CLARK THOMASON

H.R. 933, Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act 2013, Division F, Title V, and Senate Amendments 26 and 53. Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers forDisease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Retain NIH salary cap at Executive Level II. Oppose elimination of AHRQ, and research policy provisions in House subcommittee bill Issue: Support additional scholarship opportunities for medical students. Presidents Budget, 2014, Department of Veterans Affairs Draft House and Senate, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Debt in Health Education Loan programs (Debt HELP) bill (draft) Issue: Expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 577, Resident Physician Shortage Reducation Act of 2013 Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issue: Reauthorizing National Health Service Corps. H.R. 487, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act Section 5503 and 5506 Issue: Redistribution of residency positions Issue: Implementation and funding for Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. H.R. 297, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. P.L. 113-5, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013. Issue: Complete reauthorization of preparedness legislation Act. Issue: Development and implementation of new Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) formula required under the Affordable Care Act. Issue: Repeal of Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula; Medicare physician payment form. Issue: Support the use of animals in medical research. H.R. 120, Training Tomorrow's Doctors Today Act Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments and increase GME accountability and transparency. H.R. 1180, Resident Physician Reduction Shortage Act of 2013 Issue: Support lifting cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments.Issue: Promote interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. Issue: Discuss with Administration impact of Medicaid expansions and Medicaid DSH cuts under the Affordable Care Act on AAMC member institutions. Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. Issue: Implementation of Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement Issue: Oppose Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) spending cuts through sequestration. Issue: 340b Drug Discount program eligibility Issue: Oppose discretionary spending cuts through sequestration, including NIH, Titles VII and VIII health professions and nursing education programs, and other science programs. Issue: Primary Care Workforce Development President's Budget, 2014, Department of Health and Human Services Draft Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 Issues: Support funding for National Institutites of Health (NIH), title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs Agency for Health Care Research Quality (AHRQ), National Health Service Corps (NHSC), and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Maintain NIH salary cap at Executive Level II. Issue: Funding for pandemic preparedness and biodefense programs Issue: Repeal Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula. Issue: Protections for human subjects in research H. Con Res 25, FY 2014 House Budget Resolution Issue: Oppose proposal to repeal ACA and reduce discretionary spending caps S. Con Res 8, FY 2014 Senate Budget Resolution Issue: Support amendment to establish deficit-neutral reserve fund to increase funding for NIH S. 616, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Act Issue: Reuthorization J-1 visa waiver programs for physicians and improve the H-1b visa and National Interest waivers. Submitted comments on: Section 3133 of the Affordable CAre Act (ACA) MU Stage 3 request for comment Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed occupational mix survey for 2013 Proposed rule on Medicaid, CHIP, Exchanges, and Other Health Insurance Marketplace Reform Provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Centers for MEdicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Regarding Issuers on Federally Facilitated and State Partnership Exchange Center for MEdicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Request for Information on Hospital Outpatient Surgery Department (HOSD) Experience of care. MedPAC on including Beneficiary Access in Site Neutral Payment Discussion

S. 577, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013 Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments.Issue: Implementation and funding for Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. Issue: Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement H.R. 487, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act Section 5503 and 5506 (Redistribution of Residency Positions) Issue: Redistribution of residency positions H.R. 1201, Training Tomorrow's Doctors Today Act Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments and increase GME accountability and transparancy. H.R. 1180, Resident Physician Reduction Shortage Act of 2013 Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments Issue: Discuss with Administration Impact of Medicaid expansions and Medicaid DSH cuts under the Affordable Care Act on AAMC member institutions Issue: Primary Care Workforce Development Issue: Development and Implementation of new Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) formula required under the Affordable Care Act. Submitted comments on: Section 3133 of the Affordable CAre Act (ACA) MU Stage 3 request for comment Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed occupational mix survey for 2013 Proposed rule on Medicaid, CHIP, Exchanges, and Other Health Insurance Marketplace Reform Provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Centers for MEdicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Regarding Issuers on Federally Facilitated and State Partnership Exchange Center for MEdicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Request for Information on Hospital Outpatient Surgery Department (HOSD) Experience of care. MedPAC on including Beneficiary Access in Site Neutral Payment Discussion

H.R. 933, Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act 2013, Division F, Title V, and Senate Amendments 26 and 53. Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers forDisease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Retain NIH salary cap at Executive Level II. Oppose elimination of AHRQ, and research policy provisions in House subcommittee bill Issue: Support additional scholarship opportunities for medical students. Presidents Budget, 2014, Department of Veterans Affairs Draft House and Senate, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Debt in Health Education Loan programs (Debt HELP) bill (draft) Issue: Expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 577, Resident Physician Shortage Reducation Act of 2013 Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issue: Reauthorizing National Health Service Corps. H.R. 487, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act Section 5503 and 5506 Issue: Redistribution of residency positions Issue: Implementation and funding for Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. H.R. 297, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. P.L. 113-5, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013. Issue: Complete reauthorization of preparedness legislation Act. Issue: Development and implementation of new Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) formula required under the Affordable Care Act. Issue: Repeal of Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula; Medicare physician payment form. Issue: Support the use of animals in medical research. H.R. 120, Training Tomorrow's Doctors Today Act Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments and increase GME accountability and transparency. H.R. 1180, Resident Physician Reduction Shortage Act of 2013 Issue: Support lifting cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments.Issue: Promote interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. Issue: Discuss with Administration impact of Medicaid expansions and Medicaid DSH cuts under the Affordable Care Act on AAMC member institutions. Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. Issue: Implementation of Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement Issue: Oppose Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) spending cuts through sequestration. Issue: 340b Drug Discount program eligibility Issue: Oppose discretionary spending cuts through sequestration, including NIH, Titles VII and VIII health professions and nursing education programs, and other science programs. Issue: Primary Care Workforce Development President's Budget, 2014, Department of Health and Human Services Draft Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 Issues: Support funding for National Institutites of Health (NIH), title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs Agency for Health Care Research Quality (AHRQ), National Health Service Corps (NHSC), and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Maintain NIH salary cap at Executive Level II. Issue: Funding for pandemic preparedness and biodefense programs Issue: Repeal Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula. Issue: Protections for human subjects in research H. Con Res 25, FY 2014 House Budget Resolution Issue: Oppose proposal to repeal ACA and reduce discretionary spending caps S. Con Res 8, FY 2014 Senate Budget Resolution Issue: Support amendment to establish deficit-neutral reserve fund to increase funding for NIH S. 616, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Act Issue: Reuthorization J-1 visa waiver programs for physicians and improve the H-1b visa and National Interest waivers. Submitted comments on: Section 3133 of the Affordable CAre Act (ACA) MU Stage 3 request for comment Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed occupational mix survey for 2013 Proposed rule on Medicaid, CHIP, Exchanges, and Other Health Insurance Marketplace Reform Provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Centers for MEdicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Regarding Issuers on Federally Facilitated and State Partnership Exchange Center for MEdicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Request for Information on Hospital Outpatient Surgery Department (HOSD) Experience of care. MedPAC on including Beneficiary Access in Site Neutral Payment Discussion

S. 577, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013 Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments.Issue: Implementation and funding for Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. Issue: Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement H.R. 487, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act Section 5503 and 5506 (Redistribution of Residency Positions) Issue: Redistribution of residency positions H.R. 1201, Training Tomorrow's Doctors Today Act Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments and increase GME accountability and transparancy. H.R. 1180, Resident Physician Reduction Shortage Act of 2013 Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments Issue: Discuss with Administration Impact of Medicaid expansions and Medicaid DSH cuts under the Affordable Care Act on AAMC member institutions Issue: Primary Care Workforce Development Issue: Development and Implementation of new Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) formula required under the Affordable Care Act. Submitted comments on: Section 3133 of the Affordable CAre Act (ACA) MU Stage 3 request for comment Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed occupational mix survey for 2013 Proposed rule on Medicaid, CHIP, Exchanges, and Other Health Insurance Marketplace Reform Provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Centers for MEdicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Regarding Issuers on Federally Facilitated and State Partnership Exchange Center for MEdicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Request for Information on Hospital Outpatient Surgery Department (HOSD) Experience of care. MedPAC on including Beneficiary Access in Site Neutral Payment Discussion

H.R. 933, Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act 2013, Division F, Title V, and Senate Amendments 26 and 53. Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers forDisease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Retain NIH salary cap at Executive Level II. Oppose elimination of AHRQ, and research policy provisions in House subcommittee bill Issue: Support additional scholarship opportunities for medical students. Presidents Budget, 2014, Department of Veterans Affairs Draft House and Senate, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Debt in Health Education Loan programs (Debt HELP) bill (draft) Issue: Expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 577, Resident Physician Shortage Reducation Act of 2013 Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issue: Reauthorizing National Health Service Corps. H.R. 487, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act Section 5503 and 5506 Issue: Redistribution of residency positions Issue: Implementation and funding for Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. H.R. 297, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. P.L. 113-5, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013. Issue: Complete reauthorization of preparedness legislation Act. Issue: Development and implementation of new Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) formula required under the Affordable Care Act. Issue: Repeal of Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula; Medicare physician payment form. Issue: Support the use of animals in medical research. H.R. 120, Training Tomorrow's Doctors Today Act Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments and increase GME accountability and transparency. H.R. 1180, Resident Physician Reduction Shortage Act of 2013 Issue: Support lifting cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments.Issue: Promote interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. Issue: Discuss with Administration impact of Medicaid expansions and Medicaid DSH cuts under the Affordable Care Act on AAMC member institutions. Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. Issue: Implementation of Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement Issue: Oppose Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) spending cuts through sequestration. Issue: 340b Drug Discount program eligibility Issue: Oppose discretionary spending cuts through sequestration, including NIH, Titles VII and VIII health professions and nursing education programs, and other science programs. Issue: Primary Care Workforce Development President's Budget, 2014, Department of Health and Human Services Draft Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 Issues: Support funding for National Institutites of Health (NIH), title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs Agency for Health Care Research Quality (AHRQ), National Health Service Corps (NHSC), and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Maintain NIH salary cap at Executive Level II. Issue: Funding for pandemic preparedness and biodefense programs Issue: Repeal Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula. Issue: Protections for human subjects in research H. Con Res 25, FY 2014 House Budget Resolution Issue: Oppose proposal to repeal ACA and reduce discretionary spending caps S. Con Res 8, FY 2014 Senate Budget Resolution Issue: Support amendment to establish deficit-neutral reserve fund to increase funding for NIH S. 616, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Act Issue: Reuthorization J-1 visa waiver programs for physicians and improve the H-1b visa and National Interest waivers. Submitted comments on: Section 3133 of the Affordable CAre Act (ACA) MU Stage 3 request for comment Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed occupational mix survey for 2013 Proposed rule on Medicaid, CHIP, Exchanges, and Other Health Insurance Marketplace Reform Provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Centers for MEdicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Regarding Issuers on Federally Facilitated and State Partnership Exchange Center for MEdicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Request for Information on Hospital Outpatient Surgery Department (HOSD) Experience of care. MedPAC on including Beneficiary Access in Site Neutral Payment Discussion

H.R. 933, Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013, Division F, Title V, and Senate Amendments 26 and 53. Issue: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps,Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Maintain NIH salary cap at Executive Level II. Presidents Budget, 2014, Department of Veterans Affairs Draft House and Senate Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. H.R. 5326/S. 2323, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title III Issues: Support funding for the National Science Foundation and NSF's peer review process. Draft House and Senate Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014, Titles II and III Issues: Support graduate/professional student aid programs. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps (NHSC). H.R. 297, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (CHGME). Issue: Funding for the National Health Care Workforce Commission. Issue: Oppose discretionary spending cuts through sequestration, including NIH, Titles VII and VIII health professions and nursing education programs, and other science funding. Issue: Oppose Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) cuts through sequestration. President's Budget, 2014, Department of Health and Human Services Draft Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 Issues: Support funding for National Institutites of Health (NIH), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, Agency for Health Care Research Quality (AHRQ), National Health Service Corps (NHSC), and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Maintain NIH salary cap at Executive Level II. Issue: Funding for pandemic preparedness and biodefense programs Issue: Funding for Teaching Health Centers under Section 340H of the Public Health Service Act. H. Con Res 25, FY 2014 House Buget Resolution Issue: Oppose proposal to repeal Affordable Care Act (ACA) and reduce discretionary spending caps S. Con Res 8, FY 2014 Senate Budget Resolution Issue: Support amendment to establish deficit-neutral reserve fund to increase funding for NIH

H.R. 933, Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013, Division F, Title V, and Senate Amendments 26 and 53. Issue: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps,Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Maintain NIH salary cap at Executive Level II. Presidents Budget, 2014, Department of Veterans Affairs Draft House and Senate Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. H.R. 5326/S. 2323, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title III Issues: Support funding for the National Science Foundation and NSF's peer review process. Draft House and Senate Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014, Titles II and III Issues: Support graduate/professional student aid programs. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps (NHSC). H.R. 297, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (CHGME). Issue: Funding for the National Health Care Workforce Commission. Issue: Oppose discretionary spending cuts through sequestration, including NIH, Titles VII and VIII health professions and nursing education programs, and other science funding. Issue: Oppose Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) cuts through sequestration. President's Budget, 2014, Department of Health and Human Services Draft Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 Issues: Support funding for National Institutites of Health (NIH), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, Agency for Health Care Research Quality (AHRQ), National Health Service Corps (NHSC), and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Maintain NIH salary cap at Executive Level II. Issue: Funding for pandemic preparedness and biodefense programs Issue: Funding for Teaching Health Centers under Section 340H of the Public Health Service Act. H. Con Res 25, FY 2014 House Buget Resolution Issue: Oppose proposal to repeal Affordable Care Act (ACA) and reduce discretionary spending caps S. Con Res 8, FY 2014 Senate Budget Resolution Issue: Support amendment to establish deficit-neutral reserve fund to increase funding for NIH

H.R. 933, Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act 2013, Division F, Title V, and Senate Amendments 26 and 53. Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers forDisease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Retain NIH salary cap at Executive Level II. Oppose elimination of AHRQ, and research policy provisions in House subcommittee bill Issue: Support additional scholarship opportunities for medical students. Presidents Budget, 2014, Department of Veterans Affairs Draft House and Senate, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Debt in Health Education Loan programs (Debt HELP) bill (draft) Issue: Expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 577, Resident Physician Shortage Reducation Act of 2013 Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issue: Reauthorizing National Health Service Corps. H.R. 487, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act Section 5503 and 5506 Issue: Redistribution of residency positions Issue: Implementation and funding for Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. H.R. 297, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. P.L. 113-5, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013. Issue: Complete reauthorization of preparedness legislation Act. Issue: Development and implementation of new Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) formula required under the Affordable Care Act. Issue: Repeal of Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula; Medicare physician payment form. Issue: Support the use of animals in medical research. H.R. 120, Training Tomorrow's Doctors Today Act Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments and increase GME accountability and transparency. H.R. 1180, Resident Physician Reduction Shortage Act of 2013 Issue: Support lifting cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments.Issue: Promote interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. Issue: Discuss with Administration impact of Medicaid expansions and Medicaid DSH cuts under the Affordable Care Act on AAMC member institutions. Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. Issue: Implementation of Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement Issue: Oppose Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) spending cuts through sequestration. Issue: 340b Drug Discount program eligibility Issue: Oppose discretionary spending cuts through sequestration, including NIH, Titles VII and VIII health professions and nursing education programs, and other science programs. Issue: Primary Care Workforce Development President's Budget, 2014, Department of Health and Human Services Draft Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 Issues: Support funding for National Institutites of Health (NIH), title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs Agency for Health Care Research Quality (AHRQ), National Health Service Corps (NHSC), and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Maintain NIH salary cap at Executive Level II. Issue: Funding for pandemic preparedness and biodefense programs Issue: Repeal Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula. Issue: Protections for human subjects in research H. Con Res 25, FY 2014 House Budget Resolution Issue: Oppose proposal to repeal ACA and reduce discretionary spending caps S. Con Res 8, FY 2014 Senate Budget Resolution Issue: Support amendment to establish deficit-neutral reserve fund to increase funding for NIH S. 616, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Act Issue: Reuthorization J-1 visa waiver programs for physicians and improve the H-1b visa and National Interest waivers. Submitted comments on: Section 3133 of the Affordable CAre Act (ACA) MU Stage 3 request for comment Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed occupational mix survey for 2013 Proposed rule on Medicaid, CHIP, Exchanges, and Other Health Insurance Marketplace Reform Provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Centers for MEdicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Regarding Issuers on Federally Facilitated and State Partnership Exchange Center for MEdicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Request for Information on Hospital Outpatient Surgery Department (HOSD) Experience of care. MedPAC on including Beneficiary Access in Site Neutral Payment Discussion

S. 577, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013 Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments.Issue: Implementation and funding for Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. Issue: Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement H.R. 487, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act Section 5503 and 5506 (Redistribution of Residency Positions) Issue: Redistribution of residency positions H.R. 1201, Training Tomorrow's Doctors Today Act Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments and increase GME accountability and transparancy. H.R. 1180, Resident Physician Reduction Shortage Act of 2013 Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments Issue: Discuss with Administration Impact of Medicaid expansions and Medicaid DSH cuts under the Affordable Care Act on AAMC member institutions Issue: Primary Care Workforce Development Issue: Development and Implementation of new Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) formula required under the Affordable Care Act. Submitted comments on: Section 3133 of the Affordable CAre Act (ACA) MU Stage 3 request for comment Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed occupational mix survey for 2013 Proposed rule on Medicaid, CHIP, Exchanges, and Other Health Insurance Marketplace Reform Provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Centers for MEdicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Regarding Issuers on Federally Facilitated and State Partnership Exchange Center for MEdicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Request for Information on Hospital Outpatient Surgery Department (HOSD) Experience of care. MedPAC on including Beneficiary Access in Site Neutral Payment Discussion

H.R. 933, Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act 2013, Division F, Title V, and Senate Amendments 26 and 53. Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers forDisease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Retain NIH salary cap at Executive Level II. Oppose elimination of AHRQ, and research policy provisions in House subcommittee bill Issue: Support additional scholarship opportunities for medical students. Presidents Budget, 2014, Department of Veterans Affairs Draft House and Senate, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Debt in Health Education Loan programs (Debt HELP) bill (draft) Issue: Expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 577, Resident Physician Shortage Reducation Act of 2013 Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issue: Reauthorizing National Health Service Corps. H.R. 487, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act Section 5503 and 5506 Issue: Redistribution of residency positions Issue: Implementation and funding for Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. H.R. 297, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. P.L. 113-5, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013. Issue: Complete reauthorization of preparedness legislation Act. Issue: Development and implementation of new Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) formula required under the Affordable Care Act. Issue: Repeal of Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula; Medicare physician payment form. Issue: Support the use of animals in medical research. H.R. 120, Training Tomorrow's Doctors Today Act Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments and increase GME accountability and transparency. H.R. 1180, Resident Physician Reduction Shortage Act of 2013 Issue: Support lifting cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments.Issue: Promote interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. Issue: Discuss with Administration impact of Medicaid expansions and Medicaid DSH cuts under the Affordable Care Act on AAMC member institutions. Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. Issue: Implementation of Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement Issue: Oppose Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) spending cuts through sequestration. Issue: 340b Drug Discount program eligibility Issue: Oppose discretionary spending cuts through sequestration, including NIH, Titles VII and VIII health professions and nursing education programs, and other science programs. Issue: Primary Care Workforce Development President's Budget, 2014, Department of Health and Human Services Draft Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 Issues: Support funding for National Institutites of Health (NIH), title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs Agency for Health Care Research Quality (AHRQ), National Health Service Corps (NHSC), and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Maintain NIH salary cap at Executive Level II. Issue: Funding for pandemic preparedness and biodefense programs Issue: Repeal Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula. Issue: Protections for human subjects in research H. Con Res 25, FY 2014 House Budget Resolution Issue: Oppose proposal to repeal ACA and reduce discretionary spending caps S. Con Res 8, FY 2014 Senate Budget Resolution Issue: Support amendment to establish deficit-neutral reserve fund to increase funding for NIH S. 616, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Act Issue: Reuthorization J-1 visa waiver programs for physicians and improve the H-1b visa and National Interest waivers. Submitted comments on: Section 3133 of the Affordable CAre Act (ACA) MU Stage 3 request for comment Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed occupational mix survey for 2013 Proposed rule on Medicaid, CHIP, Exchanges, and Other Health Insurance Marketplace Reform Provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Centers for MEdicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Regarding Issuers on Federally Facilitated and State Partnership Exchange Center for MEdicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Request for Information on Hospital Outpatient Surgery Department (HOSD) Experience of care. MedPAC on including Beneficiary Access in Site Neutral Payment Discussion

H.R. 933, Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013, Division F, Title V, and Senate Amendments 26 and 53. Issue: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps,Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Maintain NIH salary cap at Executive Level II. Presidents Budget, 2014, Department of Veterans Affairs Draft House and Senate Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. H.R. 5326/S. 2323, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title III Issues: Support funding for the National Science Foundation and NSF's peer review process. Draft House and Senate Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014, Titles II and III Issues: Support graduate/professional student aid programs. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps (NHSC). H.R. 297, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (CHGME). Issue: Funding for the National Health Care Workforce Commission. Issue: Oppose discretionary spending cuts through sequestration, including NIH, Titles VII and VIII health professions and nursing education programs, and other science funding. Issue: Oppose Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) cuts through sequestration. President's Budget, 2014, Department of Health and Human Services Draft Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 Issues: Support funding for National Institutites of Health (NIH), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, Agency for Health Care Research Quality (AHRQ), National Health Service Corps (NHSC), and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Maintain NIH salary cap at Executive Level II. Issue: Funding for pandemic preparedness and biodefense programs Issue: Funding for Teaching Health Centers under Section 340H of the Public Health Service Act. H. Con Res 25, FY 2014 House Buget Resolution Issue: Oppose proposal to repeal Affordable Care Act (ACA) and reduce discretionary spending caps S. Con Res 8, FY 2014 Senate Budget Resolution Issue: Support amendment to establish deficit-neutral reserve fund to increase funding for NIH

Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Unnumbered House subcommittee bill/S.3295 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Restore NIH salary cap to Executive Level I. Oppose elimination of AHRQ, and research policy provisions in House subcommittee bill H.R. 6400, RDOCS Act of 2012 Issue: Support additional scholarship opportunities for medical students. President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Oppose proposed reduction in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) support and proposed Medicaid reductions and reforms. Presidents Budget, 2014, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 5854/S. 3215, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Debt in Health Education Loan programs (Dbt HELP) bill proposal (draft) Issue: Expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Reducation Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issue: Implementing provisions reauthorizing health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and reauthorizing National Health Service Corps. S. 3201 Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Issue: Increase Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) accountability H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act Section 5503 and 5506 Issue: Redistribution of residency positions Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education programs under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 S. 1440, The Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who Deliver Infants Early Act. Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. H.R. 1855/H.R. 2405, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act. Issue: Complete reauthorization of preparedness legislation Act. H.R. 5707, Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act Issue: Repeal of Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula. H.R. 1513/S. 810, Great Ape Protection and Cost Saving Act of 2011 H.R. 6352, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability and Transparency Act Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments and increase GME accountability and transparency. H.R. 6562, Resident Physician Reduction Shortage Act of 2012 Issue: Support lifting cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments. Issue: Promote interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Issue: Collection, retention, and dissemination of personal health information. Issue: Discuss with Administration impact of Medicaid expansions and Medicaid DSH cuts under the Affordable Care Act on AAMC member institutions. Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. H.R. 2954/S. 2474, Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2011 Issue: Developing health care workforce that promotes health equity. Issue: Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Institute of Medicine (IOM) study on Graduate Medical Education (GME) financing and policies Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement Issue: Clarify policy changes on how to count Labor and Delivery beds when calculating Medicare GME payments. Issue: Oppose Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) spending cuts through sequestration. Issue: 340b Drug Discount program eligibility Issue: Oppose nondefense discretionary spending cuts through sequestration, including NIH and Title VII and VIII health professions and nursing education programs. Issue: Preventing, Identifying, and Treating Prescription Drug Abuse Issue: Primary Care Workforce Development Issue: Funding for Title VII and VIII in President's FY 2014 Budget Issue: Implementation of ACA Exchanges and Medicaid Expansions. Submitted comments on: AHRQ's Consumer Reporting System for Patient Safety Events Enhancing Community-Engaged Research Through the Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program

H.Con. Res. 112, FY 2013 Budget Resolution Issue: Oppose discretionary spending cuts and Medicare and Medicaid cuts and reforms. Issue: Support highest possible 302(b) allocation for Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee. Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services S. 3295/S. Rept. 112-76, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Restore NIH salary cap to Executive Level I. President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Oppose proposed reduction in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) support and proposed Medicaid reductions and reforms. Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 5854/S. 3215, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Issue: Modify Accountable Care Organization (ACO) proposed rules and implementation Health professions loans reform bill proposal (draft) Issue: Reduce student loan interest rates, expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issues: Implementing provisions reauthorizing health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and reauthorizing National Health Service Corps. H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. Issue: Address workforce shortages & primary care workforce development. Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. Issue: Promote interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Issue: Collection, retention, and dissemination of personal health information. Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. Issue: Applications for participation in CMS Bundled Payment Initiative. H.R. 2954/S. 2474, Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2011 Issue: Developing health care workforce that promotes health equity. Issue: Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Draft legislation to prohibit pelvic exams performed on anesthetized women by medical students and residents. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act, Secs. 5503 and 5506 Issue: Redistribution of unused residency slots and residency slots from closed hospitals. Issue: Institute of Medicine (IOM) study on Graduate Medical Education (GME) financing and policies S. 3201 Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Issue: Support legislation to increase Medicare GME accountability and support Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform Issue: Support draft Legislation to create womens hospital Graduate Medical Education program Issue: Communicated concerns regarding Medicare value modifier and the physician quality reporting system (PQRS) Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement Issue: Documentation and coding adjustments to inpatient payments rates. Issue: Clarify policy changes on how to count Labor and Delivery beds when calculating Medicare GME payments. H.R. 5651, Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 S. 3187, Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act Issue: Support FDA establishing unique device identifier system (UDI). Issue: Oppose restrictions on states' use of Medicaid provider assessments to pay for reduced student loan interest rates. Submitted comments on: CMS 60-day Overpayment NPRM Meaningful Use State 2 Proposed Rule Health Care Consolidation and Competition after PPACA SGR Replacement Medicare Primary Care Proposed Rule Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Rule

H.Con. Res. 112, FY 2013 Budget Resolution Issue: Oppose discretionary spending cuts and Medicare and Medicaid cuts and reforms. Issue: Support highest possible 302(b) allocation for Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee. Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Draft Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Restore NIH salary cap to Executive Level I. President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Oppose proposed reduction in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) support. Oppose proposed Medicaid reductions and reforms. Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Veterans Affairs Draft Military Construction-Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2013. Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. Presidents Budget, 2013, National Science Foundation Issues: Support funding for the National Science Foundation. President's Budget, 2013, Department of Education Draft Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 Issues: Support graduate/professional student and programs. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps (NHSC). H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. Issue: Funding for the National Health Care Workforce Commission.

Issue: Support highest possible 302(b) allocation for Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee. Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Unnumbered House subcommittee bill/S.3295 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Restore NIH salary cap to Executive Level I. Oppose elimination of AHRQ, research policy provisions in House subcommittee bill H.R. 6400, RDOCS Act of 2012 Issue: Support additional scholarship opportunities for medical students. President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Oppose proposed reduction in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) support and proposed Medicaid reductions and reforms. Presidents Budget, 2014, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 5854/S. 3215, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Health professions loans reform bill proposal (draft) Issue: Expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issue: Implementing provisions reauthorizing health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and reauthorizing National Health Service Corps. S. 3201 Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Issue: Increase GME accountability H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act Section 5503 and 5506 Issue: Redistribution of residency positions Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education programs under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. H.R. 6352, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability and Transparency Act Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments and increase GME accountability and transparency. H.R. 6562, Resident Physician Reduction Shortage Act of 2012 Issue: Support lifting cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments. Issue: Promote interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Issue: Collection, retention, and dissemination of personal health information. Issue: Discuss with Administration scenarios for Medicaid expansions and Medicaid DSH cuts under the Affordable Care Act and impact on AAMC member institutions. Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. H.R. 2954/S. 2474, Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2011 Issue: Developing health care workforce that promotes health equity. Issue: Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Institute of Medicine (IOM) study on Graduate Medical Education (GME) financing and policies Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform Issue: Support draft legislation to create womens hospital Graduate Medical Education program Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement Issue: Clarify policy changes on how to count Labor and Delivery beds when calculating Medicare GME payments. Issue: Oppose restrictions on states' use of Medicaid provider assessments to pay for reduced student loan interest rates. Issue: Oppose Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) spending cuts through sequestration. Issue: 340b Drug Discount program eligibility Issue: Oppose nondefense discretionary spending cuts through sequestration, including NIH and Title VII and VIII health professions and nursing education programs. Submitted comments on: CY 2013 End Stage Renal Disease Quality Incentive Program CDC Request for Information Regarding Inclusion of Work Information in EHR CY 2013 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule CY 2013 Hospital Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs IRS Proposed Rule for Additional Requirements for Charitable Hospitals

Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Unnumbered House subcommittee bill/S.3295 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Restore NIH salary cap to Executive Level I. Oppose elimination of AHRQ, and research policy provisions in House subcommittee bill H.R. 6400, RDOCS Act of 2012 Issue: Support additional scholarship opportunities for medical students. President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Oppose proposed reduction in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) support and proposed Medicaid reductions and reforms. Presidents Budget, 2014, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 5854/S. 3215, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Debt in Health Education Loan programs (Dbt HELP) bill proposal (draft) Issue: Expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Reducation Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issue: Implementing provisions reauthorizing health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and reauthorizing National Health Service Corps. S. 3201 Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Issue: Increase Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) accountability H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act Section 5503 and 5506 Issue: Redistribution of residency positions Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education programs under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 S. 1440, The Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who Deliver Infants Early Act. Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. H.R. 1855/H.R. 2405, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act. Issue: Complete reauthorization of preparedness legislation Act. H.R. 5707, Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act Issue: Repeal of Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula. H.R. 1513/S. 810, Great Ape Protection and Cost Saving Act of 2011 H.R. 6352, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability and Transparency Act Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments and increase GME accountability and transparency. H.R. 6562, Resident Physician Reduction Shortage Act of 2012 Issue: Support lifting cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments. Issue: Promote interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Issue: Collection, retention, and dissemination of personal health information. Issue: Discuss with Administration impact of Medicaid expansions and Medicaid DSH cuts under the Affordable Care Act on AAMC member institutions. Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. H.R. 2954/S. 2474, Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2011 Issue: Developing health care workforce that promotes health equity. Issue: Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Institute of Medicine (IOM) study on Graduate Medical Education (GME) financing and policies Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement Issue: Clarify policy changes on how to count Labor and Delivery beds when calculating Medicare GME payments. Issue: Oppose Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) spending cuts through sequestration. Issue: 340b Drug Discount program eligibility Issue: Oppose nondefense discretionary spending cuts through sequestration, including NIH and Title VII and VIII health professions and nursing education programs. Issue: Preventing, Identifying, and Treating Prescription Drug Abuse Issue: Primary Care Workforce Development Issue: Funding for Title VII and VIII in President's FY 2014 Budget Issue: Implementation of ACA Exchanges and Medicaid Expansions. Submitted comments on: AHRQ's Consumer Reporting System for Patient Safety Events Enhancing Community-Engaged Research Through the Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program

Issue: Support highest possible 302(b) allocation for Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee. Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Unnumbered House subcommittee bill/S. 3295, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II. Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Restore NIH salary cap to Executive Level I. Oppose AHRQ elimination, research policy provisions in House subcommittee bill. President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Oppose proposed reduction in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) support. Oppose proposed Medicaid reductions and reforms. Presidents Budget, 2014, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 5854/S. 3215, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. Presidents Budget, 2013, National Science Foundation H.R. 5326/S. 2323, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title III Issues: Support funding for the National Science Foundation and NSF's peer review process. President's Budget, 2013, Department of Education Unnumbered House subcommittee bill, S. 3295, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title III Issues: Support graduate/professional student aid programs. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps (NHSC). H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. Issue: Funding for the National Health Care Workforce Commission. Issue: Oppose nondefense discretionary spending cuts through sequestration, including NIH and Titles VII and VIII health professions and nursing education programs. Issue: Oppose Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) cuts through sequestration.

H.Con. Res. 112, FY 2013 Budget Resolution Issue: Oppose discretionary spending cuts and Medicare and Medicaid cuts and reforms. Issue: Support highest possible 302(b) allocation for Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee. Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Draft Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Restore NIH salary cap to Executive Level I. President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Oppose proposed reduction in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) support and proposed Medicaid reductions and reforms. Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Veterans Affairs Draft Military Construction - Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2013 Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Issue: Modify Accountable Care Organization (ACO) proposed rules and implementation Medical student loans reform bill proposal (draft) Issue: Reduce student loan interest rates, expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issues: Implementing provisions reauthorizing health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and reauthorizing National Health Service Corps. H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. Issue: Address workforce shortages & primary care workforce development. Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. Issue: Promoting interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Issue: Collection, retention, and dissemination of personal health information. Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. Issue: Applications for participation in CMS Bundled Payment Initiative. Issue: Draft legislation to increase Medicare GME accountability and support H.R. 2954, Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2011, Senate draft Issue: Developing health care workforce that promotes health equity. Issue: Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Draft legislation to prohibit pelvic exams performed on anesthetized women by medical students and residents. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act, Sec. 5506 Issue: Redistribution of residency slots from closed hospitals. Issue: Alternate Medicare/Medicaid DSH methodologies (CMS request) Issue: Institute of Medicine (IOM) study on Graduate Medical Education (GME) financing and policies Issue: Submitted comments on: National Institute's of Health's Biomedical Workforce Working Group on development of research workforce for biomedical science and on diversity of the biomedical research workforce. HHS/HRSA/SAMSHA efforts to promote culturally competent care for the LGBT communities. Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) draft agenda of research priorities. Proposed rule implementing the transparency provisions of the Affordable Care Act [P.L. 111-148, P.L. 111-152] dealing with payments from manufacturers of drugs and devices to physicians and teaching hospitals. Essential Health Benefits Bulletin Definition of "uninsured" for Medicaid disproportionate share payments.

H.Con. Res. 112, FY 2013 Budget Resolution Issue: Oppose discretionary spending cuts and Medicare and Medicaid cuts and reforms. Issue: Support highest possible 302(b) allocation for Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee. Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services S. 3295, S. Rept. 112-76, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Restore NIH salary cap to Executive Level I. President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Oppose proposed reduction in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) support. Oppose proposed Medicaid reductions and reforms. Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Veterans Affairs, Title II H.R. 5854/S. 3215, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. Presidents Budget, 2013, National Science Foundation H.R. 5326/S. 2323, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Act, 2013, Title III Issues: Support funding for the National Science Foundation and NSF's peer review process. President's Budget, 2013, Department of Education S. 3295, S. Rept. 112-76, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies, 2013, Title III Issues: Support graduate/professional student and programs. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps (NHSC). H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. Issue: Funding for the National Health Care Workforce Commission. Issue: Oppose discretionary spending cuts through sequestration.

Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Unnumbered House subcommittee bill/S. 3295, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II. Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Restore NIH salary cap to Executive Level I. Oppose AHRQ elimination, and research policy provisions in House subcommittee bill. President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Oppose proposed reduction in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) support. Oppose proposed Medicaid reductions and reforms. Presidents Budget, 2014, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 5854/S. 3215, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. Presidents Budget, 2013, National Science Foundation H.R. 5326/S. 2323, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title III Issues: Support funding for the National Science Foundation and NSF's peer review process. President's Budget, 2013, Department of Education Unnumbered House subcommittee bill S. 3295, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title III Issues: Support graduate/professional student aid programs. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps (NHSC). H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 S. 1440, The Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who Deliver Infants Early Act. Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. Issue: Funding for the National Health Care Workforce Commission. Issue: Oppose nondefense discretionary spending cuts through sequestration, including NIH and Titles VII and VIII health professions and nursing education programs. Issue: Oppose Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) cuts through sequestration. Issue: Funding for Title VII and VIII in President's FY2014 Budget

Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Unnumbered House subcommittee bill/S.3295 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Restore NIH salary cap to Executive Level I. Oppose elimination of AHRQ, and research policy provisions in House subcommittee bill H.R. 6400, RDOCS Act of 2012 Issue: Support additional scholarship opportunities for medical students. President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Oppose proposed reduction in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) support and proposed Medicaid reductions and reforms. Presidents Budget, 2014, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 5854/S. 3215, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Debt in Health Education Loan programs (Dbt HELP) bill proposal (draft) Issue: Expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Reducation Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issue: Implementing provisions reauthorizing health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and reauthorizing National Health Service Corps. S. 3201 Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Issue: Increase Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) accountability H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act Section 5503 and 5506 Issue: Redistribution of residency positions Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education programs under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 S. 1440, The Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who Deliver Infants Early Act. Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. H.R. 1855/H.R. 2405, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act. Issue: Complete reauthorization of preparedness legislation Act. H.R. 5707, Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act Issue: Repeal of Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula. H.R. 1513/S. 810, Great Ape Protection and Cost Saving Act of 2011 H.R. 6352, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability and Transparency Act Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments and increase GME accountability and transparency. H.R. 6562, Resident Physician Reduction Shortage Act of 2012 Issue: Support lifting cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments. Issue: Promote interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Issue: Collection, retention, and dissemination of personal health information. Issue: Discuss with Administration impact of Medicaid expansions and Medicaid DSH cuts under the Affordable Care Act on AAMC member institutions. Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. H.R. 2954/S. 2474, Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2011 Issue: Developing health care workforce that promotes health equity. Issue: Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Institute of Medicine (IOM) study on Graduate Medical Education (GME) financing and policies Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement Issue: Clarify policy changes on how to count Labor and Delivery beds when calculating Medicare GME payments. Issue: Oppose Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) spending cuts through sequestration. Issue: 340b Drug Discount program eligibility Issue: Oppose nondefense discretionary spending cuts through sequestration, including NIH and Title VII and VIII health professions and nursing education programs. Issue: Preventing, Identifying, and Treating Prescription Drug Abuse Issue: Primary Care Workforce Development Issue: Funding for Title VII and VIII in President's FY 2014 Budget Issue: Implementation of ACA Exchanges and Medicaid Expansions. Submitted comments on: AHRQ's Consumer Reporting System for Patient Safety Events Enhancing Community-Engaged Research Through the Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program

Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Unnumbered House subcommittee bill/S.3295 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Restore NIH salary cap to Executive Level I. Oppose elimination of AHRQ, and research policy provisions in House subcommittee bill H.R. 6400, RDOCS Act of 2012 Issue: Support additional scholarship opportunities for medical students. President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Oppose proposed reduction in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) support and proposed Medicaid reductions and reforms. Presidents Budget, 2014, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 5854/S. 3215, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Debt in Health Education Loan programs (Dbt HELP) bill proposal (draft) Issue: Expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Reducation Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issue: Implementing provisions reauthorizing health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and reauthorizing National Health Service Corps. S. 3201 Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Issue: Increase Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) accountability H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act Section 5503 and 5506 Issue: Redistribution of residency positions Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education programs under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 S. 1440, The Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who Deliver Infants Early Act. Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. H.R. 1855/H.R. 2405, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act. Issue: Complete reauthorization of preparedness legislation Act. H.R. 5707, Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act Issue: Repeal of Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula. H.R. 1513/S. 810, Great Ape Protection and Cost Saving Act of 2011 H.R. 6352, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability and Transparency Act Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments and increase GME accountability and transparency. H.R. 6562, Resident Physician Reduction Shortage Act of 2012 Issue: Support lifting cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments. Issue: Promote interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Issue: Collection, retention, and dissemination of personal health information. Issue: Discuss with Administration impact of Medicaid expansions and Medicaid DSH cuts under the Affordable Care Act on AAMC member institutions. Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. H.R. 2954/S. 2474, Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2011 Issue: Developing health care workforce that promotes health equity. Issue: Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Institute of Medicine (IOM) study on Graduate Medical Education (GME) financing and policies Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement Issue: Clarify policy changes on how to count Labor and Delivery beds when calculating Medicare GME payments. Issue: Oppose Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) spending cuts through sequestration. Issue: 340b Drug Discount program eligibility Issue: Oppose nondefense discretionary spending cuts through sequestration, including NIH and Title VII and VIII health professions and nursing education programs. Issue: Preventing, Identifying, and Treating Prescription Drug Abuse Issue: Primary Care Workforce Development Issue: Funding for Title VII and VIII in President's FY 2014 Budget Issue: Implementation of ACA Exchanges and Medicaid Expansions. Submitted comments on: AHRQ's Consumer Reporting System for Patient Safety Events Enhancing Community-Engaged Research Through the Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program

Issue: Support highest possible 302(b) allocation for Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee. Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Unnumbered House subcommittee bill/S.3295 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Restore NIH salary cap to Executive Level I. Oppose elimination of AHRQ, research policy provisions in House subcommittee bill H.R. 6400, RDOCS Act of 2012 Issue: Support additional scholarship opportunities for medical students. President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Oppose proposed reduction in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) support and proposed Medicaid reductions and reforms. Presidents Budget, 2014, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 5854/S. 3215, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Health professions loans reform bill proposal (draft) Issue: Expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issue: Implementing provisions reauthorizing health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and reauthorizing National Health Service Corps. S. 3201 Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Issue: Increase GME accountability H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act Section 5503 and 5506 Issue: Redistribution of residency positions Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education programs under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. H.R. 6352, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability and Transparency Act Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments and increase GME accountability and transparency. H.R. 6562, Resident Physician Reduction Shortage Act of 2012 Issue: Support lifting cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments. Issue: Promote interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Issue: Collection, retention, and dissemination of personal health information. Issue: Discuss with Administration scenarios for Medicaid expansions and Medicaid DSH cuts under the Affordable Care Act and impact on AAMC member institutions. Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. H.R. 2954/S. 2474, Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2011 Issue: Developing health care workforce that promotes health equity. Issue: Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Institute of Medicine (IOM) study on Graduate Medical Education (GME) financing and policies Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform Issue: Support draft legislation to create womens hospital Graduate Medical Education program Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement Issue: Clarify policy changes on how to count Labor and Delivery beds when calculating Medicare GME payments. Issue: Oppose restrictions on states' use of Medicaid provider assessments to pay for reduced student loan interest rates. Issue: Oppose Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) spending cuts through sequestration. Issue: 340b Drug Discount program eligibility Issue: Oppose nondefense discretionary spending cuts through sequestration, including NIH and Title VII and VIII health professions and nursing education programs. Submitted comments on: CY 2013 End Stage Renal Disease Quality Incentive Program CDC Request for Information Regarding Inclusion of Work Information in EHR CY 2013 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule CY 2013 Hospital Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs IRS Proposed Rule for Additional Requirements for Charitable Hospitals

Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Unnumbered House subcommittee bill/S.3295 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Restore NIH salary cap to Executive Level I. Oppose elimination of AHRQ, and research policy provisions in House subcommittee bill H.R. 6400, RDOCS Act of 2012 Issue: Support additional scholarship opportunities for medical students. President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Oppose proposed reduction in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) support and proposed Medicaid reductions and reforms. Presidents Budget, 2014, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 5854/S. 3215, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Debt in Health Education Loan programs (Dbt HELP) bill proposal (draft) Issue: Expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Reducation Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issue: Implementing provisions reauthorizing health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and reauthorizing National Health Service Corps. S. 3201 Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Issue: Increase Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) accountability H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act Section 5503 and 5506 Issue: Redistribution of residency positions Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education programs under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 S. 1440, The Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who Deliver Infants Early Act. Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. H.R. 1855/H.R. 2405, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act. Issue: Complete reauthorization of preparedness legislation Act. H.R. 5707, Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act Issue: Repeal of Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula. H.R. 1513/S. 810, Great Ape Protection and Cost Saving Act of 2011 H.R. 6352, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability and Transparency Act Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments and increase GME accountability and transparency. H.R. 6562, Resident Physician Reduction Shortage Act of 2012 Issue: Support lifting cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments. Issue: Promote interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Issue: Collection, retention, and dissemination of personal health information. Issue: Discuss with Administration impact of Medicaid expansions and Medicaid DSH cuts under the Affordable Care Act on AAMC member institutions. Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. H.R. 2954/S. 2474, Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2011 Issue: Developing health care workforce that promotes health equity. Issue: Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Institute of Medicine (IOM) study on Graduate Medical Education (GME) financing and policies Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement Issue: Clarify policy changes on how to count Labor and Delivery beds when calculating Medicare GME payments. Issue: Oppose Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) spending cuts through sequestration. Issue: 340b Drug Discount program eligibility Issue: Oppose nondefense discretionary spending cuts through sequestration, including NIH and Title VII and VIII health professions and nursing education programs. Issue: Preventing, Identifying, and Treating Prescription Drug Abuse Issue: Primary Care Workforce Development Issue: Funding for Title VII and VIII in President's FY 2014 Budget Issue: Implementation of ACA Exchanges and Medicaid Expansions. Submitted comments on: AHRQ's Consumer Reporting System for Patient Safety Events Enhancing Community-Engaged Research Through the Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program

H.Con. Res. 112, FY 2013 Budget Resolution Issue: Oppose discretionary spending cuts and Medicare and Medicaid cuts and reforms. Issue: Support highest possible 302(b) allocation for Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee. Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Draft Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Restore NIH salary cap to Executive Level I. President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Oppose proposed reduction in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) support and proposed Medicaid reductions and reforms. Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Veterans Affairs Draft Military Construction - Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2013 Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Issue: Modify Accountable Care Organization (ACO) proposed rules and implementation Medical student loans reform bill proposal (draft) Issue: Reduce student loan interest rates, expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issues: Implementing provisions reauthorizing health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and reauthorizing National Health Service Corps. H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. Issue: Address workforce shortages & primary care workforce development. Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. Issue: Promoting interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Issue: Collection, retention, and dissemination of personal health information. Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. Issue: Applications for participation in CMS Bundled Payment Initiative. Issue: Draft legislation to increase Medicare GME accountability and support H.R. 2954, Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2011, Senate draft Issue: Developing health care workforce that promotes health equity. Issue: Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Draft legislation to prohibit pelvic exams performed on anesthetized women by medical students and residents. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act, Sec. 5506 Issue: Redistribution of residency slots from closed hospitals. Issue: Alternate Medicare/Medicaid DSH methodologies (CMS request) Issue: Institute of Medicine (IOM) study on Graduate Medical Education (GME) financing and policies Issue: Submitted comments on: National Institute's of Health's Biomedical Workforce Working Group on development of research workforce for biomedical science and on diversity of the biomedical research workforce. HHS/HRSA/SAMSHA efforts to promote culturally competent care for the LGBT communities. Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) draft agenda of research priorities. Proposed rule implementing the transparency provisions of the Affordable Care Act [P.L. 111-148, P.L. 111-152] dealing with payments from manufacturers of drugs and devices to physicians and teaching hospitals. Essential Health Benefits Bulletin Definition of "uninsured" for Medicaid disproportionate share payments.

H.Con. Res. 112, FY 2013 Budget Resolution Issue: Oppose discretionary spending cuts and Medicare and Medicaid cuts and reforms. Issue: Support highest possible 302(b) allocation for Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee. Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services S. 3295/S. Rept. 112-76, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Restore NIH salary cap to Executive Level I. President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Oppose proposed reduction in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) support and proposed Medicaid reductions and reforms. Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 5854/S. 3215, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Issue: Modify Accountable Care Organization (ACO) proposed rules and implementation Health professions loans reform bill proposal (draft) Issue: Reduce student loan interest rates, expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issues: Implementing provisions reauthorizing health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and reauthorizing National Health Service Corps. H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. Issue: Address workforce shortages & primary care workforce development. Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. Issue: Promote interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Issue: Collection, retention, and dissemination of personal health information. Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. Issue: Applications for participation in CMS Bundled Payment Initiative. H.R. 2954/S. 2474, Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2011 Issue: Developing health care workforce that promotes health equity. Issue: Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Draft legislation to prohibit pelvic exams performed on anesthetized women by medical students and residents. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act, Secs. 5503 and 5506 Issue: Redistribution of unused residency slots and residency slots from closed hospitals. Issue: Institute of Medicine (IOM) study on Graduate Medical Education (GME) financing and policies S. 3201 Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Issue: Support legislation to increase Medicare GME accountability and support Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform Issue: Support draft Legislation to create womens hospital Graduate Medical Education program Issue: Communicated concerns regarding Medicare value modifier and the physician quality reporting system (PQRS) Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement Issue: Documentation and coding adjustments to inpatient payments rates. Issue: Clarify policy changes on how to count Labor and Delivery beds when calculating Medicare GME payments. H.R. 5651, Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 S. 3187, Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act Issue: Support FDA establishing unique device identifier system (UDI). Issue: Oppose restrictions on states' use of Medicaid provider assessments to pay for reduced student loan interest rates. Submitted comments on: CMS 60-day Overpayment NPRM Meaningful Use State 2 Proposed Rule Health Care Consolidation and Competition after PPACA SGR Replacement Medicare Primary Care Proposed Rule Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Rule

H.Con. Res. 112, FY 2013 Budget Resolution Issue: Oppose discretionary spending cuts and Medicare and Medicaid cuts and reforms. Issue: Support highest possible 302(b) allocation for Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee. Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Draft Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Restore NIH salary cap to Executive Level I. President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Oppose proposed reduction in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) support and proposed Medicaid reductions and reforms. Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Veterans Affairs Draft Military Construction - Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2013 Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Issue: Modify Accountable Care Organization (ACO) proposed rules and implementation Medical student loans reform bill proposal (draft) Issue: Reduce student loan interest rates, expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issues: Implementing provisions reauthorizing health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and reauthorizing National Health Service Corps. H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. Issue: Address workforce shortages & primary care workforce development. Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. Issue: Promoting interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Issue: Collection, retention, and dissemination of personal health information. Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. Issue: Applications for participation in CMS Bundled Payment Initiative. Issue: Draft legislation to increase Medicare GME accountability and support H.R. 2954, Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2011, Senate draft Issue: Developing health care workforce that promotes health equity. Issue: Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Draft legislation to prohibit pelvic exams performed on anesthetized women by medical students and residents. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act, Sec. 5506 Issue: Redistribution of residency slots from closed hospitals. Issue: Alternate Medicare/Medicaid DSH methodologies (CMS request) Issue: Institute of Medicine (IOM) study on Graduate Medical Education (GME) financing and policies Issue: Submitted comments on: National Institute's of Health's Biomedical Workforce Working Group on development of research workforce for biomedical science and on diversity of the biomedical research workforce. HHS/HRSA/SAMSHA efforts to promote culturally competent care for the LGBT communities. Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) draft agenda of research priorities. Proposed rule implementing the transparency provisions of the Affordable Care Act [P.L. 111-148, P.L. 111-152] dealing with payments from manufacturers of drugs and devices to physicians and teaching hospitals. Essential Health Benefits Bulletin Definition of "uninsured" for Medicaid disproportionate share payments.

President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issue: Oppose proposed reductions in Medicare GME support and proposed reductions and reforms in Medicaid. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. Issue: Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Institute of Medicine (IOM) study on Graduate Medical Education (GME) financing and policies. Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement Issue: Oppose restrictions on states' use of Medicaid provider assessments to pay for reduced student loan interest rates. S. 3201 Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Issue: Support legislation to increase Medicare GME accountability and support H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act Section 5503 and 5506 (Redistribution of Residency Positions) Issue: Redistribution of residency positions Issue: Support draft legislation to create womens hospital Graduate Medical Education program H.R. 5707, Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act Issue: Repeal of Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula. H.R. 6352, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability and Transparency Act Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments and increase GME accountability and transparancy. H.R. 6562, Resident Physician Reduction Shortage Act of 2012 Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments Issue: Discuss with Administration Impact of Medicaid expansions and Medicaid DSH cuts under the Affordable Care Act on AAMC member institutions Issue: Preventing, identifying, and treating prescription drug abuse Issue: Primary Care Workforce Development Issue: Implementation of ACA Exchanges and Medicaid expansions

Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Unnumbered House subcommittee bill/S.3295 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Restore NIH salary cap to Executive Level I. Oppose elimination of AHRQ, and research policy provisions in House subcommittee bill H.R. 6400, RDOCS Act of 2012 Issue: Support additional scholarship opportunities for medical students. President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Oppose proposed reduction in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) support and proposed Medicaid reductions and reforms. Presidents Budget, 2014, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 5854/S. 3215, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Debt in Health Education Loan programs (Dbt HELP) bill proposal (draft) Issue: Expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Reducation Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issue: Implementing provisions reauthorizing health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and reauthorizing National Health Service Corps. S. 3201 Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Issue: Increase Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) accountability H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act Section 5503 and 5506 Issue: Redistribution of residency positions Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education programs under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 S. 1440, The Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who Deliver Infants Early Act. Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. H.R. 1855/H.R. 2405, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act. Issue: Complete reauthorization of preparedness legislation Act. H.R. 5707, Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act Issue: Repeal of Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula. H.R. 1513/S. 810, Great Ape Protection and Cost Saving Act of 2011 H.R. 6352, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability and Transparency Act Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments and increase GME accountability and transparency. H.R. 6562, Resident Physician Reduction Shortage Act of 2012 Issue: Support lifting cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments. Issue: Promote interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Issue: Collection, retention, and dissemination of personal health information. Issue: Discuss with Administration impact of Medicaid expansions and Medicaid DSH cuts under the Affordable Care Act on AAMC member institutions. Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. H.R. 2954/S. 2474, Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2011 Issue: Developing health care workforce that promotes health equity. Issue: Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Institute of Medicine (IOM) study on Graduate Medical Education (GME) financing and policies Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement Issue: Clarify policy changes on how to count Labor and Delivery beds when calculating Medicare GME payments. Issue: Oppose Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) spending cuts through sequestration. Issue: 340b Drug Discount program eligibility Issue: Oppose nondefense discretionary spending cuts through sequestration, including NIH and Title VII and VIII health professions and nursing education programs. Issue: Preventing, Identifying, and Treating Prescription Drug Abuse Issue: Primary Care Workforce Development Issue: Funding for Title VII and VIII in President's FY 2014 Budget Issue: Implementation of ACA Exchanges and Medicaid Expansions. Submitted comments on: AHRQ's Consumer Reporting System for Patient Safety Events Enhancing Community-Engaged Research Through the Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program

H.Con. Res. 112, FY 2013 Budget Resolution Issue: Oppose discretionary spending cuts and Medicare and Medicaid cuts and reforms. Issue: Support highest possible 302(b) allocation for Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee. Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services S. 3295/S. Rept. 112-76, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Restore NIH salary cap to Executive Level I. President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Oppose proposed reduction in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) support and proposed Medicaid reductions and reforms. Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 5854/S. 3215, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Issue: Modify Accountable Care Organization (ACO) proposed rules and implementation Health professions loans reform bill proposal (draft) Issue: Reduce student loan interest rates, expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issues: Implementing provisions reauthorizing health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and reauthorizing National Health Service Corps. H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. Issue: Address workforce shortages & primary care workforce development. Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. Issue: Promote interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Issue: Collection, retention, and dissemination of personal health information. Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. Issue: Applications for participation in CMS Bundled Payment Initiative. H.R. 2954/S. 2474, Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2011 Issue: Developing health care workforce that promotes health equity. Issue: Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Draft legislation to prohibit pelvic exams performed on anesthetized women by medical students and residents. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act, Secs. 5503 and 5506 Issue: Redistribution of unused residency slots and residency slots from closed hospitals. Issue: Institute of Medicine (IOM) study on Graduate Medical Education (GME) financing and policies S. 3201 Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Issue: Support legislation to increase Medicare GME accountability and support Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform Issue: Support draft Legislation to create womens hospital Graduate Medical Education program Issue: Communicated concerns regarding Medicare value modifier and the physician quality reporting system (PQRS) Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement Issue: Documentation and coding adjustments to inpatient payments rates. Issue: Clarify policy changes on how to count Labor and Delivery beds when calculating Medicare GME payments. H.R. 5651, Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 S. 3187, Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act Issue: Support FDA establishing unique device identifier system (UDI). Issue: Oppose restrictions on states' use of Medicaid provider assessments to pay for reduced student loan interest rates. Submitted comments on: CMS 60-day Overpayment NPRM Meaningful Use State 2 Proposed Rule Health Care Consolidation and Competition after PPACA SGR Replacement Medicare Primary Care Proposed Rule Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Rule

President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issue: Oppose proposed reductions in Medicare GME support and proposed reductions and reforms in Medicaid. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. Issue: Modify Accountable Care Organization (ACO) proposed rules and implementation Issue: Applications for participation in CMS Bundled Payment Initiative. Issue: Address workforce shortages and primary care workforce development. Issue: Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Establishment of consumer operated and oriented plans (CO-OPs) H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act, Sec. 5503 and 5506 Issue: Redistribution of unused residency slots and residency slots from closed hospitals. Issue: Institute of Medicine (IOM) study on Graduate Medical Education (GME) financing and policies. S. 3201 Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Issue: Support legislation to increase Medicare GME accountability and support Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform Issue: Support draft legislation to create womens hospital Graduate Medical Education program Issue: Communicated concerns regarding Medicare value modifier and the physician quality reporting system (PQRS) Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement Issue: Documentation and coding adjustments to inpatient payment rates. Issue: Clarify policy changes on how to count Labor and Delivery beds when calculating Medicare GME payments. Issue: Oppose restrictions on states' use of Medicaid provider assessments to pay for reduced student loan interest rates. Submitted comments on: Meaningful Use State 2 Proposed Rule Health Care Consolidation and Competition after PPACA SGR Replacement Medicare Primary Care Proposed Rule Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Rule

President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issue: Oppose proposed reductions in Medicare GME support and proposed reductions and reforms in Medicaid. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. Issue: Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Institute of Medicine (IOM) study on Graduate Medical Education (GME) financing and policies. Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement Issue: Clarify policy changes on how to count Labor and Delivery beds when calculating Medicare GME payments. Issue: Oppose restrictions on states' use of Medicaid provider assessments to pay for reduced student loan interest rates. S. 3201 Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Issue: Support legislation to increase Medicare GME accountability and support H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act Section 5503 and 5506 (Redistribution of Residency Positions) Issue: Redistribution of residency positions Issue: Support draft legislation to create womens hospital Graduate Medical Education program H.R. 6352, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability and Transparency Act Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments and increase GME accountability and transparancy. H.R. 6562, Resident Physician Reduction Shortage Act of 2012 Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments Issue: Discuss with Administration scenarios for Medicaid expansions and Medicaid DSH cuts under the Affordable Care Act and impact on AAMC member institutions Submitted comments on: CY 2013 End Stage Renal Disease Quality Incentive Program CDC Request for Information Regarding Inclusion of Work Information in EHR CY 2013 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule CY 2013 Hospital Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs

Issue: Support highest possible 302(b) allocation for Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee. Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Unnumbered House subcommittee bill/S.3295 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Restore NIH salary cap to Executive Level I. Oppose elimination of AHRQ, research policy provisions in House subcommittee bill H.R. 6400, RDOCS Act of 2012 Issue: Support additional scholarship opportunities for medical students. President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Oppose proposed reduction in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) support and proposed Medicaid reductions and reforms. Presidents Budget, 2014, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 5854/S. 3215, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Health professions loans reform bill proposal (draft) Issue: Expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issue: Implementing provisions reauthorizing health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and reauthorizing National Health Service Corps. S. 3201 Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Issue: Increase GME accountability H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act Section 5503 and 5506 Issue: Redistribution of residency positions Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education programs under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. H.R. 6352, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability and Transparency Act Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments and increase GME accountability and transparency. H.R. 6562, Resident Physician Reduction Shortage Act of 2012 Issue: Support lifting cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments. Issue: Promote interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Issue: Collection, retention, and dissemination of personal health information. Issue: Discuss with Administration scenarios for Medicaid expansions and Medicaid DSH cuts under the Affordable Care Act and impact on AAMC member institutions. Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. H.R. 2954/S. 2474, Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2011 Issue: Developing health care workforce that promotes health equity. Issue: Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Institute of Medicine (IOM) study on Graduate Medical Education (GME) financing and policies Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform Issue: Support draft legislation to create womens hospital Graduate Medical Education program Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement Issue: Clarify policy changes on how to count Labor and Delivery beds when calculating Medicare GME payments. Issue: Oppose restrictions on states' use of Medicaid provider assessments to pay for reduced student loan interest rates. Issue: Oppose Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) spending cuts through sequestration. Issue: 340b Drug Discount program eligibility Issue: Oppose nondefense discretionary spending cuts through sequestration, including NIH and Title VII and VIII health professions and nursing education programs. Submitted comments on: CY 2013 End Stage Renal Disease Quality Incentive Program CDC Request for Information Regarding Inclusion of Work Information in EHR CY 2013 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule CY 2013 Hospital Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs IRS Proposed Rule for Additional Requirements for Charitable Hospitals

President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issue: Oppose proposed reductions in Medicare GME support and proposed reductions and reforms in Medicaid. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. Issue: Modify Accountable Care Organization (ACO) proposed rules and implementation Issue: Applications for participation in CMS Bundled Payment Initiative. Issue: Address workforce shortages and primary care workforce development. Issue: Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Establishment of consumer operated and oriented plans (CO-OPs) H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings Issue: IOM Study of GME financing and policies P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act, Sec. 5506 Issue: Redistribution of residency slots from closed hospitals. Issue: Alternative Medicare/Medicaid DSH methodologies (CMS request) Issue: Institute of Medicine (IOM) study on Graduate Medical Education (GME) financing and policies. Submitted comments on: Proposed rule implementing the transparency provisions of the Affordable Care Act [P.L. 111-148, P.L. 111-152] dealing with payments from manufacturers of drugs and devices to physicians and teaching hospitals. Definition of "uninsured" for Medicaid disproportionate share payments.

H.Con. Res. 112, FY 2013 Budget Resolution Issue: Oppose discretionary spending cuts and Medicare and Medicaid cuts and reforms. Issue: Support highest possible 302(b) allocation for Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee. Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services S. 3295/S. Rept. 112-76, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Restore NIH salary cap to Executive Level I. President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Oppose proposed reduction in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) support and proposed Medicaid reductions and reforms. Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 5854/S. 3215, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Issue: Modify Accountable Care Organization (ACO) proposed rules and implementation Health professions loans reform bill proposal (draft) Issue: Reduce student loan interest rates, expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issues: Implementing provisions reauthorizing health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and reauthorizing National Health Service Corps. H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. Issue: Address workforce shortages & primary care workforce development. Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. Issue: Promote interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Issue: Collection, retention, and dissemination of personal health information. Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. Issue: Applications for participation in CMS Bundled Payment Initiative. H.R. 2954/S. 2474, Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2011 Issue: Developing health care workforce that promotes health equity. Issue: Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Draft legislation to prohibit pelvic exams performed on anesthetized women by medical students and residents. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act, Secs. 5503 and 5506 Issue: Redistribution of unused residency slots and residency slots from closed hospitals. Issue: Institute of Medicine (IOM) study on Graduate Medical Education (GME) financing and policies S. 3201 Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Issue: Support legislation to increase Medicare GME accountability and support Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform Issue: Support draft Legislation to create womens hospital Graduate Medical Education program Issue: Communicated concerns regarding Medicare value modifier and the physician quality reporting system (PQRS) Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement Issue: Documentation and coding adjustments to inpatient payments rates. Issue: Clarify policy changes on how to count Labor and Delivery beds when calculating Medicare GME payments. H.R. 5651, Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 S. 3187, Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act Issue: Support FDA establishing unique device identifier system (UDI). Issue: Oppose restrictions on states' use of Medicaid provider assessments to pay for reduced student loan interest rates. Submitted comments on: CMS 60-day Overpayment NPRM Meaningful Use State 2 Proposed Rule Health Care Consolidation and Competition after PPACA SGR Replacement Medicare Primary Care Proposed Rule Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Rule

President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issue: Oppose proposed reductions in Medicare GME support and proposed reductions and reforms in Medicaid. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. Issue: Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Institute of Medicine (IOM) study on Graduate Medical Education (GME) financing and policies. Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement Issue: Oppose restrictions on states' use of Medicaid provider assessments to pay for reduced student loan interest rates. S. 3201 Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Issue: Support legislation to increase Medicare GME accountability and support H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act Section 5503 and 5506 (Redistribution of Residency Positions) Issue: Redistribution of residency positions Issue: Support draft legislation to create womens hospital Graduate Medical Education program H.R. 5707, Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act Issue: Repeal of Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula. H.R. 6352, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability and Transparency Act Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments and increase GME accountability and transparancy. H.R. 6562, Resident Physician Reduction Shortage Act of 2012 Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments Issue: Discuss with Administration Impact of Medicaid expansions and Medicaid DSH cuts under the Affordable Care Act on AAMC member institutions Issue: Preventing, identifying, and treating prescription drug abuse Issue: Primary Care Workforce Development Issue: Implementation of ACA Exchanges and Medicaid expansions

Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Unnumbered House subcommittee bill/S.3295 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Restore NIH salary cap to Executive Level I. Oppose elimination of AHRQ, and research policy provisions in House subcommittee bill H.R. 6400, RDOCS Act of 2012 Issue: Support additional scholarship opportunities for medical students. President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Oppose proposed reduction in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) support and proposed Medicaid reductions and reforms. Presidents Budget, 2014, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 5854/S. 3215, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Debt in Health Education Loan programs (Dbt HELP) bill proposal (draft) Issue: Expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Reducation Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issue: Implementing provisions reauthorizing health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and reauthorizing National Health Service Corps. S. 3201 Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Issue: Increase Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) accountability H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act Section 5503 and 5506 Issue: Redistribution of residency positions Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education programs under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 S. 1440, The Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who Deliver Infants Early Act. Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. H.R. 1855/H.R. 2405, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act. Issue: Complete reauthorization of preparedness legislation Act. H.R. 5707, Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act Issue: Repeal of Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula. H.R. 1513/S. 810, Great Ape Protection and Cost Saving Act of 2011 H.R. 6352, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability and Transparency Act Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments and increase GME accountability and transparency. H.R. 6562, Resident Physician Reduction Shortage Act of 2012 Issue: Support lifting cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments. Issue: Promote interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Issue: Collection, retention, and dissemination of personal health information. Issue: Discuss with Administration impact of Medicaid expansions and Medicaid DSH cuts under the Affordable Care Act on AAMC member institutions. Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. H.R. 2954/S. 2474, Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2011 Issue: Developing health care workforce that promotes health equity. Issue: Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Institute of Medicine (IOM) study on Graduate Medical Education (GME) financing and policies Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement Issue: Clarify policy changes on how to count Labor and Delivery beds when calculating Medicare GME payments. Issue: Oppose Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) spending cuts through sequestration. Issue: 340b Drug Discount program eligibility Issue: Oppose nondefense discretionary spending cuts through sequestration, including NIH and Title VII and VIII health professions and nursing education programs. Issue: Preventing, Identifying, and Treating Prescription Drug Abuse Issue: Primary Care Workforce Development Issue: Funding for Title VII and VIII in President's FY 2014 Budget Issue: Implementation of ACA Exchanges and Medicaid Expansions. Submitted comments on: AHRQ's Consumer Reporting System for Patient Safety Events Enhancing Community-Engaged Research Through the Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program

Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Unnumbered House subcommittee bill/S.3295 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Restore NIH salary cap to Executive Level I. Oppose elimination of AHRQ, and research policy provisions in House subcommittee bill H.R. 6400, RDOCS Act of 2012 Issue: Support additional scholarship opportunities for medical students. President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Oppose proposed reduction in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) support and proposed Medicaid reductions and reforms. Presidents Budget, 2014, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 5854/S. 3215, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Debt in Health Education Loan programs (Dbt HELP) bill proposal (draft) Issue: Expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Reducation Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issue: Implementing provisions reauthorizing health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and reauthorizing National Health Service Corps. S. 3201 Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Issue: Increase Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) accountability H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act Section 5503 and 5506 Issue: Redistribution of residency positions Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education programs under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 S. 1440, The Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who Deliver Infants Early Act. Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. H.R. 1855/H.R. 2405, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act. Issue: Complete reauthorization of preparedness legislation Act. H.R. 5707, Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act Issue: Repeal of Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula. H.R. 1513/S. 810, Great Ape Protection and Cost Saving Act of 2011 H.R. 6352, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability and Transparency Act Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments and increase GME accountability and transparency. H.R. 6562, Resident Physician Reduction Shortage Act of 2012 Issue: Support lifting cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments. Issue: Promote interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Issue: Collection, retention, and dissemination of personal health information. Issue: Discuss with Administration impact of Medicaid expansions and Medicaid DSH cuts under the Affordable Care Act on AAMC member institutions. Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. H.R. 2954/S. 2474, Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2011 Issue: Developing health care workforce that promotes health equity. Issue: Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Institute of Medicine (IOM) study on Graduate Medical Education (GME) financing and policies Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement Issue: Clarify policy changes on how to count Labor and Delivery beds when calculating Medicare GME payments. Issue: Oppose Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) spending cuts through sequestration. Issue: 340b Drug Discount program eligibility Issue: Oppose nondefense discretionary spending cuts through sequestration, including NIH and Title VII and VIII health professions and nursing education programs. Issue: Preventing, Identifying, and Treating Prescription Drug Abuse Issue: Primary Care Workforce Development Issue: Funding for Title VII and VIII in President's FY 2014 Budget Issue: Implementation of ACA Exchanges and Medicaid Expansions. Submitted comments on: AHRQ's Consumer Reporting System for Patient Safety Events Enhancing Community-Engaged Research Through the Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program

H.Con. Res. 112, FY 2013 Budget Resolution Issue: Oppose discretionary spending cuts and Medicare and Medicaid cuts and reforms. Issue: Support highest possible 302(b) allocation for Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee. Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services S. 3295/S. Rept. 112-76, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Restore NIH salary cap to Executive Level I. President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Oppose proposed reduction in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) support and proposed Medicaid reductions and reforms. Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 5854/S. 3215, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Issue: Modify Accountable Care Organization (ACO) proposed rules and implementation Health professions loans reform bill proposal (draft) Issue: Reduce student loan interest rates, expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issues: Implementing provisions reauthorizing health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and reauthorizing National Health Service Corps. H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. Issue: Address workforce shortages & primary care workforce development. Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. Issue: Promote interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Issue: Collection, retention, and dissemination of personal health information. Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. Issue: Applications for participation in CMS Bundled Payment Initiative. H.R. 2954/S. 2474, Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2011 Issue: Developing health care workforce that promotes health equity. Issue: Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Draft legislation to prohibit pelvic exams performed on anesthetized women by medical students and residents. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act, Secs. 5503 and 5506 Issue: Redistribution of unused residency slots and residency slots from closed hospitals. Issue: Institute of Medicine (IOM) study on Graduate Medical Education (GME) financing and policies S. 3201 Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Issue: Support legislation to increase Medicare GME accountability and support Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform Issue: Support draft Legislation to create womens hospital Graduate Medical Education program Issue: Communicated concerns regarding Medicare value modifier and the physician quality reporting system (PQRS) Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement Issue: Documentation and coding adjustments to inpatient payments rates. Issue: Clarify policy changes on how to count Labor and Delivery beds when calculating Medicare GME payments. H.R. 5651, Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 S. 3187, Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act Issue: Support FDA establishing unique device identifier system (UDI). Issue: Oppose restrictions on states' use of Medicaid provider assessments to pay for reduced student loan interest rates. Submitted comments on: CMS 60-day Overpayment NPRM Meaningful Use State 2 Proposed Rule Health Care Consolidation and Competition after PPACA SGR Replacement Medicare Primary Care Proposed Rule Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Rule

Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Unnumbered House subcommittee bill/S. 3295, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II. Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Restore NIH salary cap to Executive Level I. Oppose AHRQ elimination, and research policy provisions in House subcommittee bill. President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Oppose proposed reduction in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) support. Oppose proposed Medicaid reductions and reforms. Presidents Budget, 2014, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 5854/S. 3215, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. Presidents Budget, 2013, National Science Foundation H.R. 5326/S. 2323, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title III Issues: Support funding for the National Science Foundation and NSF's peer review process. President's Budget, 2013, Department of Education Unnumbered House subcommittee bill S. 3295, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title III Issues: Support graduate/professional student aid programs. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps (NHSC). H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 S. 1440, The Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who Deliver Infants Early Act. Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. Issue: Funding for the National Health Care Workforce Commission. Issue: Oppose nondefense discretionary spending cuts through sequestration, including NIH and Titles VII and VIII health professions and nursing education programs. Issue: Oppose Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) cuts through sequestration. Issue: Funding for Title VII and VIII in President's FY2014 Budget

Issue: Support highest possible 302(b) allocation for Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee. Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Unnumbered House subcommittee bill/S.3295 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Restore NIH salary cap to Executive Level I. Oppose elimination of AHRQ, research policy provisions in House subcommittee bill H.R. 6400, RDOCS Act of 2012 Issue: Support additional scholarship opportunities for medical students. President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Oppose proposed reduction in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) support and proposed Medicaid reductions and reforms. Presidents Budget, 2014, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 5854/S. 3215, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Health professions loans reform bill proposal (draft) Issue: Expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issue: Implementing provisions reauthorizing health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and reauthorizing National Health Service Corps. S. 3201 Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Issue: Increase GME accountability H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act Section 5503 and 5506 Issue: Redistribution of residency positions Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education programs under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. H.R. 6352, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability and Transparency Act Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments and increase GME accountability and transparency. H.R. 6562, Resident Physician Reduction Shortage Act of 2012 Issue: Support lifting cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments. Issue: Promote interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Issue: Collection, retention, and dissemination of personal health information. Issue: Discuss with Administration scenarios for Medicaid expansions and Medicaid DSH cuts under the Affordable Care Act and impact on AAMC member institutions. Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. H.R. 2954/S. 2474, Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2011 Issue: Developing health care workforce that promotes health equity. Issue: Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Institute of Medicine (IOM) study on Graduate Medical Education (GME) financing and policies Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform Issue: Support draft legislation to create womens hospital Graduate Medical Education program Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement Issue: Clarify policy changes on how to count Labor and Delivery beds when calculating Medicare GME payments. Issue: Oppose restrictions on states' use of Medicaid provider assessments to pay for reduced student loan interest rates. Issue: Oppose Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) spending cuts through sequestration. Issue: 340b Drug Discount program eligibility Issue: Oppose nondefense discretionary spending cuts through sequestration, including NIH and Title VII and VIII health professions and nursing education programs. Submitted comments on: CY 2013 End Stage Renal Disease Quality Incentive Program CDC Request for Information Regarding Inclusion of Work Information in EHR CY 2013 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule CY 2013 Hospital Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs IRS Proposed Rule for Additional Requirements for Charitable Hospitals

H.Con. Res. 112, FY 2013 Budget Resolution Issue: Oppose discretionary spending cuts and Medicare and Medicaid cuts and reforms. Issue: Support highest possible 302(b) allocation for Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee. Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services S. 3295, S. Rept. 112-76, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Restore NIH salary cap to Executive Level I. President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Oppose proposed reduction in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) support. Oppose proposed Medicaid reductions and reforms. Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Veterans Affairs, Title II H.R. 5854/S. 3215, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. Presidents Budget, 2013, National Science Foundation H.R. 5326/S. 2323, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Act, 2013, Title III Issues: Support funding for the National Science Foundation and NSF's peer review process. President's Budget, 2013, Department of Education S. 3295, S. Rept. 112-76, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies, 2013, Title III Issues: Support graduate/professional student and programs. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps (NHSC). H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. Issue: Funding for the National Health Care Workforce Commission. Issue: Oppose discretionary spending cuts through sequestration.

Issue: Support highest possible 302(b) allocation for Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee. Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Unnumbered House subcommittee bill/S. 3295, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II. Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Restore NIH salary cap to Executive Level I. Oppose AHRQ elimination, research policy provisions in House subcommittee bill. President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Oppose proposed reduction in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) support. Oppose proposed Medicaid reductions and reforms. Presidents Budget, 2014, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 5854/S. 3215, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. Presidents Budget, 2013, National Science Foundation H.R. 5326/S. 2323, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title III Issues: Support funding for the National Science Foundation and NSF's peer review process. President's Budget, 2013, Department of Education Unnumbered House subcommittee bill, S. 3295, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title III Issues: Support graduate/professional student aid programs. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps (NHSC). H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. Issue: Funding for the National Health Care Workforce Commission. Issue: Oppose nondefense discretionary spending cuts through sequestration, including NIH and Titles VII and VIII health professions and nursing education programs. Issue: Oppose Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) cuts through sequestration.

Issue: Support highest possible 302(b) allocation for Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee. Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Unnumbered House subcommittee bill/S.3295 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Restore NIH salary cap to Executive Level I. Oppose elimination of AHRQ, research policy provisions in House subcommittee bill H.R. 6400, RDOCS Act of 2012 Issue: Support additional scholarship opportunities for medical students. President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Oppose proposed reduction in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) support and proposed Medicaid reductions and reforms. Presidents Budget, 2014, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 5854/S. 3215, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Health professions loans reform bill proposal (draft) Issue: Expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issue: Implementing provisions reauthorizing health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and reauthorizing National Health Service Corps. S. 3201 Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Issue: Increase GME accountability H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act Section 5503 and 5506 Issue: Redistribution of residency positions Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education programs under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. H.R. 6352, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability and Transparency Act Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments and increase GME accountability and transparency. H.R. 6562, Resident Physician Reduction Shortage Act of 2012 Issue: Support lifting cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments. Issue: Promote interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Issue: Collection, retention, and dissemination of personal health information. Issue: Discuss with Administration scenarios for Medicaid expansions and Medicaid DSH cuts under the Affordable Care Act and impact on AAMC member institutions. Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. H.R. 2954/S. 2474, Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2011 Issue: Developing health care workforce that promotes health equity. Issue: Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Institute of Medicine (IOM) study on Graduate Medical Education (GME) financing and policies Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform Issue: Support draft legislation to create womens hospital Graduate Medical Education program Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement Issue: Clarify policy changes on how to count Labor and Delivery beds when calculating Medicare GME payments. Issue: Oppose restrictions on states' use of Medicaid provider assessments to pay for reduced student loan interest rates. Issue: Oppose Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) spending cuts through sequestration. Issue: 340b Drug Discount program eligibility Issue: Oppose nondefense discretionary spending cuts through sequestration, including NIH and Title VII and VIII health professions and nursing education programs. Submitted comments on: CY 2013 End Stage Renal Disease Quality Incentive Program CDC Request for Information Regarding Inclusion of Work Information in EHR CY 2013 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule CY 2013 Hospital Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs IRS Proposed Rule for Additional Requirements for Charitable Hospitals

President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issue: Oppose proposed reductions in Medicare GME support and proposed reductions and reforms in Medicaid. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. Issue: Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Institute of Medicine (IOM) study on Graduate Medical Education (GME) financing and policies. Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement Issue: Clarify policy changes on how to count Labor and Delivery beds when calculating Medicare GME payments. Issue: Oppose restrictions on states' use of Medicaid provider assessments to pay for reduced student loan interest rates. S. 3201 Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Issue: Support legislation to increase Medicare GME accountability and support H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act Section 5503 and 5506 (Redistribution of Residency Positions) Issue: Redistribution of residency positions Issue: Support draft legislation to create womens hospital Graduate Medical Education program H.R. 6352, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability and Transparency Act Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments and increase GME accountability and transparancy. H.R. 6562, Resident Physician Reduction Shortage Act of 2012 Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments Issue: Discuss with Administration scenarios for Medicaid expansions and Medicaid DSH cuts under the Affordable Care Act and impact on AAMC member institutions Submitted comments on: CY 2013 End Stage Renal Disease Quality Incentive Program CDC Request for Information Regarding Inclusion of Work Information in EHR CY 2013 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule CY 2013 Hospital Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs

President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issue: Oppose proposed reductions in Medicare GME support and proposed reductions and reforms in Medicaid. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. Issue: Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Institute of Medicine (IOM) study on Graduate Medical Education (GME) financing and policies. Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement Issue: Oppose restrictions on states' use of Medicaid provider assessments to pay for reduced student loan interest rates. S. 3201 Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Issue: Support legislation to increase Medicare GME accountability and support H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act Section 5503 and 5506 (Redistribution of Residency Positions) Issue: Redistribution of residency positions Issue: Support draft legislation to create womens hospital Graduate Medical Education program H.R. 5707, Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act Issue: Repeal of Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula. H.R. 6352, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability and Transparency Act Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments and increase GME accountability and transparancy. H.R. 6562, Resident Physician Reduction Shortage Act of 2012 Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments Issue: Discuss with Administration Impact of Medicaid expansions and Medicaid DSH cuts under the Affordable Care Act on AAMC member institutions Issue: Preventing, identifying, and treating prescription drug abuse Issue: Primary Care Workforce Development Issue: Implementation of ACA Exchanges and Medicaid expansions

Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Unnumbered House subcommittee bill/S.3295 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Restore NIH salary cap to Executive Level I. Oppose elimination of AHRQ, and research policy provisions in House subcommittee bill H.R. 6400, RDOCS Act of 2012 Issue: Support additional scholarship opportunities for medical students. President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Oppose proposed reduction in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) support and proposed Medicaid reductions and reforms. Presidents Budget, 2014, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 5854/S. 3215, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Debt in Health Education Loan programs (Dbt HELP) bill proposal (draft) Issue: Expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Reducation Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issue: Implementing provisions reauthorizing health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and reauthorizing National Health Service Corps. S. 3201 Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Issue: Increase Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) accountability H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act Section 5503 and 5506 Issue: Redistribution of residency positions Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education programs under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 S. 1440, The Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who Deliver Infants Early Act. Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. H.R. 1855/H.R. 2405, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act. Issue: Complete reauthorization of preparedness legislation Act. H.R. 5707, Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act Issue: Repeal of Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula. H.R. 1513/S. 810, Great Ape Protection and Cost Saving Act of 2011 H.R. 6352, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability and Transparency Act Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments and increase GME accountability and transparency. H.R. 6562, Resident Physician Reduction Shortage Act of 2012 Issue: Support lifting cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments. Issue: Promote interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Issue: Collection, retention, and dissemination of personal health information. Issue: Discuss with Administration impact of Medicaid expansions and Medicaid DSH cuts under the Affordable Care Act on AAMC member institutions. Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. H.R. 2954/S. 2474, Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2011 Issue: Developing health care workforce that promotes health equity. Issue: Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Institute of Medicine (IOM) study on Graduate Medical Education (GME) financing and policies Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement Issue: Clarify policy changes on how to count Labor and Delivery beds when calculating Medicare GME payments. Issue: Oppose Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) spending cuts through sequestration. Issue: 340b Drug Discount program eligibility Issue: Oppose nondefense discretionary spending cuts through sequestration, including NIH and Title VII and VIII health professions and nursing education programs. Issue: Preventing, Identifying, and Treating Prescription Drug Abuse Issue: Primary Care Workforce Development Issue: Funding for Title VII and VIII in President's FY 2014 Budget Issue: Implementation of ACA Exchanges and Medicaid Expansions. Submitted comments on: AHRQ's Consumer Reporting System for Patient Safety Events Enhancing Community-Engaged Research Through the Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program

Issue: Support highest possible 302(b) allocation for Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee. Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Unnumbered House subcommittee bill/S.3295 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Restore NIH salary cap to Executive Level I. Oppose elimination of AHRQ, research policy provisions in House subcommittee bill H.R. 6400, RDOCS Act of 2012 Issue: Support additional scholarship opportunities for medical students. President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Oppose proposed reduction in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) support and proposed Medicaid reductions and reforms. Presidents Budget, 2014, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 5854/S. 3215, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Health professions loans reform bill proposal (draft) Issue: Expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issue: Implementing provisions reauthorizing health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and reauthorizing National Health Service Corps. S. 3201 Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Issue: Increase GME accountability H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act Section 5503 and 5506 Issue: Redistribution of residency positions Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education programs under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. H.R. 6352, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability and Transparency Act Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments and increase GME accountability and transparency. H.R. 6562, Resident Physician Reduction Shortage Act of 2012 Issue: Support lifting cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments. Issue: Promote interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Issue: Collection, retention, and dissemination of personal health information. Issue: Discuss with Administration scenarios for Medicaid expansions and Medicaid DSH cuts under the Affordable Care Act and impact on AAMC member institutions. Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. H.R. 2954/S. 2474, Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2011 Issue: Developing health care workforce that promotes health equity. Issue: Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Institute of Medicine (IOM) study on Graduate Medical Education (GME) financing and policies Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform Issue: Support draft legislation to create womens hospital Graduate Medical Education program Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement Issue: Clarify policy changes on how to count Labor and Delivery beds when calculating Medicare GME payments. Issue: Oppose restrictions on states' use of Medicaid provider assessments to pay for reduced student loan interest rates. Issue: Oppose Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) spending cuts through sequestration. Issue: 340b Drug Discount program eligibility Issue: Oppose nondefense discretionary spending cuts through sequestration, including NIH and Title VII and VIII health professions and nursing education programs. Submitted comments on: CY 2013 End Stage Renal Disease Quality Incentive Program CDC Request for Information Regarding Inclusion of Work Information in EHR CY 2013 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule CY 2013 Hospital Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs IRS Proposed Rule for Additional Requirements for Charitable Hospitals

Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Unnumbered House subcommittee bill/S.3295 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Restore NIH salary cap to Executive Level I. Oppose elimination of AHRQ, and research policy provisions in House subcommittee bill H.R. 6400, RDOCS Act of 2012 Issue: Support additional scholarship opportunities for medical students. President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Oppose proposed reduction in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) support and proposed Medicaid reductions and reforms. Presidents Budget, 2014, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 5854/S. 3215, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Debt in Health Education Loan programs (Dbt HELP) bill proposal (draft) Issue: Expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Reducation Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issue: Implementing provisions reauthorizing health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and reauthorizing National Health Service Corps. S. 3201 Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Issue: Increase Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) accountability H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act Section 5503 and 5506 Issue: Redistribution of residency positions Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education programs under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 S. 1440, The Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who Deliver Infants Early Act. Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. H.R. 1855/H.R. 2405, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act. Issue: Complete reauthorization of preparedness legislation Act. H.R. 5707, Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act Issue: Repeal of Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula. H.R. 1513/S. 810, Great Ape Protection and Cost Saving Act of 2011 H.R. 6352, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability and Transparency Act Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments and increase GME accountability and transparency. H.R. 6562, Resident Physician Reduction Shortage Act of 2012 Issue: Support lifting cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments. Issue: Promote interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Issue: Collection, retention, and dissemination of personal health information. Issue: Discuss with Administration impact of Medicaid expansions and Medicaid DSH cuts under the Affordable Care Act on AAMC member institutions. Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. H.R. 2954/S. 2474, Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2011 Issue: Developing health care workforce that promotes health equity. Issue: Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Institute of Medicine (IOM) study on Graduate Medical Education (GME) financing and policies Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement Issue: Clarify policy changes on how to count Labor and Delivery beds when calculating Medicare GME payments. Issue: Oppose Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) spending cuts through sequestration. Issue: 340b Drug Discount program eligibility Issue: Oppose nondefense discretionary spending cuts through sequestration, including NIH and Title VII and VIII health professions and nursing education programs. Issue: Preventing, Identifying, and Treating Prescription Drug Abuse Issue: Primary Care Workforce Development Issue: Funding for Title VII and VIII in President's FY 2014 Budget Issue: Implementation of ACA Exchanges and Medicaid Expansions. Submitted comments on: AHRQ's Consumer Reporting System for Patient Safety Events Enhancing Community-Engaged Research Through the Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program

President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issue: Oppose proposed reductions in Medicare GME support and proposed reductions and reforms in Medicaid. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. Issue: Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Institute of Medicine (IOM) study on Graduate Medical Education (GME) financing and policies. Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement Issue: Clarify policy changes on how to count Labor and Delivery beds when calculating Medicare GME payments. Issue: Oppose restrictions on states' use of Medicaid provider assessments to pay for reduced student loan interest rates. S. 3201 Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Issue: Support legislation to increase Medicare GME accountability and support H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act Section 5503 and 5506 (Redistribution of Residency Positions) Issue: Redistribution of residency positions Issue: Support draft legislation to create womens hospital Graduate Medical Education program H.R. 6352, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability and Transparency Act Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments and increase GME accountability and transparancy. H.R. 6562, Resident Physician Reduction Shortage Act of 2012 Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments Issue: Discuss with Administration scenarios for Medicaid expansions and Medicaid DSH cuts under the Affordable Care Act and impact on AAMC member institutions Submitted comments on: CY 2013 End Stage Renal Disease Quality Incentive Program CDC Request for Information Regarding Inclusion of Work Information in EHR CY 2013 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule CY 2013 Hospital Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs

Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Unnumbered House subcommittee bill/S.3295 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Restore NIH salary cap to Executive Level I. Oppose elimination of AHRQ, and research policy provisions in House subcommittee bill H.R. 6400, RDOCS Act of 2012 Issue: Support additional scholarship opportunities for medical students. President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Oppose proposed reduction in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) support and proposed Medicaid reductions and reforms. Presidents Budget, 2014, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 5854/S. 3215, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Debt in Health Education Loan programs (Dbt HELP) bill proposal (draft) Issue: Expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Reducation Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issue: Implementing provisions reauthorizing health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and reauthorizing National Health Service Corps. S. 3201 Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Issue: Increase Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) accountability H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act Section 5503 and 5506 Issue: Redistribution of residency positions Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education programs under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 S. 1440, The Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who Deliver Infants Early Act. Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. H.R. 1855/H.R. 2405, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act. Issue: Complete reauthorization of preparedness legislation Act. H.R. 5707, Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act Issue: Repeal of Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula. H.R. 1513/S. 810, Great Ape Protection and Cost Saving Act of 2011 H.R. 6352, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability and Transparency Act Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments and increase GME accountability and transparency. H.R. 6562, Resident Physician Reduction Shortage Act of 2012 Issue: Support lifting cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments. Issue: Promote interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Issue: Collection, retention, and dissemination of personal health information. Issue: Discuss with Administration impact of Medicaid expansions and Medicaid DSH cuts under the Affordable Care Act on AAMC member institutions. Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. H.R. 2954/S. 2474, Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2011 Issue: Developing health care workforce that promotes health equity. Issue: Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Institute of Medicine (IOM) study on Graduate Medical Education (GME) financing and policies Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement Issue: Clarify policy changes on how to count Labor and Delivery beds when calculating Medicare GME payments. Issue: Oppose Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) spending cuts through sequestration. Issue: 340b Drug Discount program eligibility Issue: Oppose nondefense discretionary spending cuts through sequestration, including NIH and Title VII and VIII health professions and nursing education programs. Issue: Preventing, Identifying, and Treating Prescription Drug Abuse Issue: Primary Care Workforce Development Issue: Funding for Title VII and VIII in President's FY 2014 Budget Issue: Implementation of ACA Exchanges and Medicaid Expansions. Submitted comments on: AHRQ's Consumer Reporting System for Patient Safety Events Enhancing Community-Engaged Research Through the Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program

Issue: Support highest possible 302(b) allocation for Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee. Presidents Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Unnumbered House subcommittee bill/S.3295 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Restore NIH salary cap to Executive Level I. Oppose elimination of AHRQ, research policy provisions in House subcommittee bill H.R. 6400, RDOCS Act of 2012 Issue: Support additional scholarship opportunities for medical students. President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Oppose proposed reduction in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) support and proposed Medicaid reductions and reforms. Presidents Budget, 2014, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 5854/S. 3215, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Health professions loans reform bill proposal (draft) Issue: Expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issue: Implementing provisions reauthorizing health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and reauthorizing National Health Service Corps. S. 3201 Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Issue: Increase GME accountability H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act Section 5503 and 5506 Issue: Redistribution of residency positions Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education programs under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. H.R. 6352, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability and Transparency Act Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments and increase GME accountability and transparency. H.R. 6562, Resident Physician Reduction Shortage Act of 2012 Issue: Support lifting cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments. Issue: Promote interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Issue: Collection, retention, and dissemination of personal health information. Issue: Discuss with Administration scenarios for Medicaid expansions and Medicaid DSH cuts under the Affordable Care Act and impact on AAMC member institutions. Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. H.R. 2954/S. 2474, Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2011 Issue: Developing health care workforce that promotes health equity. Issue: Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Institute of Medicine (IOM) study on Graduate Medical Education (GME) financing and policies Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform Issue: Support draft legislation to create womens hospital Graduate Medical Education program Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement Issue: Clarify policy changes on how to count Labor and Delivery beds when calculating Medicare GME payments. Issue: Oppose restrictions on states' use of Medicaid provider assessments to pay for reduced student loan interest rates. Issue: Oppose Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) spending cuts through sequestration. Issue: 340b Drug Discount program eligibility Issue: Oppose nondefense discretionary spending cuts through sequestration, including NIH and Title VII and VIII health professions and nursing education programs. Submitted comments on: CY 2013 End Stage Renal Disease Quality Incentive Program CDC Request for Information Regarding Inclusion of Work Information in EHR CY 2013 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule CY 2013 Hospital Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs IRS Proposed Rule for Additional Requirements for Charitable Hospitals

President's Budget, 2013, Department of Health and Human Services Issue: Oppose proposed reductions in Medicare GME support and proposed reductions and reforms in Medicaid. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. Issue: Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Institute of Medicine (IOM) study on Graduate Medical Education (GME) financing and policies. Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform Issue: Oppose reduction in Medicare hospital outpatient department reimbursement Issue: Oppose restrictions on states' use of Medicaid provider assessments to pay for reduced student loan interest rates. S. 3201 Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Issue: Support legislation to increase Medicare GME accountability and support H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act Section 5503 and 5506 (Redistribution of Residency Positions) Issue: Redistribution of residency positions Issue: Support draft legislation to create womens hospital Graduate Medical Education program H.R. 5707, Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act Issue: Repeal of Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula. H.R. 6352, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability and Transparency Act Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments and increase GME accountability and transparancy. H.R. 6562, Resident Physician Reduction Shortage Act of 2012 Issue: Support lifting cap on number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare DGME and IME payments Issue: Discuss with Administration Impact of Medicaid expansions and Medicaid DSH cuts under the Affordable Care Act on AAMC member institutions Issue: Preventing, identifying, and treating prescription drug abuse Issue: Primary Care Workforce Development Issue: Implementation of ACA Exchanges and Medicaid expansions

P.L. 111-5, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Division A, Title VIII Issues: Role of medical schools and teaching hospitals in the economic stimulus and recovery, Title VII and VIII health professions training, National Health Service Corps, health information technology (Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology). P.L. 112-10, Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, Division B, Title VIII Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Oppose statutory mandates regarding number and average size of NIH grants. Oppose cuts to Childrens Hospitals GME and HRSAs Bureau of Health Professions. Clarify eligibility for Area Health Education Centers under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act. Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (draft) Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Oppose statutory mandates regarding number and average size of NIH grants. Oppose elimination of Childrens Hospitals GME. Support maintaining Medicare, Medicaid, DSH, and CHIP payments. P.L. 112-10, Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, Division B, Title X Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 2055, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 112-10, Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, Division B, Title III Presidents Budget, 2012, National Science Foundation Issue: Support funding for the National Science Foundation. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V H.R. 1217, To Repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. H.R. 1216, To amend the Public Health Service Act to convert funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations. Issue: Oppose conversion of funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations. S. 493, SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Oppose increasing the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) set-aside for federal research agencies. H.R. 1852/S. 958 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospital Graduate Medical Education

P.L. 111-5, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Division A, Title VIII Issues: Role of medical schools and teaching hospitals in the economic stimulus and recovery, Title VII and VIII health professions training, National Health Service Corps, health information technology (Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology). P.L. 112-10, Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, Division B, Title VIII Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Oppose statutory mandates regarding number and average size of NIH grants. Oppose cuts to Childrens Hospitals GME and HRSAs Bureau of Health Professions. Clarify eligibility for Area Health Education Centers under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act. Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (draft) Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Oppose statutory mandates regarding number and average size of NIH grants. Oppose elimination of Childrens Hospitals GME. Support maintaining Medicare, Medicaid, DSH, and CHIP payments. P.L. 112-10, Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, Division B, Title X Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 2055, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V H.R. 1217, To Repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. H.R. 1216, To amend the Public Health Service Act to convert funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations. Issue: Oppose conversion of funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations. Issue: Support National Strategy for Quality Improvement in health care. Issue: Modify Medicare Value-Based purchasing Program for Hospitals. Issue: Modify Accountable Care Organization (ACO) proposed rules and Implementation Issue: Federal Support for For-Profit Medical Schools Issue: Modify Medicaid Maintenance of Effort Requirements Medical student loans reform bill proposal (draft) Issue: Reduce student loan interest rates, expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. Issue: Medicare Resident Limits-Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issues: Implementing provisions reauthorizing health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and reauthorizing of National Health Service Corp. Health Equity and Accountability Act (draft) Issue: Addressing disparities in health care. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act, Sec. 5602 Issue: Negotiated Rulemaking on Designation of Medically Underserved Populations and Health Professional Shortage Areas. Issues: Clarify that multi-hospital systems are eligible for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments on a hospital-by-hospital basis. Issue: Support language directing Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to consider Graduate Medical Education (GME) affiliation agreements when identifying unused residency slots under the redistribution program. Issue: Support Medicare Physician Payment Reform Issue: Address workforce shortages & Primary Care workforce development. Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. Issue: Educate about geographic variations in Medicare spending on hospital and physician services. H.R. 1852/S. 958 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical education. Issue: Promoting Interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. H.R. 5, Help, Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare(HEALTH) Act of 2011 Issue: Support Medical Malpractice Reform S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Issue: Collection, retention, and dissemination of personal health information.

P.L. 111-5, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Division A, Title VIII Issues: Role of medical schools and teaching hospitals in the economic stimulus and recovery, Title VII and VIII health professions training, National Health Service Corps, health information technology (Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology). Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services H.R. 3070/S.1599 (S. Rpt. 112-84), Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Oppose statutory mandates regarding number and average size of NIH grants. Oppose elimination of Childrens Hospitals GME. President's Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services President's Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction. Issues: Support maintaining Medicare, Medicaid, Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH), and Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) payments. Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments. Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 2055, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V H.R. 1217, To Repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Issue: Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments. Issue: Support National Strategy for Quality Improvement in health care. Issue: Modify Medicare Value-Based purchasing Program for Hospitals. Issue: Modify Accountable Care Organization (ACO) proposed rules and implementation Issue: Federal support for for-profit foreign medical schools Issue: Modify Medicaid Maintenance of Effort Requirements Medical student loans reform bill proposal (draft) Issue: Reduce student loan interest rates, expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issues: Implementing provisions reauthorizing health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and reauthorizing National Health Service Corps. H.R. 2954, Health Equity and Accountability Act, Title III Issues: Addressing disparities in health care. Support language allowing teaching hospitals to count all time residents spend in accredited Graduate Medical Education (GME) programs for the purposes of calculating Medicare Direct and Indirect GME payments. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act, Sec. 5602 Issue: Negotiated Rulemaking on Designation of Medically Underserved Populations and Health Professional Shortage Areas. H.R. 2500, Equal Access and Parity for Multi-Campus Hospital Act Issues: Support clarification that multi-hospital systems are eligible for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Medicare and Medicaid incentive HIT payments on a hospital-by-hospital basis. Issue: Support language directing Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to consider Graduate Medical Education (GME) affiliation agreements when identifying unused residency slots under the redistribution program. Issue: Support Medicare Physician Payment Reform Issue: Address workforce shortages & primary care workforce development. Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. Issue: Educate about geographic variations in Medicare spending on hospital and physician services. H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical education. Issue: Promoting Interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. H.R. 5, Help, Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare(HEALTH) Act of 2011 Issue: Support Medical Malpractice Reform S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Issue: Collection, retention, and dissemination of personal health information. President's Budget, 2013 Issues: Support funding for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and Title VII health professions programs. Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. Issue: Oppose efforts to reduce discretionary spending limits further for deficit reduction and support NIH as a priority during deficit reduction negotiations. Issue: Request extension for comments on HRSA proposed data collection efforts. Issue: Submitted comments on HHS health disparities data collection standards. Issue: Repeal Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). Issue: Submitted Comments on Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) rule. Issue: Submitted comments on Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Establishment of consumer operated and oriented plans (CO-OPs). Issue: Submitted comments on proposed rule on accounting for disclosures under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Issue: Implementation of CMS Center for Medicare and Medical Innovation (CMMI) request for applications. Issue: Applications for participation in CMS Bundled Payment Initiative.

P.L. 111-5, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Division A, Title VIII Issues: Role of medical schools and teaching hospitals in the economic stimulus and recovery, title VII and VIII health professions training, National Health Service Corps, health information technology (Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology). Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services H.R. 3070/S. 1599 (S. Rept. 112-84), Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Oppose statutory mandates regarding number and average size of NIH grants. Oppose elimination of Childrens Hospitals GME. President's Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services President's Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction. Issues: Support maintaining Medicare, Medicaid, Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH), and Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) payments. Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments. Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 2055, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. Presidents Budget, 2012, National Science Foundation H.R. 2596/S. 1572, Commerce Justice Science and Related Appropriations Act, 2012, Title III Issues: Support funding for the National Science Foundation, support NSF's peer review system. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V H.R. 1217, To Repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospital Graduate Medical Education. Issue: Funding for the National Health Care Workforce Commission. Issue: Oppose efforts to reduce discretionary spending limits further for deficit reduction and support NIH as a priority during deficit reduction negotiations. Issue: Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments as part of deficit reduction negotiations. President's Budget, 2013 Issue: Support funding for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and Title VII health professions programs. President's Budget, 2012, Department of Education H.R. 3070/S. 1599, Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title III P.L. 112-25, Budget Control Act of 2011, Title V. Issues: Oppose elimination of graduate/professional student loan subsidies.

P.L. 111-5, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Division A, Title VIII Issues: Role of medical schools and teaching hospitals in the economic stimulus and recovery, Title VII and VIII health professions training, National Health Service Corps, health information technology (Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology). P.L. 112-10, Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, Division B, Title VIII Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Oppose statutory mandates regarding number and average size of NIH grants. Oppose cuts to Childrens Hospitals GME and HRSAs Bureau of Health Professions. Clarify eligibility for Area Health Education Centers under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act. Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (draft) Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Oppose statutory mandates regarding number and average size of NIH grants. Oppose elimination of Childrens Hospitals GME. Support maintaining Medicare, Medicaid, DSH, and CHIP payments. P.L. 112-10, Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, Division B, Title X Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 2055, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V H.R. 1217, To Repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. H.R. 1216, To amend the Public Health Service Act to convert funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations. Issue: Oppose conversion of funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations. Issue: Support National Strategy for Quality Improvement in health care. Issue: Modify Medicare Value-Based purchasing Program for Hospitals. Issue: Modify Accountable Care Organization (ACO) proposed rules and Implementation Issue: Federal Support for For-Profit Medical Schools Issue: Modify Medicaid Maintenance of Effort Requirements Medical student loans reform bill proposal (draft) Issue: Reduce student loan interest rates, expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. Issue: Medicare Resident Limits-Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issues: Implementing provisions reauthorizing health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and reauthorizing of National Health Service Corp. Health Equity and Accountability Act (draft) Issue: Addressing disparities in health care. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act, Sec. 5602 Issue: Negotiated Rulemaking on Designation of Medically Underserved Populations and Health Professional Shortage Areas. Issues: Clarify that multi-hospital systems are eligible for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments on a hospital-by-hospital basis. Issue: Support language directing Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to consider Graduate Medical Education (GME) affiliation agreements when identifying unused residency slots under the redistribution program. Issue: Support Medicare Physician Payment Reform Issue: Address workforce shortages & Primary Care workforce development. Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. Issue: Educate about geographic variations in Medicare spending on hospital and physician services. H.R. 1852/S. 958 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical education. Issue: Promoting Interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. H.R. 5, Help, Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare(HEALTH) Act of 2011 Issue: Support Medical Malpractice Reform S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Issue: Collection, retention, and dissemination of personal health information.

P.L. 111-5, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Division A, Title VIII Issues: Role of medical schools and teaching hospitals in the economic stimulus and recovery, Title VII and VIII health professions training, National Health Service Corps, health information technology (Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology). P.L. 112-10, Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, Division B, Title VIII Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Oppose statutory mandates regarding number and average size of NIH grants. Oppose cuts to Childrens Hospitals GME and HRSAs Bureau of Health Professions. Clarify eligibility for Area Health Education Centers under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act. Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (draft) Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Oppose statutory mandates regarding number and average size of NIH grants. Oppose elimination of Childrens Hospitals GME. Support maintaining Medicare, Medicaid, DSH, and CHIP payments. P.L. 112-10, Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, Division B, Title X Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 2055, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 112-10, Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, Division B, Title III Presidents Budget, 2012, National Science Foundation Issue: Support funding for the National Science Foundation. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V H.R. 1217, To Repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. H.R. 1216, To amend the Public Health Service Act to convert funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations. Issue: Oppose conversion of funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations. S. 493, SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Oppose increasing the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) set-aside for federal research agencies. H.R. 1852/S. 958 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospital Graduate Medical Education

Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services H.R. 3070/S. 1599 (S. Rept. 112-84), Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title II P.L. 112-74 (H.R. 2055; H. Rept. 112-331), Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, Division F, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Oppose statutory mandates regarding number and average size of NIH grants. Oppose reducing NIH salary cap. Oppose elimination of Childrens Hospitals GME. President's Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Support maintaining Medicare, Medicaid, Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH), and Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) payments. Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments. Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Veterans Affairs P.L. 112-74 (H.R. 2055; H. Rept. 112-331), Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, Division H, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. Presidents Budget, 2012, National Science Foundation H.R. 2596/S. 1572, Commerce Justice Science and Related Appropriations Act, 2012, Title III P.L. 112-55 (H.R. 2112; H. Rept. 112-84), Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012, Division B Issues: Support funding for the National Science Foundation. Support NSF's peer review system. President's Budget, 2012, Department of Education H.R. 3070/S. 1599, Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title III P.L. 112-74 (H.R. 2055; H. Rept. 112-331), Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, Division F, Title III P.L. 112-25, Budget Control Act of 2011, Title V Issues: Oppose elimination of graduate/professional student loan subsidies. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V H.R. 1217, To Repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps (NHSC). H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospital Graduate Medical Education. Issue: Funding for the National Health Care Workforce Commission. Issue: Oppose efforts to reduce discretionary spending limits further for deficit reduction and support NIH as a priority during deficit reduction negotiations. Presidents Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction. Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. Issue: Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments as part of deficit reduction negotiations. President's Budget, 2013 Issues: Support funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and Title VII health professions and Title VIII nursing education programs. P.L. 112-35, Budget Control Act of 2011, Title III Issue: Oppose or limit reductions in Medicare graduate medical education support under sequestration.

P.L. 111-5, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Division A, Title VIII Issues: Role of medical schools and teaching hospitals in the economic stimulus and recovery, title VII and VIII health professions training, National Health Service Corps, health information technology (Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology). Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services H.R. 3070/S. 1599 (S. Rept. 112-84), Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Oppose statutory mandates regarding number and average size of NIH grants. Oppose elimination of Childrens Hospitals GME. President's Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services President's Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction. Issues: Support maintaining Medicare, Medicaid, Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH), and Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) payments. Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments. Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 2055, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. Presidents Budget, 2012, National Science Foundation H.R. 2596/S. 1572, Commerce Justice Science and Related Appropriations Act, 2012, Title III Issues: Support funding for the National Science Foundation, support NSF's peer review system. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V H.R. 1217, To Repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospital Graduate Medical Education. Issue: Funding for the National Health Care Workforce Commission. Issue: Oppose efforts to reduce discretionary spending limits further for deficit reduction and support NIH as a priority during deficit reduction negotiations. Issue: Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments as part of deficit reduction negotiations. President's Budget, 2013 Issue: Support funding for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and Title VII health professions programs. President's Budget, 2012, Department of Education H.R. 3070/S. 1599, Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title III P.L. 112-25, Budget Control Act of 2011, Title V. Issues: Oppose elimination of graduate/professional student loan subsidies.

Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services H.R. 3070/S.1599 (S. Rpt. 112-84), Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title II P.L. 112-74 (H.R. 2055; H. Rept. 112-331), Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, Division F, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Oppose statutory mandates regarding number and average size of NIH grants. Oppose reducing NIH salary cap. Oppose elimination of Childrens Hospitals GME. President's Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Support maintaining Medicare, Medicaid, Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH), and Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) payments. Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments. Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 2055, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title II P.L. 112-74 (H.R. 2055; H. Rept. 112-331), Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, Division H, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Presidents Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Issue: Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments. Issue: Modify Accountable Care Organization (ACO) proposed rules and implementation Issue: Federal support for for-profit foreign medical schools Medical student loans reform bill proposal (draft) Issue: Reduce student loan interest rates, expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issues: Implementing provisions reauthorizing health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and reauthorizing National Health Service Corps. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act, Sec. 5602 Issue: Negotiated Rulemaking on Designation of Medically Underserved Populations and Health Professional Shortage Areas. H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. H.R. 2500, Equal Access and Parity for Multi-Campus Hospital Act Issues: Support clarification that multi-hospital systems are eligible for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Medicare and Medicaid incentive HIT payments on a hospital-by-hospital basis. Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Issue: Support Medicare Physician Payment Reform. Oppose Medicaid reductions. Oppose cuts to graduate/professional student loan programs. Issue: Address workforce shortages & primary care workforce development. Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. Issue: Promoting interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Issue: Collection, retention, and dissemination of personal health information. President's Budget, 2013 Issues: Support funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and Title VII health professions and Title VIII nursing education programs. Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. Issue: Oppose efforts to reduce discretionary spending limits further for deficit reduction and support NIH as a priority during deficit reduction negotiations. Issue: Applications for participation in CMS Bundled Payment Initiative. H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011, Title II, Subtitle C, Part 1, section 2201 H.R. 3765, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011, Title III, section 301 Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform. H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011, Title II, Subtitle C, Part 3 H.R. 3765, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011 Issue: Oppose reductions in Medicare hospital outpatient reimbursement. P.L. 112-25, Budget Control Act of 2011, Title III Issue: Oppose or limit reductions in Medicare graduate medical education (GME) support. Issue: Submitted comments on: Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) rule Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule Medicare End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) rule Availability of Medicare Data for Performance Management rule Medicaid Equal Access rule Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities Prospective Payment System (IRF PPS) rule Federal Health Information Technology (HIT) Strategic Plan Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System (IPF PPS) rule Medicaid Health Acquired Conditions rule Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on EMTALA: Applicability to Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Inpatients and Hospitals with Specialized Capabilities CMS request to OMB regarding Medicare Fee-for Service Prepayment Review Reform of Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Conditions of Participation HRSA proposed data collection efforts. HRSA/SAMHSA efforts to promote culturally competent care for the LGBT community. Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Proposed rule on accounting for disclosures under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

P.L. 111-5, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Division A, Title VIII Issues: Role of medical schools and teaching hospitals in the economic stimulus and recovery, Title VII and VIII health professions training, National Health Service Corps, health information technology (Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology). Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services H.R. 3070/S.1599 (S. Rpt. 112-84), Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Oppose statutory mandates regarding number and average size of NIH grants. Oppose elimination of Childrens Hospitals GME. President's Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services President's Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction. Issues: Support maintaining Medicare, Medicaid, Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH), and Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) payments. Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments. Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 2055, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V H.R. 1217, To Repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Issue: Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments. Issue: Support National Strategy for Quality Improvement in health care. Issue: Modify Medicare Value-Based purchasing Program for Hospitals. Issue: Modify Accountable Care Organization (ACO) proposed rules and implementation Issue: Federal support for for-profit foreign medical schools Issue: Modify Medicaid Maintenance of Effort Requirements Medical student loans reform bill proposal (draft) Issue: Reduce student loan interest rates, expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issues: Implementing provisions reauthorizing health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and reauthorizing National Health Service Corps. H.R. 2954, Health Equity and Accountability Act, Title III Issues: Addressing disparities in health care. Support language allowing teaching hospitals to count all time residents spend in accredited Graduate Medical Education (GME) programs for the purposes of calculating Medicare Direct and Indirect GME payments. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act, Sec. 5602 Issue: Negotiated Rulemaking on Designation of Medically Underserved Populations and Health Professional Shortage Areas. H.R. 2500, Equal Access and Parity for Multi-Campus Hospital Act Issues: Support clarification that multi-hospital systems are eligible for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Medicare and Medicaid incentive HIT payments on a hospital-by-hospital basis. Issue: Support language directing Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to consider Graduate Medical Education (GME) affiliation agreements when identifying unused residency slots under the redistribution program. Issue: Support Medicare Physician Payment Reform Issue: Address workforce shortages & primary care workforce development. Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. Issue: Educate about geographic variations in Medicare spending on hospital and physician services. H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical education. Issue: Promoting Interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. H.R. 5, Help, Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare(HEALTH) Act of 2011 Issue: Support Medical Malpractice Reform S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Issue: Collection, retention, and dissemination of personal health information. President's Budget, 2013 Issues: Support funding for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and Title VII health professions programs. Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. Issue: Oppose efforts to reduce discretionary spending limits further for deficit reduction and support NIH as a priority during deficit reduction negotiations. Issue: Request extension for comments on HRSA proposed data collection efforts. Issue: Submitted comments on HHS health disparities data collection standards. Issue: Repeal Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). Issue: Submitted Comments on Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) rule. Issue: Submitted comments on Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Establishment of consumer operated and oriented plans (CO-OPs). Issue: Submitted comments on proposed rule on accounting for disclosures under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Issue: Implementation of CMS Center for Medicare and Medical Innovation (CMMI) request for applications. Issue: Applications for participation in CMS Bundled Payment Initiative.

Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services H.R. 3070/S. 1599 (S. Rept. 112-84), Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title II P.L. 112-74 (H.R. 2055; H. Rept. 112-331), Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, Division F, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Oppose statutory mandates regarding number and average size of NIH grants. Oppose reducing NIH salary cap. Oppose elimination of Childrens Hospitals GME. President's Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Support maintaining Medicare, Medicaid, Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH), and Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) payments. Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments. Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Veterans Affairs P.L. 112-74 (H.R. 2055; H. Rept. 112-331), Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, Division H, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. Presidents Budget, 2012, National Science Foundation H.R. 2596/S. 1572, Commerce Justice Science and Related Appropriations Act, 2012, Title III P.L. 112-55 (H.R. 2112; H. Rept. 112-84), Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012, Division B Issues: Support funding for the National Science Foundation. Support NSF's peer review system. President's Budget, 2012, Department of Education H.R. 3070/S. 1599, Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title III P.L. 112-74 (H.R. 2055; H. Rept. 112-331), Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, Division F, Title III P.L. 112-25, Budget Control Act of 2011, Title V Issues: Oppose elimination of graduate/professional student loan subsidies. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V H.R. 1217, To Repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps (NHSC). H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospital Graduate Medical Education. Issue: Funding for the National Health Care Workforce Commission. Issue: Oppose efforts to reduce discretionary spending limits further for deficit reduction and support NIH as a priority during deficit reduction negotiations. Presidents Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction. Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. Issue: Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments as part of deficit reduction negotiations. President's Budget, 2013 Issues: Support funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and Title VII health professions and Title VIII nursing education programs. P.L. 112-35, Budget Control Act of 2011, Title III Issue: Oppose or limit reductions in Medicare graduate medical education support under sequestration.

P.L. 111-5, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Division A, Title VIII Issues: Role of medical schools and teaching hospitals in the economic stimulus and recovery, Title VII and VIII health professions training, National Health Service Corps, health information technology (Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology). P.L. 112-10, Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, Division B, Title VIII Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Oppose statutory mandates regarding number and average size of NIH grants. Oppose cuts to Childrens Hospitals GME and HRSAs Bureau of Health Professions. Clarify eligibility for Area Health Education Centers under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act. Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (draft) Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Oppose statutory mandates regarding number and average size of NIH grants. Oppose elimination of Childrens Hospitals GME. Support maintaining Medicare, Medicaid, DSH, and CHIP payments. P.L. 112-10, Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, Division B, Title X Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 2055, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 112-10, Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, Division B, Title III Presidents Budget, 2012, National Science Foundation Issue: Support funding for the National Science Foundation. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V H.R. 1217, To Repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. H.R. 1216, To amend the Public Health Service Act to convert funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations. Issue: Oppose conversion of funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations. S. 493, SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Oppose increasing the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) set-aside for federal research agencies. H.R. 1852/S. 958 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospital Graduate Medical Education

P.L. 111-5, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Division A, Title VIII Issues: Role of medical schools and teaching hospitals in the economic stimulus and recovery, Title VII and VIII health professions training, National Health Service Corps, health information technology (Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology). P.L. 112-10, Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, Division B, Title VIII Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Oppose statutory mandates regarding number and average size of NIH grants. Oppose cuts to Childrens Hospitals GME and HRSAs Bureau of Health Professions. Clarify eligibility for Area Health Education Centers under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act. Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (draft) Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Oppose statutory mandates regarding number and average size of NIH grants. Oppose elimination of Childrens Hospitals GME. Support maintaining Medicare, Medicaid, DSH, and CHIP payments. P.L. 112-10, Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, Division B, Title X Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 2055, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V H.R. 1217, To Repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. H.R. 1216, To amend the Public Health Service Act to convert funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations. Issue: Oppose conversion of funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations. Issue: Support National Strategy for Quality Improvement in health care. Issue: Modify Medicare Value-Based purchasing Program for Hospitals. Issue: Modify Accountable Care Organization (ACO) proposed rules and Implementation Issue: Federal Support for For-Profit Medical Schools Issue: Modify Medicaid Maintenance of Effort Requirements Medical student loans reform bill proposal (draft) Issue: Reduce student loan interest rates, expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. Issue: Medicare Resident Limits-Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issues: Implementing provisions reauthorizing health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and reauthorizing of National Health Service Corp. Health Equity and Accountability Act (draft) Issue: Addressing disparities in health care. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act, Sec. 5602 Issue: Negotiated Rulemaking on Designation of Medically Underserved Populations and Health Professional Shortage Areas. Issues: Clarify that multi-hospital systems are eligible for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments on a hospital-by-hospital basis. Issue: Support language directing Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to consider Graduate Medical Education (GME) affiliation agreements when identifying unused residency slots under the redistribution program. Issue: Support Medicare Physician Payment Reform Issue: Address workforce shortages & Primary Care workforce development. Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. Issue: Educate about geographic variations in Medicare spending on hospital and physician services. H.R. 1852/S. 958 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical education. Issue: Promoting Interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. H.R. 5, Help, Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare(HEALTH) Act of 2011 Issue: Support Medical Malpractice Reform S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Issue: Collection, retention, and dissemination of personal health information.

S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. Issue: Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments. President's Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services President's Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction. Issues: Support maintaining Medicare, Medicaid, Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH), and Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) payments. Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments. Issue: Education about geographic variations in Medicare spending on hospital and physician services. H.R. 2500, Equal Access and Parity for Multi-Campus Hospital Act Issue: Support clarification that multi-hospital systems are eligible for American Recovery and Reinvestment act (ARRA) Medicare and Medicaid HIT incentive payments on a hospital-by-hospital basis. Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. Issue: Support Medicare Physician Payment Reform Issue: Support languague directing CMS to consider Graduate Medical Education (GME) affiliation agreements when identifying unused residency slots under the redistribution program Issue: Support National Strategy for Quality Improvement in health care. Issue: Modify Medicare Value-Based purchasing Program for Hospitals. Issue: Modify Accountable Care Organization (ACO) proposed rules and implementation Issue: Modify Medicaid Maintenance of Effort requirements Issue: Repeal Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) Issue: Submitted Comments on Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) rule. Issue: Submitted comments on Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Establishment of consumer operated and oriented plans (CO-OPs) Issue: Submitted comments on proposed rule on accounting for disclosures under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Issue: Implementation of CMS Center for Medicare and Medical Innovation (CMMI) request for applications. Issue: Applications for participation in CMS Bundled Payment Initiative. H.R. 2954, Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2011, Title III Issue: Support language allowing teaching hospitals to count all time residents spend in accredited Graduate Medical Education (GME) programs for the purposes of calculating Medicare Direct and Indirect GME payments. Issue: Address workforce shortages and primary care workforce development.

Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services H.R. 3070/S.1599 (S. Rpt. 112-84), Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title II P.L. 112-74 (H.R. 2055; H. Rept. 112-331), Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, Division F, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Oppose statutory mandates regarding number and average size of NIH grants. Oppose reducing NIH salary cap. Oppose elimination of Childrens Hospitals GME. President's Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Support maintaining Medicare, Medicaid, Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH), and Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) payments. Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments. Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 2055, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title II P.L. 112-74 (H.R. 2055; H. Rept. 112-331), Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, Division H, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Presidents Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Issue: Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments. Issue: Modify Accountable Care Organization (ACO) proposed rules and implementation Issue: Federal support for for-profit foreign medical schools Medical student loans reform bill proposal (draft) Issue: Reduce student loan interest rates, expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issues: Implementing provisions reauthorizing health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and reauthorizing National Health Service Corps. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act, Sec. 5602 Issue: Negotiated Rulemaking on Designation of Medically Underserved Populations and Health Professional Shortage Areas. H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. H.R. 2500, Equal Access and Parity for Multi-Campus Hospital Act Issues: Support clarification that multi-hospital systems are eligible for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Medicare and Medicaid incentive HIT payments on a hospital-by-hospital basis. Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Issue: Support Medicare Physician Payment Reform. Oppose Medicaid reductions. Oppose cuts to graduate/professional student loan programs. Issue: Address workforce shortages & primary care workforce development. Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. Issue: Promoting interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Issue: Collection, retention, and dissemination of personal health information. President's Budget, 2013 Issues: Support funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and Title VII health professions and Title VIII nursing education programs. Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. Issue: Oppose efforts to reduce discretionary spending limits further for deficit reduction and support NIH as a priority during deficit reduction negotiations. Issue: Applications for participation in CMS Bundled Payment Initiative. H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011, Title II, Subtitle C, Part 1, section 2201 H.R. 3765, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011, Title III, section 301 Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform. H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011, Title II, Subtitle C, Part 3 H.R. 3765, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011 Issue: Oppose reductions in Medicare hospital outpatient reimbursement. P.L. 112-25, Budget Control Act of 2011, Title III Issue: Oppose or limit reductions in Medicare graduate medical education (GME) support. Issue: Submitted comments on: Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) rule Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule Medicare End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) rule Availability of Medicare Data for Performance Management rule Medicaid Equal Access rule Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities Prospective Payment System (IRF PPS) rule Federal Health Information Technology (HIT) Strategic Plan Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System (IPF PPS) rule Medicaid Health Acquired Conditions rule Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on EMTALA: Applicability to Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Inpatients and Hospitals with Specialized Capabilities CMS request to OMB regarding Medicare Fee-for Service Prepayment Review Reform of Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Conditions of Participation HRSA proposed data collection efforts. HRSA/SAMHSA efforts to promote culturally competent care for the LGBT community. Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Proposed rule on accounting for disclosures under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

P.L. 111-5, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Division A, Title VIII Issues: Role of medical schools and teaching hospitals in the economic stimulus and recovery, Title VII and VIII health professions training, National Health Service Corps, health information technology (Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology). Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services H.R. 3070/S.1599 (S. Rpt. 112-84), Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Oppose statutory mandates regarding number and average size of NIH grants. Oppose elimination of Childrens Hospitals GME. President's Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services President's Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction. Issues: Support maintaining Medicare, Medicaid, Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH), and Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) payments. Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments. Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 2055, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V H.R. 1217, To Repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Issue: Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments. Issue: Support National Strategy for Quality Improvement in health care. Issue: Modify Medicare Value-Based purchasing Program for Hospitals. Issue: Modify Accountable Care Organization (ACO) proposed rules and implementation Issue: Federal support for for-profit foreign medical schools Issue: Modify Medicaid Maintenance of Effort Requirements Medical student loans reform bill proposal (draft) Issue: Reduce student loan interest rates, expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issues: Implementing provisions reauthorizing health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and reauthorizing National Health Service Corps. H.R. 2954, Health Equity and Accountability Act, Title III Issues: Addressing disparities in health care. Support language allowing teaching hospitals to count all time residents spend in accredited Graduate Medical Education (GME) programs for the purposes of calculating Medicare Direct and Indirect GME payments. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act, Sec. 5602 Issue: Negotiated Rulemaking on Designation of Medically Underserved Populations and Health Professional Shortage Areas. H.R. 2500, Equal Access and Parity for Multi-Campus Hospital Act Issues: Support clarification that multi-hospital systems are eligible for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Medicare and Medicaid incentive HIT payments on a hospital-by-hospital basis. Issue: Support language directing Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to consider Graduate Medical Education (GME) affiliation agreements when identifying unused residency slots under the redistribution program. Issue: Support Medicare Physician Payment Reform Issue: Address workforce shortages & primary care workforce development. Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. Issue: Educate about geographic variations in Medicare spending on hospital and physician services. H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical education. Issue: Promoting Interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. H.R. 5, Help, Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare(HEALTH) Act of 2011 Issue: Support Medical Malpractice Reform S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Issue: Collection, retention, and dissemination of personal health information. President's Budget, 2013 Issues: Support funding for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and Title VII health professions programs. Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. Issue: Oppose efforts to reduce discretionary spending limits further for deficit reduction and support NIH as a priority during deficit reduction negotiations. Issue: Request extension for comments on HRSA proposed data collection efforts. Issue: Submitted comments on HHS health disparities data collection standards. Issue: Repeal Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). Issue: Submitted Comments on Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) rule. Issue: Submitted comments on Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Establishment of consumer operated and oriented plans (CO-OPs). Issue: Submitted comments on proposed rule on accounting for disclosures under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Issue: Implementation of CMS Center for Medicare and Medical Innovation (CMMI) request for applications. Issue: Applications for participation in CMS Bundled Payment Initiative.

S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. Presidents Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Issue: Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments. President's Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Support maintaining Medicare, Medicaid, Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH), and Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) payments. Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments. H.R. 2500, Equal Access and Parity for Multi-Campus Hospital Act Issue: Support clarification that multi-hospital systems are eligible for American Recovery and Reinvestment act (ARRA) Medicare and Medicaid HIT incentive payments on a hospital-by-hospital basis. Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Issue: Support Medicare Physician Payment Reform Issue: Modify Accountable Care Organization (ACO) proposed rules and implementation Issue: Applications for participation in CMS Bundled Payment Initiative. Issue: Address workforce shortages and primary care workforce development. Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Issue: Oppose Medicaid reductions. H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011, Title II, Subtitle C, Part 1, section 2201 H.R. 3765, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011, Title III, section 301 Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform. H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011, Title II, Subtitle C, Part 3 H.R. 3765, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011 Issue: Oppose reductions in Medicare hospital outpatient reimbursement. P.L. 112-25, Budget Control Act of 2011, Title III Issue: Oppose or limit reductions in Medicare graduate medical education (GME) support. Issue: Submitted comments on: Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) rule Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule Medicare End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) rule Availability of Medicare Data for Performance Management rule Medicaid Equal Access rule Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities Prospective Payment System (IRF PPS) rule Federal Health Information Technology (HIT) Strategic Plan Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System (IPF PPS) rule Medicaid Health Acquired Conditions rule Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on EMTALA: Applicability to Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Inpatients and Hospitals with Specialized Capabilities CMS request to OMB regarding Medicare Fee-for Service Prepayment Review Reform of Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Conditions of Participation Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Establishment of consumer operated and oriented plans (CO-OPs) Proposed rule on accounting for disclosures under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings

Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services H.R. 3070/S. 1599 (S. Rept. 112-84), Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title II P.L. 112-74 (H.R. 2055; H. Rept. 112-331), Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, Division F, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Oppose statutory mandates regarding number and average size of NIH grants. Oppose reducing NIH salary cap. Oppose elimination of Childrens Hospitals GME. President's Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Support maintaining Medicare, Medicaid, Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH), and Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) payments. Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments. Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Veterans Affairs P.L. 112-74 (H.R. 2055; H. Rept. 112-331), Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, Division H, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. Presidents Budget, 2012, National Science Foundation H.R. 2596/S. 1572, Commerce Justice Science and Related Appropriations Act, 2012, Title III P.L. 112-55 (H.R. 2112; H. Rept. 112-84), Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012, Division B Issues: Support funding for the National Science Foundation. Support NSF's peer review system. President's Budget, 2012, Department of Education H.R. 3070/S. 1599, Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title III P.L. 112-74 (H.R. 2055; H. Rept. 112-331), Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, Division F, Title III P.L. 112-25, Budget Control Act of 2011, Title V Issues: Oppose elimination of graduate/professional student loan subsidies. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V H.R. 1217, To Repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps (NHSC). H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospital Graduate Medical Education. Issue: Funding for the National Health Care Workforce Commission. Issue: Oppose efforts to reduce discretionary spending limits further for deficit reduction and support NIH as a priority during deficit reduction negotiations. Presidents Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction. Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. Issue: Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments as part of deficit reduction negotiations. President's Budget, 2013 Issues: Support funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and Title VII health professions and Title VIII nursing education programs. P.L. 112-35, Budget Control Act of 2011, Title III Issue: Oppose or limit reductions in Medicare graduate medical education support under sequestration.

P.L. 111-5, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Division A, Title VIII Issues: Role of medical schools and teaching hospitals in the economic stimulus and recovery, title VII and VIII health professions training, National Health Service Corps, health information technology (Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology). Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services H.R. 3070/S. 1599 (S. Rept. 112-84), Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Oppose statutory mandates regarding number and average size of NIH grants. Oppose elimination of Childrens Hospitals GME. President's Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services President's Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction. Issues: Support maintaining Medicare, Medicaid, Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH), and Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) payments. Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments. Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 2055, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. Presidents Budget, 2012, National Science Foundation H.R. 2596/S. 1572, Commerce Justice Science and Related Appropriations Act, 2012, Title III Issues: Support funding for the National Science Foundation, support NSF's peer review system. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V H.R. 1217, To Repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospital Graduate Medical Education. Issue: Funding for the National Health Care Workforce Commission. Issue: Oppose efforts to reduce discretionary spending limits further for deficit reduction and support NIH as a priority during deficit reduction negotiations. Issue: Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments as part of deficit reduction negotiations. President's Budget, 2013 Issue: Support funding for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and Title VII health professions programs. President's Budget, 2012, Department of Education H.R. 3070/S. 1599, Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title III P.L. 112-25, Budget Control Act of 2011, Title V. Issues: Oppose elimination of graduate/professional student loan subsidies.

P.L. 111-5, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Division A, Title VIII Issues: Role of medical schools and teaching hospitals in the economic stimulus and recovery, Title VII and VIII health professions training, National Health Service Corps, health information technology (Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology). Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services H.R. 3070/S.1599 (S. Rpt. 112-84), Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Oppose statutory mandates regarding number and average size of NIH grants. Oppose elimination of Childrens Hospitals GME. President's Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services President's Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction. Issues: Support maintaining Medicare, Medicaid, Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH), and Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) payments. Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments. Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 2055, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V H.R. 1217, To Repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Issue: Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments. Issue: Support National Strategy for Quality Improvement in health care. Issue: Modify Medicare Value-Based purchasing Program for Hospitals. Issue: Modify Accountable Care Organization (ACO) proposed rules and implementation Issue: Federal support for for-profit foreign medical schools Issue: Modify Medicaid Maintenance of Effort Requirements Medical student loans reform bill proposal (draft) Issue: Reduce student loan interest rates, expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issues: Implementing provisions reauthorizing health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and reauthorizing National Health Service Corps. H.R. 2954, Health Equity and Accountability Act, Title III Issues: Addressing disparities in health care. Support language allowing teaching hospitals to count all time residents spend in accredited Graduate Medical Education (GME) programs for the purposes of calculating Medicare Direct and Indirect GME payments. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act, Sec. 5602 Issue: Negotiated Rulemaking on Designation of Medically Underserved Populations and Health Professional Shortage Areas. H.R. 2500, Equal Access and Parity for Multi-Campus Hospital Act Issues: Support clarification that multi-hospital systems are eligible for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Medicare and Medicaid incentive HIT payments on a hospital-by-hospital basis. Issue: Support language directing Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to consider Graduate Medical Education (GME) affiliation agreements when identifying unused residency slots under the redistribution program. Issue: Support Medicare Physician Payment Reform Issue: Address workforce shortages & primary care workforce development. Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. Issue: Educate about geographic variations in Medicare spending on hospital and physician services. H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical education. Issue: Promoting Interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. H.R. 5, Help, Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare(HEALTH) Act of 2011 Issue: Support Medical Malpractice Reform S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Issue: Collection, retention, and dissemination of personal health information. President's Budget, 2013 Issues: Support funding for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and Title VII health professions programs. Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. Issue: Oppose efforts to reduce discretionary spending limits further for deficit reduction and support NIH as a priority during deficit reduction negotiations. Issue: Request extension for comments on HRSA proposed data collection efforts. Issue: Submitted comments on HHS health disparities data collection standards. Issue: Repeal Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). Issue: Submitted Comments on Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) rule. Issue: Submitted comments on Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Establishment of consumer operated and oriented plans (CO-OPs). Issue: Submitted comments on proposed rule on accounting for disclosures under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Issue: Implementation of CMS Center for Medicare and Medical Innovation (CMMI) request for applications. Issue: Applications for participation in CMS Bundled Payment Initiative.

S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. Issue: Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments. President's Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services President's Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction. Issues: Support maintaining Medicare, Medicaid, Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH), and Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) payments. Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments. Issue: Education about geographic variations in Medicare spending on hospital and physician services. H.R. 2500, Equal Access and Parity for Multi-Campus Hospital Act Issue: Support clarification that multi-hospital systems are eligible for American Recovery and Reinvestment act (ARRA) Medicare and Medicaid HIT incentive payments on a hospital-by-hospital basis. Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. Issue: Support Medicare Physician Payment Reform Issue: Support languague directing CMS to consider Graduate Medical Education (GME) affiliation agreements when identifying unused residency slots under the redistribution program Issue: Support National Strategy for Quality Improvement in health care. Issue: Modify Medicare Value-Based purchasing Program for Hospitals. Issue: Modify Accountable Care Organization (ACO) proposed rules and implementation Issue: Modify Medicaid Maintenance of Effort requirements Issue: Repeal Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) Issue: Submitted Comments on Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) rule. Issue: Submitted comments on Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Establishment of consumer operated and oriented plans (CO-OPs) Issue: Submitted comments on proposed rule on accounting for disclosures under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Issue: Implementation of CMS Center for Medicare and Medical Innovation (CMMI) request for applications. Issue: Applications for participation in CMS Bundled Payment Initiative. H.R. 2954, Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2011, Title III Issue: Support language allowing teaching hospitals to count all time residents spend in accredited Graduate Medical Education (GME) programs for the purposes of calculating Medicare Direct and Indirect GME payments. Issue: Address workforce shortages and primary care workforce development.

Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services H.R. 3070/S. 1599 (S. Rept. 112-84), Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title II P.L. 112-74 (H.R. 2055; H. Rept. 112-331), Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, Division F, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Oppose statutory mandates regarding number and average size of NIH grants. Oppose reducing NIH salary cap. Oppose elimination of Childrens Hospitals GME. President's Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Support maintaining Medicare, Medicaid, Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH), and Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) payments. Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments. Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Veterans Affairs P.L. 112-74 (H.R. 2055; H. Rept. 112-331), Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, Division H, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. Presidents Budget, 2012, National Science Foundation H.R. 2596/S. 1572, Commerce Justice Science and Related Appropriations Act, 2012, Title III P.L. 112-55 (H.R. 2112; H. Rept. 112-84), Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012, Division B Issues: Support funding for the National Science Foundation. Support NSF's peer review system. President's Budget, 2012, Department of Education H.R. 3070/S. 1599, Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title III P.L. 112-74 (H.R. 2055; H. Rept. 112-331), Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, Division F, Title III P.L. 112-25, Budget Control Act of 2011, Title V Issues: Oppose elimination of graduate/professional student loan subsidies. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V H.R. 1217, To Repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps (NHSC). H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospital Graduate Medical Education. Issue: Funding for the National Health Care Workforce Commission. Issue: Oppose efforts to reduce discretionary spending limits further for deficit reduction and support NIH as a priority during deficit reduction negotiations. Presidents Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction. Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. Issue: Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments as part of deficit reduction negotiations. President's Budget, 2013 Issues: Support funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and Title VII health professions and Title VIII nursing education programs. P.L. 112-35, Budget Control Act of 2011, Title III Issue: Oppose or limit reductions in Medicare graduate medical education support under sequestration.

Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services H.R. 3070/S.1599 (S. Rpt. 112-84), Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title II P.L. 112-74 (H.R. 2055; H. Rept. 112-331), Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, Division F, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Oppose statutory mandates regarding number and average size of NIH grants. Oppose reducing NIH salary cap. Oppose elimination of Childrens Hospitals GME. President's Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Support maintaining Medicare, Medicaid, Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH), and Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) payments. Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments. Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 2055, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title II P.L. 112-74 (H.R. 2055; H. Rept. 112-331), Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, Division H, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Presidents Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Issue: Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments. Issue: Modify Accountable Care Organization (ACO) proposed rules and implementation Issue: Federal support for for-profit foreign medical schools Medical student loans reform bill proposal (draft) Issue: Reduce student loan interest rates, expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issues: Implementing provisions reauthorizing health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and reauthorizing National Health Service Corps. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act, Sec. 5602 Issue: Negotiated Rulemaking on Designation of Medically Underserved Populations and Health Professional Shortage Areas. H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. H.R. 2500, Equal Access and Parity for Multi-Campus Hospital Act Issues: Support clarification that multi-hospital systems are eligible for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Medicare and Medicaid incentive HIT payments on a hospital-by-hospital basis. Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Issue: Support Medicare Physician Payment Reform. Oppose Medicaid reductions. Oppose cuts to graduate/professional student loan programs. Issue: Address workforce shortages & primary care workforce development. Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. Issue: Promoting interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Issue: Collection, retention, and dissemination of personal health information. President's Budget, 2013 Issues: Support funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and Title VII health professions and Title VIII nursing education programs. Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. Issue: Oppose efforts to reduce discretionary spending limits further for deficit reduction and support NIH as a priority during deficit reduction negotiations. Issue: Applications for participation in CMS Bundled Payment Initiative. H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011, Title II, Subtitle C, Part 1, section 2201 H.R. 3765, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011, Title III, section 301 Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform. H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011, Title II, Subtitle C, Part 3 H.R. 3765, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011 Issue: Oppose reductions in Medicare hospital outpatient reimbursement. P.L. 112-25, Budget Control Act of 2011, Title III Issue: Oppose or limit reductions in Medicare graduate medical education (GME) support. Issue: Submitted comments on: Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) rule Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule Medicare End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) rule Availability of Medicare Data for Performance Management rule Medicaid Equal Access rule Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities Prospective Payment System (IRF PPS) rule Federal Health Information Technology (HIT) Strategic Plan Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System (IPF PPS) rule Medicaid Health Acquired Conditions rule Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on EMTALA: Applicability to Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Inpatients and Hospitals with Specialized Capabilities CMS request to OMB regarding Medicare Fee-for Service Prepayment Review Reform of Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Conditions of Participation HRSA proposed data collection efforts. HRSA/SAMHSA efforts to promote culturally competent care for the LGBT community. Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Proposed rule on accounting for disclosures under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

P.L. 111-5, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Division A, Title VIII Issues: Role of medical schools and teaching hospitals in the economic stimulus and recovery, Title VII and VIII health professions training, National Health Service Corps, health information technology (Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology). Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services H.R. 3070/S.1599 (S. Rpt. 112-84), Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Oppose statutory mandates regarding number and average size of NIH grants. Oppose elimination of Childrens Hospitals GME. President's Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services President's Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction. Issues: Support maintaining Medicare, Medicaid, Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH), and Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) payments. Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments. Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 2055, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V H.R. 1217, To Repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Issue: Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments. Issue: Support National Strategy for Quality Improvement in health care. Issue: Modify Medicare Value-Based purchasing Program for Hospitals. Issue: Modify Accountable Care Organization (ACO) proposed rules and implementation Issue: Federal support for for-profit foreign medical schools Issue: Modify Medicaid Maintenance of Effort Requirements Medical student loans reform bill proposal (draft) Issue: Reduce student loan interest rates, expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issues: Implementing provisions reauthorizing health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and reauthorizing National Health Service Corps. H.R. 2954, Health Equity and Accountability Act, Title III Issues: Addressing disparities in health care. Support language allowing teaching hospitals to count all time residents spend in accredited Graduate Medical Education (GME) programs for the purposes of calculating Medicare Direct and Indirect GME payments. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act, Sec. 5602 Issue: Negotiated Rulemaking on Designation of Medically Underserved Populations and Health Professional Shortage Areas. H.R. 2500, Equal Access and Parity for Multi-Campus Hospital Act Issues: Support clarification that multi-hospital systems are eligible for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Medicare and Medicaid incentive HIT payments on a hospital-by-hospital basis. Issue: Support language directing Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to consider Graduate Medical Education (GME) affiliation agreements when identifying unused residency slots under the redistribution program. Issue: Support Medicare Physician Payment Reform Issue: Address workforce shortages & primary care workforce development. Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. Issue: Educate about geographic variations in Medicare spending on hospital and physician services. H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical education. Issue: Promoting Interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. H.R. 5, Help, Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare(HEALTH) Act of 2011 Issue: Support Medical Malpractice Reform S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Issue: Collection, retention, and dissemination of personal health information. President's Budget, 2013 Issues: Support funding for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and Title VII health professions programs. Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. Issue: Oppose efforts to reduce discretionary spending limits further for deficit reduction and support NIH as a priority during deficit reduction negotiations. Issue: Request extension for comments on HRSA proposed data collection efforts. Issue: Submitted comments on HHS health disparities data collection standards. Issue: Repeal Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). Issue: Submitted Comments on Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) rule. Issue: Submitted comments on Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Issue: Establishment of consumer operated and oriented plans (CO-OPs). Issue: Submitted comments on proposed rule on accounting for disclosures under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Issue: Implementation of CMS Center for Medicare and Medical Innovation (CMMI) request for applications. Issue: Applications for participation in CMS Bundled Payment Initiative.

P.L. 111-5, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Division A, Title VIII Issues: Role of medical schools and teaching hospitals in the economic stimulus and recovery, title VII and VIII health professions training, National Health Service Corps, health information technology (Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology). Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services H.R. 3070/S. 1599 (S. Rept. 112-84), Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Oppose statutory mandates regarding number and average size of NIH grants. Oppose elimination of Childrens Hospitals GME. President's Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services President's Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction. Issues: Support maintaining Medicare, Medicaid, Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH), and Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) payments. Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments. Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 2055, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. Presidents Budget, 2012, National Science Foundation H.R. 2596/S. 1572, Commerce Justice Science and Related Appropriations Act, 2012, Title III Issues: Support funding for the National Science Foundation, support NSF's peer review system. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V H.R. 1217, To Repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospital Graduate Medical Education. Issue: Funding for the National Health Care Workforce Commission. Issue: Oppose efforts to reduce discretionary spending limits further for deficit reduction and support NIH as a priority during deficit reduction negotiations. Issue: Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments as part of deficit reduction negotiations. President's Budget, 2013 Issue: Support funding for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and Title VII health professions programs. President's Budget, 2012, Department of Education H.R. 3070/S. 1599, Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title III P.L. 112-25, Budget Control Act of 2011, Title V. Issues: Oppose elimination of graduate/professional student loan subsidies.

S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. Presidents Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Issue: Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments. President's Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Support maintaining Medicare, Medicaid, Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH), and Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) payments. Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments. H.R. 2500, Equal Access and Parity for Multi-Campus Hospital Act Issue: Support clarification that multi-hospital systems are eligible for American Recovery and Reinvestment act (ARRA) Medicare and Medicaid HIT incentive payments on a hospital-by-hospital basis. Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Issue: Support Medicare Physician Payment Reform Issue: Modify Accountable Care Organization (ACO) proposed rules and implementation Issue: Applications for participation in CMS Bundled Payment Initiative. Issue: Address workforce shortages and primary care workforce development. Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Issue: Oppose Medicaid reductions. H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011, Title II, Subtitle C, Part 1, section 2201 H.R. 3765, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011, Title III, section 301 Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform. H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011, Title II, Subtitle C, Part 3 H.R. 3765, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011 Issue: Oppose reductions in Medicare hospital outpatient reimbursement. P.L. 112-25, Budget Control Act of 2011, Title III Issue: Oppose or limit reductions in Medicare graduate medical education (GME) support. Issue: Submitted comments on: Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) rule Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule Medicare End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) rule Availability of Medicare Data for Performance Management rule Medicaid Equal Access rule Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities Prospective Payment System (IRF PPS) rule Federal Health Information Technology (HIT) Strategic Plan Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System (IPF PPS) rule Medicaid Health Acquired Conditions rule Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on EMTALA: Applicability to Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Inpatients and Hospitals with Specialized Capabilities CMS request to OMB regarding Medicare Fee-for Service Prepayment Review Reform of Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Conditions of Participation Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Establishment of consumer operated and oriented plans (CO-OPs) Proposed rule on accounting for disclosures under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings

Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services H.R. 3070/S.1599 (S. Rpt. 112-84), Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title II P.L. 112-74 (H.R. 2055; H. Rept. 112-331), Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, Division F, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Oppose statutory mandates regarding number and average size of NIH grants. Oppose reducing NIH salary cap. Oppose elimination of Childrens Hospitals GME. President's Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Support maintaining Medicare, Medicaid, Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH), and Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) payments. Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments. Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 2055, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title II P.L. 112-74 (H.R. 2055; H. Rept. 112-331), Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, Division H, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Presidents Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Issue: Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments. Issue: Modify Accountable Care Organization (ACO) proposed rules and implementation Issue: Federal support for for-profit foreign medical schools Medical student loans reform bill proposal (draft) Issue: Reduce student loan interest rates, expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issues: Implementing provisions reauthorizing health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and reauthorizing National Health Service Corps. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act, Sec. 5602 Issue: Negotiated Rulemaking on Designation of Medically Underserved Populations and Health Professional Shortage Areas. H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. H.R. 2500, Equal Access and Parity for Multi-Campus Hospital Act Issues: Support clarification that multi-hospital systems are eligible for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Medicare and Medicaid incentive HIT payments on a hospital-by-hospital basis. Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Issue: Support Medicare Physician Payment Reform. Oppose Medicaid reductions. Oppose cuts to graduate/professional student loan programs. Issue: Address workforce shortages & primary care workforce development. Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. Issue: Promoting interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Issue: Collection, retention, and dissemination of personal health information. President's Budget, 2013 Issues: Support funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and Title VII health professions and Title VIII nursing education programs. Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. Issue: Oppose efforts to reduce discretionary spending limits further for deficit reduction and support NIH as a priority during deficit reduction negotiations. Issue: Applications for participation in CMS Bundled Payment Initiative. H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011, Title II, Subtitle C, Part 1, section 2201 H.R. 3765, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011, Title III, section 301 Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform. H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011, Title II, Subtitle C, Part 3 H.R. 3765, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011 Issue: Oppose reductions in Medicare hospital outpatient reimbursement. P.L. 112-25, Budget Control Act of 2011, Title III Issue: Oppose or limit reductions in Medicare graduate medical education (GME) support. Issue: Submitted comments on: Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) rule Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule Medicare End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) rule Availability of Medicare Data for Performance Management rule Medicaid Equal Access rule Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities Prospective Payment System (IRF PPS) rule Federal Health Information Technology (HIT) Strategic Plan Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System (IPF PPS) rule Medicaid Health Acquired Conditions rule Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on EMTALA: Applicability to Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Inpatients and Hospitals with Specialized Capabilities CMS request to OMB regarding Medicare Fee-for Service Prepayment Review Reform of Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Conditions of Participation HRSA proposed data collection efforts. HRSA/SAMHSA efforts to promote culturally competent care for the LGBT community. Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Proposed rule on accounting for disclosures under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. Presidents Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Issue: Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments. President's Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Support maintaining Medicare, Medicaid, Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH), and Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) payments. Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments. H.R. 2500, Equal Access and Parity for Multi-Campus Hospital Act Issue: Support clarification that multi-hospital systems are eligible for American Recovery and Reinvestment act (ARRA) Medicare and Medicaid HIT incentive payments on a hospital-by-hospital basis. Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Issue: Support Medicare Physician Payment Reform Issue: Modify Accountable Care Organization (ACO) proposed rules and implementation Issue: Applications for participation in CMS Bundled Payment Initiative. Issue: Address workforce shortages and primary care workforce development. Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Issue: Oppose Medicaid reductions. H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011, Title II, Subtitle C, Part 1, section 2201 H.R. 3765, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011, Title III, section 301 Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform. H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011, Title II, Subtitle C, Part 3 H.R. 3765, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011 Issue: Oppose reductions in Medicare hospital outpatient reimbursement. P.L. 112-25, Budget Control Act of 2011, Title III Issue: Oppose or limit reductions in Medicare graduate medical education (GME) support. Issue: Submitted comments on: Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) rule Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule Medicare End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) rule Availability of Medicare Data for Performance Management rule Medicaid Equal Access rule Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities Prospective Payment System (IRF PPS) rule Federal Health Information Technology (HIT) Strategic Plan Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System (IPF PPS) rule Medicaid Health Acquired Conditions rule Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on EMTALA: Applicability to Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Inpatients and Hospitals with Specialized Capabilities CMS request to OMB regarding Medicare Fee-for Service Prepayment Review Reform of Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Conditions of Participation Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Establishment of consumer operated and oriented plans (CO-OPs) Proposed rule on accounting for disclosures under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings

Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services H.R. 3070/S.1599 (S. Rpt. 112-84), Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title II P.L. 112-74 (H.R. 2055; H. Rept. 112-331), Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, Division F, Title II Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Oppose statutory mandates regarding number and average size of NIH grants. Oppose reducing NIH salary cap. Oppose elimination of Childrens Hospitals GME. President's Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services Issues: Support maintaining Medicare, Medicaid, Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH), and Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) payments. Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments. Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 2055, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, Title II P.L. 112-74 (H.R. 2055; H. Rept. 112-331), Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, Division H, Title II Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503 Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps. Presidents Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Issue: Oppose reductions in Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments. Issue: Modify Accountable Care Organization (ACO) proposed rules and implementation Issue: Federal support for for-profit foreign medical schools Medical student loans reform bill proposal (draft) Issue: Reduce student loan interest rates, expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs. S. 1627, Resident Physician Shortage Act Issue: Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments. P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V Issues: Implementing provisions reauthorizing health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and reauthorizing National Health Service Corps. P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act, Sec. 5602 Issue: Negotiated Rulemaking on Designation of Medically Underserved Populations and Health Professional Shortage Areas. H.R. 3667, Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act Issue: Residency training in community-based settings. H.R. 2500, Equal Access and Parity for Multi-Campus Hospital Act Issues: Support clarification that multi-hospital systems are eligible for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Medicare and Medicaid incentive HIT payments on a hospital-by-hospital basis. Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Issue: Support Medicare Physician Payment Reform. Oppose Medicaid reductions. Oppose cuts to graduate/professional student loan programs. Issue: Address workforce shortages & primary care workforce development. Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act. H.R. 1852/S. 958, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2011 Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education. Issue: Promoting interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce. S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Issue: Collection, retention, and dissemination of personal health information. President's Budget, 2013 Issues: Support funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and Title VII health professions and Title VIII nursing education programs. Issue: Funding for the National Healthcare Workforce Commission. Issue: Oppose efforts to reduce discretionary spending limits further for deficit reduction and support NIH as a priority during deficit reduction negotiations. Issue: Applications for participation in CMS Bundled Payment Initiative. H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011, Title II, Subtitle C, Part 1, section 2201 H.R. 3765, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011, Title III, section 301 Issue: Support Medicare physician payment reform. H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011, Title II, Subtitle C, Part 3 H.R. 3765, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011 Issue: Oppose reductions in Medicare hospital outpatient reimbursement. P.L. 112-25, Budget Control Act of 2011, Title III Issue: Oppose or limit reductions in Medicare graduate medical education (GME) support. Issue: Submitted comments on: Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) rule Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule Medicare End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) rule Availability of Medicare Data for Performance Management rule Medicaid Equal Access rule Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities Prospective Payment System (IRF PPS) rule Federal Health Information Technology (HIT) Strategic Plan Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System (IPF PPS) rule Medicaid Health Acquired Conditions rule Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on EMTALA: Applicability to Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Inpatients and Hospitals with Specialized Capabilities CMS request to OMB regarding Medicare Fee-for Service Prepayment Review Reform of Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Conditions of Participation HRSA proposed data collection efforts. HRSA/SAMHSA efforts to promote culturally competent care for the LGBT community. Health Insurance Exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to recognize and not penalize the unique missions of medical schools and teaching hospitals. Proposed rule on accounting for disclosures under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

H.R. 4808/S. 3766, Stem Cell Research Advancement Act. Issue: Support authorization of federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research.

H.R. 4213, American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act, Title V, Subtitle B, Section 525 H.R. 5712, Veterans', Seniors', and Children's Health Technical Corrections Act of 2010. Issue: Support languague directing CMS to consider Graduate Medical Education (GME) affiliation agreements when identifying unused residency slots under the redistribution program.

H.R. 4808/S. 3766, Stem Cell Research Advancement Act. Issue: Support authorization of federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research.

P.L. 111-309, Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act of 2010, Title II, Section 203 S. 3793, Job Creation and Tax Cuts Act, Title VII Issue: Support languague directing CMS to consider Graduate Medical Education (GME) affiliation agreements when identifying unused residency slots under the redistribution program.

H.R. 4213, American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act, Title V, Subtitle B, Section 525 H.R. 5712, Veterans', Seniors', and Children's Health Technical Corrections Act of 2010. Issue: Support languague directing CMS to consider Graduate Medical Education (GME) affiliation agreements when identifying unused residency slots under the redistribution program.