, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026. H.R.4206/S.1261, CONNECT for Health Act of 2025. H.R.4331, Access to Claims Data Act. H.R.4731/S.2439, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025. H.R.5304/S.2587, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026. H.R.5435/S.2842, Stop CMV Act of 2025. S.1105, No UPCODE Act. Commented to House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee on reforms to Medicares Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). Commented to CMS on Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) Model. Commented to House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee and Oversight Subcommittee on Medicare Advantage. Commented to House Energy and Commerce Committee and House Appropriations Committee on preserving NIHs National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) independence and funding levels. Commented to FDA on proposed rule creating nicotine standard for cigarettes and other combustible devices. Commented to Department of Education urging Secretary to maintain her authority regarding student loan flexibility. Commented to CMS on FY 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule/Quality Payment Program Proposed Rule. Commented to CMS on FY 2026 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System/Ambulatory Surgical Center Proposed Rule.

Issues related to Medicare physician payment. H.R.1/P.L.119-21, One Big Beautiful Bill Act (specifically provisions related to Medicare physician payment, pass-through entity taxes (PTET) for specified service trades or businesses (SSTBs), and federal student loans). H.R.539/S.106, Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025. H.R.879/S.1640, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025. H.R.2191/S.1390, Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act. H.R.2433, Reducing Medically Unnecessary Delays in Care Act of 2025. H.R.2757/S.1996, Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act of 2025. H.R.3006/S.1776, Medicare Beneficiary Co-Pay Fairness Act. H.R.3514/S.1816, Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2025. H.R.4206/S.1261, CONNECT for Health Act of 2025. H.R.4331, Access to Claims Data Act. H.R.4731/S.2439, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025. H.R.5304/S.2587, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026. S.1105, No UPCODE Act. Commented to House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee on reforms to Medicares Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). Commented to CMS on Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) Model. Commented to House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee and Oversight Subcommittee on Medicare Advantage. Commented to CMS on FY 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule/Quality Payment Program Proposed Rule. Commented to CMS on FY 2026 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System/Ambulatory Surgical Center Proposed Rule.

Client expense: $319,233 · Firm income: Not reported

Issues related to Medicare physician payment. H.R.1/P.L.119-21, One Big Beautiful Bill Act (specifically provisions related to Medicare physician payment, pass-through entity taxes (PTET) for specified service trades or businesses (SSTBs), and federal student loans). H.R.539/S.106, Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025. H.R.879/S.1640, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025. H.R.929/S.266, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act. H.R.2028/S.942, Resident Education Deferred Interest (REDI) Act. H.R.2191/S.1390, Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act. H.R.2433, Reducing Medically Unnecessary Delays in Care Act of 2025. H.R.2757/S.1996, Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act of 2025. H.R.3006/S.1776, Medicare Beneficiary Co-Pay Fairness Act. H.R.3170, Improving Access to Workers' Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act. H.R.3277/S.1677, Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act. H.R.3514/S.1816, Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2025. H.R.3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025. Commented to HHS on termination of CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). Commented to CMS on deregulation of Medicare program. Commented to DOJ on anticompetitive regulations, specifically barriers to competition and consolidation in the healthcare market. Commented to House and Senate appropriations committees regarding elimination of CDC Office of Smoking and Health (OSH) and requested renewed appropriations in FY26. Requested FY26 appropriations for Neglected Surgical Conditions program. Requested FY26 appropriations for Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program's Hearing Restoration Research Program.

Client expense: $216,660 · Firm income: Not reported

Issues related to Medicare physician payment. H.R.1/P.L.119-21, One Big Beautiful Bill Act (specifically provisions related to Medicare physician payment, pass-through entity taxes (PTET) for specified service trades or businesses (SSTBs), and federal student loans). H.R.539/S.106, Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025. H.R.879/S.1640, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025. H.R.2191/S.1390, Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act. H.R.2433, Reducing Medically Unnecessary Delays in Care Act of 2025. H.R.2757/S.1996, Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act of 2025. H.R.3006/S.1776, Medicare Beneficiary Co-Pay Fairness Act. H.R.3514/S.1816, Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2025. H.R.3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025. Commented to CMS on deregulation of Medicare program.

Client expense: $216,660 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE

H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act H.R. 3514/S. 1816, the Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025 Issues related to Medicare coverage of audiology services and the Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act (H.R. 2757/S. 1996) Issues related to the provision of audiology and speech-language pathology services through telepractice, including H.R. 1614, legislation to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand practitioners eligible to furnish telehealth services under the Medicare program. Issues related to Medicare Part B reimbursement of audiology and speech-language pathology services, including H.R. 879, the Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025 Various issues related to CMS Actions surrounding: oAudits of medical records and claims for Part A and B services oProcedure code development and valuation of audiology and speech-language pathology services oQuality reporting under MIPS oImplementation of the IMPACT Act oMedicare physician fee schedule oProspective payments systems, including home health and skilled nursing facility policy and payment issues oAccountable Care Organizations oFederally-facilitated marketplace oMedicare Advantage oVarious issues related to interoperable health information, including the post-acute care interoperability project (PACIO) oMedicare telehealth coverage under Part A and B oImplementation of CARES Act (P.L. 116-136) oProvision and payment for Part A therapy oVarious issues related to implementation of ACA oIssues related to Medicare beneficiaries accessing services provided by audiologists without a physician order oIssues related to qualified Medicare providers Issues related to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) actions related to value-based care Issues related to proposals to block grant or institute work requirements and/or per capita caps in the Medicaid program.

H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, all provisions S. 1640, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 786, Preserving Patient Access to Accountable Care Act, all provisions S. 1460, Preserving Patient Access to Accountable Care Act, all provisions H.R. 539, Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, all provisions S. 106, Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 2314, Fair Access In Residency (FAIR) Act, all provisions H.R. 1317, Improving Care and Access to Nurses (I CAN) Act, all provisions H.R. 1521, Dental and Optometric Care (DOC) Access Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 2191, Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act, all provisions S. 1390, Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act, all provisions S. 665, Fatal Overdose Reduction Act of 2025, all provisions S. 141, Connected Maternal Online Monitoring (Connected MOM) Act, all provisions H.R. 3514, Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025, all provisions S. 1816, Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025, all provisions S. 1105, No Unreasonable Payments, Coding, Or Diagnoses for the Elderly (No UPCODE) Act, all provisions S. 1399, Health Tech Investment Act, all provisions H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act (including House and Senate Amendments), provisions relating to Medicaid and Medicare physician payments, provider taxes, per capita caps, FMAP changes, provider taxes, and APMs H. Con. Res. 14, Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034, provisions relating to Medicare and Medicaid programs H.R. 2120, Radiation Oncology Case Rate (ROCR) Value Based Program Act of 2025, all provisions S. 1031, Radiation Oncology Case Rate (ROCR) Value Based Program Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 1968, Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025, provisions relating to Medicare and Medicaid programs H.R. 1614, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand practitioners eligible to furnish telehealth services under the Medicare program, all provisions H.R. 3108, Rural Patient Monitoring (RPM) Access Act, all provisions S. 1535, Rural Patient Monitoring (RPM) Access Act, all provisions H.R. 3164, Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act, all provisions H.R. 2757, Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act of 2025, all provisions S. 1996, Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 3878, RNs for Rural Health Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 2433, Reducing Medically Unnecessary Delays in Care Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 639, Doctor Knows Best Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 4002, Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2025, all provisions H.R. 3022, Restoring Rights of Physicians to Own Hospitals Act, all provisions S. 1692, Radiology Outpatient Ordering Transmission (ROOT) Act, all provisions Value in Health Care Act/draft Access to Genetic Counselor Services Act/draft GOLD CARD Act/draft Seniors Access to Critical Medications Act of 2025/draft Health Infrastructure Security and Accountability Act of 2025/draft Enhanced Enforcement of Health Coverage Act/draft Drug-price Transparency for Consumers Act/draft Medicare program: 21st Century Cures Act/implementation Medicare program: Medicare Economic Index (MEI) inflationary updates Medicare program: MEI/Part B payments Medicare program: Medicare Physician Fee Schedule/budget neutrality Medicare program: Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)/penalties Medicare program: MIPS/quality, cost improvement activities and promoting interoperability Medicare program: MIPS and MVP (Medicare value-based Purchasing) reform Medicare program: G2211 Inherent Complexity Code/budget neutrality Medicare program: Site neutral payment Medicare program: Accountable Care Organizations (ACO)/Alternative Payment Models (APM) Medicare program: APM bonus extension Medicare program: Medicare Shared Savings Program Medicare program: Coding Medicare program: Medicare Advantage/payments/prior authorization/AI Medicare program: Regulatory Relief Medicare program: Late Enrollment Penalties/improve awareness Medicare program: Electronic Health Record (EHR) certification improvements Medicare program: Quality Payment Program/physician burden reduction Medicare program: Health IT/physician burden reduction Medicare program: Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) Medicare program: Data privacy and security standards Medicare and Medicaid programs: AI/Digital Health/value-based payment models Medicare and Medicaid programs: Private practice physician issues Medicare and Medicaid programs: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act/broad reform Medicare and Medicaid programs: HIPAA/electronic health records Medicaid program: Medicaid Reform