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Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. MMM Medicare/Medicaid Issues H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB CMS RUC Refinement Ambulatory Surgical Centers Medicare Liability Reform Trauma center designation Trauma GAO study Imaging Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Rx Drug shortages Cancer programs appropriations Trauma Appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding RUC Refinement panel valuation problem HHS ASPR/MSET Program Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) NIH Appropriations Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Surgical workforce issues Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Medicare audit programs
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AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS via AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
2012 · second_quarter · 2A
See page seven for specific budget issues. H.R. 2055 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 House Budget H.Con.Res. 34 FY 2012 Trauma Funding FY 2012 Cancer Appropriations NIH Appropriations
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Trauma Appropriations
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Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Trauma Appropriations
Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page six for specific Health Care Issues. HCR Health Care Issues H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB CMS RUC Refinement Ambulatory Surgical Centers Medicare Liability Reform Trauma center designation Trauma GAO study Imaging Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Rx Drug shortages Cancer programs appropriations Trauma Appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding RUC Refinement panel valuation problem HHS ASPR/MSET Program Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) NIH Appropriations Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Surgical workforce issues Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Medicare audit programs
Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. MMM Medicare/Medicaid Issues H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB CMS RUC Refinement Ambulatory Surgical Centers Medicare Liability Reform Trauma center designation Trauma GAO study Imaging Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Rx Drug shortages Cancer programs appropriations Trauma Appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding RUC Refinement panel valuation problem HHS ASPR/MSET Program Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) NIH Appropriations Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Surgical workforce issues Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Medicare audit programs
Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page five for specific HCR issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Trauma Appropriations
Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page five for specific Health Care Issues. HCR Health Care Issues H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB CMS RUC Refinement Ambulatory Surgical Centers Medicare Liability Reform Trauma center designation Trauma GAO study Imaging Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Rx Drug shortages Cancer programs appropriations Trauma Appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding RUC Refinement panel valuation problem HHS ASPR/MSET Program Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) NIH Appropriations Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Surgical workforce issues Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Medicare audit programs
Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page six for specific Health Care Issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H. R. 1700 The Medicare Patient Empowerment Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5937 Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 H. R. 6043 - Behavioral Health Information Technology Act of 2012 H.R. 6352 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability & Transparency Act H. R. 6598 - Electronic Health Records Improvement Act S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Issues Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program HAI prevention Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization (HCR Continued) Physician Fee Schedule and OPPS/ASC CY 2012 Proposed Rule Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Risk pool legislation RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Sequestration Surgical Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (S-CAHPS) Trauma Appropriations Value-Based Update (VBU) Proposal
Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page six for specific HCR issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Trauma Appropriations
Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H. R. 1700 The Medicare Patient Empowerment Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5937 Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 H. R. 6043 - Behavioral Health Information Technology Act of 2012 H.R. 6352 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability & Transparency Act H. R. 6598 - Electronic Health Records Improvement Act S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Issues Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program HAI prevention Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization (MMM Continued) Physician Fee Schedule and OPPS/ASC CY 2012 Proposed Rule Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Risk pool legislation RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Sequestration Surgical Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (S-CAHPS) Trauma Appropriations Value-Based Update (VBU) Proposal
Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page six for specific Health Issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H. R. 1700 The Medicare Patient Empowerment Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5937 Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Issues Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program HAI prevention Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Physician Fee Schedule and OPPS/ASC CY 2012 Proposed Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Risk pool legislation RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Sequestration Trauma Appropriations Value-Based Update (VBU) Proposal
Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Trauma Appropriations
Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H. R. 1700 The Medicare Patient Empowerment Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5937 Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Issues Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program HAI prevention Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Physician Fee Schedule and OPPS/ASC CY 2012 Proposed Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Risk pool legislation RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Sequestration Trauma Appropriations Value-Based Update (VBU) Proposal
Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Trauma Appropriations
Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. MMM Medicare/Medicaid Issues H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB CMS RUC Refinement Ambulatory Surgical Centers Medicare Liability Reform Trauma center designation Trauma GAO study Imaging Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Rx Drug shortages Cancer programs appropriations Trauma Appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding RUC Refinement panel valuation problem HHS ASPR/MSET Program Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) NIH Appropriations Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Surgical workforce issues Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Medicare audit programs
Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H. R. 1700 The Medicare Patient Empowerment Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5937 Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Issues Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program HAI prevention Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Physician Fee Schedule and OPPS/ASC CY 2012 Proposed Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Risk pool legislation RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Sequestration Trauma Appropriations Value-Based Update (VBU) Proposal
Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Trauma Appropriations
Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page six for specific Health Issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H. R. 1700 The Medicare Patient Empowerment Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5937 Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Issues Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program HAI prevention Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Physician Fee Schedule and OPPS/ASC CY 2012 Proposed Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Risk pool legislation RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Sequestration Trauma Appropriations Value-Based Update (VBU) Proposal
Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H. R. 1700 The Medicare Patient Empowerment Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5937 Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 H. R. 6043 - Behavioral Health Information Technology Act of 2012 H.R. 6352 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability & Transparency Act H. R. 6598 - Electronic Health Records Improvement Act S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Issues Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program HAI prevention Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization (MMM Continued) Physician Fee Schedule and OPPS/ASC CY 2012 Proposed Rule Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Risk pool legislation RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Sequestration Surgical Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (S-CAHPS) Trauma Appropriations Value-Based Update (VBU) Proposal
Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page six for specific HCR issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Trauma Appropriations
Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page six for specific Health Care Issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H. R. 1700 The Medicare Patient Empowerment Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5937 Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 H. R. 6043 - Behavioral Health Information Technology Act of 2012 H.R. 6352 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability & Transparency Act H. R. 6598 - Electronic Health Records Improvement Act S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Issues Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program HAI prevention Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization (HCR Continued) Physician Fee Schedule and OPPS/ASC CY 2012 Proposed Rule Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Risk pool legislation RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Sequestration Surgical Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (S-CAHPS) Trauma Appropriations Value-Based Update (VBU) Proposal
Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page five for specific Health Care Issues. HCR Health Care Issues H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB CMS RUC Refinement Ambulatory Surgical Centers Medicare Liability Reform Trauma center designation Trauma GAO study Imaging Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Rx Drug shortages Cancer programs appropriations Trauma Appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding RUC Refinement panel valuation problem HHS ASPR/MSET Program Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) NIH Appropriations Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Surgical workforce issues Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Medicare audit programs
Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page five for specific HCR issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Trauma Appropriations
Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. MMM Medicare/Medicaid Issues H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB CMS RUC Refinement Ambulatory Surgical Centers Medicare Liability Reform Trauma center designation Trauma GAO study Imaging Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Rx Drug shortages Cancer programs appropriations Trauma Appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding RUC Refinement panel valuation problem HHS ASPR/MSET Program Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) NIH Appropriations Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Surgical workforce issues Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Medicare audit programs
Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page six for specific Health Care Issues. HCR Health Care Issues H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB CMS RUC Refinement Ambulatory Surgical Centers Medicare Liability Reform Trauma center designation Trauma GAO study Imaging Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Rx Drug shortages Cancer programs appropriations Trauma Appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding RUC Refinement panel valuation problem HHS ASPR/MSET Program Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) NIH Appropriations Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Surgical workforce issues Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Medicare audit programs
Medicare Patient Empowerment Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H. R. 1700 The Medicare Patient Empowerment Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5937 Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Issues Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program HAI prevention Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Physician Fee Schedule and OPPS/ASC CY 2012 Proposed Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Risk pool legislation RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Sequestration Trauma Appropriations Value-Based Update (VBU) Proposal
Medicare Patient Empowerment Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page six for specific Health Care Issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H. R. 1700 The Medicare Patient Empowerment Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5937 Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 H. R. 6043 - Behavioral Health Information Technology Act of 2012 H.R. 6352 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability & Transparency Act H. R. 6598 - Electronic Health Records Improvement Act S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Issues Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program HAI prevention Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization (HCR Continued) Physician Fee Schedule and OPPS/ASC CY 2012 Proposed Rule Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Risk pool legislation RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Sequestration Surgical Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (S-CAHPS) Trauma Appropriations Value-Based Update (VBU) Proposal
Medicare Patient Empowerment Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H. R. 1700 The Medicare Patient Empowerment Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5937 Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 H. R. 6043 - Behavioral Health Information Technology Act of 2012 H.R. 6352 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability & Transparency Act H. R. 6598 - Electronic Health Records Improvement Act S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Issues Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program HAI prevention Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization (MMM Continued) Physician Fee Schedule and OPPS/ASC CY 2012 Proposed Rule Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Risk pool legislation RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Sequestration Surgical Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (S-CAHPS) Trauma Appropriations Value-Based Update (VBU) Proposal
Medicare Patient Empowerment Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page six for specific Health Issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H. R. 1700 The Medicare Patient Empowerment Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5937 Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Issues Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program HAI prevention Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Physician Fee Schedule and OPPS/ASC CY 2012 Proposed Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Risk pool legislation RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Sequestration Trauma Appropriations Value-Based Update (VBU) Proposal
Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H. R. 1700 The Medicare Patient Empowerment Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5937 Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Issues Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program HAI prevention Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Physician Fee Schedule and OPPS/ASC CY 2012 Proposed Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Risk pool legislation RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Sequestration Trauma Appropriations Value-Based Update (VBU) Proposal
Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Trauma Appropriations
Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page six for specific Health Issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H. R. 1700 The Medicare Patient Empowerment Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5937 Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Issues Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program HAI prevention Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Physician Fee Schedule and OPPS/ASC CY 2012 Proposed Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Risk pool legislation RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Sequestration Trauma Appropriations Value-Based Update (VBU) Proposal
Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H. R. 1700 The Medicare Patient Empowerment Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5937 Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 H. R. 6043 - Behavioral Health Information Technology Act of 2012 H.R. 6352 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability & Transparency Act H. R. 6598 - Electronic Health Records Improvement Act S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Issues Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program HAI prevention Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization (MMM Continued) Physician Fee Schedule and OPPS/ASC CY 2012 Proposed Rule Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Risk pool legislation RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Sequestration Surgical Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (S-CAHPS) Trauma Appropriations Value-Based Update (VBU) Proposal
Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page six for specific HCR issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Trauma Appropriations
Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page six for specific Health Care Issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H. R. 1700 The Medicare Patient Empowerment Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5937 Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 H. R. 6043 - Behavioral Health Information Technology Act of 2012 H.R. 6352 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability & Transparency Act H. R. 6598 - Electronic Health Records Improvement Act S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Issues Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program HAI prevention Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization (HCR Continued) Physician Fee Schedule and OPPS/ASC CY 2012 Proposed Rule Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Risk pool legislation RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Sequestration Surgical Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (S-CAHPS) Trauma Appropriations Value-Based Update (VBU) Proposal
Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page five for specific HCR issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Trauma Appropriations
Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Trauma Appropriations
Ryan Creedon Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page five for specific Health Care Issues. HCR Health Care Issues H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB CMS RUC Refinement Ambulatory Surgical Centers Medicare Liability Reform Trauma center designation Trauma GAO study Imaging Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Rx Drug shortages Cancer programs appropriations Trauma Appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding RUC Refinement panel valuation problem HHS ASPR/MSET Program Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) NIH Appropriations Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Surgical workforce issues Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Medicare audit programs
Ryan Creedon Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Trauma Appropriations
Ryan Creedon Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page six for specific Health Care Issues. HCR Health Care Issues H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB CMS RUC Refinement Ambulatory Surgical Centers Medicare Liability Reform Trauma center designation Trauma GAO study Imaging Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Rx Drug shortages Cancer programs appropriations Trauma Appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding RUC Refinement panel valuation problem HHS ASPR/MSET Program Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) NIH Appropriations Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Surgical workforce issues Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Medicare audit programs
Ryan Creedon Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. MMM Medicare/Medicaid Issues H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB CMS RUC Refinement Ambulatory Surgical Centers Medicare Liability Reform Trauma center designation Trauma GAO study Imaging Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Rx Drug shortages Cancer programs appropriations Trauma Appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding RUC Refinement panel valuation problem HHS ASPR/MSET Program Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) NIH Appropriations Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Surgical workforce issues Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Medicare audit programs
Ryan Creedon Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. MMM Medicare/Medicaid Issues H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB CMS RUC Refinement Ambulatory Surgical Centers Medicare Liability Reform Trauma center designation Trauma GAO study Imaging Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Rx Drug shortages Cancer programs appropriations Trauma Appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding RUC Refinement panel valuation problem HHS ASPR/MSET Program Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) NIH Appropriations Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Surgical workforce issues Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Medicare audit programs
Ryan Creedon Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H. R. 1700 The Medicare Patient Empowerment Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5937 Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Issues Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program HAI prevention Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Physician Fee Schedule and OPPS/ASC CY 2012 Proposed Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Risk pool legislation RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Sequestration Trauma Appropriations Value-Based Update (VBU) Proposal
Ryan Creedon Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Trauma Appropriations
Ryan Creedon Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page six for specific Health Issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H. R. 1700 The Medicare Patient Empowerment Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5937 Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Issues Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program HAI prevention Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Physician Fee Schedule and OPPS/ASC CY 2012 Proposed Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Risk pool legislation RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Sequestration Trauma Appropriations Value-Based Update (VBU) Proposal
Ryan Creedon Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H. R. 1700 The Medicare Patient Empowerment Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5937 Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 H. R. 6043 - Behavioral Health Information Technology Act of 2012 H.R. 6352 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability & Transparency Act H. R. 6598 - Electronic Health Records Improvement Act S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Issues Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program HAI prevention Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization (MMM Continued) Physician Fee Schedule and OPPS/ASC CY 2012 Proposed Rule Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Risk pool legislation RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Sequestration Surgical Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (S-CAHPS) Trauma Appropriations Value-Based Update (VBU) Proposal
Ryan Creedon Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page six for specific HCR issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Trauma Appropriations
Ryan Creedon Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page six for specific Health Care Issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H. R. 1700 The Medicare Patient Empowerment Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5937 Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 H. R. 6043 - Behavioral Health Information Technology Act of 2012 H.R. 6352 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability & Transparency Act H. R. 6598 - Electronic Health Records Improvement Act S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Issues Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program HAI prevention Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization (HCR Continued) Physician Fee Schedule and OPPS/ASC CY 2012 Proposed Rule Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Risk pool legislation RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Sequestration Surgical Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (S-CAHPS) Trauma Appropriations Value-Based Update (VBU) Proposal
Ryan Creedon Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page five for specific HCR issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Trauma Appropriations
Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H. R. 1700 The Medicare Patient Empowerment Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5937 Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Issues Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program HAI prevention Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Physician Fee Schedule and OPPS/ASC CY 2012 Proposed Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Risk pool legislation RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Sequestration Trauma Appropriations Value-Based Update (VBU) Proposal
Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Trauma Appropriations
Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page six for specific Health Issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H. R. 1700 The Medicare Patient Empowerment Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5937 Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Issues Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program HAI prevention Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Physician Fee Schedule and OPPS/ASC CY 2012 Proposed Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Risk pool legislation RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Sequestration Trauma Appropriations Value-Based Update (VBU) Proposal
Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H. R. 1700 The Medicare Patient Empowerment Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5937 Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 H. R. 6043 - Behavioral Health Information Technology Act of 2012 H.R. 6352 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability & Transparency Act H. R. 6598 - Electronic Health Records Improvement Act S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Issues Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program HAI prevention Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization (MMM Continued) Physician Fee Schedule and OPPS/ASC CY 2012 Proposed Rule Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Risk pool legislation RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Sequestration Surgical Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (S-CAHPS) Trauma Appropriations Value-Based Update (VBU) Proposal
Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page six for specific HCR issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Trauma Appropriations
Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page six for specific Health Care Issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H. R. 1700 The Medicare Patient Empowerment Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5937 Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 H. R. 6043 - Behavioral Health Information Technology Act of 2012 H.R. 6352 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability & Transparency Act H. R. 6598 - Electronic Health Records Improvement Act S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Issues Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program HAI prevention Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization (HCR Continued) Physician Fee Schedule and OPPS/ASC CY 2012 Proposed Rule Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Risk pool legislation RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Sequestration Surgical Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (S-CAHPS) Trauma Appropriations Value-Based Update (VBU) Proposal
Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page five for specific HCR issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Trauma Appropriations
Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Trauma Appropriations
National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Trauma Appropriations
National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. MMM Medicare/Medicaid Issues H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB CMS RUC Refinement Ambulatory Surgical Centers Medicare Liability Reform Trauma center designation Trauma GAO study Imaging Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Rx Drug shortages Cancer programs appropriations Trauma Appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding RUC Refinement panel valuation problem HHS ASPR/MSET Program Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) NIH Appropriations Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Surgical workforce issues Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Medicare audit programs
National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H. R. 1700 The Medicare Patient Empowerment Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5937 Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Issues Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program HAI prevention Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Physician Fee Schedule and OPPS/ASC CY 2012 Proposed Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Risk pool legislation RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Sequestration Trauma Appropriations Value-Based Update (VBU) Proposal
National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Trauma Appropriations
National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page six for specific Health Issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H. R. 1700 The Medicare Patient Empowerment Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5937 Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Issues Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program HAI prevention Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Physician Fee Schedule and OPPS/ASC CY 2012 Proposed Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Risk pool legislation RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Sequestration Trauma Appropriations Value-Based Update (VBU) Proposal
National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H. R. 1700 The Medicare Patient Empowerment Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5937 Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 H. R. 6043 - Behavioral Health Information Technology Act of 2012 H.R. 6352 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability & Transparency Act H. R. 6598 - Electronic Health Records Improvement Act S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Issues Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program HAI prevention Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization (MMM Continued) Physician Fee Schedule and OPPS/ASC CY 2012 Proposed Rule Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Risk pool legislation RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Sequestration Surgical Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (S-CAHPS) Trauma Appropriations Value-Based Update (VBU) Proposal
National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page six for specific HCR issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Trauma Appropriations
National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page six for specific Health Care Issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H. R. 1700 The Medicare Patient Empowerment Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5937 Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 H. R. 6043 - Behavioral Health Information Technology Act of 2012 H.R. 6352 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability & Transparency Act H. R. 6598 - Electronic Health Records Improvement Act S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Issues Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program HAI prevention Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization (HCR Continued) Physician Fee Schedule and OPPS/ASC CY 2012 Proposed Rule Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Risk pool legislation RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Sequestration Surgical Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (S-CAHPS) Trauma Appropriations Value-Based Update (VBU) Proposal
National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page five for specific Health Care Issues. HCR Health Care Issues H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB CMS RUC Refinement Ambulatory Surgical Centers Medicare Liability Reform Trauma center designation Trauma GAO study Imaging Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Rx Drug shortages Cancer programs appropriations Trauma Appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding RUC Refinement panel valuation problem HHS ASPR/MSET Program Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) NIH Appropriations Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Surgical workforce issues Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Medicare audit programs
National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page five for specific HCR issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Trauma Appropriations
National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. MMM Medicare/Medicaid Issues H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB CMS RUC Refinement Ambulatory Surgical Centers Medicare Liability Reform Trauma center designation Trauma GAO study Imaging Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Rx Drug shortages Cancer programs appropriations Trauma Appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding RUC Refinement panel valuation problem HHS ASPR/MSET Program Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) NIH Appropriations Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Surgical workforce issues Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Medicare audit programs
National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page six for specific Health Care Issues. HCR Health Care Issues H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB CMS RUC Refinement Ambulatory Surgical Centers Medicare Liability Reform Trauma center designation Trauma GAO study Imaging Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Rx Drug shortages Cancer programs appropriations Trauma Appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding RUC Refinement panel valuation problem HHS ASPR/MSET Program Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) NIH Appropriations Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Surgical workforce issues Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Medicare audit programs
Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. MMM Medicare/Medicaid Issues H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB CMS RUC Refinement Ambulatory Surgical Centers Medicare Liability Reform Trauma center designation Trauma GAO study Imaging Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Rx Drug shortages Cancer programs appropriations Trauma Appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding RUC Refinement panel valuation problem HHS ASPR/MSET Program Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) NIH Appropriations Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Surgical workforce issues Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Medicare audit programs
Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H. R. 1700 The Medicare Patient Empowerment Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5937 Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Issues Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program HAI prevention Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Physician Fee Schedule and OPPS/ASC CY 2012 Proposed Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Risk pool legislation RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Sequestration Trauma Appropriations Value-Based Update (VBU) Proposal
Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Trauma Appropriations
Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page six for specific Health Issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H. R. 1700 The Medicare Patient Empowerment Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5937 Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Issues Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program HAI prevention Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Physician Fee Schedule and OPPS/ASC CY 2012 Proposed Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Risk pool legislation RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Sequestration Trauma Appropriations Value-Based Update (VBU) Proposal
Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H. R. 1700 The Medicare Patient Empowerment Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5937 Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 H. R. 6043 - Behavioral Health Information Technology Act of 2012 H.R. 6352 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability & Transparency Act H. R. 6598 - Electronic Health Records Improvement Act S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Issues Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program HAI prevention Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization (MMM Continued) Physician Fee Schedule and OPPS/ASC CY 2012 Proposed Rule Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Risk pool legislation RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Sequestration Surgical Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (S-CAHPS) Trauma Appropriations Value-Based Update (VBU) Proposal
Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page six for specific HCR issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Trauma Appropriations
Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page six for specific Health Care Issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H. R. 1700 The Medicare Patient Empowerment Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5937 Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 H. R. 6043 - Behavioral Health Information Technology Act of 2012 H.R. 6352 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability & Transparency Act H. R. 6598 - Electronic Health Records Improvement Act S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Issues Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program HAI prevention Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization (HCR Continued) Physician Fee Schedule and OPPS/ASC CY 2012 Proposed Rule Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Risk pool legislation RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Sequestration Surgical Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (S-CAHPS) Trauma Appropriations Value-Based Update (VBU) Proposal
Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page five for specific Health Care Issues. HCR Health Care Issues H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB CMS RUC Refinement Ambulatory Surgical Centers Medicare Liability Reform Trauma center designation Trauma GAO study Imaging Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Rx Drug shortages Cancer programs appropriations Trauma Appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding RUC Refinement panel valuation problem HHS ASPR/MSET Program Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) NIH Appropriations Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Surgical workforce issues Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Medicare audit programs
Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page five for specific HCR issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Trauma Appropriations
Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. MMM Medicare/Medicaid Issues H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB CMS RUC Refinement Ambulatory Surgical Centers Medicare Liability Reform Trauma center designation Trauma GAO study Imaging Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Rx Drug shortages Cancer programs appropriations Trauma Appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding RUC Refinement panel valuation problem HHS ASPR/MSET Program Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) NIH Appropriations Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Surgical workforce issues Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Medicare audit programs
Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page six for specific Health Care Issues. HCR Health Care Issues H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB CMS RUC Refinement Ambulatory Surgical Centers Medicare Liability Reform Trauma center designation Trauma GAO study Imaging Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Rx Drug shortages Cancer programs appropriations Trauma Appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding RUC Refinement panel valuation problem HHS ASPR/MSET Program Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) NIH Appropriations Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Surgical workforce issues Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Medicare audit programs
Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Trauma Appropriations
See page six for specific Health Issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H. R. 1700 The Medicare Patient Empowerment Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5937 Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Issues Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program HAI prevention Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Physician Fee Schedule and OPPS/ASC CY 2012 Proposed Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Risk pool legislation RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Sequestration Trauma Appropriations Value-Based Update (VBU) Proposal
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. MMM Medicare/Medicaid Issues H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB CMS RUC Refinement Ambulatory Surgical Centers Medicare Liability Reform Trauma center designation Trauma GAO study Imaging Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Rx Drug shortages Cancer programs appropriations Trauma Appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding RUC Refinement panel valuation problem HHS ASPR/MSET Program Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) NIH Appropriations Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Surgical workforce issues Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Medicare audit programs
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H. R. 1700 The Medicare Patient Empowerment Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5937 Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Issues Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program HAI prevention Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Physician Fee Schedule and OPPS/ASC CY 2012 Proposed Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Risk pool legislation RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Sequestration Trauma Appropriations Value-Based Update (VBU) Proposal
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Trauma Appropriations
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H. R. 1700 The Medicare Patient Empowerment Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5937 Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 H. R. 6043 - Behavioral Health Information Technology Act of 2012 H.R. 6352 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability & Transparency Act H. R. 6598 - Electronic Health Records Improvement Act S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Issues Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program HAI prevention Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization (MMM Continued) Physician Fee Schedule and OPPS/ASC CY 2012 Proposed Rule Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Risk pool legislation RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Sequestration Surgical Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (S-CAHPS) Trauma Appropriations Value-Based Update (VBU) Proposal
See page six for specific HCR issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Trauma Appropriations
See page six for specific Health Care Issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H. R. 1700 The Medicare Patient Empowerment Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5937 Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 H. R. 6043 - Behavioral Health Information Technology Act of 2012 H.R. 6352 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability & Transparency Act H. R. 6598 - Electronic Health Records Improvement Act S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Issues Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program HAI prevention Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization (HCR Continued) Physician Fee Schedule and OPPS/ASC CY 2012 Proposed Rule Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Risk pool legislation RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Sequestration Surgical Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (S-CAHPS) Trauma Appropriations Value-Based Update (VBU) Proposal
See page five for specific Health Care Issues. HCR Health Care Issues H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB CMS RUC Refinement Ambulatory Surgical Centers Medicare Liability Reform Trauma center designation Trauma GAO study Imaging Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Rx Drug shortages Cancer programs appropriations Trauma Appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding RUC Refinement panel valuation problem HHS ASPR/MSET Program Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) NIH Appropriations Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Surgical workforce issues Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Medicare audit programs
See page five for specific HCR issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Trauma Appropriations
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. MMM Medicare/Medicaid Issues H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB CMS RUC Refinement Ambulatory Surgical Centers Medicare Liability Reform Trauma center designation Trauma GAO study Imaging Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Rx Drug shortages Cancer programs appropriations Trauma Appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding RUC Refinement panel valuation problem HHS ASPR/MSET Program Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) NIH Appropriations Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Surgical workforce issues Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Medicare audit programs
See page six for specific Health Care Issues. HCR Health Care Issues H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB CMS RUC Refinement Ambulatory Surgical Centers Medicare Liability Reform Trauma center designation Trauma GAO study Imaging Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Rx Drug shortages Cancer programs appropriations Trauma Appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding RUC Refinement panel valuation problem HHS ASPR/MSET Program Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) NIH Appropriations Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Surgical workforce issues Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Medicare audit programs
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Trauma Appropriations
Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. MMM Medicare/Medicaid Issues H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB CMS RUC Refinement Ambulatory Surgical Centers Medicare Liability Reform Trauma center designation Trauma GAO study Imaging Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Rx Drug shortages Cancer programs appropriations Trauma Appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding RUC Refinement panel valuation problem HHS ASPR/MSET Program Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) NIH Appropriations Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Surgical workforce issues Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Medicare audit programs
Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Trauma Appropriations
Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page six for specific Health Care Issues. HCR Health Care Issues H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB CMS RUC Refinement Ambulatory Surgical Centers Medicare Liability Reform Trauma center designation Trauma GAO study Imaging Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Rx Drug shortages Cancer programs appropriations Trauma Appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding RUC Refinement panel valuation problem HHS ASPR/MSET Program Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) NIH Appropriations Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Surgical workforce issues Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Medicare audit programs
Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. MMM Medicare/Medicaid Issues H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB CMS RUC Refinement Ambulatory Surgical Centers Medicare Liability Reform Trauma center designation Trauma GAO study Imaging Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Rx Drug shortages Cancer programs appropriations Trauma Appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding RUC Refinement panel valuation problem HHS ASPR/MSET Program Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) NIH Appropriations Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Surgical workforce issues Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Medicare audit programs
Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page five for specific HCR issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Trauma Appropriations
Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page five for specific Health Care Issues. HCR Health Care Issues H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB CMS RUC Refinement Ambulatory Surgical Centers Medicare Liability Reform Trauma center designation Trauma GAO study Imaging Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Rx Drug shortages Cancer programs appropriations Trauma Appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding RUC Refinement panel valuation problem HHS ASPR/MSET Program Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) NIH Appropriations Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Surgical workforce issues Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Medicare audit programs
Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page six for specific Health Care Issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H. R. 1700 The Medicare Patient Empowerment Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5937 Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 H. R. 6043 - Behavioral Health Information Technology Act of 2012 H.R. 6352 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability & Transparency Act H. R. 6598 - Electronic Health Records Improvement Act S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Issues Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program HAI prevention Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization (HCR Continued) Physician Fee Schedule and OPPS/ASC CY 2012 Proposed Rule Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Risk pool legislation RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Sequestration Surgical Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (S-CAHPS) Trauma Appropriations Value-Based Update (VBU) Proposal
Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
See page six for specific HCR issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Trauma Appropriations
See page five for specific HCR issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Trauma Appropriations
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), SENATE
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS via AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
2012 · first_quarter · 1A
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. MMM Medicare/Medicaid Issues H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB CMS RUC Refinement Ambulatory Surgical Centers Medicare Liability Reform Trauma center designation Trauma GAO study Imaging Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Rx Drug shortages Cancer programs appropriations Trauma Appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding RUC Refinement panel valuation problem HHS ASPR/MSET Program Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) NIH Appropriations Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Surgical workforce issues Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Medicare audit programs
See page seven for specific Budget issues. Budget/Appropriations Issues H.R. 2055 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 House Budget H.Con.Res. 34 FY 2012 Trauma Funding FY 2012 Cancer Appropriations NIH Appropriations
See page five for specific Health Care Issues. HCR Health Care Issues H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB CMS RUC Refinement Ambulatory Surgical Centers Medicare Liability Reform Trauma center designation Trauma GAO study Imaging Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Rx Drug shortages Cancer programs appropriations Trauma Appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding RUC Refinement panel valuation problem HHS ASPR/MSET Program Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) NIH Appropriations Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Surgical workforce issues Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Medicare audit programs
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), SENATE
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS via AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
2012 · fourth_quarter · Q4
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H. R. 1700 The Medicare Patient Empowerment Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5937 Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 H. R. 6043 - Behavioral Health Information Technology Act of 2012 H.R. 6352 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability & Transparency Act H. R. 6598 - Electronic Health Records Improvement Act S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Issues Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program HAI prevention Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization (MMM Continued) Physician Fee Schedule and OPPS/ASC CY 2012 Proposed Rule Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Risk pool legislation RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Sequestration Surgical Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (S-CAHPS) Trauma Appropriations Value-Based Update (VBU) Proposal
See page six for specific Health Care Issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H. R. 1700 The Medicare Patient Empowerment Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5937 Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 H. R. 6043 - Behavioral Health Information Technology Act of 2012 H.R. 6352 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability & Transparency Act H. R. 6598 - Electronic Health Records Improvement Act S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Issues Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program HAI prevention Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization (HCR Continued) Physician Fee Schedule and OPPS/ASC CY 2012 Proposed Rule Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Risk pool legislation RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Sequestration Surgical Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (S-CAHPS) Trauma Appropriations Value-Based Update (VBU) Proposal
See page nine for specific Budget/Appropriations issues. H.R. 2055 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 House Budget H.Con.Res. 34 FY 2012 Trauma Funding FY 2012 Cancer Appropriations NIH Appropriations
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), SENATE
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS via AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
2012 · third_quarter · Q3
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H. R. 1700 The Medicare Patient Empowerment Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5937 Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Issues Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program HAI prevention Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Physician Fee Schedule and OPPS/ASC CY 2012 Proposed Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Risk pool legislation RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Sequestration Trauma Appropriations Value-Based Update (VBU) Proposal
See page six for specific Health Issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H. R. 1700 The Medicare Patient Empowerment Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5937 Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2012 H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Issues Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program HAI prevention Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Physician Fee Schedule and OPPS/ASC CY 2012 Proposed Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Risk pool legislation RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Sequestration Trauma Appropriations Value-Based Update (VBU) Proposal
See page nine for specific Budget issues H.R. 2055 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 House Budget H.Con.Res. 34 FY 2012 Trauma Funding FY 2012 Cancer Appropriations NIH Appropriations
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), SENATE
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS via AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
2012 · second_quarter · Q2
See page six for specific HCR issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Trauma Appropriations
See page 9 for specific Budget issues. H.R. 2055 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 House Budget H.Con.Res. 34 FY 2012 Trauma Funding FY 2012 Cancer Appropriations NIH Appropriations
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2104 - Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 H.R. 2405 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 4310 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 H.R. 451 - Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 5651 - Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 H.R. 5888 - Physician Reentry Demonstration Program Act H.R. 5998 - USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 S. 2516 - Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act S. 3201 - Graduate Medical Education Reform Act of 2012 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule ACS VBU (Value Based-Update) proposal Ambulatory Surgical Centers Cancer programs appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding CMS EHR Stage 2 Proposed Rule CMS RUC Refinement Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Federal Privacy laws Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) HHS ASPR/MSET Program Imaging Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Medicare audit programs Medicare fraud identification efforts Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule Medicare Liability Reform Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds NIH Appropriations Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) reauthorization Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule RUC Refinement panel valuation problem Rx Drug and Surgical Workforce shortages Trauma Appropriations
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), SENATE
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS via AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
2012 · first_quarter · Q1
See page nine for specific Budget issues. Budget/Appropriations Issues H.R. 2055 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 House Budget H.Con.Res. 34 FY 2012 Trauma Funding FY 2012 Cancer Appropriations NIH Appropriations
See page three for specific Medicare/Medicaid issues. MMM Medicare/Medicaid Issues H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB CMS RUC Refinement Ambulatory Surgical Centers Medicare Liability Reform Trauma center designation Trauma GAO study Imaging Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Rx Drug shortages Cancer programs appropriations Trauma Appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding RUC Refinement panel valuation problem HHS ASPR/MSET Program Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) NIH Appropriations Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Surgical workforce issues Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Medicare audit programs
See page six for specific Health Care Issues. HCR Health Care Issues H.R. 5 - Protecting Access to Healthcare Act H.R. 157 - Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 3239 - Safeguarding Access For Every Medicare Patient Act H.R. 3586 - Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2011 H.R. 452 - Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 1409 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2011 H.R. 3474 - PRIME Act of 2011 S. 1099 - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2011 H.R. 2600 - National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 H.R. 2119 - Ryan Creedon Act of 2011 S. 1855 - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 Accountable Care Organizations Final Rule Quality and Value Based Purchasing Provisions of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Medicare SGR and Overseas Contingency Operations funds Inspiring Quality Campaign IPAB CMS RUC Refinement Ambulatory Surgical Centers Medicare Liability Reform Trauma center designation Trauma GAO study Imaging Pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program Rx Drug shortages Cancer programs appropriations Trauma Appropriations Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program funding RUC Refinement panel valuation problem HHS ASPR/MSET Program Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act (MDUFMA) Health Information Technology (45 CFR Part 170) NIH Appropriations Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Surgical workforce issues Nominations for the Committee on Governance and Financing of Graduate Medical Education Nominations for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Medicare audit programs
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), SENATE