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Teri Zenner Social Worker Safety Act
Client: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION) · Firm: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)
HR 1490, S560 workers right to secret ballot; hospital-physician collaboration, antitrust laws/civil monetary penalties, federal tax exemption Stark laws
Rural Access to Nurse Anesthesia Services Act of 2009
Client: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION) · Firm: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)
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Repeal and/or modification of 1099 reporting requirements; implementation of HIT/EHR "meaningful use" standards; composition of National Health Care Workforce Commission; post acute and mental health facilities - qualification for HIT funding.
Federal Medical Assistance Program (FMAP); CMS Inpatient Prospective Payment System rule re: proposed hospital payment rates; CMS Inpatient Prospective Payment System - exclusion of provider taxes as an allowable expense by CAHs; geographic variations in medicare payments.
Source: Senate LDA
Health Care Reform (HR3590 & HR 3962) (HR 4213) Issues: Hospital payment updates; productivity adjustments; Medicaid expansion; Readmissions (addressing only avoidable and unplanned readmissions related to original admission.); FMAP- extend; Medicare & Medicaid disproportionate share programs; Independent Payment Advisory Board; 340B Drug Discount Program expansion; Physician self-referral; (HR 4213 - FMAP extension; employed physicians health IT; Rural hospital payment extenders; physician payment fix; COBRA extension) (HR 3151/S1585 CRNA payments for CAHs); Graduate medial education support.
National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Act
Client: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION) · Firm: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)
HR 3590/HR3692 - Medical Liability - additional steps needed to achieve medical liabity reform
National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Act
Client: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION) · Firm: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)
Hr 3590/HR3692 - Medical device tax - support Senate version; Tax exempt hospitals/oppose mandated requirements
To provide for insurance reform (including health insurance reform), amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reform Medicare Advantage and reduce disparities in the Medicare Program, regulate the importation of prescription drugs, and for other purposes.
Client: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION) · Firm: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)
HR 3590/HR 3962 Hospital payments/coverage expansion; State based non-gov. coops support; Public option opposition; Health insurance exchanges; Individual mandate; Employer continued participation; Acountable Care Organizations; Coverage issues; HR 4813 - COBRA extension
A bill to permit pass-through payment for reasonable costs of certified registered nurse anesthetist services in critical access hospitals notwithstanding the reclassification of such hospitals as urban hospitals, including hospitals located in "Lugar counties", and for on-call and standby costs for such services.
Client: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION) · Firm: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)
Health Care Reform (HR3590 & HR 3962) (HR 4213) Issues: Hospital payment updates; productivity adjustments; Medicaid expansion; Readmissions (addressing only avoidable and unplanned readmissions related to original admission.); FMAP- extend; Medicare & Medicaid disproportionate share programs; Independent Payment Advisory Board; 340B Drug Discount Program expansion; Physician self-referral; (HR 4213 - FMAP extension; employed physicians health IT; Rural hospital payment extenders; physician payment fix; COBRA extension) (HR 3151/S1585 CRNA payments for CAHs); Graduate medial education support.
Employee Free Choice Act of 2009
Client: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION) · Firm: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)
HR 1490, S560 workers right to secret ballot; hospital-physician collaboration, antitrust laws/civil monetary penalties, federal tax exemption Stark laws
American Middle Class Tax (AMT) Relief Act of 2007
Client: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION) · Firm: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)
Health Care Reform (HR3590 & HR 3962) (HR 4213) Issues: Hospital payment updates; productivity adjustments; Medicaid expansion; Readmissions (addressing only avoidable and unplanned readmissions related to original admission.); FMAP- extend; Medicare & Medicaid disproportionate share programs; Independent Payment Advisory Board; 340B Drug Discount Program expansion; Physician self-referral; (HR 4213 - FMAP extension; employed physicians health IT; Rural hospital payment extenders; physician payment fix; COBRA extension) (HR 3151/S1585 CRNA payments for CAHs); Graduate medial education support.
American Middle Class Tax (AMT) Relief Act of 2007
Client: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION) · Firm: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)
HR 3590/HR3692 - Medical Liability - additional steps needed to achieve medical liabity reform
American Middle Class Tax (AMT) Relief Act of 2007
Client: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION) · Firm: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)
HR 3590 Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act /HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act Issues: 340 B drug discount program expansion; Workforce commission reresentation; Graduate medical education support
American Middle Class Tax (AMT) Relief Act of 2007
Client: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION) · Firm: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)
Hr 3590/HR3692 - Medical device tax - support Senate version; Tax exempt hospitals/oppose mandated requirements
American Middle Class Tax (AMT) Relief Act of 2007
Client: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION) · Firm: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)
HR 3590/HR 3962 Hospital payments/coverage expansion; State based non-gov. coops support; Public option opposition; Health insurance exchanges; Individual mandate; Employer continued participation; Acountable Care Organizations; Coverage issues; HR 4813 - COBRA extension
Superfund Polluter Pays Act
Client: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION) · Firm: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)
HR 3590 Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act /HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act Issues: 340 B drug discount program expansion; Workforce commission reresentation; Graduate medical education support
Superfund Polluter Pays Act
Client: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION) · Firm: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)
HR 3590/HR 3962 Hospital payments/coverage expansion; State based non-gov. coops support; Public option opposition; Health insurance exchanges; Individual mandate; Employer continued participation; Acountable Care Organizations; Coverage issues; HR 4813 - COBRA extension
Superfund Polluter Pays Act
Client: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION) · Firm: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)
Health Care Reform (HR3590 & HR 3962) (HR 4213) Issues: Hospital payment updates; productivity adjustments; Medicaid expansion; Readmissions (addressing only avoidable and unplanned readmissions related to original admission.); FMAP- extend; Medicare & Medicaid disproportionate share programs; Independent Payment Advisory Board; 340B Drug Discount Program expansion; Physician self-referral; (HR 4213 - FMAP extension; employed physicians health IT; Rural hospital payment extenders; physician payment fix; COBRA extension) (HR 3151/S1585 CRNA payments for CAHs); Graduate medial education support.
To amend the Small Business Act to provide for an increase in the amount of awards under the first and second phases of the Small Business Innovation Research program.
Client: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION) · Firm: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)
HR 4213 - FMAP extension, extend COBRA benefits, delay physician payment cuts, 72 hour rule; expiring rural provisions - permanent rural outpatient hold harmless & cost reimbursement for clinical lab services. Medicare/Medicaid DSH. IPPS proposed rule re: coding cuts and treatment of provider taxes on cost reports; readmission policies; 340 B Drug Program expansions; GME funding and residency training positions; CAH CRNA payment.
To amend the Small Business Act to provide for an increase in the amount of awards under the first and second phases of the Small Business Innovation Research program.
Client: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION) · Firm: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)
Health Care Reform (HR3590 & HR 3962) (HR 4213) Issues: Hospital payment updates; productivity adjustments; Medicaid expansion; Readmissions (addressing only avoidable and unplanned readmissions related to original admission.); FMAP- extend; Medicare & Medicaid disproportionate share programs; Independent Payment Advisory Board; 340B Drug Discount Program expansion; Physician self-referral; (HR 4213 - FMAP extension; employed physicians health IT; Rural hospital payment extenders; physician payment fix; COBRA extension) (HR 3151/S1585 CRNA payments for CAHs); Graduate medial education support.
Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2009 and 2011 through 2014.
Client: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION) · Firm: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)
Budget Resolution - H.Con Res85/S.Con Res 13 - relating to hospital priorities and bipartisan process
Secret Ballot Protection Act
Client: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION) · Firm: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)
H.R. 1409/S.560 - Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - re: unionization issues via "card check" process S.478/H.R. 1176 - Secret Ballot Protection Act - re: protection of the secret ballot for unionization of employees Hospital Contract Nursing - Provided Senate staff with data for Illinois hospitals
Employee Free Choice Act of 2009
Client: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION) · Firm: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)
H.R. 1409/S.560 - Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - re: unionization issues via "card check" process S.478/H.R. 1176 - Secret Ballot Protection Act - re: protection of the secret ballot for unionization of employees Hospital Contract Nursing - Provided Senate staff with data for Illinois hospitals
Rural Access to Nurse Anesthesia Services Act of 2009
Client: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION) · Firm: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)
Health Care Reform (HR 3962) & Senate Bill (S 3590) Issues: Independent Payment Advisory Board); Hospital Payment Rates/updates; Medicaid Expansion; FMAP; GME payment and residency positions (redistribution & additional slots); Medicaid/Medicare DSH programs; Readmissions policies; 340B Drug Program; Rural Hospital Issues - CAH, CRNA (HR 3151/S1585), low volume rural hospitals; Medicare Wage index; Workforce Commission; repeal of 45% Medicare Trigger; Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program/Medicaid; Long Term Care Hospitals - MMSEA LTCH moratorium extension; Value Based Purchasing; Payment Bundling.
Rural Access to Nurse Anesthesia Services Act of 2009
Client: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION) · Firm: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)
Health Care Reform - House (HR 3200) & Senate Senate Finance Committee/Senate HELP Committee Bills - Issues: IMAC Readmissions; Accountable Care Organizations; Health Care Disparities Teaching Hospitals GME/IME; FMAP; Rural Hospital Issues - HR 3151/S 1585 - CAH - CRNA; Low Volume Rural Hospitals HR 444 - 340B Drug Discount Program; Health Care Information Technology
Rural Access to Nurse Anesthesia Services Act of 2009
Client: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION) · Firm: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)
Health Care Reform - House (HR 3200) & Senate Finance Committee/Senate HELP Committee Bills - Issues: IMAC Medicare/Medicaid payment rates for hospitals - Public Option; Uninsured coverage; readmissions; Accountable Care Organizations Teaching Hospitals GME/IME; FMAP; Rural Hospital Issues - HR 3151/S 1585 - CAH - CRNA; Low Volume Rural Hospitals HR 444 - 340B Drug Discount Program; Medical Liability Reform
America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009
Client: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION) · Firm: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)
Health Care Reform - House (HR 3200) & Senate Senate Finance Committee/Senate HELP Committee Bills - Issues: IMAC Readmissions; Accountable Care Organizations; Health Care Disparities Teaching Hospitals GME/IME; FMAP; Rural Hospital Issues - HR 3151/S 1585 - CAH - CRNA; Low Volume Rural Hospitals HR 444 - 340B Drug Discount Program; Health Care Information Technology
America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009
Client: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION) · Firm: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)
Health Care Reform - House Bill - HR 3200; Senate Finance Committee/Senate HELP Committee Proposals - Uninsured Coverage
America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009
Client: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION) · Firm: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)
Health Care Reform - House (HR 3200) & Senate Finance Committee/Senate HELP Committee Bills - Issues: IMAC Medicare/Medicaid payment rates for hospitals - Public Option; Uninsured coverage; readmissions; Accountable Care Organizations Teaching Hospitals GME/IME; FMAP; Rural Hospital Issues - HR 3151/S 1585 - CAH - CRNA; Low Volume Rural Hospitals HR 444 - 340B Drug Discount Program; Medical Liability Reform
340B Program Improvement and Integrity Act of 2009
Client: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION) · Firm: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)
FY 2010 CMS Inpatient Prospective Payment System Rule - re: proposed hospital payment rates H.R. 444 (340B Program Improvement & Integrity Act) - re: expanding the program to inpatient care & CAHs & childrens hospitals Health Care Reform Proposals - re: hospital issues, potential impacts, & responding to staff inquiries, teaching hospital issues Rural Health Care - re: low volume hospitals and critical access hospital payment issues
340B Program Improvement and Integrity Act of 2009
Client: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION) · Firm: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)
Health Care Reform - House (HR 3200) & Senate Senate Finance Committee/Senate HELP Committee Bills - Issues: IMAC Readmissions; Accountable Care Organizations; Health Care Disparities Teaching Hospitals GME/IME; FMAP; Rural Hospital Issues - HR 3151/S 1585 - CAH - CRNA; Low Volume Rural Hospitals HR 444 - 340B Drug Discount Program; Health Care Information Technology
340B Program Improvement and Integrity Act of 2009
Client: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION) · Firm: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)
Health Care Reform - House (HR 3200) & Senate Finance Committee/Senate HELP Committee Bills - Issues: IMAC Medicare/Medicaid payment rates for hospitals - Public Option; Uninsured coverage; readmissions; Accountable Care Organizations Teaching Hospitals GME/IME; FMAP; Rural Hospital Issues - HR 3151/S 1585 - CAH - CRNA; Low Volume Rural Hospitals HR 444 - 340B Drug Discount Program; Medical Liability Reform
A bill to permit pass-through payment for reasonable costs of certified registered nurse anesthetist services in critical access hospitals notwithstanding the reclassification of such hospitals as urban hospitals, including hospitals located in "Lugar counties", and for on-call and standby costs for such services.
Client: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION) · Firm: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)
Health Care Reform - House (HR 3200) & Senate Finance Committee/Senate HELP Committee Bills - Issues: IMAC Medicare/Medicaid payment rates for hospitals - Public Option; Uninsured coverage; readmissions; Accountable Care Organizations Teaching Hospitals GME/IME; FMAP; Rural Hospital Issues - HR 3151/S 1585 - CAH - CRNA; Low Volume Rural Hospitals HR 444 - 340B Drug Discount Program; Medical Liability Reform
A bill to permit pass-through payment for reasonable costs of certified registered nurse anesthetist services in critical access hospitals notwithstanding the reclassification of such hospitals as urban hospitals, including hospitals located in "Lugar counties", and for on-call and standby costs for such services.
Client: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION) · Firm: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)
Health Care Reform - House (HR 3200) & Senate Senate Finance Committee/Senate HELP Committee Bills - Issues: IMAC Readmissions; Accountable Care Organizations; Health Care Disparities Teaching Hospitals GME/IME; FMAP; Rural Hospital Issues - HR 3151/S 1585 - CAH - CRNA; Low Volume Rural Hospitals HR 444 - 340B Drug Discount Program; Health Care Information Technology
A bill to permit pass-through payment for reasonable costs of certified registered nurse anesthetist services in critical access hospitals notwithstanding the reclassification of such hospitals as urban hospitals, including hospitals located in "Lugar counties", and for on-call and standby costs for such services.
Client: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION) · Firm: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)
Health Care Reform (HR 3962) & Senate Bill (S 3590) Issues: Independent Payment Advisory Board); Hospital Payment Rates/updates; Medicaid Expansion; FMAP; GME payment and residency positions (redistribution & additional slots); Medicaid/Medicare DSH programs; Readmissions policies; 340B Drug Program; Rural Hospital Issues - CAH, CRNA (HR 3151/S1585), low volume rural hospitals; Medicare Wage index; Workforce Commission; repeal of 45% Medicare Trigger; Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program/Medicaid; Long Term Care Hospitals - MMSEA LTCH moratorium extension; Value Based Purchasing; Payment Bundling.
Carbon Capture and Sequestration Deployment Revenue Act of 2010
Client: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION) · Firm: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)
Health Care Reform (HR 3962 - S 3590) Issues: Medical Device Tax; Tax-Exempt Hospital Requirements
Carbon Capture and Sequestration Deployment Revenue Act of 2010
Client: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION) · Firm: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)
Health Care Reform (HR 3962) & Senate Bill (S 3590) Issues: Independent Payment Advisory Board); Hospital Payment Rates/updates; Medicaid Expansion; FMAP; GME payment and residency positions (redistribution & additional slots); Medicaid/Medicare DSH programs; Readmissions policies; 340B Drug Program; Rural Hospital Issues - CAH, CRNA (HR 3151/S1585), low volume rural hospitals; Medicare Wage index; Workforce Commission; repeal of 45% Medicare Trigger; Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program/Medicaid; Long Term Care Hospitals - MMSEA LTCH moratorium extension; Value Based Purchasing; Payment Bundling.
Carbon Capture and Sequestration Deployment Revenue Act of 2010
Client: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION) · Firm: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)
Health Care Reform - HR 3962-S3590 - Coverage Expansion; Public Option; Medical Reimbursement Data Center; Health Insurance Exchanges; Insurance Market Reforms.
Carbon Capture and Sequestration Deployment Revenue Act of 2010
Client: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION) · Firm: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)
Health Care Reform (HR 3962-S 3590): Accountable Care Organizations; Geographic Variation; Hospital-Acquired Conditions (HACs)
Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2009
Client: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION) · Firm: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)
H.R. 1409/S.560 - Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - re: unionization issues via "card check" process S.478/H.R. 1176 - Secret Ballot Protection Act - re: protection of the secret ballot for unionization of employees Hospital Contract Nursing - Provided Senate staff with data for Illinois hospitals
Employee Free Choice Act of 2009
Client: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION) · Firm: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)
H.R. 1409/S.560 - Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - re: unionization issues via "card check" process S.478/H.R. 1176 - Secret Ballot Protection Act - re: protection of the secret ballot for unionization of employees Hospital Contract Nursing - Provided Senate staff with data for Illinois hospitals
Superfund Polluter Pays Act
Client: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION) · Firm: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)
Health Care Reform (HR 3962 - S 3590) Issues: Medical Device Tax; Tax-Exempt Hospital Requirements
Superfund Polluter Pays Act
Client: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION) · Firm: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)
Health Care Reform - HR 3962-S3590 - Coverage Expansion; Public Option; Medical Reimbursement Data Center; Health Insurance Exchanges; Insurance Market Reforms.
Superfund Polluter Pays Act
Client: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION) · Firm: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)
Health Care Reform (HR 3962) & Senate Bill (S 3590) Issues: Independent Payment Advisory Board); Hospital Payment Rates/updates; Medicaid Expansion; FMAP; GME payment and residency positions (redistribution & additional slots); Medicaid/Medicare DSH programs; Readmissions policies; 340B Drug Program; Rural Hospital Issues - CAH, CRNA (HR 3151/S1585), low volume rural hospitals; Medicare Wage index; Workforce Commission; repeal of 45% Medicare Trigger; Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program/Medicaid; Long Term Care Hospitals - MMSEA LTCH moratorium extension; Value Based Purchasing; Payment Bundling.
Superfund Polluter Pays Act
Client: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION) · Firm: ILLINOIS HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY ILLINOIS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)
Health Care Reform (HR 3962-S 3590): Accountable Care Organizations; Geographic Variation; Hospital-Acquired Conditions (HACs)
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Repeal and/or modification of 1099 reporting requirements; implementation of HIT/EHR "meaningful use" standards; composition of National Health Care Workforce Commission; post acute and mental health facilities - qualification for HIT funding.
Federal Medical Assistance Program (FMAP); CMS Inpatient Prospective Payment System rule re: proposed hospital payment rates; CMS Inpatient Prospective Payment System - exclusion of provider taxes as an allowable expense by CAHs; geographic variations in medicare payments.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Federal Medical Assistance Program (FMAP); CMS Inpatient Prospective Payment System rule re: proposed hospital payment rates; CMS Inpatient Prospective Payment System - exclusion of provider taxes as an allowable expense by CAHs; geographic variations in medicare payments.
Repeal and/or modification of 1099 reporting requirements; implementation of HIT/EHR "meaningful use" standards; composition of National Health Care Workforce Commission; post acute and mental health facilities - qualification for HIT funding.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
HR 1490, S560 workers right to secret ballot; hospital-physician collaboration, antitrust laws/civil monetary penalties, federal tax exemption Stark laws
HR 4213 - FMAP extension, extend COBRA benefits, delay physician payment cuts, 72 hour rule; expiring rural provisions - permanent rural outpatient hold harmless & cost reimbursement for clinical lab services. Medicare/Medicaid DSH. IPPS proposed rule re: coding cuts and treatment of provider taxes on cost reports; readmission policies; 340 B Drug Program expansions; GME funding and residency training positions; CAH CRNA payment.
Medical liability reform - fair limitations on medical liability costs for health care providers.
Medical liability reform - fair limitations on medical liability costs for health care providers.
Health Information Technology - Electronic Health Records - meaningful use and multi campus hospital limitations for HIT funding eligibility.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
HR 3590/HR 3962 Hospital payments/coverage expansion; State based non-gov. coops support; Public option opposition; Health insurance exchanges; Individual mandate; Employer continued participation; Acountable Care Organizations; Coverage issues; HR 4813 - COBRA extension
CMS Proposed HIT EHR rule - urge support for changes through congressional letters re: meaningful use - staged implementation & extra time to meet criteria; hospital based physician definition; individual hospital's ability to qualifiy for EHR incentive payments
Health Care Reform (HR3590 & HR 3962) (HR 4213) Issues: Hospital payment updates; productivity adjustments; Medicaid expansion; Readmissions (addressing only avoidable and unplanned readmissions related to original admission.); FMAP- extend; Medicare & Medicaid disproportionate share programs; Independent Payment Advisory Board; 340B Drug Discount Program expansion; Physician self-referral; (HR 4213 - FMAP extension; employed physicians health IT; Rural hospital payment extenders; physician payment fix; COBRA extension) (HR 3151/S1585 CRNA payments for CAHs); Graduate medial education support.
HR 3590 Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act /HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act Issues: 340 B drug discount program expansion; Workforce commission reresentation; Graduate medical education support
HR 3590/HR3692 - Medical Liability - additional steps needed to achieve medical liabity reform
Hr 3590/HR3692 - Medical device tax - support Senate version; Tax exempt hospitals/oppose mandated requirements
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Health Care Reform (HR 3962-S 3590): Accountable Care Organizations; Geographic Variation; Hospital-Acquired Conditions (HACs)
Health Care Reform (HR 3962) & Senate Bill (S 3590) Issues: Independent Payment Advisory Board); Hospital Payment Rates/updates; Medicaid Expansion; FMAP; GME payment and residency positions (redistribution & additional slots); Medicaid/Medicare DSH programs; Readmissions policies; 340B Drug Program; Rural Hospital Issues - CAH, CRNA (HR 3151/S1585), low volume rural hospitals; Medicare Wage index; Workforce Commission; repeal of 45% Medicare Trigger; Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program/Medicaid; Long Term Care Hospitals - MMSEA LTCH moratorium extension; Value Based Purchasing; Payment Bundling.
Health Care Reform - House (HR 3200) & Senate Senate Finance Committee/Senate HELP Committee Bills - Issues: IMAC Readmissions; Accountable Care Organizations; Health Care Disparities Teaching Hospitals GME/IME; FMAP; Rural Hospital Issues - HR 3151/S 1585 - CAH - CRNA; Low Volume Rural Hospitals HR 444 - 340B Drug Discount Program; Health Care Information Technology
Health Care Reform - House Bill - HR 3200; Senate Finance Committee/Senate HELP Committee Proposals - Uninsured Coverage
H.R. 1409/S.560 - Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 - re: unionization issues via "card check" process S.478/H.R. 1176 - Secret Ballot Protection Act - re: protection of the secret ballot for unionization of employees Hospital Contract Nursing - Provided Senate staff with data for Illinois hospitals
FY 2010 CMS Inpatient Prospective Payment System Rule - re: proposed hospital payment rates H.R. 444 (340B Program Improvement & Integrity Act) - re: expanding the program to inpatient care & CAHs & childrens hospitals Health Care Reform Proposals - re: hospital issues, potential impacts, & responding to staff inquiries, teaching hospital issues Rural Health Care - re: low volume hospitals and critical access hospital payment issues
Various issues relating to improvement of the health care delivery system, including Medicaid/Medicare protections, regulatory reform, tax-exemption, rural health care funding and assistance, restrictions on self-referrals to physician-owned limited-service specialty hospitals, access to inpatient rehabilitation care, mental health parity, workforce shortages, medical education, medical liability and health IT.
Various issues relating to improvement of the health care delivery system, including Medicaid/Medicare protections, regulatory reform, tax-exemption, rural health care funding and assistance, restrictions on self-referrals to physician-owned limited-service specialty hospitals, access to inpatient rehabilitation care, mental health parity, workforce shortages, medical education, medical liability and health IT.
Health Care Reform (HR 3962 - S 3590) Issues: Medical Device Tax; Tax-Exempt Hospital Requirements
Health Care Reform - HR 3962-S3590 - Coverage Expansion; Public Option; Medical Reimbursement Data Center; Health Insurance Exchanges; Insurance Market Reforms.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Health Care Reform - House (HR 3200) & Senate Finance Committee/Senate HELP Committee Bills - Issues: IMAC Medicare/Medicaid payment rates for hospitals - Public Option; Uninsured coverage; readmissions; Accountable Care Organizations Teaching Hospitals GME/IME; FMAP; Rural Hospital Issues - HR 3151/S 1585 - CAH - CRNA; Low Volume Rural Hospitals HR 444 - 340B Drug Discount Program; Medical Liability Reform
Medical Liability Reform
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Health Care Reform Proposals - re: inclusion of mandated minimum charity care standards for hospitals Section 1011 of MMA law - re: hospital payment for ER care for undocumented immigrants
Budget Resolution - H.Con Res85/S.Con Res 13 - relating to hospital priorities and bipartisan process
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Various issues relating to improvement of the health care delivery system, including Medicaid/Medicare protections, regulatory reform, tax-exemption, rural health care funding and assistance, restrictions on self-referrals to physician-owned limited-service specialty hospitals, access to inpatient rehabilitation care, mental health parity, workforce shortages, medical education, medical liability and health IT.
Various issues relating to improvement of the health care delivery system, including Medicaid/Medicare protections, regulatory reform, tax-exemption, rural health care funding and assistance, restrictions on self-referrals to physician-owned limited-service specialty hospitals, access to inpatient rehabilitation care, mental health parity, workforce shortages, medical education, medical liability and health IT.
Various issues relating to improvement of the health care delivery system, including Medicaid/Medicare protections, regulatory reform, tax-exemption, rural health care funding and assistance, restrictions on self-referrals to physician-owned limited-service specialty hospitals, access to inpatient rehabilitation care, mental health parity, workforce shortages, medical education, medical liability and health IT.
Various issues relating to improvement of the health care delivery system, including Medicaid/Medicare protections, regulatory reform, tax-exemption, rural health care funding and assistance, restrictions on self-referrals to physician-owned limited-service specialty hospitals, access to inpatient rehabilitation care, mental health parity, workforce shortages, medical education, medical liability and health IT.
Various issues relating to improvement of the health care delivery system, including Medicaid/Medicare protections, regulatory reform, tax-exemption, rural health care funding and assistance, restrictions on self-referrals to physician-owned limited-service specialty hospitals, access to inpatient rehabilitation care, mental health parity, workforce shortages, medical education, medical liability and health IT.
Various issues relating to improvement of the health care delivery system, including Medicaid/Medicare protections, regulatory reform, tax-exemption, rural health care funding and assistance, restrictions on self-referrals to physician-owned limited-service specialty hospitals, access to inpatient rehabilitation care, mental health parity, workforce shortages, medical education, medical liability and health IT.