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Lobbying Spend
$3.9M
Filings
114
Firms Hired
2
Active Period
2007–2026
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Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015
2016 · fourth_quarter · Firm: IOWA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
Plans for repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act and its impacts to access to care and payments to hospitals, specifically cuts to hospital payments under the ACA that allowed for greater coverage for individuals Revised 21st Century Cures bill (includes the hospital provisions, including demo project and direct supervision of outpatient therapies for 2016) Regulatory reform for hospitals including many of the issues addressed in the following legislation: Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Relief Act of 2015 (S. 258/H.R. 169) Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act (S. 257/H.R. 1611) Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015 (S. 332/H.R. 663) Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015 (S. 607/H.R. 672) Act to Reform Recover Audit Contractors (RACs) (H.R. 2156) Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital (REACH) Act (S. 1648) Save Rural Hospitals Act (H.R. 3225) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Direct Supervision 2016 Extension of Moratorium (S.3129/H.R. 5613); and H.R. 5614 for permanent moratorium Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act (H.R. 5164) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (H.R. 5273) Implementation of MACRA Concerns with implementation of Sec. 603 site-neutral reductions to Iowa hospitals and the CMS interpretation of the legislation in the outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule Concern with Hospital star ratings, and Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016 (HR 5927) Iowa's proposed state plan amendment to incorporate intergovernmental transfers Significant concerns with Iowa's proposed transition to Medicaid managed care MedPAC recommendations for cuts to hospital payments avoiding site-neutral cuts recovery audit contractor (RAC) program and needed transparency and changes protecting critical access hospital funding and necessary provider status rural hospitals and access to care in Iowa encouraging value-based purchasing hospital acquired conditions and other quality measures Medicare formula and Iowa's payment compared to payments to other states Iowa hospital's economic impact to communities and the state beneficiary access throughout Iowa and threats from regulatory burdens and changes importance of 340B program to Iowa's hospitals Changes to the definition of patient in the 340B guidance and impact on Iowa hospitals Hospital outpatient department grandfathering provision to include currently planned facilities and acquisitions at time of enactment of H.R.1314 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (covered in revised and passed 21st Century Cures bill)
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: H.R.1314
Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act
2016 · fourth_quarter · Firm: IOWA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
Plans for repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act and its impacts to access to care and payments to hospitals, specifically cuts to hospital payments under the ACA that allowed for greater coverage for individuals Revised 21st Century Cures bill (includes the hospital provisions, including demo project and direct supervision of outpatient therapies for 2016) Regulatory reform for hospitals including many of the issues addressed in the following legislation: Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Relief Act of 2015 (S. 258/H.R. 169) Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act (S. 257/H.R. 1611) Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015 (S. 332/H.R. 663) Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015 (S. 607/H.R. 672) Act to Reform Recover Audit Contractors (RACs) (H.R. 2156) Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital (REACH) Act (S. 1648) Save Rural Hospitals Act (H.R. 3225) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Direct Supervision 2016 Extension of Moratorium (S.3129/H.R. 5613); and H.R. 5614 for permanent moratorium Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act (H.R. 5164) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (H.R. 5273) Implementation of MACRA Concerns with implementation of Sec. 603 site-neutral reductions to Iowa hospitals and the CMS interpretation of the legislation in the outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule Concern with Hospital star ratings, and Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016 (HR 5927) Iowa's proposed state plan amendment to incorporate intergovernmental transfers Significant concerns with Iowa's proposed transition to Medicaid managed care MedPAC recommendations for cuts to hospital payments avoiding site-neutral cuts recovery audit contractor (RAC) program and needed transparency and changes protecting critical access hospital funding and necessary provider status rural hospitals and access to care in Iowa encouraging value-based purchasing hospital acquired conditions and other quality measures Medicare formula and Iowa's payment compared to payments to other states Iowa hospital's economic impact to communities and the state beneficiary access throughout Iowa and threats from regulatory burdens and changes importance of 340B program to Iowa's hospitals Changes to the definition of patient in the 340B guidance and impact on Iowa hospitals Hospital outpatient department grandfathering provision to include currently planned facilities and acquisitions at time of enactment of H.R.1314 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (covered in revised and passed 21st Century Cures bill)
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: H.R. 1611
Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2015
2016 · fourth_quarter · Firm: IOWA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
Plans for repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act and its impacts to access to care and payments to hospitals, specifically cuts to hospital payments under the ACA that allowed for greater coverage for individuals Revised 21st Century Cures bill (includes the hospital provisions, including demo project and direct supervision of outpatient therapies for 2016) Regulatory reform for hospitals including many of the issues addressed in the following legislation: Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Relief Act of 2015 (S. 258/H.R. 169) Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act (S. 257/H.R. 1611) Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015 (S. 332/H.R. 663) Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015 (S. 607/H.R. 672) Act to Reform Recover Audit Contractors (RACs) (H.R. 2156) Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital (REACH) Act (S. 1648) Save Rural Hospitals Act (H.R. 3225) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Direct Supervision 2016 Extension of Moratorium (S.3129/H.R. 5613); and H.R. 5614 for permanent moratorium Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act (H.R. 5164) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (H.R. 5273) Implementation of MACRA Concerns with implementation of Sec. 603 site-neutral reductions to Iowa hospitals and the CMS interpretation of the legislation in the outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule Concern with Hospital star ratings, and Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016 (HR 5927) Iowa's proposed state plan amendment to incorporate intergovernmental transfers Significant concerns with Iowa's proposed transition to Medicaid managed care MedPAC recommendations for cuts to hospital payments avoiding site-neutral cuts recovery audit contractor (RAC) program and needed transparency and changes protecting critical access hospital funding and necessary provider status rural hospitals and access to care in Iowa encouraging value-based purchasing hospital acquired conditions and other quality measures Medicare formula and Iowa's payment compared to payments to other states Iowa hospital's economic impact to communities and the state beneficiary access throughout Iowa and threats from regulatory burdens and changes importance of 340B program to Iowa's hospitals Changes to the definition of patient in the 340B guidance and impact on Iowa hospitals Hospital outpatient department grandfathering provision to include currently planned facilities and acquisitions at time of enactment of H.R.1314 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (covered in revised and passed 21st Century Cures bill)
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: H.R. 169
Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2015
2016 · fourth_quarter · Firm: IOWA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
Plans for repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act and its impacts to access to care and payments to hospitals, specifically cuts to hospital payments under the ACA that allowed for greater coverage for individuals Revised 21st Century Cures bill (includes the hospital provisions, including demo project and direct supervision of outpatient therapies for 2016) Regulatory reform for hospitals including many of the issues addressed in the following legislation: Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Relief Act of 2015 (S. 258/H.R. 169) Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act (S. 257/H.R. 1611) Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015 (S. 332/H.R. 663) Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015 (S. 607/H.R. 672) Act to Reform Recover Audit Contractors (RACs) (H.R. 2156) Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital (REACH) Act (S. 1648) Save Rural Hospitals Act (H.R. 3225) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Direct Supervision 2016 Extension of Moratorium (S.3129/H.R. 5613); and H.R. 5614 for permanent moratorium Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act (H.R. 5164) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (H.R. 5273) Implementation of MACRA Concerns with implementation of Sec. 603 site-neutral reductions to Iowa hospitals and the CMS interpretation of the legislation in the outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule Concern with Hospital star ratings, and Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016 (HR 5927) Iowa's proposed state plan amendment to incorporate intergovernmental transfers Significant concerns with Iowa's proposed transition to Medicaid managed care MedPAC recommendations for cuts to hospital payments avoiding site-neutral cuts recovery audit contractor (RAC) program and needed transparency and changes protecting critical access hospital funding and necessary provider status rural hospitals and access to care in Iowa encouraging value-based purchasing hospital acquired conditions and other quality measures Medicare formula and Iowa's payment compared to payments to other states Iowa hospital's economic impact to communities and the state beneficiary access throughout Iowa and threats from regulatory burdens and changes importance of 340B program to Iowa's hospitals Changes to the definition of patient in the 340B guidance and impact on Iowa hospitals Hospital outpatient department grandfathering provision to include currently planned facilities and acquisitions at time of enactment of H.R.1314 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (covered in revised and passed 21st Century Cures bill)
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: H.R. 2156
Save Rural Hospitals Act
2016 · fourth_quarter · Firm: IOWA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
Plans for repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act and its impacts to access to care and payments to hospitals, specifically cuts to hospital payments under the ACA that allowed for greater coverage for individuals Revised 21st Century Cures bill (includes the hospital provisions, including demo project and direct supervision of outpatient therapies for 2016) Regulatory reform for hospitals including many of the issues addressed in the following legislation: Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Relief Act of 2015 (S. 258/H.R. 169) Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act (S. 257/H.R. 1611) Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015 (S. 332/H.R. 663) Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015 (S. 607/H.R. 672) Act to Reform Recover Audit Contractors (RACs) (H.R. 2156) Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital (REACH) Act (S. 1648) Save Rural Hospitals Act (H.R. 3225) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Direct Supervision 2016 Extension of Moratorium (S.3129/H.R. 5613); and H.R. 5614 for permanent moratorium Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act (H.R. 5164) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (H.R. 5273) Implementation of MACRA Concerns with implementation of Sec. 603 site-neutral reductions to Iowa hospitals and the CMS interpretation of the legislation in the outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule Concern with Hospital star ratings, and Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016 (HR 5927) Iowa's proposed state plan amendment to incorporate intergovernmental transfers Significant concerns with Iowa's proposed transition to Medicaid managed care MedPAC recommendations for cuts to hospital payments avoiding site-neutral cuts recovery audit contractor (RAC) program and needed transparency and changes protecting critical access hospital funding and necessary provider status rural hospitals and access to care in Iowa encouraging value-based purchasing hospital acquired conditions and other quality measures Medicare formula and Iowa's payment compared to payments to other states Iowa hospital's economic impact to communities and the state beneficiary access throughout Iowa and threats from regulatory burdens and changes importance of 340B program to Iowa's hospitals Changes to the definition of patient in the 340B guidance and impact on Iowa hospitals Hospital outpatient department grandfathering provision to include currently planned facilities and acquisitions at time of enactment of H.R.1314 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (covered in revised and passed 21st Century Cures bill)
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: H.R. 3225
Plans for repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act and its impacts to access to care and payments to hospitals, specifically cuts to hospital payments under the ACA that allowed for greater coverage for individuals Revised 21st Century Cures bill (includes the hospital provisions, including demo project and direct supervision of outpatient therapies for 2016) Regulatory reform for hospitals including many of the issues addressed in the following legislation: Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Relief Act of 2015 (S. 258/H.R. 169) Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act (S. 257/H.R. 1611) Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015 (S. 332/H.R. 663) Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015 (S. 607/H.R. 672) Act to Reform Recover Audit Contractors (RACs) (H.R. 2156) Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital (REACH) Act (S. 1648) Save Rural Hospitals Act (H.R. 3225) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Direct Supervision 2016 Extension of Moratorium (S.3129/H.R. 5613); and H.R. 5614 for permanent moratorium Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act (H.R. 5164) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (H.R. 5273) Implementation of MACRA Concerns with implementation of Sec. 603 site-neutral reductions to Iowa hospitals and the CMS interpretation of the legislation in the outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule Concern with Hospital star ratings, and Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016 (HR 5927) Iowa's proposed state plan amendment to incorporate intergovernmental transfers Significant concerns with Iowa's proposed transition to Medicaid managed care MedPAC recommendations for cuts to hospital payments avoiding site-neutral cuts recovery audit contractor (RAC) program and needed transparency and changes protecting critical access hospital funding and necessary provider status rural hospitals and access to care in Iowa encouraging value-based purchasing hospital acquired conditions and other quality measures Medicare formula and Iowa's payment compared to payments to other states Iowa hospital's economic impact to communities and the state beneficiary access throughout Iowa and threats from regulatory burdens and changes importance of 340B program to Iowa's hospitals Changes to the definition of patient in the 340B guidance and impact on Iowa hospitals Hospital outpatient department grandfathering provision to include currently planned facilities and acquisitions at time of enactment of H.R.1314 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (covered in revised and passed 21st Century Cures bill)
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: H.R. 4553
Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act of 2016
2016 · fourth_quarter · Firm: IOWA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
Plans for repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act and its impacts to access to care and payments to hospitals, specifically cuts to hospital payments under the ACA that allowed for greater coverage for individuals Revised 21st Century Cures bill (includes the hospital provisions, including demo project and direct supervision of outpatient therapies for 2016) Regulatory reform for hospitals including many of the issues addressed in the following legislation: Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Relief Act of 2015 (S. 258/H.R. 169) Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act (S. 257/H.R. 1611) Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015 (S. 332/H.R. 663) Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015 (S. 607/H.R. 672) Act to Reform Recover Audit Contractors (RACs) (H.R. 2156) Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital (REACH) Act (S. 1648) Save Rural Hospitals Act (H.R. 3225) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Direct Supervision 2016 Extension of Moratorium (S.3129/H.R. 5613); and H.R. 5614 for permanent moratorium Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act (H.R. 5164) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (H.R. 5273) Implementation of MACRA Concerns with implementation of Sec. 603 site-neutral reductions to Iowa hospitals and the CMS interpretation of the legislation in the outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule Concern with Hospital star ratings, and Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016 (HR 5927) Iowa's proposed state plan amendment to incorporate intergovernmental transfers Significant concerns with Iowa's proposed transition to Medicaid managed care MedPAC recommendations for cuts to hospital payments avoiding site-neutral cuts recovery audit contractor (RAC) program and needed transparency and changes protecting critical access hospital funding and necessary provider status rural hospitals and access to care in Iowa encouraging value-based purchasing hospital acquired conditions and other quality measures Medicare formula and Iowa's payment compared to payments to other states Iowa hospital's economic impact to communities and the state beneficiary access throughout Iowa and threats from regulatory burdens and changes importance of 340B program to Iowa's hospitals Changes to the definition of patient in the 340B guidance and impact on Iowa hospitals Hospital outpatient department grandfathering provision to include currently planned facilities and acquisitions at time of enactment of H.R.1314 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (covered in revised and passed 21st Century Cures bill)
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: H.R. 5164
Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016
2016 · fourth_quarter · Firm: IOWA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
Plans for repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act and its impacts to access to care and payments to hospitals, specifically cuts to hospital payments under the ACA that allowed for greater coverage for individuals Revised 21st Century Cures bill (includes the hospital provisions, including demo project and direct supervision of outpatient therapies for 2016) Regulatory reform for hospitals including many of the issues addressed in the following legislation: Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Relief Act of 2015 (S. 258/H.R. 169) Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act (S. 257/H.R. 1611) Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015 (S. 332/H.R. 663) Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015 (S. 607/H.R. 672) Act to Reform Recover Audit Contractors (RACs) (H.R. 2156) Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital (REACH) Act (S. 1648) Save Rural Hospitals Act (H.R. 3225) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Direct Supervision 2016 Extension of Moratorium (S.3129/H.R. 5613); and H.R. 5614 for permanent moratorium Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act (H.R. 5164) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (H.R. 5273) Implementation of MACRA Concerns with implementation of Sec. 603 site-neutral reductions to Iowa hospitals and the CMS interpretation of the legislation in the outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule Concern with Hospital star ratings, and Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016 (HR 5927) Iowa's proposed state plan amendment to incorporate intergovernmental transfers Significant concerns with Iowa's proposed transition to Medicaid managed care MedPAC recommendations for cuts to hospital payments avoiding site-neutral cuts recovery audit contractor (RAC) program and needed transparency and changes protecting critical access hospital funding and necessary provider status rural hospitals and access to care in Iowa encouraging value-based purchasing hospital acquired conditions and other quality measures Medicare formula and Iowa's payment compared to payments to other states Iowa hospital's economic impact to communities and the state beneficiary access throughout Iowa and threats from regulatory burdens and changes importance of 340B program to Iowa's hospitals Changes to the definition of patient in the 340B guidance and impact on Iowa hospitals Hospital outpatient department grandfathering provision to include currently planned facilities and acquisitions at time of enactment of H.R.1314 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (covered in revised and passed 21st Century Cures bill)
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: H.R. 5273
Plans for repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act and its impacts to access to care and payments to hospitals, specifically cuts to hospital payments under the ACA that allowed for greater coverage for individuals Revised 21st Century Cures bill (includes the hospital provisions, including demo project and direct supervision of outpatient therapies for 2016) Regulatory reform for hospitals including many of the issues addressed in the following legislation: Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Relief Act of 2015 (S. 258/H.R. 169) Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act (S. 257/H.R. 1611) Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015 (S. 332/H.R. 663) Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015 (S. 607/H.R. 672) Act to Reform Recover Audit Contractors (RACs) (H.R. 2156) Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital (REACH) Act (S. 1648) Save Rural Hospitals Act (H.R. 3225) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Direct Supervision 2016 Extension of Moratorium (S.3129/H.R. 5613); and H.R. 5614 for permanent moratorium Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act (H.R. 5164) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (H.R. 5273) Implementation of MACRA Concerns with implementation of Sec. 603 site-neutral reductions to Iowa hospitals and the CMS interpretation of the legislation in the outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule Concern with Hospital star ratings, and Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016 (HR 5927) Iowa's proposed state plan amendment to incorporate intergovernmental transfers Significant concerns with Iowa's proposed transition to Medicaid managed care MedPAC recommendations for cuts to hospital payments avoiding site-neutral cuts recovery audit contractor (RAC) program and needed transparency and changes protecting critical access hospital funding and necessary provider status rural hospitals and access to care in Iowa encouraging value-based purchasing hospital acquired conditions and other quality measures Medicare formula and Iowa's payment compared to payments to other states Iowa hospital's economic impact to communities and the state beneficiary access throughout Iowa and threats from regulatory burdens and changes importance of 340B program to Iowa's hospitals Changes to the definition of patient in the 340B guidance and impact on Iowa hospitals Hospital outpatient department grandfathering provision to include currently planned facilities and acquisitions at time of enactment of H.R.1314 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (covered in revised and passed 21st Century Cures bill)
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: H.R. 5613
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a change in Medicare classification for certain hospitals.
2016 · fourth_quarter · Firm: IOWA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
Plans for repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act and its impacts to access to care and payments to hospitals, specifically cuts to hospital payments under the ACA that allowed for greater coverage for individuals Revised 21st Century Cures bill (includes the hospital provisions, including demo project and direct supervision of outpatient therapies for 2016) Regulatory reform for hospitals including many of the issues addressed in the following legislation: Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Relief Act of 2015 (S. 258/H.R. 169) Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act (S. 257/H.R. 1611) Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015 (S. 332/H.R. 663) Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015 (S. 607/H.R. 672) Act to Reform Recover Audit Contractors (RACs) (H.R. 2156) Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital (REACH) Act (S. 1648) Save Rural Hospitals Act (H.R. 3225) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Direct Supervision 2016 Extension of Moratorium (S.3129/H.R. 5613); and H.R. 5614 for permanent moratorium Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act (H.R. 5164) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (H.R. 5273) Implementation of MACRA Concerns with implementation of Sec. 603 site-neutral reductions to Iowa hospitals and the CMS interpretation of the legislation in the outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule Concern with Hospital star ratings, and Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016 (HR 5927) Iowa's proposed state plan amendment to incorporate intergovernmental transfers Significant concerns with Iowa's proposed transition to Medicaid managed care MedPAC recommendations for cuts to hospital payments avoiding site-neutral cuts recovery audit contractor (RAC) program and needed transparency and changes protecting critical access hospital funding and necessary provider status rural hospitals and access to care in Iowa encouraging value-based purchasing hospital acquired conditions and other quality measures Medicare formula and Iowa's payment compared to payments to other states Iowa hospital's economic impact to communities and the state beneficiary access throughout Iowa and threats from regulatory burdens and changes importance of 340B program to Iowa's hospitals Changes to the definition of patient in the 340B guidance and impact on Iowa hospitals Hospital outpatient department grandfathering provision to include currently planned facilities and acquisitions at time of enactment of H.R.1314 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (covered in revised and passed 21st Century Cures bill)
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: H.R. 5614
Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016
2016 · fourth_quarter · Firm: IOWA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
Plans for repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act and its impacts to access to care and payments to hospitals, specifically cuts to hospital payments under the ACA that allowed for greater coverage for individuals Revised 21st Century Cures bill (includes the hospital provisions, including demo project and direct supervision of outpatient therapies for 2016) Regulatory reform for hospitals including many of the issues addressed in the following legislation: Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Relief Act of 2015 (S. 258/H.R. 169) Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act (S. 257/H.R. 1611) Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015 (S. 332/H.R. 663) Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015 (S. 607/H.R. 672) Act to Reform Recover Audit Contractors (RACs) (H.R. 2156) Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital (REACH) Act (S. 1648) Save Rural Hospitals Act (H.R. 3225) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Direct Supervision 2016 Extension of Moratorium (S.3129/H.R. 5613); and H.R. 5614 for permanent moratorium Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act (H.R. 5164) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (H.R. 5273) Implementation of MACRA Concerns with implementation of Sec. 603 site-neutral reductions to Iowa hospitals and the CMS interpretation of the legislation in the outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule Concern with Hospital star ratings, and Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016 (HR 5927) Iowa's proposed state plan amendment to incorporate intergovernmental transfers Significant concerns with Iowa's proposed transition to Medicaid managed care MedPAC recommendations for cuts to hospital payments avoiding site-neutral cuts recovery audit contractor (RAC) program and needed transparency and changes protecting critical access hospital funding and necessary provider status rural hospitals and access to care in Iowa encouraging value-based purchasing hospital acquired conditions and other quality measures Medicare formula and Iowa's payment compared to payments to other states Iowa hospital's economic impact to communities and the state beneficiary access throughout Iowa and threats from regulatory burdens and changes importance of 340B program to Iowa's hospitals Changes to the definition of patient in the 340B guidance and impact on Iowa hospitals Hospital outpatient department grandfathering provision to include currently planned facilities and acquisitions at time of enactment of H.R.1314 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (covered in revised and passed 21st Century Cures bill)
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: HR 5927
Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015
2016 · fourth_quarter · Firm: IOWA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
Plans for repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act and its impacts to access to care and payments to hospitals, specifically cuts to hospital payments under the ACA that allowed for greater coverage for individuals Revised 21st Century Cures bill (includes the hospital provisions, including demo project and direct supervision of outpatient therapies for 2016) Regulatory reform for hospitals including many of the issues addressed in the following legislation: Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Relief Act of 2015 (S. 258/H.R. 169) Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act (S. 257/H.R. 1611) Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015 (S. 332/H.R. 663) Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015 (S. 607/H.R. 672) Act to Reform Recover Audit Contractors (RACs) (H.R. 2156) Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital (REACH) Act (S. 1648) Save Rural Hospitals Act (H.R. 3225) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Direct Supervision 2016 Extension of Moratorium (S.3129/H.R. 5613); and H.R. 5614 for permanent moratorium Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act (H.R. 5164) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (H.R. 5273) Implementation of MACRA Concerns with implementation of Sec. 603 site-neutral reductions to Iowa hospitals and the CMS interpretation of the legislation in the outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule Concern with Hospital star ratings, and Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016 (HR 5927) Iowa's proposed state plan amendment to incorporate intergovernmental transfers Significant concerns with Iowa's proposed transition to Medicaid managed care MedPAC recommendations for cuts to hospital payments avoiding site-neutral cuts recovery audit contractor (RAC) program and needed transparency and changes protecting critical access hospital funding and necessary provider status rural hospitals and access to care in Iowa encouraging value-based purchasing hospital acquired conditions and other quality measures Medicare formula and Iowa's payment compared to payments to other states Iowa hospital's economic impact to communities and the state beneficiary access throughout Iowa and threats from regulatory burdens and changes importance of 340B program to Iowa's hospitals Changes to the definition of patient in the 340B guidance and impact on Iowa hospitals Hospital outpatient department grandfathering provision to include currently planned facilities and acquisitions at time of enactment of H.R.1314 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (covered in revised and passed 21st Century Cures bill)
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: H.R. 663
Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015
2016 · fourth_quarter · Firm: IOWA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
Plans for repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act and its impacts to access to care and payments to hospitals, specifically cuts to hospital payments under the ACA that allowed for greater coverage for individuals Revised 21st Century Cures bill (includes the hospital provisions, including demo project and direct supervision of outpatient therapies for 2016) Regulatory reform for hospitals including many of the issues addressed in the following legislation: Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Relief Act of 2015 (S. 258/H.R. 169) Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act (S. 257/H.R. 1611) Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015 (S. 332/H.R. 663) Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015 (S. 607/H.R. 672) Act to Reform Recover Audit Contractors (RACs) (H.R. 2156) Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital (REACH) Act (S. 1648) Save Rural Hospitals Act (H.R. 3225) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Direct Supervision 2016 Extension of Moratorium (S.3129/H.R. 5613); and H.R. 5614 for permanent moratorium Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act (H.R. 5164) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (H.R. 5273) Implementation of MACRA Concerns with implementation of Sec. 603 site-neutral reductions to Iowa hospitals and the CMS interpretation of the legislation in the outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule Concern with Hospital star ratings, and Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016 (HR 5927) Iowa's proposed state plan amendment to incorporate intergovernmental transfers Significant concerns with Iowa's proposed transition to Medicaid managed care MedPAC recommendations for cuts to hospital payments avoiding site-neutral cuts recovery audit contractor (RAC) program and needed transparency and changes protecting critical access hospital funding and necessary provider status rural hospitals and access to care in Iowa encouraging value-based purchasing hospital acquired conditions and other quality measures Medicare formula and Iowa's payment compared to payments to other states Iowa hospital's economic impact to communities and the state beneficiary access throughout Iowa and threats from regulatory burdens and changes importance of 340B program to Iowa's hospitals Changes to the definition of patient in the 340B guidance and impact on Iowa hospitals Hospital outpatient department grandfathering provision to include currently planned facilities and acquisitions at time of enactment of H.R.1314 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (covered in revised and passed 21st Century Cures bill)
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: H.R. 672
Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital Act
2016 · fourth_quarter · Firm: IOWA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
Plans for repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act and its impacts to access to care and payments to hospitals, specifically cuts to hospital payments under the ACA that allowed for greater coverage for individuals Revised 21st Century Cures bill (includes the hospital provisions, including demo project and direct supervision of outpatient therapies for 2016) Regulatory reform for hospitals including many of the issues addressed in the following legislation: Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Relief Act of 2015 (S. 258/H.R. 169) Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act (S. 257/H.R. 1611) Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015 (S. 332/H.R. 663) Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015 (S. 607/H.R. 672) Act to Reform Recover Audit Contractors (RACs) (H.R. 2156) Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital (REACH) Act (S. 1648) Save Rural Hospitals Act (H.R. 3225) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Direct Supervision 2016 Extension of Moratorium (S.3129/H.R. 5613); and H.R. 5614 for permanent moratorium Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act (H.R. 5164) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (H.R. 5273) Implementation of MACRA Concerns with implementation of Sec. 603 site-neutral reductions to Iowa hospitals and the CMS interpretation of the legislation in the outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule Concern with Hospital star ratings, and Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016 (HR 5927) Iowa's proposed state plan amendment to incorporate intergovernmental transfers Significant concerns with Iowa's proposed transition to Medicaid managed care MedPAC recommendations for cuts to hospital payments avoiding site-neutral cuts recovery audit contractor (RAC) program and needed transparency and changes protecting critical access hospital funding and necessary provider status rural hospitals and access to care in Iowa encouraging value-based purchasing hospital acquired conditions and other quality measures Medicare formula and Iowa's payment compared to payments to other states Iowa hospital's economic impact to communities and the state beneficiary access throughout Iowa and threats from regulatory burdens and changes importance of 340B program to Iowa's hospitals Changes to the definition of patient in the 340B guidance and impact on Iowa hospitals Hospital outpatient department grandfathering provision to include currently planned facilities and acquisitions at time of enactment of H.R.1314 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (covered in revised and passed 21st Century Cures bill)
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: S. 1648
Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act
2016 · fourth_quarter · Firm: IOWA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
Plans for repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act and its impacts to access to care and payments to hospitals, specifically cuts to hospital payments under the ACA that allowed for greater coverage for individuals Revised 21st Century Cures bill (includes the hospital provisions, including demo project and direct supervision of outpatient therapies for 2016) Regulatory reform for hospitals including many of the issues addressed in the following legislation: Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Relief Act of 2015 (S. 258/H.R. 169) Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act (S. 257/H.R. 1611) Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015 (S. 332/H.R. 663) Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015 (S. 607/H.R. 672) Act to Reform Recover Audit Contractors (RACs) (H.R. 2156) Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital (REACH) Act (S. 1648) Save Rural Hospitals Act (H.R. 3225) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Direct Supervision 2016 Extension of Moratorium (S.3129/H.R. 5613); and H.R. 5614 for permanent moratorium Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act (H.R. 5164) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (H.R. 5273) Implementation of MACRA Concerns with implementation of Sec. 603 site-neutral reductions to Iowa hospitals and the CMS interpretation of the legislation in the outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule Concern with Hospital star ratings, and Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016 (HR 5927) Iowa's proposed state plan amendment to incorporate intergovernmental transfers Significant concerns with Iowa's proposed transition to Medicaid managed care MedPAC recommendations for cuts to hospital payments avoiding site-neutral cuts recovery audit contractor (RAC) program and needed transparency and changes protecting critical access hospital funding and necessary provider status rural hospitals and access to care in Iowa encouraging value-based purchasing hospital acquired conditions and other quality measures Medicare formula and Iowa's payment compared to payments to other states Iowa hospital's economic impact to communities and the state beneficiary access throughout Iowa and threats from regulatory burdens and changes importance of 340B program to Iowa's hospitals Changes to the definition of patient in the 340B guidance and impact on Iowa hospitals Hospital outpatient department grandfathering provision to include currently planned facilities and acquisitions at time of enactment of H.R.1314 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (covered in revised and passed 21st Century Cures bill)
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: S. 257
Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2015
2016 · fourth_quarter · Firm: IOWA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
Plans for repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act and its impacts to access to care and payments to hospitals, specifically cuts to hospital payments under the ACA that allowed for greater coverage for individuals Revised 21st Century Cures bill (includes the hospital provisions, including demo project and direct supervision of outpatient therapies for 2016) Regulatory reform for hospitals including many of the issues addressed in the following legislation: Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Relief Act of 2015 (S. 258/H.R. 169) Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act (S. 257/H.R. 1611) Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015 (S. 332/H.R. 663) Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015 (S. 607/H.R. 672) Act to Reform Recover Audit Contractors (RACs) (H.R. 2156) Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital (REACH) Act (S. 1648) Save Rural Hospitals Act (H.R. 3225) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Direct Supervision 2016 Extension of Moratorium (S.3129/H.R. 5613); and H.R. 5614 for permanent moratorium Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act (H.R. 5164) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (H.R. 5273) Implementation of MACRA Concerns with implementation of Sec. 603 site-neutral reductions to Iowa hospitals and the CMS interpretation of the legislation in the outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule Concern with Hospital star ratings, and Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016 (HR 5927) Iowa's proposed state plan amendment to incorporate intergovernmental transfers Significant concerns with Iowa's proposed transition to Medicaid managed care MedPAC recommendations for cuts to hospital payments avoiding site-neutral cuts recovery audit contractor (RAC) program and needed transparency and changes protecting critical access hospital funding and necessary provider status rural hospitals and access to care in Iowa encouraging value-based purchasing hospital acquired conditions and other quality measures Medicare formula and Iowa's payment compared to payments to other states Iowa hospital's economic impact to communities and the state beneficiary access throughout Iowa and threats from regulatory burdens and changes importance of 340B program to Iowa's hospitals Changes to the definition of patient in the 340B guidance and impact on Iowa hospitals Hospital outpatient department grandfathering provision to include currently planned facilities and acquisitions at time of enactment of H.R.1314 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (covered in revised and passed 21st Century Cures bill)
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: S. 258
A bill to provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2016.
2016 · fourth_quarter · Firm: IOWA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
Plans for repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act and its impacts to access to care and payments to hospitals, specifically cuts to hospital payments under the ACA that allowed for greater coverage for individuals Revised 21st Century Cures bill (includes the hospital provisions, including demo project and direct supervision of outpatient therapies for 2016) Regulatory reform for hospitals including many of the issues addressed in the following legislation: Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Relief Act of 2015 (S. 258/H.R. 169) Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act (S. 257/H.R. 1611) Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015 (S. 332/H.R. 663) Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015 (S. 607/H.R. 672) Act to Reform Recover Audit Contractors (RACs) (H.R. 2156) Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital (REACH) Act (S. 1648) Save Rural Hospitals Act (H.R. 3225) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Direct Supervision 2016 Extension of Moratorium (S.3129/H.R. 5613); and H.R. 5614 for permanent moratorium Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act (H.R. 5164) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (H.R. 5273) Implementation of MACRA Concerns with implementation of Sec. 603 site-neutral reductions to Iowa hospitals and the CMS interpretation of the legislation in the outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule Concern with Hospital star ratings, and Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016 (HR 5927) Iowa's proposed state plan amendment to incorporate intergovernmental transfers Significant concerns with Iowa's proposed transition to Medicaid managed care MedPAC recommendations for cuts to hospital payments avoiding site-neutral cuts recovery audit contractor (RAC) program and needed transparency and changes protecting critical access hospital funding and necessary provider status rural hospitals and access to care in Iowa encouraging value-based purchasing hospital acquired conditions and other quality measures Medicare formula and Iowa's payment compared to payments to other states Iowa hospital's economic impact to communities and the state beneficiary access throughout Iowa and threats from regulatory burdens and changes importance of 340B program to Iowa's hospitals Changes to the definition of patient in the 340B guidance and impact on Iowa hospitals Hospital outpatient department grandfathering provision to include currently planned facilities and acquisitions at time of enactment of H.R.1314 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (covered in revised and passed 21st Century Cures bill)
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: S.3129
Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015
2016 · fourth_quarter · Firm: IOWA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
Plans for repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act and its impacts to access to care and payments to hospitals, specifically cuts to hospital payments under the ACA that allowed for greater coverage for individuals Revised 21st Century Cures bill (includes the hospital provisions, including demo project and direct supervision of outpatient therapies for 2016) Regulatory reform for hospitals including many of the issues addressed in the following legislation: Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Relief Act of 2015 (S. 258/H.R. 169) Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act (S. 257/H.R. 1611) Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015 (S. 332/H.R. 663) Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015 (S. 607/H.R. 672) Act to Reform Recover Audit Contractors (RACs) (H.R. 2156) Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital (REACH) Act (S. 1648) Save Rural Hospitals Act (H.R. 3225) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Direct Supervision 2016 Extension of Moratorium (S.3129/H.R. 5613); and H.R. 5614 for permanent moratorium Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act (H.R. 5164) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (H.R. 5273) Implementation of MACRA Concerns with implementation of Sec. 603 site-neutral reductions to Iowa hospitals and the CMS interpretation of the legislation in the outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule Concern with Hospital star ratings, and Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016 (HR 5927) Iowa's proposed state plan amendment to incorporate intergovernmental transfers Significant concerns with Iowa's proposed transition to Medicaid managed care MedPAC recommendations for cuts to hospital payments avoiding site-neutral cuts recovery audit contractor (RAC) program and needed transparency and changes protecting critical access hospital funding and necessary provider status rural hospitals and access to care in Iowa encouraging value-based purchasing hospital acquired conditions and other quality measures Medicare formula and Iowa's payment compared to payments to other states Iowa hospital's economic impact to communities and the state beneficiary access throughout Iowa and threats from regulatory burdens and changes importance of 340B program to Iowa's hospitals Changes to the definition of patient in the 340B guidance and impact on Iowa hospitals Hospital outpatient department grandfathering provision to include currently planned facilities and acquisitions at time of enactment of H.R.1314 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (covered in revised and passed 21st Century Cures bill)
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: S. 332
Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015
2016 · fourth_quarter · Firm: IOWA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
Plans for repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act and its impacts to access to care and payments to hospitals, specifically cuts to hospital payments under the ACA that allowed for greater coverage for individuals Revised 21st Century Cures bill (includes the hospital provisions, including demo project and direct supervision of outpatient therapies for 2016) Regulatory reform for hospitals including many of the issues addressed in the following legislation: Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Relief Act of 2015 (S. 258/H.R. 169) Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act (S. 257/H.R. 1611) Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015 (S. 332/H.R. 663) Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015 (S. 607/H.R. 672) Act to Reform Recover Audit Contractors (RACs) (H.R. 2156) Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital (REACH) Act (S. 1648) Save Rural Hospitals Act (H.R. 3225) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Direct Supervision 2016 Extension of Moratorium (S.3129/H.R. 5613); and H.R. 5614 for permanent moratorium Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act (H.R. 5164) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (H.R. 5273) Implementation of MACRA Concerns with implementation of Sec. 603 site-neutral reductions to Iowa hospitals and the CMS interpretation of the legislation in the outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule Concern with Hospital star ratings, and Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016 (HR 5927) Iowa's proposed state plan amendment to incorporate intergovernmental transfers Significant concerns with Iowa's proposed transition to Medicaid managed care MedPAC recommendations for cuts to hospital payments avoiding site-neutral cuts recovery audit contractor (RAC) program and needed transparency and changes protecting critical access hospital funding and necessary provider status rural hospitals and access to care in Iowa encouraging value-based purchasing hospital acquired conditions and other quality measures Medicare formula and Iowa's payment compared to payments to other states Iowa hospital's economic impact to communities and the state beneficiary access throughout Iowa and threats from regulatory burdens and changes importance of 340B program to Iowa's hospitals Changes to the definition of patient in the 340B guidance and impact on Iowa hospitals Hospital outpatient department grandfathering provision to include currently planned facilities and acquisitions at time of enactment of H.R.1314 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (covered in revised and passed 21st Century Cures bill)
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: S. 607
Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015
2016 · third_quarter · Firm: IOWA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Relief Act of 2015 (S. 258/H.R. 169) Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act (S. 257/H.R. 1611) Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015 (S. 332/H.R. 663) Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015 (S. 607/H.R. 672) Act to Reform Recover Audit Contractors (RACs) (H.R. 2156) Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital (REACH) Act (S. 1648) Save Rural Hospitals Act (H.R. 3225) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Direct Supervision 2016 Extension of Moratorium (S.3129/H.R. 5613); and H.R. 5614 for permanent moratorium Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act (H.R. 5164) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (H.R. 5273) Proposed rule on implementation of MACRA Proposed FY2017 Hospice Wage Index Comments regarding the HHS budget proposal to change payment of CAH from 101% to 100% of costs Concerns with implementation of Sec. 603 site-neutral reductions to Iowa hospitals and the CMS interpretation of the legislation in the outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule Concern with Hospital star ratings, and Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016 (HR 5927) Significant concerns with Iowa's proposed transition to Medicaid managed care Medicare reduction proposals in President Obama's budget released 2015 MedPAC recommendations for cuts to hospital payments avoiding site-neutral cuts recovery audit contractor (RAC) program and needed transparency and changes protecting critical access hospital funding and necessary provider status rural hospitals and access to care in Iowa encouraging value-based purchasing hospital acquired conditions and other quality measures Medicare formula and Iowa's payment compared to payments to other states Iowa hospital's economic impact to communities and the state beneficiary access throughout Iowa and threats from regulatory burdens and changes importance of 340B program to Iowa's hospitals Changes to the definition of patient in the 340B guidance and impact on Iowa hospitals Extension of sequestration against Medicare and the inclusion of the "site neutral" hospital outpatient department payment change in H.R.1314 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 Hospital outpatient department grandfathering provision to include currently planned facilities and acquisitions at time of enactment of H.R.1314 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 Concerns about processing and preauthorization, access to care issues with the Veteran's Choice program.
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: H.R.1314
Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act
2016 · third_quarter · Firm: IOWA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Relief Act of 2015 (S. 258/H.R. 169) Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act (S. 257/H.R. 1611) Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015 (S. 332/H.R. 663) Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015 (S. 607/H.R. 672) Act to Reform Recover Audit Contractors (RACs) (H.R. 2156) Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital (REACH) Act (S. 1648) Save Rural Hospitals Act (H.R. 3225) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Direct Supervision 2016 Extension of Moratorium (S.3129/H.R. 5613); and H.R. 5614 for permanent moratorium Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act (H.R. 5164) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (H.R. 5273) Proposed rule on implementation of MACRA Proposed FY2017 Hospice Wage Index Comments regarding the HHS budget proposal to change payment of CAH from 101% to 100% of costs Concerns with implementation of Sec. 603 site-neutral reductions to Iowa hospitals and the CMS interpretation of the legislation in the outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule Concern with Hospital star ratings, and Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016 (HR 5927) Significant concerns with Iowa's proposed transition to Medicaid managed care Medicare reduction proposals in President Obama's budget released 2015 MedPAC recommendations for cuts to hospital payments avoiding site-neutral cuts recovery audit contractor (RAC) program and needed transparency and changes protecting critical access hospital funding and necessary provider status rural hospitals and access to care in Iowa encouraging value-based purchasing hospital acquired conditions and other quality measures Medicare formula and Iowa's payment compared to payments to other states Iowa hospital's economic impact to communities and the state beneficiary access throughout Iowa and threats from regulatory burdens and changes importance of 340B program to Iowa's hospitals Changes to the definition of patient in the 340B guidance and impact on Iowa hospitals Extension of sequestration against Medicare and the inclusion of the "site neutral" hospital outpatient department payment change in H.R.1314 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 Hospital outpatient department grandfathering provision to include currently planned facilities and acquisitions at time of enactment of H.R.1314 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 Concerns about processing and preauthorization, access to care issues with the Veteran's Choice program.
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: H.R. 1611
Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2015
2016 · third_quarter · Firm: IOWA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Relief Act of 2015 (S. 258/H.R. 169) Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act (S. 257/H.R. 1611) Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015 (S. 332/H.R. 663) Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015 (S. 607/H.R. 672) Act to Reform Recover Audit Contractors (RACs) (H.R. 2156) Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital (REACH) Act (S. 1648) Save Rural Hospitals Act (H.R. 3225) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Direct Supervision 2016 Extension of Moratorium (S.3129/H.R. 5613); and H.R. 5614 for permanent moratorium Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act (H.R. 5164) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (H.R. 5273) Proposed rule on implementation of MACRA Proposed FY2017 Hospice Wage Index Comments regarding the HHS budget proposal to change payment of CAH from 101% to 100% of costs Concerns with implementation of Sec. 603 site-neutral reductions to Iowa hospitals and the CMS interpretation of the legislation in the outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule Concern with Hospital star ratings, and Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016 (HR 5927) Significant concerns with Iowa's proposed transition to Medicaid managed care Medicare reduction proposals in President Obama's budget released 2015 MedPAC recommendations for cuts to hospital payments avoiding site-neutral cuts recovery audit contractor (RAC) program and needed transparency and changes protecting critical access hospital funding and necessary provider status rural hospitals and access to care in Iowa encouraging value-based purchasing hospital acquired conditions and other quality measures Medicare formula and Iowa's payment compared to payments to other states Iowa hospital's economic impact to communities and the state beneficiary access throughout Iowa and threats from regulatory burdens and changes importance of 340B program to Iowa's hospitals Changes to the definition of patient in the 340B guidance and impact on Iowa hospitals Extension of sequestration against Medicare and the inclusion of the "site neutral" hospital outpatient department payment change in H.R.1314 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 Hospital outpatient department grandfathering provision to include currently planned facilities and acquisitions at time of enactment of H.R.1314 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 Concerns about processing and preauthorization, access to care issues with the Veteran's Choice program.
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: H.R. 169
Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2015
2016 · third_quarter · Firm: IOWA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Relief Act of 2015 (S. 258/H.R. 169) Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act (S. 257/H.R. 1611) Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015 (S. 332/H.R. 663) Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015 (S. 607/H.R. 672) Act to Reform Recover Audit Contractors (RACs) (H.R. 2156) Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital (REACH) Act (S. 1648) Save Rural Hospitals Act (H.R. 3225) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Direct Supervision 2016 Extension of Moratorium (S.3129/H.R. 5613); and H.R. 5614 for permanent moratorium Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act (H.R. 5164) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (H.R. 5273) Proposed rule on implementation of MACRA Proposed FY2017 Hospice Wage Index Comments regarding the HHS budget proposal to change payment of CAH from 101% to 100% of costs Concerns with implementation of Sec. 603 site-neutral reductions to Iowa hospitals and the CMS interpretation of the legislation in the outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule Concern with Hospital star ratings, and Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016 (HR 5927) Significant concerns with Iowa's proposed transition to Medicaid managed care Medicare reduction proposals in President Obama's budget released 2015 MedPAC recommendations for cuts to hospital payments avoiding site-neutral cuts recovery audit contractor (RAC) program and needed transparency and changes protecting critical access hospital funding and necessary provider status rural hospitals and access to care in Iowa encouraging value-based purchasing hospital acquired conditions and other quality measures Medicare formula and Iowa's payment compared to payments to other states Iowa hospital's economic impact to communities and the state beneficiary access throughout Iowa and threats from regulatory burdens and changes importance of 340B program to Iowa's hospitals Changes to the definition of patient in the 340B guidance and impact on Iowa hospitals Extension of sequestration against Medicare and the inclusion of the "site neutral" hospital outpatient department payment change in H.R.1314 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 Hospital outpatient department grandfathering provision to include currently planned facilities and acquisitions at time of enactment of H.R.1314 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 Concerns about processing and preauthorization, access to care issues with the Veteran's Choice program.
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: H.R. 2156
Save Rural Hospitals Act
2016 · third_quarter · Firm: IOWA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Relief Act of 2015 (S. 258/H.R. 169) Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act (S. 257/H.R. 1611) Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015 (S. 332/H.R. 663) Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015 (S. 607/H.R. 672) Act to Reform Recover Audit Contractors (RACs) (H.R. 2156) Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital (REACH) Act (S. 1648) Save Rural Hospitals Act (H.R. 3225) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Direct Supervision 2016 Extension of Moratorium (S.3129/H.R. 5613); and H.R. 5614 for permanent moratorium Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act (H.R. 5164) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (H.R. 5273) Proposed rule on implementation of MACRA Proposed FY2017 Hospice Wage Index Comments regarding the HHS budget proposal to change payment of CAH from 101% to 100% of costs Concerns with implementation of Sec. 603 site-neutral reductions to Iowa hospitals and the CMS interpretation of the legislation in the outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule Concern with Hospital star ratings, and Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016 (HR 5927) Significant concerns with Iowa's proposed transition to Medicaid managed care Medicare reduction proposals in President Obama's budget released 2015 MedPAC recommendations for cuts to hospital payments avoiding site-neutral cuts recovery audit contractor (RAC) program and needed transparency and changes protecting critical access hospital funding and necessary provider status rural hospitals and access to care in Iowa encouraging value-based purchasing hospital acquired conditions and other quality measures Medicare formula and Iowa's payment compared to payments to other states Iowa hospital's economic impact to communities and the state beneficiary access throughout Iowa and threats from regulatory burdens and changes importance of 340B program to Iowa's hospitals Changes to the definition of patient in the 340B guidance and impact on Iowa hospitals Extension of sequestration against Medicare and the inclusion of the "site neutral" hospital outpatient department payment change in H.R.1314 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 Hospital outpatient department grandfathering provision to include currently planned facilities and acquisitions at time of enactment of H.R.1314 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 Concerns about processing and preauthorization, access to care issues with the Veteran's Choice program.
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: H.R. 3225
Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Relief Act of 2015 (S. 258/H.R. 169) Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act (S. 257/H.R. 1611) Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015 (S. 332/H.R. 663) Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015 (S. 607/H.R. 672) Act to Reform Recover Audit Contractors (RACs) (H.R. 2156) Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital (REACH) Act (S. 1648) Save Rural Hospitals Act (H.R. 3225) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Direct Supervision 2016 Extension of Moratorium (S.3129/H.R. 5613); and H.R. 5614 for permanent moratorium Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act (H.R. 5164) Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act (H.R. 4553) Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016 (H.R. 5273) Proposed rule on implementation of MACRA Proposed FY2017 Hospice Wage Index Comments regarding the HHS budget proposal to change payment of CAH from 101% to 100% of costs Concerns with implementation of Sec. 603 site-neutral reductions to Iowa hospitals and the CMS interpretation of the legislation in the outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule Concern with Hospital star ratings, and Hospital Quality Rating Transparency Act of 2016 (HR 5927) Significant concerns with Iowa's proposed transition to Medicaid managed care Medicare reduction proposals in President Obama's budget released 2015 MedPAC recommendations for cuts to hospital payments avoiding site-neutral cuts recovery audit contractor (RAC) program and needed transparency and changes protecting critical access hospital funding and necessary provider status rural hospitals and access to care in Iowa encouraging value-based purchasing hospital acquired conditions and other quality measures Medicare formula and Iowa's payment compared to payments to other states Iowa hospital's economic impact to communities and the state beneficiary access throughout Iowa and threats from regulatory burdens and changes importance of 340B program to Iowa's hospitals Changes to the definition of patient in the 340B guidance and impact on Iowa hospitals Extension of sequestration against Medicare and the inclusion of the "site neutral" hospital outpatient department payment change in H.R.1314 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 Hospital outpatient department grandfathering provision to include currently planned facilities and acquisitions at time of enactment of H.R.1314 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 Concerns about processing and preauthorization, access to care issues with the Veteran's Choice program.
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: H.R. 4553
Source: Senate LDA