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Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034.
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Physician payment reform Counting observation stays as satisfying Medicare three-day inpatient stay prerequisite for skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage H.R. 1-One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 H.R. 539-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. H.R. 771-Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025, to eliminate the 35-mile requirement to qualify as a critical access hospital H.R. 772-Rural ER Access Act, to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to repeal the 35-mile requirement for off-campus facilities H.R. 879- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes H.R.1968-Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, to provide appropriations for federal departments and agencies and to provide an increase for the calendar year 2024 physician fee schedule conversion factor H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3164-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services H.R. 4206-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services H.R. 6160-Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, provide for an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index H.R. 6721-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive H.R. 7520-Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act, to delay the implementation of an efficiency adjustment to work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 8163-Provider Reimbursement Stability Act, ensure stability for provider payments under the Medicare program H.R. 8500-Timely Access to Coverage Decisions Act of 2026, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure timely review of local coverage determination requests under the Medicare program H.R. 8622-Medicare Data-driven Performance Payment System Act of 2026, to transform the Merit-based Incentive Payment System into the Data-driven Performance Payment System under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 9693-Patients First Act of 2026, to modify certain physician payments under the Medicare program S. 106-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. S.1261-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services S. 1640- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes S. 2426-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services S. 3473-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive S. 4927-Rural Hospital Emergency Room Guarantee Act, to establish a guaranteed funding stream to keep existing emergency rooms at America's rural hospitals open.
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AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS via AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
2026 · third_quarter · Q3
Fentanyl analogues scheduling extension H.R. 3178-Save Healthcare Workers Act, to establish federal criminal penalties for violence against health care workers H.R. 5864-Improving Police CARE Act, to provide standards for trauma kits purchased using Byrne JAG grant funds S. 1595-Improving Police CARE Act, to provide standards for trauma kits purchased using Byrne JAG grant funds S. 1600-Save Healthcare Workers Act, to establish federal criminal penalties for violence against health care workers
Workplace violence prevention for health care workers H.R. 2531-Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, to require OSHA to issue workplace violence prevention standards to protect health care and social service workers H.R. 3413-Physician and Patient Safety Act, to provide due process protections for physicians H.R. 3791-EMS Counts Act, to ensure more accurate counts of trained EMS personnel by Bureau of Labor Statistics H.R. 10215-Workforce Mobility Act of 2025, to prohibit the use of noncompete agreements S. 1232-Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, to require OSHA to issue workplace violence prevention standards to protect health care and social service workers S. 1767-Physician and Patient Safety Act, to provide due process protections for physicians S. 2031-Workforce Mobility Act of 2025, to prohibit the use of noncompete agreements
Source: Senate LDA
Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034.
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Physician payment reform Counting observation stays as satisfying Medicare three-day inpatient stay prerequisite for skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage H.R. 1-One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 H.R. 539-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. H.R. 771-Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025, to eliminate the 35-mile requirement to qualify as a critical access hospital H.R. 772-Rural ER Access Act, to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to repeal the 35-mile requirement for off-campus facilities H.R. 879- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes H.R.1968-Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, to provide appropriations for federal departments and agencies and to provide an increase for the calendar year 2024 physician fee schedule conversion factor H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3164-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services H.R. 4206-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services H.R. 6160-Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, provide for an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index H.R. 6721-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive H.R. 7520-Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act, to delay the implementation of an efficiency adjustment to work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 8163-Provider Reimbursement Stability Act, ensure stability for provider payments under the Medicare program S. 106-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. S.1261-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services S. 1640- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes S. 2426-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services S. 3473-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive
Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034.
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Physician payment reform Counting observation stays as satisfying Medicare three-day inpatient stay prerequisite for skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage H.R. 1-One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 H.R. 539-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. H.R. 771-Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025, to eliminate the 35-mile requirement to qualify as a critical access hospital H.R. 772-Rural ER Access Act, to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to repeal the 35-mile requirement for off-campus facilities H.R. 879- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes H.R.1968-Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, to provide appropriations for federal departments and agencies and to provide an increase for the calendar year 2024 physician fee schedule conversion factor H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3164-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services H.R. 4206-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services H.R. 6160-Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, provide for an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index H.R. 6721-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive H.R. 7520-Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act, to delay the implementation of an efficiency adjustment to work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 8163-Provider Reimbursement Stability Act, ensure stability for provider payments under the Medicare program H.R. 8622-Medicare Data-driven Performance Payment System Act of 2026, to transform the Merit-based Incentive Payment System into the Data-driven Performance Payment System under the Medicare physician fee schedule S. 106-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. S.1261-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services S. 1640- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes S. 2426-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services S. 3473-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive S. 4927-Rural Hospital Emergency Room Guarantee Act, to establish a guaranteed funding stream to keep existing emergency rooms at America's rural hospitals open.
An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Physician payment reform Counting observation stays as satisfying Medicare three-day inpatient stay prerequisite for skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage H.R. 1-One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 H.R. 539-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. H.R. 771-Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025, to eliminate the 35-mile requirement to qualify as a critical access hospital H.R. 772-Rural ER Access Act, to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to repeal the 35-mile requirement for off-campus facilities H.R. 879- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes H.R.1968-Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, to provide appropriations for federal departments and agencies and to provide an increase for the calendar year 2024 physician fee schedule conversion factor H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3164-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services H.R. 4206-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services H.R. 6160-Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, provide for an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index H.R. 6721-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive H.R. 7520-Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act, to delay the implementation of an efficiency adjustment to work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 8163-Provider Reimbursement Stability Act, ensure stability for provider payments under the Medicare program H.R. 8500-Timely Access to Coverage Decisions Act of 2026, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure timely review of local coverage determination requests under the Medicare program H.R. 8622-Medicare Data-driven Performance Payment System Act of 2026, to transform the Merit-based Incentive Payment System into the Data-driven Performance Payment System under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 9693-Patients First Act of 2026, to modify certain physician payments under the Medicare program S. 106-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. S.1261-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services S. 1640- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes S. 2426-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services S. 3473-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive S. 4927-Rural Hospital Emergency Room Guarantee Act, to establish a guaranteed funding stream to keep existing emergency rooms at America's rural hospitals open.
An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Physician payment reform Counting observation stays as satisfying Medicare three-day inpatient stay prerequisite for skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage H.R. 1-One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 H.R. 539-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. H.R. 771-Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025, to eliminate the 35-mile requirement to qualify as a critical access hospital H.R. 772-Rural ER Access Act, to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to repeal the 35-mile requirement for off-campus facilities H.R. 879- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes H.R.1968-Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, to provide appropriations for federal departments and agencies and to provide an increase for the calendar year 2024 physician fee schedule conversion factor H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3164-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services H.R. 4206-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services H.R. 6160-Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, provide for an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index H.R. 6721-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive H.R. 7520-Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act, to delay the implementation of an efficiency adjustment to work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 8163-Provider Reimbursement Stability Act, ensure stability for provider payments under the Medicare program S. 106-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. S.1261-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services S. 1640- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes S. 2426-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services S. 3473-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive
An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Physician payment reform Counting observation stays as satisfying Medicare three-day inpatient stay prerequisite for skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage H.R. 1-One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 H.R. 539-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. H.R. 771-Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025, to eliminate the 35-mile requirement to qualify as a critical access hospital H.R. 772-Rural ER Access Act, to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to repeal the 35-mile requirement for off-campus facilities H.R. 879- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes H.R.1968-Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, to provide appropriations for federal departments and agencies and to provide an increase for the calendar year 2024 physician fee schedule conversion factor H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3164-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services H.R. 4206-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services H.R. 6160-Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, provide for an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index H.R. 6721-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive H.R. 7520-Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act, to delay the implementation of an efficiency adjustment to work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 8163-Provider Reimbursement Stability Act, ensure stability for provider payments under the Medicare program H.R. 8622-Medicare Data-driven Performance Payment System Act of 2026, to transform the Merit-based Incentive Payment System into the Data-driven Performance Payment System under the Medicare physician fee schedule S. 106-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. S.1261-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services S. 1640- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes S. 2426-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services S. 3473-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive S. 4927-Rural Hospital Emergency Room Guarantee Act, to establish a guaranteed funding stream to keep existing emergency rooms at America's rural hospitals open.
Workforce Mobility Act of 2026
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Workplace violence prevention for health care workers H.R. 2531-Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, to require OSHA to issue workplace violence prevention standards to protect health care and social service workers H.R. 3413-Physician and Patient Safety Act, to provide due process protections for physicians H.R. 3791-EMS Counts Act, to ensure more accurate counts of trained EMS personnel by Bureau of Labor Statistics H.R. 10215-Workforce Mobility Act of 2025, to prohibit the use of noncompete agreements S. 1232-Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, to require OSHA to issue workplace violence prevention standards to protect health care and social service workers S. 1767-Physician and Patient Safety Act, to provide due process protections for physicians S. 2031-Workforce Mobility Act of 2025, to prohibit the use of noncompete agreements
Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Reproductive health, physician-patient relationship, and EMTALA issues Emergency department boarding Drug shortages Health care consolidation H.R. 929-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers H.R. 1254-Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care H.R. 2414-To reauthorize the MISSION ZERO military-civilian partnership for trauma readiness H.R. 2936-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes H.R. 3134-Emergency Care Improvement Act, to permanently allow for coverage under Medicare and Medicaid of services that are provided by freestanding emergency centers H.R. 3443-When Minutes Count for Emergency Medical Patients Act, to create a model, and to direct the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to carry out a study and report with respect to Medicare payment for emergency medical services H.R. 3266-Mental Health Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2025, to make loans and loan guarantees for planning, constructing, or renovating pediatric or adult mental health treatment facilities and pediatric or adult substance use disorder treatment facilities H.R. 3980-Streamline Emergency Care Act, to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for expanding, modernizing, or streamlining emergency department operations S. 266-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers S. 380- Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care S. 1673-Mental Health Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2025, to make loans and loan guarantees for planning, constructing, or renovating pediatric or adult mental health treatment facilities and pediatric or adult substance use disorder treatment facilities S. 1974-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes
Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Reproductive health, physician-patient relationship, and EMTALA issues Emergency department boarding Drug shortages Health care consolidation H.R. 929-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers H.R. 1254-Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care H.R. 2414-To reauthorize the MISSION ZERO military-civilian partnership for trauma readiness H.R. 2936-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes H.R. 3134-Emergency Care Improvement Act, to permanently allow for coverage under Medicare and Medicaid of services that are provided by freestanding emergency centers H.R. 3443-When Minutes Count for Emergency Medical Patients Act, to create a model, and to direct the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to carry out a study and report with respect to Medicare payment for emergency medical services H.R. 3980-Streamline Emergency Care Act, to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for expanding, modernizing, or streamlining emergency department operations S. 266-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers S. 380- Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care S. 1974-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes
Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Reproductive health, physician-patient relationship, and EMTALA issues Emergency department boarding Drug shortages Health care consolidation H.R. 929-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers H.R. 1254-Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care H.R. 2414-To reauthorize the MISSION ZERO military-civilian partnership for trauma readiness H.R. 2936-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes H.R. 3134-Emergency Care Improvement Act, to permanently allow for coverage under Medicare and Medicaid of services that are provided by freestanding emergency centers H.R. 3443-When Minutes Count for Emergency Medical Patients Act, to create a model, and to direct the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to carry out a study and report with respect to Medicare payment for emergency medical services H.R. 3266-Mental Health Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2025, to make loans and loan guarantees for planning, constructing, or renovating pediatric or adult mental health treatment facilities and pediatric or adult substance use disorder treatment facilities H.R. 3980-Streamline Emergency Care Act, to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for expanding, modernizing, or streamlining emergency department operations H.Res. 1519, Supporting the designation of September 17, 2026, as National Physician Suicide Awareness Day to raise awareness of, and promote a national discussion about, physician suicide and to reduce the stigma of mental health conditions, and for other purposes S. 266-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers S. 380- Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care S. 1673-Mental Health Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2025, to make loans and loan guarantees for planning, constructing, or renovating pediatric or adult mental health treatment facilities and pediatric or adult substance use disorder treatment facilities S. 1974-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes
Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Physician payment reform Counting observation stays as satisfying Medicare three-day inpatient stay prerequisite for skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage H.R. 1-One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 H.R. 539-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. H.R. 771-Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025, to eliminate the 35-mile requirement to qualify as a critical access hospital H.R. 772-Rural ER Access Act, to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to repeal the 35-mile requirement for off-campus facilities H.R. 879- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes H.R.1968-Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, to provide appropriations for federal departments and agencies and to provide an increase for the calendar year 2024 physician fee schedule conversion factor H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3164-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services H.R. 4206-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services H.R. 6160-Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, provide for an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index H.R. 6721-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive H.R. 7520-Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act, to delay the implementation of an efficiency adjustment to work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 8163-Provider Reimbursement Stability Act, ensure stability for provider payments under the Medicare program H.R. 8500-Timely Access to Coverage Decisions Act of 2026, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure timely review of local coverage determination requests under the Medicare program H.R. 8622-Medicare Data-driven Performance Payment System Act of 2026, to transform the Merit-based Incentive Payment System into the Data-driven Performance Payment System under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 9693-Patients First Act of 2026, to modify certain physician payments under the Medicare program S. 106-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. S.1261-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services S. 1640- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes S. 2426-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services S. 3473-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive S. 4927-Rural Hospital Emergency Room Guarantee Act, to establish a guaranteed funding stream to keep existing emergency rooms at America's rural hospitals open.
Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Physician payment reform Counting observation stays as satisfying Medicare three-day inpatient stay prerequisite for skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage H.R. 1-One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 H.R. 539-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. H.R. 771-Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025, to eliminate the 35-mile requirement to qualify as a critical access hospital H.R. 772-Rural ER Access Act, to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to repeal the 35-mile requirement for off-campus facilities H.R. 879- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes H.R.1968-Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, to provide appropriations for federal departments and agencies and to provide an increase for the calendar year 2024 physician fee schedule conversion factor H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3164-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services H.R. 4206-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services H.R. 6160-Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, provide for an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index H.R. 6721-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive H.R. 7520-Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act, to delay the implementation of an efficiency adjustment to work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 8163-Provider Reimbursement Stability Act, ensure stability for provider payments under the Medicare program S. 106-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. S.1261-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services S. 1640- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes S. 2426-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services S. 3473-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive
Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Physician payment reform Counting observation stays as satisfying Medicare three-day inpatient stay prerequisite for skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage H.R. 1-One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 H.R. 539-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. H.R. 771-Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025, to eliminate the 35-mile requirement to qualify as a critical access hospital H.R. 772-Rural ER Access Act, to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to repeal the 35-mile requirement for off-campus facilities H.R. 879- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes H.R.1968-Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, to provide appropriations for federal departments and agencies and to provide an increase for the calendar year 2024 physician fee schedule conversion factor H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3164-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services H.R. 4206-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services H.R. 6160-Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, provide for an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index H.R. 6721-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive H.R. 7520-Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act, to delay the implementation of an efficiency adjustment to work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 8163-Provider Reimbursement Stability Act, ensure stability for provider payments under the Medicare program H.R. 8622-Medicare Data-driven Performance Payment System Act of 2026, to transform the Merit-based Incentive Payment System into the Data-driven Performance Payment System under the Medicare physician fee schedule S. 106-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. S.1261-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services S. 1640- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes S. 2426-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services S. 3473-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive S. 4927-Rural Hospital Emergency Room Guarantee Act, to establish a guaranteed funding stream to keep existing emergency rooms at America's rural hospitals open.
Tyler’s Law
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Opioids, pain management Federal funding for substance use disorder treatments H.R.2004-Tylers Law, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on whether hospital emergency departments should implement routine fentanyl testing for patients experiencing an overdose H.R. 2483-Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act, to reauthorize grants and programs to address opioid and substance use disorder H.R. 7994-Helping Educators Respond to Overdoses Act, to establish a grant program to provide schools with opioid overdose reversal drugs, to direct schools receiving Federal funds to report to certain Federal information systems any distribution of an opioid overdose reversal drug, and for other purposes H.R. 9790-Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act 2.0, to expand access to methadone through alternative care models using pharmacies S.921-Tylers Law, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on whether hospital emergency departments should implement routine fentanyl testing for patients experiencing an overdose S. 2121-Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act, to reauthorize grants and programs to address opioid and substance use disorder S. 3522-No Red Tape for Addiction Treatment Act, to require that State Medicaid programs provide at least one formulation of each type of medication for the treatment of opioid use disorder without prior authorization or limitations on dosage S. 4941-Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act 2.0, to expand access to methadone through alternative care models using pharmacies
Tyler’s Law
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Opioids, pain management Federal funding for substance use disorder treatments H.R.2004-Tylers Law, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on whether hospital emergency departments should implement routine fentanyl testing for patients experiencing an overdose H.R. 2483-Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act, to reauthorize grants and programs to address opioid and substance use disorder S.921-Tylers Law, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on whether hospital emergency departments should implement routine fentanyl testing for patients experiencing an overdose S. 2121-Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act, to reauthorize grants and programs to address opioid and substance use disorder S. 3522-No Red Tape for Addiction Treatment Act, to require that State Medicaid programs provide at least one formulation of each type of medication for the treatment of opioid use disorder without prior authorization or limitations on dosage
Tyler’s Law
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Opioids, pain management Federal funding for substance use disorder treatments H.R.2004-Tylers Law, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on whether hospital emergency departments should implement routine fentanyl testing for patients experiencing an overdose H.R. 2483-Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act, to reauthorize grants and programs to address opioid and substance use disorder S.921-Tylers Law, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on whether hospital emergency departments should implement routine fentanyl testing for patients experiencing an overdose S. 2121-Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act, to reauthorize grants and programs to address opioid and substance use disorder S. 3522-No Red Tape for Addiction Treatment Act, to require that State Medicaid programs provide at least one formulation of each type of medication for the treatment of opioid use disorder without prior authorization or limitations on dosage
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize a military and civilian partnership for trauma readiness grant program.
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Reproductive health, physician-patient relationship, and EMTALA issues Emergency department boarding Drug shortages Health care consolidation H.R. 929-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers H.R. 1254-Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care H.R. 2414-To reauthorize the MISSION ZERO military-civilian partnership for trauma readiness H.R. 2936-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes H.R. 3134-Emergency Care Improvement Act, to permanently allow for coverage under Medicare and Medicaid of services that are provided by freestanding emergency centers H.R. 3443-When Minutes Count for Emergency Medical Patients Act, to create a model, and to direct the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to carry out a study and report with respect to Medicare payment for emergency medical services H.R. 3266-Mental Health Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2025, to make loans and loan guarantees for planning, constructing, or renovating pediatric or adult mental health treatment facilities and pediatric or adult substance use disorder treatment facilities H.R. 3980-Streamline Emergency Care Act, to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for expanding, modernizing, or streamlining emergency department operations S. 266-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers S. 380- Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care S. 1673-Mental Health Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2025, to make loans and loan guarantees for planning, constructing, or renovating pediatric or adult mental health treatment facilities and pediatric or adult substance use disorder treatment facilities S. 1974-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize a military and civilian partnership for trauma readiness grant program.
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Reproductive health, physician-patient relationship, and EMTALA issues Emergency department boarding Drug shortages Health care consolidation H.R. 929-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers H.R. 1254-Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care H.R. 2414-To reauthorize the MISSION ZERO military-civilian partnership for trauma readiness H.R. 2936-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes H.R. 3134-Emergency Care Improvement Act, to permanently allow for coverage under Medicare and Medicaid of services that are provided by freestanding emergency centers H.R. 3443-When Minutes Count for Emergency Medical Patients Act, to create a model, and to direct the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to carry out a study and report with respect to Medicare payment for emergency medical services H.R. 3980-Streamline Emergency Care Act, to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for expanding, modernizing, or streamlining emergency department operations S. 266-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers S. 380- Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care S. 1974-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize a military and civilian partnership for trauma readiness grant program.
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Reproductive health, physician-patient relationship, and EMTALA issues Emergency department boarding Drug shortages Health care consolidation H.R. 929-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers H.R. 1254-Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care H.R. 2414-To reauthorize the MISSION ZERO military-civilian partnership for trauma readiness H.R. 2936-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes H.R. 3134-Emergency Care Improvement Act, to permanently allow for coverage under Medicare and Medicaid of services that are provided by freestanding emergency centers H.R. 3443-When Minutes Count for Emergency Medical Patients Act, to create a model, and to direct the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to carry out a study and report with respect to Medicare payment for emergency medical services H.R. 3266-Mental Health Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2025, to make loans and loan guarantees for planning, constructing, or renovating pediatric or adult mental health treatment facilities and pediatric or adult substance use disorder treatment facilities H.R. 3980-Streamline Emergency Care Act, to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for expanding, modernizing, or streamlining emergency department operations H.Res. 1519, Supporting the designation of September 17, 2026, as National Physician Suicide Awareness Day to raise awareness of, and promote a national discussion about, physician suicide and to reduce the stigma of mental health conditions, and for other purposes S. 266-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers S. 380- Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care S. 1673-Mental Health Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2025, to make loans and loan guarantees for planning, constructing, or renovating pediatric or adult mental health treatment facilities and pediatric or adult substance use disorder treatment facilities S. 1974-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes
Reducing Medically Unnecessary Delays in Care Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
No Surprises Act implementation Eliminating prior authorization requirements in Medicare Advantage H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3514-Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025, to improve and streamline prior authorization under Medicare Advantage Plans H.R. 4710-No Surprises Act Enforcement Act, to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements. S. 1816-Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025, to improve and streamline prior authorization under Medicare Advantage Plans S. 2420- No Surprises Act Enforcement Act, to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements
Reducing Medically Unnecessary Delays in Care Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Physician payment reform Counting observation stays as satisfying Medicare three-day inpatient stay prerequisite for skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage H.R. 1-One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 H.R. 539-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. H.R. 771-Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025, to eliminate the 35-mile requirement to qualify as a critical access hospital H.R. 772-Rural ER Access Act, to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to repeal the 35-mile requirement for off-campus facilities H.R. 879- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes H.R.1968-Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, to provide appropriations for federal departments and agencies and to provide an increase for the calendar year 2024 physician fee schedule conversion factor H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3164-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services H.R. 4206-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services H.R. 6160-Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, provide for an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index H.R. 6721-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive H.R. 7520-Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act, to delay the implementation of an efficiency adjustment to work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 8163-Provider Reimbursement Stability Act, ensure stability for provider payments under the Medicare program H.R. 8500-Timely Access to Coverage Decisions Act of 2026, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure timely review of local coverage determination requests under the Medicare program H.R. 8622-Medicare Data-driven Performance Payment System Act of 2026, to transform the Merit-based Incentive Payment System into the Data-driven Performance Payment System under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 9693-Patients First Act of 2026, to modify certain physician payments under the Medicare program S. 106-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. S.1261-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services S. 1640- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes S. 2426-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services S. 3473-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive S. 4927-Rural Hospital Emergency Room Guarantee Act, to establish a guaranteed funding stream to keep existing emergency rooms at America's rural hospitals open.
Reducing Medically Unnecessary Delays in Care Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
No Surprises Act implementation Eliminating prior authorization requirements in Medicare Advantage H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3514-Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025, to improve and streamline prior authorization under Medicare Advantage Plans H.R. 4710-No Surprises Act Enforcement Act, to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements. S. 1816-Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025, to improve and streamline prior authorization under Medicare Advantage Plans S. 2420- No Surprises Act Enforcement Act, to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements.
Reducing Medically Unnecessary Delays in Care Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Physician payment reform Counting observation stays as satisfying Medicare three-day inpatient stay prerequisite for skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage H.R. 1-One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 H.R. 539-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. H.R. 771-Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025, to eliminate the 35-mile requirement to qualify as a critical access hospital H.R. 772-Rural ER Access Act, to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to repeal the 35-mile requirement for off-campus facilities H.R. 879- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes H.R.1968-Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, to provide appropriations for federal departments and agencies and to provide an increase for the calendar year 2024 physician fee schedule conversion factor H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3164-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services H.R. 4206-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services H.R. 6160-Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, provide for an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index H.R. 6721-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive H.R. 7520-Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act, to delay the implementation of an efficiency adjustment to work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 8163-Provider Reimbursement Stability Act, ensure stability for provider payments under the Medicare program S. 106-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. S.1261-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services S. 1640- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes S. 2426-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services S. 3473-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive
Reducing Medically Unnecessary Delays in Care Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
No Surprises Act implementation Eliminating prior authorization requirements in Medicare Advantage H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3514-Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025, to improve and streamline prior authorization under Medicare Advantage Plans H.R. 4710-No Surprises Act Enforcement Act, to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements. S. 1816-Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025, to improve and streamline prior authorization under Medicare Advantage Plans S. 2420- No Surprises Act Enforcement Act, to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements.
Reducing Medically Unnecessary Delays in Care Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Physician payment reform Counting observation stays as satisfying Medicare three-day inpatient stay prerequisite for skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage H.R. 1-One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 H.R. 539-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. H.R. 771-Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025, to eliminate the 35-mile requirement to qualify as a critical access hospital H.R. 772-Rural ER Access Act, to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to repeal the 35-mile requirement for off-campus facilities H.R. 879- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes H.R.1968-Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, to provide appropriations for federal departments and agencies and to provide an increase for the calendar year 2024 physician fee schedule conversion factor H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3164-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services H.R. 4206-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services H.R. 6160-Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, provide for an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index H.R. 6721-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive H.R. 7520-Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act, to delay the implementation of an efficiency adjustment to work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 8163-Provider Reimbursement Stability Act, ensure stability for provider payments under the Medicare program H.R. 8622-Medicare Data-driven Performance Payment System Act of 2026, to transform the Merit-based Incentive Payment System into the Data-driven Performance Payment System under the Medicare physician fee schedule S. 106-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. S.1261-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services S. 1640- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes S. 2426-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services S. 3473-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive S. 4927-Rural Hospital Emergency Room Guarantee Act, to establish a guaranteed funding stream to keep existing emergency rooms at America's rural hospitals open.
SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Opioids, pain management Federal funding for substance use disorder treatments H.R.2004-Tylers Law, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on whether hospital emergency departments should implement routine fentanyl testing for patients experiencing an overdose H.R. 2483-Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act, to reauthorize grants and programs to address opioid and substance use disorder H.R. 7994-Helping Educators Respond to Overdoses Act, to establish a grant program to provide schools with opioid overdose reversal drugs, to direct schools receiving Federal funds to report to certain Federal information systems any distribution of an opioid overdose reversal drug, and for other purposes H.R. 9790-Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act 2.0, to expand access to methadone through alternative care models using pharmacies S.921-Tylers Law, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on whether hospital emergency departments should implement routine fentanyl testing for patients experiencing an overdose S. 2121-Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act, to reauthorize grants and programs to address opioid and substance use disorder S. 3522-No Red Tape for Addiction Treatment Act, to require that State Medicaid programs provide at least one formulation of each type of medication for the treatment of opioid use disorder without prior authorization or limitations on dosage S. 4941-Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act 2.0, to expand access to methadone through alternative care models using pharmacies
SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Opioids, pain management Federal funding for substance use disorder treatments H.R.2004-Tylers Law, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on whether hospital emergency departments should implement routine fentanyl testing for patients experiencing an overdose H.R. 2483-Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act, to reauthorize grants and programs to address opioid and substance use disorder S.921-Tylers Law, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on whether hospital emergency departments should implement routine fentanyl testing for patients experiencing an overdose S. 2121-Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act, to reauthorize grants and programs to address opioid and substance use disorder S. 3522-No Red Tape for Addiction Treatment Act, to require that State Medicaid programs provide at least one formulation of each type of medication for the treatment of opioid use disorder without prior authorization or limitations on dosage
SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Opioids, pain management Federal funding for substance use disorder treatments H.R.2004-Tylers Law, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on whether hospital emergency departments should implement routine fentanyl testing for patients experiencing an overdose H.R. 2483-Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act, to reauthorize grants and programs to address opioid and substance use disorder S.921-Tylers Law, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on whether hospital emergency departments should implement routine fentanyl testing for patients experiencing an overdose S. 2121-Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act, to reauthorize grants and programs to address opioid and substance use disorder S. 3522-No Red Tape for Addiction Treatment Act, to require that State Medicaid programs provide at least one formulation of each type of medication for the treatment of opioid use disorder without prior authorization or limitations on dosage
Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Workplace violence prevention for health care workers H.R. 2531-Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, to require OSHA to issue workplace violence prevention standards to protect health care and social service workers H.R. 3413-Physician and Patient Safety Act, to provide due process protections for physicians H.R. 3791-EMS Counts Act, to ensure more accurate counts of trained EMS personnel by Bureau of Labor Statistics H.R. 10215-Workforce Mobility Act of 2025, to prohibit the use of noncompete agreements S. 1232-Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, to require OSHA to issue workplace violence prevention standards to protect health care and social service workers S. 1767-Physician and Patient Safety Act, to provide due process protections for physicians S. 2031-Workforce Mobility Act of 2025, to prohibit the use of noncompete agreements
Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Workplace violence prevention for health care workers H.R. 2531-Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, to require OSHA to issue workplace violence prevention standards to protect health care and social service workers H.R. 3413-Physician and Patient Safety Act, to provide due process protections for physicians H.R. 3791-EMS Counts Act, to ensure more accurate counts of trained EMS personnel by Bureau of Labor Statistics S. 1232-Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, to require OSHA to issue workplace violence prevention standards to protect health care and social service workers S. 1767-Physician and Patient Safety Act, to provide due process protections for physicians S. 2031-Workforce Mobility Act of 2025, to prohibit the use of noncompete agreements
Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Workplace violence prevention for health care workers H.R. 2531-Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, to require OSHA to issue workplace violence prevention standards to protect health care and social service workers H.R. 3413-Physician and Patient Safety Act, to provide due process protections for physicians H.R. 3791-EMS Counts Act, to ensure more accurate counts of trained EMS personnel by Bureau of Labor Statistics S. 1232-Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, to require OSHA to issue workplace violence prevention standards to protect health care and social service workers S. 1767-Physician and Patient Safety Act, to provide due process protections for physicians S. 2031-Workforce Mobility Act of 2025, to prohibit the use of noncompete agreements
Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Reproductive health, physician-patient relationship, and EMTALA issues Emergency department boarding Drug shortages Health care consolidation H.R. 929-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers H.R. 1254-Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care H.R. 2414-To reauthorize the MISSION ZERO military-civilian partnership for trauma readiness H.R. 2936-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes H.R. 3134-Emergency Care Improvement Act, to permanently allow for coverage under Medicare and Medicaid of services that are provided by freestanding emergency centers H.R. 3443-When Minutes Count for Emergency Medical Patients Act, to create a model, and to direct the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to carry out a study and report with respect to Medicare payment for emergency medical services H.R. 3266-Mental Health Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2025, to make loans and loan guarantees for planning, constructing, or renovating pediatric or adult mental health treatment facilities and pediatric or adult substance use disorder treatment facilities H.R. 3980-Streamline Emergency Care Act, to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for expanding, modernizing, or streamlining emergency department operations S. 266-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers S. 380- Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care S. 1673-Mental Health Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2025, to make loans and loan guarantees for planning, constructing, or renovating pediatric or adult mental health treatment facilities and pediatric or adult substance use disorder treatment facilities S. 1974-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes
Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Reproductive health, physician-patient relationship, and EMTALA issues Emergency department boarding Drug shortages Health care consolidation H.R. 929-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers H.R. 1254-Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care H.R. 2414-To reauthorize the MISSION ZERO military-civilian partnership for trauma readiness H.R. 2936-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes H.R. 3134-Emergency Care Improvement Act, to permanently allow for coverage under Medicare and Medicaid of services that are provided by freestanding emergency centers H.R. 3443-When Minutes Count for Emergency Medical Patients Act, to create a model, and to direct the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to carry out a study and report with respect to Medicare payment for emergency medical services H.R. 3980-Streamline Emergency Care Act, to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for expanding, modernizing, or streamlining emergency department operations S. 266-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers S. 380- Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care S. 1974-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes
Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Reproductive health, physician-patient relationship, and EMTALA issues Emergency department boarding Drug shortages Health care consolidation H.R. 929-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers H.R. 1254-Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care H.R. 2414-To reauthorize the MISSION ZERO military-civilian partnership for trauma readiness H.R. 2936-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes H.R. 3134-Emergency Care Improvement Act, to permanently allow for coverage under Medicare and Medicaid of services that are provided by freestanding emergency centers H.R. 3443-When Minutes Count for Emergency Medical Patients Act, to create a model, and to direct the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to carry out a study and report with respect to Medicare payment for emergency medical services H.R. 3266-Mental Health Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2025, to make loans and loan guarantees for planning, constructing, or renovating pediatric or adult mental health treatment facilities and pediatric or adult substance use disorder treatment facilities H.R. 3980-Streamline Emergency Care Act, to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for expanding, modernizing, or streamlining emergency department operations H.Res. 1519, Supporting the designation of September 17, 2026, as National Physician Suicide Awareness Day to raise awareness of, and promote a national discussion about, physician suicide and to reduce the stigma of mental health conditions, and for other purposes S. 266-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers S. 380- Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care S. 1673-Mental Health Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2025, to make loans and loan guarantees for planning, constructing, or renovating pediatric or adult mental health treatment facilities and pediatric or adult substance use disorder treatment facilities S. 1974-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes
To amend title 23, United States Code, and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act with respect to vehicle roadside crashes, work zone safety, and for other purposes.
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
H.R. 2992-Preventing Roadside and Work Zone Deaths Act, to require the Department of Transportation to collect, analyze, compile, and publish accurate, detailed data on disabled roadside vehicle crashes and work zone crashes to develop a strategic plan to stop these incidents.
To amend title 23, United States Code, and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act with respect to vehicle roadside crashes, work zone safety, and for other purposes.
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
H.R. 2992-Preventing Roadside and Work Zone Deaths Act, to require the Department of Transportation to collect, analyze, compile, and publish accurate, detailed data on disabled roadside vehicle crashes and work zone crashes to develop a strategic plan to stop these incidents.
To amend title 23, United States Code, and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act with respect to vehicle roadside crashes, work zone safety, and for other purposes.
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
H.R. 2992-Preventing Roadside and Work Zone Deaths Act, to require the Department of Transportation to collect, analyze, compile, and publish accurate, detailed data on disabled roadside vehicle crashes and work zone crashes to develop a strategic plan to stop these incidents.
Emergency Care Improvement Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Reproductive health, physician-patient relationship, and EMTALA issues Emergency department boarding Drug shortages Health care consolidation H.R. 929-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers H.R. 1254-Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care H.R. 2414-To reauthorize the MISSION ZERO military-civilian partnership for trauma readiness H.R. 2936-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes H.R. 3134-Emergency Care Improvement Act, to permanently allow for coverage under Medicare and Medicaid of services that are provided by freestanding emergency centers H.R. 3443-When Minutes Count for Emergency Medical Patients Act, to create a model, and to direct the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to carry out a study and report with respect to Medicare payment for emergency medical services H.R. 3266-Mental Health Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2025, to make loans and loan guarantees for planning, constructing, or renovating pediatric or adult mental health treatment facilities and pediatric or adult substance use disorder treatment facilities H.R. 3980-Streamline Emergency Care Act, to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for expanding, modernizing, or streamlining emergency department operations S. 266-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers S. 380- Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care S. 1673-Mental Health Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2025, to make loans and loan guarantees for planning, constructing, or renovating pediatric or adult mental health treatment facilities and pediatric or adult substance use disorder treatment facilities S. 1974-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes
Emergency Care Improvement Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Reproductive health, physician-patient relationship, and EMTALA issues Emergency department boarding Drug shortages Health care consolidation H.R. 929-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers H.R. 1254-Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care H.R. 2414-To reauthorize the MISSION ZERO military-civilian partnership for trauma readiness H.R. 2936-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes H.R. 3134-Emergency Care Improvement Act, to permanently allow for coverage under Medicare and Medicaid of services that are provided by freestanding emergency centers H.R. 3443-When Minutes Count for Emergency Medical Patients Act, to create a model, and to direct the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to carry out a study and report with respect to Medicare payment for emergency medical services H.R. 3980-Streamline Emergency Care Act, to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for expanding, modernizing, or streamlining emergency department operations S. 266-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers S. 380- Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care S. 1974-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes
Emergency Care Improvement Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Reproductive health, physician-patient relationship, and EMTALA issues Emergency department boarding Drug shortages Health care consolidation H.R. 929-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers H.R. 1254-Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care H.R. 2414-To reauthorize the MISSION ZERO military-civilian partnership for trauma readiness H.R. 2936-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes H.R. 3134-Emergency Care Improvement Act, to permanently allow for coverage under Medicare and Medicaid of services that are provided by freestanding emergency centers H.R. 3443-When Minutes Count for Emergency Medical Patients Act, to create a model, and to direct the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to carry out a study and report with respect to Medicare payment for emergency medical services H.R. 3266-Mental Health Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2025, to make loans and loan guarantees for planning, constructing, or renovating pediatric or adult mental health treatment facilities and pediatric or adult substance use disorder treatment facilities H.R. 3980-Streamline Emergency Care Act, to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for expanding, modernizing, or streamlining emergency department operations H.Res. 1519, Supporting the designation of September 17, 2026, as National Physician Suicide Awareness Day to raise awareness of, and promote a national discussion about, physician suicide and to reduce the stigma of mental health conditions, and for other purposes S. 266-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers S. 380- Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care S. 1673-Mental Health Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2025, to make loans and loan guarantees for planning, constructing, or renovating pediatric or adult mental health treatment facilities and pediatric or adult substance use disorder treatment facilities S. 1974-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes
Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Physician payment reform Counting observation stays as satisfying Medicare three-day inpatient stay prerequisite for skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage H.R. 1-One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 H.R. 539-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. H.R. 771-Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025, to eliminate the 35-mile requirement to qualify as a critical access hospital H.R. 772-Rural ER Access Act, to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to repeal the 35-mile requirement for off-campus facilities H.R. 879- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes H.R.1968-Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, to provide appropriations for federal departments and agencies and to provide an increase for the calendar year 2024 physician fee schedule conversion factor H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3164-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services H.R. 4206-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services H.R. 6160-Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, provide for an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index H.R. 6721-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive H.R. 7520-Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act, to delay the implementation of an efficiency adjustment to work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 8163-Provider Reimbursement Stability Act, ensure stability for provider payments under the Medicare program H.R. 8500-Timely Access to Coverage Decisions Act of 2026, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure timely review of local coverage determination requests under the Medicare program H.R. 8622-Medicare Data-driven Performance Payment System Act of 2026, to transform the Merit-based Incentive Payment System into the Data-driven Performance Payment System under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 9693-Patients First Act of 2026, to modify certain physician payments under the Medicare program S. 106-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. S.1261-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services S. 1640- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes S. 2426-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services S. 3473-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive S. 4927-Rural Hospital Emergency Room Guarantee Act, to establish a guaranteed funding stream to keep existing emergency rooms at America's rural hospitals open.
Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Physician payment reform Counting observation stays as satisfying Medicare three-day inpatient stay prerequisite for skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage H.R. 1-One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 H.R. 539-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. H.R. 771-Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025, to eliminate the 35-mile requirement to qualify as a critical access hospital H.R. 772-Rural ER Access Act, to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to repeal the 35-mile requirement for off-campus facilities H.R. 879- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes H.R.1968-Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, to provide appropriations for federal departments and agencies and to provide an increase for the calendar year 2024 physician fee schedule conversion factor H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3164-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services H.R. 4206-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services H.R. 6160-Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, provide for an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index H.R. 6721-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive H.R. 7520-Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act, to delay the implementation of an efficiency adjustment to work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 8163-Provider Reimbursement Stability Act, ensure stability for provider payments under the Medicare program S. 106-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. S.1261-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services S. 1640- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes S. 2426-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services S. 3473-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive
Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Physician payment reform Counting observation stays as satisfying Medicare three-day inpatient stay prerequisite for skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage H.R. 1-One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 H.R. 539-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. H.R. 771-Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025, to eliminate the 35-mile requirement to qualify as a critical access hospital H.R. 772-Rural ER Access Act, to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to repeal the 35-mile requirement for off-campus facilities H.R. 879- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes H.R.1968-Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, to provide appropriations for federal departments and agencies and to provide an increase for the calendar year 2024 physician fee schedule conversion factor H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3164-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services H.R. 4206-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services H.R. 6160-Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, provide for an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index H.R. 6721-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive H.R. 7520-Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act, to delay the implementation of an efficiency adjustment to work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 8163-Provider Reimbursement Stability Act, ensure stability for provider payments under the Medicare program H.R. 8622-Medicare Data-driven Performance Payment System Act of 2026, to transform the Merit-based Incentive Payment System into the Data-driven Performance Payment System under the Medicare physician fee schedule S. 106-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. S.1261-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services S. 1640- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes S. 2426-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services S. 3473-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive S. 4927-Rural Hospital Emergency Room Guarantee Act, to establish a guaranteed funding stream to keep existing emergency rooms at America's rural hospitals open.
Save Healthcare Workers Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Fentanyl analogues scheduling extension H.R. 3178-Save Healthcare Workers Act, to establish federal criminal penalties for violence against health care workers H.R. 5864-Improving Police CARE Act, to provide standards for trauma kits purchased using Byrne JAG grant funds S. 1595-Improving Police CARE Act, to provide standards for trauma kits purchased using Byrne JAG grant funds S. 1600-Save Healthcare Workers Act, to establish federal criminal penalties for violence against health care workers
Save Healthcare Workers Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Fentanyl analogues scheduling extension H.R. 3178-Save Healthcare Workers Act, to establish federal criminal penalties for violence against health care workers H.R. 5864-Improving Police CARE Act, to provide standards for trauma kits purchased using Byrne JAG grant funds S. 1595-Improving Police CARE Act, to provide standards for trauma kits purchased using Byrne JAG grant funds S. 1600-Save Healthcare Workers Act, to establish federal criminal penalties for violence against health care
Save Healthcare Workers Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Fentanyl analogues scheduling extension H.R. 3178-Save Healthcare Workers Act, to establish federal criminal penalties for violence against health care workers H.R. 5864-Improving Police CARE Act, to provide standards for trauma kits purchased using Byrne JAG grant funds S. 1595-Improving Police CARE Act, to provide standards for trauma kits purchased using Byrne JAG grant funds S. 1600-Save Healthcare Workers Act, to establish federal criminal penalties for violence against health care workers
Mental Health Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Reproductive health, physician-patient relationship, and EMTALA issues Emergency department boarding Drug shortages Health care consolidation H.R. 929-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers H.R. 1254-Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care H.R. 2414-To reauthorize the MISSION ZERO military-civilian partnership for trauma readiness H.R. 2936-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes H.R. 3134-Emergency Care Improvement Act, to permanently allow for coverage under Medicare and Medicaid of services that are provided by freestanding emergency centers H.R. 3443-When Minutes Count for Emergency Medical Patients Act, to create a model, and to direct the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to carry out a study and report with respect to Medicare payment for emergency medical services H.R. 3266-Mental Health Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2025, to make loans and loan guarantees for planning, constructing, or renovating pediatric or adult mental health treatment facilities and pediatric or adult substance use disorder treatment facilities H.R. 3980-Streamline Emergency Care Act, to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for expanding, modernizing, or streamlining emergency department operations S. 266-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers S. 380- Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care S. 1673-Mental Health Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2025, to make loans and loan guarantees for planning, constructing, or renovating pediatric or adult mental health treatment facilities and pediatric or adult substance use disorder treatment facilities S. 1974-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes
Mental Health Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Reproductive health, physician-patient relationship, and EMTALA issues Emergency department boarding Drug shortages Health care consolidation H.R. 929-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers H.R. 1254-Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care H.R. 2414-To reauthorize the MISSION ZERO military-civilian partnership for trauma readiness H.R. 2936-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes H.R. 3134-Emergency Care Improvement Act, to permanently allow for coverage under Medicare and Medicaid of services that are provided by freestanding emergency centers H.R. 3443-When Minutes Count for Emergency Medical Patients Act, to create a model, and to direct the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to carry out a study and report with respect to Medicare payment for emergency medical services H.R. 3266-Mental Health Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2025, to make loans and loan guarantees for planning, constructing, or renovating pediatric or adult mental health treatment facilities and pediatric or adult substance use disorder treatment facilities H.R. 3980-Streamline Emergency Care Act, to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for expanding, modernizing, or streamlining emergency department operations H.Res. 1519, Supporting the designation of September 17, 2026, as National Physician Suicide Awareness Day to raise awareness of, and promote a national discussion about, physician suicide and to reduce the stigma of mental health conditions, and for other purposes S. 266-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers S. 380- Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care S. 1673-Mental Health Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2025, to make loans and loan guarantees for planning, constructing, or renovating pediatric or adult mental health treatment facilities and pediatric or adult substance use disorder treatment facilities S. 1974-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes
Physician and Patient Safety Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Workplace violence prevention for health care workers H.R. 2531-Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, to require OSHA to issue workplace violence prevention standards to protect health care and social service workers H.R. 3413-Physician and Patient Safety Act, to provide due process protections for physicians H.R. 3791-EMS Counts Act, to ensure more accurate counts of trained EMS personnel by Bureau of Labor Statistics H.R. 10215-Workforce Mobility Act of 2025, to prohibit the use of noncompete agreements S. 1232-Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, to require OSHA to issue workplace violence prevention standards to protect health care and social service workers S. 1767-Physician and Patient Safety Act, to provide due process protections for physicians S. 2031-Workforce Mobility Act of 2025, to prohibit the use of noncompete agreements
Physician and Patient Safety Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Workplace violence prevention for health care workers H.R. 2531-Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, to require OSHA to issue workplace violence prevention standards to protect health care and social service workers H.R. 3413-Physician and Patient Safety Act, to provide due process protections for physicians H.R. 3791-EMS Counts Act, to ensure more accurate counts of trained EMS personnel by Bureau of Labor Statistics S. 1232-Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, to require OSHA to issue workplace violence prevention standards to protect health care and social service workers S. 1767-Physician and Patient Safety Act, to provide due process protections for physicians S. 2031-Workforce Mobility Act of 2025, to prohibit the use of noncompete agreements
Physician and Patient Safety Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Workplace violence prevention for health care workers H.R. 2531-Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, to require OSHA to issue workplace violence prevention standards to protect health care and social service workers H.R. 3413-Physician and Patient Safety Act, to provide due process protections for physicians H.R. 3791-EMS Counts Act, to ensure more accurate counts of trained EMS personnel by Bureau of Labor Statistics S. 1232-Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, to require OSHA to issue workplace violence prevention standards to protect health care and social service workers S. 1767-Physician and Patient Safety Act, to provide due process protections for physicians S. 2031-Workforce Mobility Act of 2025, to prohibit the use of noncompete agreements
When Minutes Count for Emergency Medical Patients Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Reproductive health, physician-patient relationship, and EMTALA issues Emergency department boarding Drug shortages Health care consolidation H.R. 929-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers H.R. 1254-Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care H.R. 2414-To reauthorize the MISSION ZERO military-civilian partnership for trauma readiness H.R. 2936-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes H.R. 3134-Emergency Care Improvement Act, to permanently allow for coverage under Medicare and Medicaid of services that are provided by freestanding emergency centers H.R. 3443-When Minutes Count for Emergency Medical Patients Act, to create a model, and to direct the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to carry out a study and report with respect to Medicare payment for emergency medical services H.R. 3266-Mental Health Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2025, to make loans and loan guarantees for planning, constructing, or renovating pediatric or adult mental health treatment facilities and pediatric or adult substance use disorder treatment facilities H.R. 3980-Streamline Emergency Care Act, to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for expanding, modernizing, or streamlining emergency department operations S. 266-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers S. 380- Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care S. 1673-Mental Health Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2025, to make loans and loan guarantees for planning, constructing, or renovating pediatric or adult mental health treatment facilities and pediatric or adult substance use disorder treatment facilities S. 1974-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes
When Minutes Count for Emergency Medical Patients Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Reproductive health, physician-patient relationship, and EMTALA issues Emergency department boarding Drug shortages Health care consolidation H.R. 929-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers H.R. 1254-Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care H.R. 2414-To reauthorize the MISSION ZERO military-civilian partnership for trauma readiness H.R. 2936-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes H.R. 3134-Emergency Care Improvement Act, to permanently allow for coverage under Medicare and Medicaid of services that are provided by freestanding emergency centers H.R. 3443-When Minutes Count for Emergency Medical Patients Act, to create a model, and to direct the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to carry out a study and report with respect to Medicare payment for emergency medical services H.R. 3980-Streamline Emergency Care Act, to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for expanding, modernizing, or streamlining emergency department operations S. 266-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers S. 380- Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care S. 1974-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes
When Minutes Count for Emergency Medical Patients Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Reproductive health, physician-patient relationship, and EMTALA issues Emergency department boarding Drug shortages Health care consolidation H.R. 929-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers H.R. 1254-Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care H.R. 2414-To reauthorize the MISSION ZERO military-civilian partnership for trauma readiness H.R. 2936-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes H.R. 3134-Emergency Care Improvement Act, to permanently allow for coverage under Medicare and Medicaid of services that are provided by freestanding emergency centers H.R. 3443-When Minutes Count for Emergency Medical Patients Act, to create a model, and to direct the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to carry out a study and report with respect to Medicare payment for emergency medical services H.R. 3266-Mental Health Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2025, to make loans and loan guarantees for planning, constructing, or renovating pediatric or adult mental health treatment facilities and pediatric or adult substance use disorder treatment facilities H.R. 3980-Streamline Emergency Care Act, to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for expanding, modernizing, or streamlining emergency department operations H.Res. 1519, Supporting the designation of September 17, 2026, as National Physician Suicide Awareness Day to raise awareness of, and promote a national discussion about, physician suicide and to reduce the stigma of mental health conditions, and for other purposes S. 266-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers S. 380- Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care S. 1673-Mental Health Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2025, to make loans and loan guarantees for planning, constructing, or renovating pediatric or adult mental health treatment facilities and pediatric or adult substance use disorder treatment facilities S. 1974-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes
Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
No Surprises Act implementation Eliminating prior authorization requirements in Medicare Advantage H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3514-Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025, to improve and streamline prior authorization under Medicare Advantage Plans H.R. 4710-No Surprises Act Enforcement Act, to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements. S. 1816-Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025, to improve and streamline prior authorization under Medicare Advantage Plans S. 2420- No Surprises Act Enforcement Act, to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements
Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
No Surprises Act implementation Eliminating prior authorization requirements in Medicare Advantage H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3514-Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025, to improve and streamline prior authorization under Medicare Advantage Plans H.R. 4710-No Surprises Act Enforcement Act, to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements. S. 1816-Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025, to improve and streamline prior authorization under Medicare Advantage Plans S. 2420- No Surprises Act Enforcement Act, to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements.
Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
No Surprises Act implementation Eliminating prior authorization requirements in Medicare Advantage H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3514-Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025, to improve and streamline prior authorization under Medicare Advantage Plans H.R. 4710-No Surprises Act Enforcement Act, to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements. S. 1816-Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025, to improve and streamline prior authorization under Medicare Advantage Plans S. 2420- No Surprises Act Enforcement Act, to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements.
EMS Counts Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Workplace violence prevention for health care workers H.R. 2531-Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, to require OSHA to issue workplace violence prevention standards to protect health care and social service workers H.R. 3413-Physician and Patient Safety Act, to provide due process protections for physicians H.R. 3791-EMS Counts Act, to ensure more accurate counts of trained EMS personnel by Bureau of Labor Statistics H.R. 10215-Workforce Mobility Act of 2025, to prohibit the use of noncompete agreements S. 1232-Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, to require OSHA to issue workplace violence prevention standards to protect health care and social service workers S. 1767-Physician and Patient Safety Act, to provide due process protections for physicians S. 2031-Workforce Mobility Act of 2025, to prohibit the use of noncompete agreements
EMS Counts Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Workplace violence prevention for health care workers H.R. 2531-Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, to require OSHA to issue workplace violence prevention standards to protect health care and social service workers H.R. 3413-Physician and Patient Safety Act, to provide due process protections for physicians H.R. 3791-EMS Counts Act, to ensure more accurate counts of trained EMS personnel by Bureau of Labor Statistics S. 1232-Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, to require OSHA to issue workplace violence prevention standards to protect health care and social service workers S. 1767-Physician and Patient Safety Act, to provide due process protections for physicians S. 2031-Workforce Mobility Act of 2025, to prohibit the use of noncompete agreements
EMS Counts Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Workplace violence prevention for health care workers H.R. 2531-Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, to require OSHA to issue workplace violence prevention standards to protect health care and social service workers H.R. 3413-Physician and Patient Safety Act, to provide due process protections for physicians H.R. 3791-EMS Counts Act, to ensure more accurate counts of trained EMS personnel by Bureau of Labor Statistics S. 1232-Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, to require OSHA to issue workplace violence prevention standards to protect health care and social service workers S. 1767-Physician and Patient Safety Act, to provide due process protections for physicians S. 2031-Workforce Mobility Act of 2025, to prohibit the use of noncompete agreements
Streamline Emergency Care Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Reproductive health, physician-patient relationship, and EMTALA issues Emergency department boarding Drug shortages Health care consolidation H.R. 929-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers H.R. 1254-Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care H.R. 2414-To reauthorize the MISSION ZERO military-civilian partnership for trauma readiness H.R. 2936-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes H.R. 3134-Emergency Care Improvement Act, to permanently allow for coverage under Medicare and Medicaid of services that are provided by freestanding emergency centers H.R. 3443-When Minutes Count for Emergency Medical Patients Act, to create a model, and to direct the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to carry out a study and report with respect to Medicare payment for emergency medical services H.R. 3266-Mental Health Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2025, to make loans and loan guarantees for planning, constructing, or renovating pediatric or adult mental health treatment facilities and pediatric or adult substance use disorder treatment facilities H.R. 3980-Streamline Emergency Care Act, to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for expanding, modernizing, or streamlining emergency department operations S. 266-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers S. 380- Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care S. 1673-Mental Health Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2025, to make loans and loan guarantees for planning, constructing, or renovating pediatric or adult mental health treatment facilities and pediatric or adult substance use disorder treatment facilities S. 1974-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes
Streamline Emergency Care Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Reproductive health, physician-patient relationship, and EMTALA issues Emergency department boarding Drug shortages Health care consolidation H.R. 929-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers H.R. 1254-Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care H.R. 2414-To reauthorize the MISSION ZERO military-civilian partnership for trauma readiness H.R. 2936-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes H.R. 3134-Emergency Care Improvement Act, to permanently allow for coverage under Medicare and Medicaid of services that are provided by freestanding emergency centers H.R. 3443-When Minutes Count for Emergency Medical Patients Act, to create a model, and to direct the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to carry out a study and report with respect to Medicare payment for emergency medical services H.R. 3980-Streamline Emergency Care Act, to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for expanding, modernizing, or streamlining emergency department operations S. 266-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers S. 380- Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care S. 1974-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes
Streamline Emergency Care Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Reproductive health, physician-patient relationship, and EMTALA issues Emergency department boarding Drug shortages Health care consolidation H.R. 929-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers H.R. 1254-Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care H.R. 2414-To reauthorize the MISSION ZERO military-civilian partnership for trauma readiness H.R. 2936-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes H.R. 3134-Emergency Care Improvement Act, to permanently allow for coverage under Medicare and Medicaid of services that are provided by freestanding emergency centers H.R. 3443-When Minutes Count for Emergency Medical Patients Act, to create a model, and to direct the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to carry out a study and report with respect to Medicare payment for emergency medical services H.R. 3266-Mental Health Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2025, to make loans and loan guarantees for planning, constructing, or renovating pediatric or adult mental health treatment facilities and pediatric or adult substance use disorder treatment facilities H.R. 3980-Streamline Emergency Care Act, to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for expanding, modernizing, or streamlining emergency department operations H.Res. 1519, Supporting the designation of September 17, 2026, as National Physician Suicide Awareness Day to raise awareness of, and promote a national discussion about, physician suicide and to reduce the stigma of mental health conditions, and for other purposes S. 266-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers S. 380- Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care S. 1673-Mental Health Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2025, to make loans and loan guarantees for planning, constructing, or renovating pediatric or adult mental health treatment facilities and pediatric or adult substance use disorder treatment facilities S. 1974-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes
CONNECT for Health Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Physician payment reform Counting observation stays as satisfying Medicare three-day inpatient stay prerequisite for skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage H.R. 1-One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 H.R. 539-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. H.R. 771-Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025, to eliminate the 35-mile requirement to qualify as a critical access hospital H.R. 772-Rural ER Access Act, to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to repeal the 35-mile requirement for off-campus facilities H.R. 879- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes H.R.1968-Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, to provide appropriations for federal departments and agencies and to provide an increase for the calendar year 2024 physician fee schedule conversion factor H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3164-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services H.R. 4206-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services H.R. 6160-Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, provide for an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index H.R. 6721-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive H.R. 7520-Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act, to delay the implementation of an efficiency adjustment to work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 8163-Provider Reimbursement Stability Act, ensure stability for provider payments under the Medicare program H.R. 8500-Timely Access to Coverage Decisions Act of 2026, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure timely review of local coverage determination requests under the Medicare program H.R. 8622-Medicare Data-driven Performance Payment System Act of 2026, to transform the Merit-based Incentive Payment System into the Data-driven Performance Payment System under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 9693-Patients First Act of 2026, to modify certain physician payments under the Medicare program S. 106-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. S.1261-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services S. 1640- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes S. 2426-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services S. 3473-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive S. 4927-Rural Hospital Emergency Room Guarantee Act, to establish a guaranteed funding stream to keep existing emergency rooms at America's rural hospitals open.
CONNECT for Health Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Physician payment reform Counting observation stays as satisfying Medicare three-day inpatient stay prerequisite for skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage H.R. 1-One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 H.R. 539-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. H.R. 771-Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025, to eliminate the 35-mile requirement to qualify as a critical access hospital H.R. 772-Rural ER Access Act, to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to repeal the 35-mile requirement for off-campus facilities H.R. 879- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes H.R.1968-Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, to provide appropriations for federal departments and agencies and to provide an increase for the calendar year 2024 physician fee schedule conversion factor H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3164-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services H.R. 4206-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services H.R. 6160-Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, provide for an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index H.R. 6721-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive H.R. 7520-Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act, to delay the implementation of an efficiency adjustment to work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 8163-Provider Reimbursement Stability Act, ensure stability for provider payments under the Medicare program S. 106-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. S.1261-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services S. 1640- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes S. 2426-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services S. 3473-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive
CONNECT for Health Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Physician payment reform Counting observation stays as satisfying Medicare three-day inpatient stay prerequisite for skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage H.R. 1-One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 H.R. 539-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. H.R. 771-Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025, to eliminate the 35-mile requirement to qualify as a critical access hospital H.R. 772-Rural ER Access Act, to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to repeal the 35-mile requirement for off-campus facilities H.R. 879- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes H.R.1968-Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, to provide appropriations for federal departments and agencies and to provide an increase for the calendar year 2024 physician fee schedule conversion factor H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3164-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services H.R. 4206-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services H.R. 6160-Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, provide for an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index H.R. 6721-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive H.R. 7520-Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act, to delay the implementation of an efficiency adjustment to work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 8163-Provider Reimbursement Stability Act, ensure stability for provider payments under the Medicare program H.R. 8622-Medicare Data-driven Performance Payment System Act of 2026, to transform the Merit-based Incentive Payment System into the Data-driven Performance Payment System under the Medicare physician fee schedule S. 106-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. S.1261-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services S. 1640- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes S. 2426-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services S. 3473-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive S. 4927-Rural Hospital Emergency Room Guarantee Act, to establish a guaranteed funding stream to keep existing emergency rooms at America's rural hospitals open.
No Surprises Act Enforcement Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
No Surprises Act implementation Eliminating prior authorization requirements in Medicare Advantage H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3514-Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025, to improve and streamline prior authorization under Medicare Advantage Plans H.R. 4710-No Surprises Act Enforcement Act, to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements. S. 1816-Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025, to improve and streamline prior authorization under Medicare Advantage Plans S. 2420- No Surprises Act Enforcement Act, to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements
No Surprises Act Enforcement Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
No Surprises Act implementation Eliminating prior authorization requirements in Medicare Advantage H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3514-Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025, to improve and streamline prior authorization under Medicare Advantage Plans H.R. 4710-No Surprises Act Enforcement Act, to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements. S. 1816-Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025, to improve and streamline prior authorization under Medicare Advantage Plans S. 2420- No Surprises Act Enforcement Act, to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements.
No Surprises Act Enforcement Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
No Surprises Act implementation Eliminating prior authorization requirements in Medicare Advantage H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3514-Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025, to improve and streamline prior authorization under Medicare Advantage Plans H.R. 4710-No Surprises Act Enforcement Act, to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements. S. 1816-Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025, to improve and streamline prior authorization under Medicare Advantage Plans S. 2420- No Surprises Act Enforcement Act, to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements.
Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Federal funding for firearms safety and injury prevention research Firearms safety and injury prevention policy H.R.5178-Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act, to enable State Medicaid programs to provide comprehensive, coordinated care through a health home to individuals with sickle cell disease S. 1595-Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act, to enable State Medicaid programs to provide comprehensive, coordinated care through a health home to individuals with sickle cell disease
Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Federal funding for firearms safety and injury prevention research Firearms safety and injury prevention policy H.R.5178-Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act, to enable State Medicaid programs to provide comprehensive, coordinated care through a health home to individuals with sickle cell disease S. 1595-Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act, to enable State Medicaid programs to provide comprehensive, coordinated care through a health home to individuals with sickle cell disease
Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Federal funding for firearms safety and injury prevention research Firearms safety and injury prevention policy H.R.5178-Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act, to enable State Medicaid programs to provide comprehensive, coordinated care through a health home to individuals with sickle cell disease S. 1595-Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act, to enable State Medicaid programs to provide comprehensive, coordinated care through a health home to individuals with sickle cell disease
Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Federal funding to implement Preventing Overdoses While in Emergency Rooms (POWER) program Federal funding to implement MISSION ZERO program Federal funding to for firearm safety and injury prevention research Federal funding to implement Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Federal funding for emergency medicine research activities Federal funding for implementation of Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act H.R. 5371, Continuing Appropriations and Extension Act, 2026, to provide appropriations for federal agencies and extend several public health, Medicare, and Medicaid authorities and programs H.R.7148-Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, to provide appropriations for federal agencies and extend several public health, Medicare, and Medicaid authorities and programs
Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Federal funding to implement Preventing Overdoses While in Emergency Rooms (POWER) program Federal funding to implement MISSION ZERO program Federal funding to for firearm safety and injury prevention research Federal funding to implement Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Federal funding for emergency medicine research activities Federal funding for implementation of Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act H.R. 5371, Continuing Appropriations and Extension Act, 2026, to provide appropriations for federal agencies and extend several public health, Medicare, and Medicaid authorities and programs H.R.7148-Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, to provide appropriations for federal agencies and extend several public health, Medicare, and Medicaid authorities and programs
Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Federal funding to implement Preventing Overdoses While in Emergency Rooms (POWER) program Federal funding to implement MISSION ZERO program Federal funding to for firearm safety and injury prevention research Federal funding to implement Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Federal funding for emergency medicine research activities Federal funding for implementation of Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act H.R. 5371, Continuing Appropriations and Extension Act, 2026, to provide appropriations for federal agencies and extend several public health, Medicare, and Medicaid authorities and programs H.R.7148-Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, to provide appropriations for federal agencies and extend several public health, Medicare, and Medicaid authorities and programs
Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Physician payment reform Counting observation stays as satisfying Medicare three-day inpatient stay prerequisite for skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage H.R. 1-One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 H.R. 539-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. H.R. 771-Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025, to eliminate the 35-mile requirement to qualify as a critical access hospital H.R. 772-Rural ER Access Act, to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to repeal the 35-mile requirement for off-campus facilities H.R. 879- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes H.R.1968-Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, to provide appropriations for federal departments and agencies and to provide an increase for the calendar year 2024 physician fee schedule conversion factor H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3164-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services H.R. 4206-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services H.R. 6160-Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, provide for an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index H.R. 6721-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive H.R. 7520-Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act, to delay the implementation of an efficiency adjustment to work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 8163-Provider Reimbursement Stability Act, ensure stability for provider payments under the Medicare program H.R. 8500-Timely Access to Coverage Decisions Act of 2026, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure timely review of local coverage determination requests under the Medicare program H.R. 8622-Medicare Data-driven Performance Payment System Act of 2026, to transform the Merit-based Incentive Payment System into the Data-driven Performance Payment System under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 9693-Patients First Act of 2026, to modify certain physician payments under the Medicare program S. 106-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. S.1261-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services S. 1640- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes S. 2426-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services S. 3473-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive S. 4927-Rural Hospital Emergency Room Guarantee Act, to establish a guaranteed funding stream to keep existing emergency rooms at America's rural hospitals open.
Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Physician payment reform Counting observation stays as satisfying Medicare three-day inpatient stay prerequisite for skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage H.R. 1-One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 H.R. 539-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. H.R. 771-Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025, to eliminate the 35-mile requirement to qualify as a critical access hospital H.R. 772-Rural ER Access Act, to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to repeal the 35-mile requirement for off-campus facilities H.R. 879- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes H.R.1968-Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, to provide appropriations for federal departments and agencies and to provide an increase for the calendar year 2024 physician fee schedule conversion factor H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3164-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services H.R. 4206-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services H.R. 6160-Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, provide for an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index H.R. 6721-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive H.R. 7520-Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act, to delay the implementation of an efficiency adjustment to work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 8163-Provider Reimbursement Stability Act, ensure stability for provider payments under the Medicare program S. 106-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. S.1261-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services S. 1640- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes S. 2426-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services S. 3473-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive
Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Physician payment reform Counting observation stays as satisfying Medicare three-day inpatient stay prerequisite for skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage H.R. 1-One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 H.R. 539-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. H.R. 771-Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025, to eliminate the 35-mile requirement to qualify as a critical access hospital H.R. 772-Rural ER Access Act, to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to repeal the 35-mile requirement for off-campus facilities H.R. 879- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes H.R.1968-Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, to provide appropriations for federal departments and agencies and to provide an increase for the calendar year 2024 physician fee schedule conversion factor H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3164-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services H.R. 4206-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services H.R. 6160-Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, provide for an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index H.R. 6721-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive H.R. 7520-Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act, to delay the implementation of an efficiency adjustment to work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 8163-Provider Reimbursement Stability Act, ensure stability for provider payments under the Medicare program H.R. 8622-Medicare Data-driven Performance Payment System Act of 2026, to transform the Merit-based Incentive Payment System into the Data-driven Performance Payment System under the Medicare physician fee schedule S. 106-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. S.1261-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services S. 1640- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes S. 2426-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services S. 3473-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive S. 4927-Rural Hospital Emergency Room Guarantee Act, to establish a guaranteed funding stream to keep existing emergency rooms at America's rural hospitals open.
Improving Police CARE Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Fentanyl analogues scheduling extension H.R. 3178-Save Healthcare Workers Act, to establish federal criminal penalties for violence against health care workers H.R. 5864-Improving Police CARE Act, to provide standards for trauma kits purchased using Byrne JAG grant funds S. 1595-Improving Police CARE Act, to provide standards for trauma kits purchased using Byrne JAG grant funds S. 1600-Save Healthcare Workers Act, to establish federal criminal penalties for violence against health care workers
Improving Police CARE Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Fentanyl analogues scheduling extension H.R. 3178-Save Healthcare Workers Act, to establish federal criminal penalties for violence against health care workers H.R. 5864-Improving Police CARE Act, to provide standards for trauma kits purchased using Byrne JAG grant funds S. 1595-Improving Police CARE Act, to provide standards for trauma kits purchased using Byrne JAG grant funds S. 1600-Save Healthcare Workers Act, to establish federal criminal penalties for violence against health care
Improving Police CARE Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Fentanyl analogues scheduling extension H.R. 3178-Save Healthcare Workers Act, to establish federal criminal penalties for violence against health care workers H.R. 5864-Improving Police CARE Act, to provide standards for trauma kits purchased using Byrne JAG grant funds S. 1595-Improving Police CARE Act, to provide standards for trauma kits purchased using Byrne JAG grant funds S. 1600-Save Healthcare Workers Act, to establish federal criminal penalties for violence against health care workers
Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Physician payment reform Counting observation stays as satisfying Medicare three-day inpatient stay prerequisite for skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage H.R. 1-One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 H.R. 539-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. H.R. 771-Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025, to eliminate the 35-mile requirement to qualify as a critical access hospital H.R. 772-Rural ER Access Act, to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to repeal the 35-mile requirement for off-campus facilities H.R. 879- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes H.R.1968-Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, to provide appropriations for federal departments and agencies and to provide an increase for the calendar year 2024 physician fee schedule conversion factor H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3164-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services H.R. 4206-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services H.R. 6160-Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, provide for an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index H.R. 6721-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive H.R. 7520-Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act, to delay the implementation of an efficiency adjustment to work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 8163-Provider Reimbursement Stability Act, ensure stability for provider payments under the Medicare program H.R. 8500-Timely Access to Coverage Decisions Act of 2026, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure timely review of local coverage determination requests under the Medicare program H.R. 8622-Medicare Data-driven Performance Payment System Act of 2026, to transform the Merit-based Incentive Payment System into the Data-driven Performance Payment System under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 9693-Patients First Act of 2026, to modify certain physician payments under the Medicare program S. 106-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. S.1261-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services S. 1640- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes S. 2426-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services S. 3473-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive S. 4927-Rural Hospital Emergency Room Guarantee Act, to establish a guaranteed funding stream to keep existing emergency rooms at America's rural hospitals open.
Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Physician payment reform Counting observation stays as satisfying Medicare three-day inpatient stay prerequisite for skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage H.R. 1-One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 H.R. 539-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. H.R. 771-Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025, to eliminate the 35-mile requirement to qualify as a critical access hospital H.R. 772-Rural ER Access Act, to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to repeal the 35-mile requirement for off-campus facilities H.R. 879- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes H.R.1968-Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, to provide appropriations for federal departments and agencies and to provide an increase for the calendar year 2024 physician fee schedule conversion factor H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3164-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services H.R. 4206-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services H.R. 6160-Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, provide for an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index H.R. 6721-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive H.R. 7520-Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act, to delay the implementation of an efficiency adjustment to work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 8163-Provider Reimbursement Stability Act, ensure stability for provider payments under the Medicare program S. 106-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. S.1261-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services S. 1640- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes S. 2426-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services S. 3473-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive
Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Physician payment reform Counting observation stays as satisfying Medicare three-day inpatient stay prerequisite for skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage H.R. 1-One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 H.R. 539-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. H.R. 771-Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025, to eliminate the 35-mile requirement to qualify as a critical access hospital H.R. 772-Rural ER Access Act, to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to repeal the 35-mile requirement for off-campus facilities H.R. 879- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes H.R.1968-Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, to provide appropriations for federal departments and agencies and to provide an increase for the calendar year 2024 physician fee schedule conversion factor H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3164-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services H.R. 4206-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services H.R. 6160-Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, provide for an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index H.R. 6721-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive H.R. 7520-Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act, to delay the implementation of an efficiency adjustment to work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 8163-Provider Reimbursement Stability Act, ensure stability for provider payments under the Medicare program H.R. 8622-Medicare Data-driven Performance Payment System Act of 2026, to transform the Merit-based Incentive Payment System into the Data-driven Performance Payment System under the Medicare physician fee schedule S. 106-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. S.1261-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services S. 1640- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes S. 2426-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services S. 3473-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive S. 4927-Rural Hospital Emergency Room Guarantee Act, to establish a guaranteed funding stream to keep existing emergency rooms at America's rural hospitals open.
MAP for Care Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Physician payment reform Counting observation stays as satisfying Medicare three-day inpatient stay prerequisite for skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage H.R. 1-One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 H.R. 539-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. H.R. 771-Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025, to eliminate the 35-mile requirement to qualify as a critical access hospital H.R. 772-Rural ER Access Act, to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to repeal the 35-mile requirement for off-campus facilities H.R. 879- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes H.R.1968-Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, to provide appropriations for federal departments and agencies and to provide an increase for the calendar year 2024 physician fee schedule conversion factor H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3164-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services H.R. 4206-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services H.R. 6160-Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, provide for an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index H.R. 6721-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive H.R. 7520-Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act, to delay the implementation of an efficiency adjustment to work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 8163-Provider Reimbursement Stability Act, ensure stability for provider payments under the Medicare program H.R. 8500-Timely Access to Coverage Decisions Act of 2026, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure timely review of local coverage determination requests under the Medicare program H.R. 8622-Medicare Data-driven Performance Payment System Act of 2026, to transform the Merit-based Incentive Payment System into the Data-driven Performance Payment System under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 9693-Patients First Act of 2026, to modify certain physician payments under the Medicare program S. 106-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. S.1261-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services S. 1640- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes S. 2426-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services S. 3473-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive S. 4927-Rural Hospital Emergency Room Guarantee Act, to establish a guaranteed funding stream to keep existing emergency rooms at America's rural hospitals open.
MAP for Care Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Physician payment reform Counting observation stays as satisfying Medicare three-day inpatient stay prerequisite for skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage H.R. 1-One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 H.R. 539-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. H.R. 771-Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025, to eliminate the 35-mile requirement to qualify as a critical access hospital H.R. 772-Rural ER Access Act, to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to repeal the 35-mile requirement for off-campus facilities H.R. 879- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes H.R.1968-Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, to provide appropriations for federal departments and agencies and to provide an increase for the calendar year 2024 physician fee schedule conversion factor H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3164-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services H.R. 4206-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services H.R. 6160-Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, provide for an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index H.R. 6721-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive H.R. 7520-Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act, to delay the implementation of an efficiency adjustment to work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 8163-Provider Reimbursement Stability Act, ensure stability for provider payments under the Medicare program S. 106-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. S.1261-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services S. 1640- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes S. 2426-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services S. 3473-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive
MAP for Care Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Physician payment reform Counting observation stays as satisfying Medicare three-day inpatient stay prerequisite for skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage H.R. 1-One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 H.R. 539-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. H.R. 771-Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025, to eliminate the 35-mile requirement to qualify as a critical access hospital H.R. 772-Rural ER Access Act, to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to repeal the 35-mile requirement for off-campus facilities H.R. 879- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes H.R.1968-Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, to provide appropriations for federal departments and agencies and to provide an increase for the calendar year 2024 physician fee schedule conversion factor H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3164-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services H.R. 4206-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services H.R. 6160-Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, provide for an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index H.R. 6721-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive H.R. 7520-Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act, to delay the implementation of an efficiency adjustment to work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 8163-Provider Reimbursement Stability Act, ensure stability for provider payments under the Medicare program H.R. 8622-Medicare Data-driven Performance Payment System Act of 2026, to transform the Merit-based Incentive Payment System into the Data-driven Performance Payment System under the Medicare physician fee schedule S. 106-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. S.1261-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services S. 1640- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes S. 2426-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services S. 3473-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive S. 4927-Rural Hospital Emergency Room Guarantee Act, to establish a guaranteed funding stream to keep existing emergency rooms at America's rural hospitals open.
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Federal funding to implement Preventing Overdoses While in Emergency Rooms (POWER) program Federal funding to implement MISSION ZERO program Federal funding to for firearm safety and injury prevention research Federal funding to implement Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Federal funding for emergency medicine research activities Federal funding for implementation of Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act H.R. 5371, Continuing Appropriations and Extension Act, 2026, to provide appropriations for federal agencies and extend several public health, Medicare, and Medicaid authorities and programs H.R.7148-Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, to provide appropriations for federal agencies and extend several public health, Medicare, and Medicaid authorities and programs
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Federal funding to implement Preventing Overdoses While in Emergency Rooms (POWER) program Federal funding to implement MISSION ZERO program Federal funding to for firearm safety and injury prevention research Federal funding to implement Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Federal funding for emergency medicine research activities Federal funding for implementation of Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act H.R. 5371, Continuing Appropriations and Extension Act, 2026, to provide appropriations for federal agencies and extend several public health, Medicare, and Medicaid authorities and programs H.R.7148-Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, to provide appropriations for federal agencies and extend several public health, Medicare, and Medicaid authorities and programs
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Federal funding to implement Preventing Overdoses While in Emergency Rooms (POWER) program Federal funding to implement MISSION ZERO program Federal funding to for firearm safety and injury prevention research Federal funding to implement Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Federal funding for emergency medicine research activities Federal funding for implementation of Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act H.R. 5371, Continuing Appropriations and Extension Act, 2026, to provide appropriations for federal agencies and extend several public health, Medicare, and Medicaid authorities and programs H.R.7148-Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, to provide appropriations for federal agencies and extend several public health, Medicare, and Medicaid authorities and programs
Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Physician payment reform Counting observation stays as satisfying Medicare three-day inpatient stay prerequisite for skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage H.R. 1-One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 H.R. 539-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. H.R. 771-Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025, to eliminate the 35-mile requirement to qualify as a critical access hospital H.R. 772-Rural ER Access Act, to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to repeal the 35-mile requirement for off-campus facilities H.R. 879- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes H.R.1968-Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, to provide appropriations for federal departments and agencies and to provide an increase for the calendar year 2024 physician fee schedule conversion factor H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3164-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services H.R. 4206-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services H.R. 6160-Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, provide for an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index H.R. 6721-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive H.R. 7520-Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act, to delay the implementation of an efficiency adjustment to work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 8163-Provider Reimbursement Stability Act, ensure stability for provider payments under the Medicare program H.R. 8500-Timely Access to Coverage Decisions Act of 2026, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure timely review of local coverage determination requests under the Medicare program H.R. 8622-Medicare Data-driven Performance Payment System Act of 2026, to transform the Merit-based Incentive Payment System into the Data-driven Performance Payment System under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 9693-Patients First Act of 2026, to modify certain physician payments under the Medicare program S. 106-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. S.1261-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services S. 1640- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes S. 2426-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services S. 3473-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive S. 4927-Rural Hospital Emergency Room Guarantee Act, to establish a guaranteed funding stream to keep existing emergency rooms at America's rural hospitals open.
Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Physician payment reform Counting observation stays as satisfying Medicare three-day inpatient stay prerequisite for skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage H.R. 1-One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 H.R. 539-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. H.R. 771-Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025, to eliminate the 35-mile requirement to qualify as a critical access hospital H.R. 772-Rural ER Access Act, to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to repeal the 35-mile requirement for off-campus facilities H.R. 879- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes H.R.1968-Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, to provide appropriations for federal departments and agencies and to provide an increase for the calendar year 2024 physician fee schedule conversion factor H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3164-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services H.R. 4206-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services H.R. 6160-Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, provide for an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index H.R. 6721-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive H.R. 7520-Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act, to delay the implementation of an efficiency adjustment to work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 8163-Provider Reimbursement Stability Act, ensure stability for provider payments under the Medicare program S. 106-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. S.1261-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services S. 1640- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes S. 2426-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services S. 3473-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive
Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Physician payment reform Counting observation stays as satisfying Medicare three-day inpatient stay prerequisite for skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage H.R. 1-One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 H.R. 539-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. H.R. 771-Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025, to eliminate the 35-mile requirement to qualify as a critical access hospital H.R. 772-Rural ER Access Act, to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to repeal the 35-mile requirement for off-campus facilities H.R. 879- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes H.R.1968-Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, to provide appropriations for federal departments and agencies and to provide an increase for the calendar year 2024 physician fee schedule conversion factor H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3164-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services H.R. 4206-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services H.R. 6160-Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, provide for an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index H.R. 6721-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive H.R. 7520-Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act, to delay the implementation of an efficiency adjustment to work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 8163-Provider Reimbursement Stability Act, ensure stability for provider payments under the Medicare program H.R. 8622-Medicare Data-driven Performance Payment System Act of 2026, to transform the Merit-based Incentive Payment System into the Data-driven Performance Payment System under the Medicare physician fee schedule S. 106-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. S.1261-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services S. 1640- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes S. 2426-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services S. 3473-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive S. 4927-Rural Hospital Emergency Room Guarantee Act, to establish a guaranteed funding stream to keep existing emergency rooms at America's rural hospitals open.
Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Physician payment reform Counting observation stays as satisfying Medicare three-day inpatient stay prerequisite for skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage H.R. 1-One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 H.R. 539-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. H.R. 771-Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025, to eliminate the 35-mile requirement to qualify as a critical access hospital H.R. 772-Rural ER Access Act, to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to repeal the 35-mile requirement for off-campus facilities H.R. 879- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes H.R.1968-Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, to provide appropriations for federal departments and agencies and to provide an increase for the calendar year 2024 physician fee schedule conversion factor H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3164-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services H.R. 4206-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services H.R. 6160-Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, provide for an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index H.R. 6721-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive H.R. 7520-Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act, to delay the implementation of an efficiency adjustment to work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 8163-Provider Reimbursement Stability Act, ensure stability for provider payments under the Medicare program H.R. 8500-Timely Access to Coverage Decisions Act of 2026, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure timely review of local coverage determination requests under the Medicare program H.R. 8622-Medicare Data-driven Performance Payment System Act of 2026, to transform the Merit-based Incentive Payment System into the Data-driven Performance Payment System under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 9693-Patients First Act of 2026, to modify certain physician payments under the Medicare program S. 106-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. S.1261-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services S. 1640- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes S. 2426-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services S. 3473-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive S. 4927-Rural Hospital Emergency Room Guarantee Act, to establish a guaranteed funding stream to keep existing emergency rooms at America's rural hospitals open.
Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Physician payment reform Counting observation stays as satisfying Medicare three-day inpatient stay prerequisite for skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage H.R. 1-One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 H.R. 539-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. H.R. 771-Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025, to eliminate the 35-mile requirement to qualify as a critical access hospital H.R. 772-Rural ER Access Act, to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to repeal the 35-mile requirement for off-campus facilities H.R. 879- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes H.R.1968-Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, to provide appropriations for federal departments and agencies and to provide an increase for the calendar year 2024 physician fee schedule conversion factor H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3164-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services H.R. 4206-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services H.R. 6160-Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, provide for an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index H.R. 6721-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive H.R. 7520-Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act, to delay the implementation of an efficiency adjustment to work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 8163-Provider Reimbursement Stability Act, ensure stability for provider payments under the Medicare program S. 106-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. S.1261-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services S. 1640- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes S. 2426-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services S. 3473-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive
Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Physician payment reform Counting observation stays as satisfying Medicare three-day inpatient stay prerequisite for skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage H.R. 1-One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 H.R. 539-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. H.R. 771-Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025, to eliminate the 35-mile requirement to qualify as a critical access hospital H.R. 772-Rural ER Access Act, to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to repeal the 35-mile requirement for off-campus facilities H.R. 879- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes H.R.1968-Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, to provide appropriations for federal departments and agencies and to provide an increase for the calendar year 2024 physician fee schedule conversion factor H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3164-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services H.R. 4206-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services H.R. 6160-Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, provide for an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index H.R. 6721-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive H.R. 7520-Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act, to delay the implementation of an efficiency adjustment to work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 8163-Provider Reimbursement Stability Act, ensure stability for provider payments under the Medicare program H.R. 8622-Medicare Data-driven Performance Payment System Act of 2026, to transform the Merit-based Incentive Payment System into the Data-driven Performance Payment System under the Medicare physician fee schedule S. 106-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. S.1261-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services S. 1640- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes S. 2426-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services S. 3473-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive S. 4927-Rural Hospital Emergency Room Guarantee Act, to establish a guaranteed funding stream to keep existing emergency rooms at America's rural hospitals open.
Rural ER Access Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Physician payment reform Counting observation stays as satisfying Medicare three-day inpatient stay prerequisite for skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage H.R. 1-One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 H.R. 539-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. H.R. 771-Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025, to eliminate the 35-mile requirement to qualify as a critical access hospital H.R. 772-Rural ER Access Act, to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to repeal the 35-mile requirement for off-campus facilities H.R. 879- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes H.R.1968-Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, to provide appropriations for federal departments and agencies and to provide an increase for the calendar year 2024 physician fee schedule conversion factor H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3164-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services H.R. 4206-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services H.R. 6160-Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, provide for an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index H.R. 6721-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive H.R. 7520-Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act, to delay the implementation of an efficiency adjustment to work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 8163-Provider Reimbursement Stability Act, ensure stability for provider payments under the Medicare program H.R. 8500-Timely Access to Coverage Decisions Act of 2026, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure timely review of local coverage determination requests under the Medicare program H.R. 8622-Medicare Data-driven Performance Payment System Act of 2026, to transform the Merit-based Incentive Payment System into the Data-driven Performance Payment System under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 9693-Patients First Act of 2026, to modify certain physician payments under the Medicare program S. 106-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. S.1261-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services S. 1640- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes S. 2426-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services S. 3473-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive S. 4927-Rural Hospital Emergency Room Guarantee Act, to establish a guaranteed funding stream to keep existing emergency rooms at America's rural hospitals open.
Rural ER Access Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Physician payment reform Counting observation stays as satisfying Medicare three-day inpatient stay prerequisite for skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage H.R. 1-One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 H.R. 539-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. H.R. 771-Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025, to eliminate the 35-mile requirement to qualify as a critical access hospital H.R. 772-Rural ER Access Act, to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to repeal the 35-mile requirement for off-campus facilities H.R. 879- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes H.R.1968-Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, to provide appropriations for federal departments and agencies and to provide an increase for the calendar year 2024 physician fee schedule conversion factor H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3164-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services H.R. 4206-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services H.R. 6160-Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, provide for an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index H.R. 6721-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive H.R. 7520-Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act, to delay the implementation of an efficiency adjustment to work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 8163-Provider Reimbursement Stability Act, ensure stability for provider payments under the Medicare program S. 106-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. S.1261-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services S. 1640- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes S. 2426-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services S. 3473-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive
Rural ER Access Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Physician payment reform Counting observation stays as satisfying Medicare three-day inpatient stay prerequisite for skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage H.R. 1-One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 H.R. 539-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. H.R. 771-Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025, to eliminate the 35-mile requirement to qualify as a critical access hospital H.R. 772-Rural ER Access Act, to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to repeal the 35-mile requirement for off-campus facilities H.R. 879- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes H.R.1968-Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, to provide appropriations for federal departments and agencies and to provide an increase for the calendar year 2024 physician fee schedule conversion factor H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3164-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services H.R. 4206-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services H.R. 6160-Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, provide for an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index H.R. 6721-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive H.R. 7520-Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act, to delay the implementation of an efficiency adjustment to work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 8163-Provider Reimbursement Stability Act, ensure stability for provider payments under the Medicare program H.R. 8622-Medicare Data-driven Performance Payment System Act of 2026, to transform the Merit-based Incentive Payment System into the Data-driven Performance Payment System under the Medicare physician fee schedule S. 106-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. S.1261-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services S. 1640- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes S. 2426-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services S. 3473-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive S. 4927-Rural Hospital Emergency Room Guarantee Act, to establish a guaranteed funding stream to keep existing emergency rooms at America's rural hospitals open.
HERO Act
Client: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · Firm: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
Opioids, pain management Federal funding for substance use disorder treatments H.R.2004-Tylers Law, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on whether hospital emergency departments should implement routine fentanyl testing for patients experiencing an overdose H.R. 2483-Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act, to reauthorize grants and programs to address opioid and substance use disorder H.R. 7994-Helping Educators Respond to Overdoses Act, to establish a grant program to provide schools with opioid overdose reversal drugs, to direct schools receiving Federal funds to report to certain Federal information systems any distribution of an opioid overdose reversal drug, and for other purposes H.R. 9790-Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act 2.0, to expand access to methadone through alternative care models using pharmacies S.921-Tylers Law, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on whether hospital emergency departments should implement routine fentanyl testing for patients experiencing an overdose S. 2121-Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act, to reauthorize grants and programs to address opioid and substance use disorder S. 3522-No Red Tape for Addiction Treatment Act, to require that State Medicaid programs provide at least one formulation of each type of medication for the treatment of opioid use disorder without prior authorization or limitations on dosage S. 4941-Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act 2.0, to expand access to methadone through alternative care models using pharmacies
Federal funding for emergency medicine research activities
Federal funding for firearms safety and injury prevention research Firearms safety and injury prevention policy H.R.5178-Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act, to enable State Medicaid programs to provide comprehensive, coordinated care through a health home to individuals with sickle cell disease S. 1595-Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act, to enable State Medicaid programs to provide comprehensive, coordinated care through a health home to individuals with sickle cell disease
Physician payment reform Counting observation stays as satisfying Medicare three-day inpatient stay prerequisite for skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage H.R. 1-One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 H.R. 539-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. H.R. 771-Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025, to eliminate the 35-mile requirement to qualify as a critical access hospital H.R. 772-Rural ER Access Act, to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to repeal the 35-mile requirement for off-campus facilities H.R. 879- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes H.R.1968-Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, to provide appropriations for federal departments and agencies and to provide an increase for the calendar year 2024 physician fee schedule conversion factor H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3164-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services H.R. 4206-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services H.R. 6160-Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, provide for an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index H.R. 6721-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive H.R. 7520-Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act, to delay the implementation of an efficiency adjustment to work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 8163-Provider Reimbursement Stability Act, ensure stability for provider payments under the Medicare program H.R. 8500-Timely Access to Coverage Decisions Act of 2026, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure timely review of local coverage determination requests under the Medicare program H.R. 8622-Medicare Data-driven Performance Payment System Act of 2026, to transform the Merit-based Incentive Payment System into the Data-driven Performance Payment System under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 9693-Patients First Act of 2026, to modify certain physician payments under the Medicare program S. 106-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. S.1261-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services S. 1640- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes S. 2426-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services S. 3473-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive S. 4927-Rural Hospital Emergency Room Guarantee Act, to establish a guaranteed funding stream to keep existing emergency rooms at America's rural hospitals open.
Opioids, pain management Federal funding for substance use disorder treatments H.R.2004-Tylers Law, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on whether hospital emergency departments should implement routine fentanyl testing for patients experiencing an overdose H.R. 2483-Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act, to reauthorize grants and programs to address opioid and substance use disorder H.R. 7994-Helping Educators Respond to Overdoses Act, to establish a grant program to provide schools with opioid overdose reversal drugs, to direct schools receiving Federal funds to report to certain Federal information systems any distribution of an opioid overdose reversal drug, and for other purposes H.R. 9790-Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act 2.0, to expand access to methadone through alternative care models using pharmacies S.921-Tylers Law, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on whether hospital emergency departments should implement routine fentanyl testing for patients experiencing an overdose S. 2121-Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act, to reauthorize grants and programs to address opioid and substance use disorder S. 3522-No Red Tape for Addiction Treatment Act, to require that State Medicaid programs provide at least one formulation of each type of medication for the treatment of opioid use disorder without prior authorization or limitations on dosage S. 4941-Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act 2.0, to expand access to methadone through alternative care models using pharmacies
H.R. 2992-Preventing Roadside and Work Zone Deaths Act, to require the Department of Transportation to collect, analyze, compile, and publish accurate, detailed data on disabled roadside vehicle crashes and work zone crashes to develop a strategic plan to stop these incidents.
Access to emergency medical supplies (including Personal Protective Equipment, COVID-19 tests, ventilators, and medications) during COVID-19 public health emergency Reauthorization of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA)
Updating first aid and emergency medical kits and flight crew training requirements
H.R.2028-REDI Act, to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for interest-free deferment on student loans for borrowers serving in a medical or dental internship or residency program. S.942-REDI Act, to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for interest-free deferment on student loans for borrowers serving in a medical or dental internship or residency program
Reproductive health, physician-patient relationship, and EMTALA issues Emergency department boarding Drug shortages Health care consolidation H.R. 929-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers H.R. 1254-Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care H.R. 2414-To reauthorize the MISSION ZERO military-civilian partnership for trauma readiness H.R. 2936-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes H.R. 3134-Emergency Care Improvement Act, to permanently allow for coverage under Medicare and Medicaid of services that are provided by freestanding emergency centers H.R. 3443-When Minutes Count for Emergency Medical Patients Act, to create a model, and to direct the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to carry out a study and report with respect to Medicare payment for emergency medical services H.R. 3266-Mental Health Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2025, to make loans and loan guarantees for planning, constructing, or renovating pediatric or adult mental health treatment facilities and pediatric or adult substance use disorder treatment facilities H.R. 3980-Streamline Emergency Care Act, to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for expanding, modernizing, or streamlining emergency department operations H.Res. 1519, Supporting the designation of September 17, 2026, as National Physician Suicide Awareness Day to raise awareness of, and promote a national discussion about, physician suicide and to reduce the stigma of mental health conditions, and for other purposes S. 266-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers S. 380- Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care S. 1673-Mental Health Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2025, to make loans and loan guarantees for planning, constructing, or renovating pediatric or adult mental health treatment facilities and pediatric or adult substance use disorder treatment facilities S. 1974-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes
No Surprises Act implementation Eliminating prior authorization requirements in Medicare Advantage H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3514-Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025, to improve and streamline prior authorization under Medicare Advantage Plans H.R. 4710-No Surprises Act Enforcement Act, to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements. S. 1816-Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025, to improve and streamline prior authorization under Medicare Advantage Plans S. 2420- No Surprises Act Enforcement Act, to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements.
Federal funding to implement Preventing Overdoses While in Emergency Rooms (POWER) program Federal funding to implement MISSION ZERO program Federal funding to for firearm safety and injury prevention research Federal funding to implement Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Federal funding for emergency medicine research activities Federal funding for implementation of Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act H.R. 5371, Continuing Appropriations and Extension Act, 2026, to provide appropriations for federal agencies and extend several public health, Medicare, and Medicaid authorities and programs H.R.7148-Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, to provide appropriations for federal agencies and extend several public health, Medicare, and Medicaid authorities and programs
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS via AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
2026 · second_quarter · Q2
Reproductive health, physician-patient relationship, and EMTALA issues Emergency department boarding Drug shortages Health care consolidation H.R. 929-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers H.R. 1254-Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care H.R. 2414-To reauthorize the MISSION ZERO military-civilian partnership for trauma readiness H.R. 2936-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes H.R. 3134-Emergency Care Improvement Act, to permanently allow for coverage under Medicare and Medicaid of services that are provided by freestanding emergency centers H.R. 3443-When Minutes Count for Emergency Medical Patients Act, to create a model, and to direct the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to carry out a study and report with respect to Medicare payment for emergency medical services H.R. 3266-Mental Health Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2025, to make loans and loan guarantees for planning, constructing, or renovating pediatric or adult mental health treatment facilities and pediatric or adult substance use disorder treatment facilities H.R. 3980-Streamline Emergency Care Act, to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for expanding, modernizing, or streamlining emergency department operations S. 266-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers S. 380- Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care S. 1673-Mental Health Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2025, to make loans and loan guarantees for planning, constructing, or renovating pediatric or adult mental health treatment facilities and pediatric or adult substance use disorder treatment facilities S. 1974-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes
H.R.2028-REDI Act, to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for interest-free deferment on student loans for borrowers serving in a medical or dental internship or residency program. S.942-REDI Act, to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for interest-free deferment on student loans for borrowers serving in a medical or dental internship or residency program
Fentanyl analogues scheduling extension H.R. 3178-Save Healthcare Workers Act, to establish federal criminal penalties for violence against health care workers H.R. 5864-Improving Police CARE Act, to provide standards for trauma kits purchased using Byrne JAG grant funds S. 1595-Improving Police CARE Act, to provide standards for trauma kits purchased using Byrne JAG grant funds S. 1600-Save Healthcare Workers Act, to establish federal criminal penalties for violence against health care
Federal funding to implement Preventing Overdoses While in Emergency Rooms (POWER) program Federal funding to implement MISSION ZERO program Federal funding to for firearm safety and injury prevention research Federal funding to implement Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Federal funding for emergency medicine research activities Federal funding for implementation of Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act H.R. 5371, Continuing Appropriations and Extension Act, 2026, to provide appropriations for federal agencies and extend several public health, Medicare, and Medicaid authorities and programs H.R.7148-Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, to provide appropriations for federal agencies and extend several public health, Medicare, and Medicaid authorities and programs
Federal funding for emergency medicine research activities
Federal funding for firearms safety and injury prevention research Firearms safety and injury prevention policy H.R.5178-Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act, to enable State Medicaid programs to provide comprehensive, coordinated care through a health home to individuals with sickle cell disease S. 1595-Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act, to enable State Medicaid programs to provide comprehensive, coordinated care through a health home to individuals with sickle cell disease
No Surprises Act implementation Eliminating prior authorization requirements in Medicare Advantage H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3514-Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025, to improve and streamline prior authorization under Medicare Advantage Plans H.R. 4710-No Surprises Act Enforcement Act, to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements. S. 1816-Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025, to improve and streamline prior authorization under Medicare Advantage Plans S. 2420- No Surprises Act Enforcement Act, to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements.
Access to emergency medical supplies (including Personal Protective Equipment, COVID-19 tests, ventilators, and medications) during COVID-19 public health emergency Reauthorization of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA)
Updating first aid and emergency medical kits and flight crew training requirements
Opioids, pain management Federal funding for substance use disorder treatments H.R.2004-Tylers Law, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on whether hospital emergency departments should implement routine fentanyl testing for patients experiencing an overdose H.R. 2483-Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act, to reauthorize grants and programs to address opioid and substance use disorder S.921-Tylers Law, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on whether hospital emergency departments should implement routine fentanyl testing for patients experiencing an overdose S. 2121-Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act, to reauthorize grants and programs to address opioid and substance use disorder S. 3522-No Red Tape for Addiction Treatment Act, to require that State Medicaid programs provide at least one formulation of each type of medication for the treatment of opioid use disorder without prior authorization or limitations on dosage
H.R. 2992-Preventing Roadside and Work Zone Deaths Act, to require the Department of Transportation to collect, analyze, compile, and publish accurate, detailed data on disabled roadside vehicle crashes and work zone crashes to develop a strategic plan to stop these incidents.
Physician payment reform Counting observation stays as satisfying Medicare three-day inpatient stay prerequisite for skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage H.R. 1-One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 H.R. 539-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. H.R. 771-Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025, to eliminate the 35-mile requirement to qualify as a critical access hospital H.R. 772-Rural ER Access Act, to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to repeal the 35-mile requirement for off-campus facilities H.R. 879- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes H.R.1968-Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, to provide appropriations for federal departments and agencies and to provide an increase for the calendar year 2024 physician fee schedule conversion factor H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3164-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services H.R. 4206-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services H.R. 6160-Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, provide for an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index H.R. 6721-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive H.R. 7520-Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act, to delay the implementation of an efficiency adjustment to work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 8163-Provider Reimbursement Stability Act, ensure stability for provider payments under the Medicare program H.R. 8622-Medicare Data-driven Performance Payment System Act of 2026, to transform the Merit-based Incentive Payment System into the Data-driven Performance Payment System under the Medicare physician fee schedule S. 106-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. S.1261-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services S. 1640- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes S. 2426-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services S. 3473-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive S. 4927-Rural Hospital Emergency Room Guarantee Act, to establish a guaranteed funding stream to keep existing emergency rooms at America's rural hospitals open.
Workplace violence prevention for health care workers H.R. 2531-Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, to require OSHA to issue workplace violence prevention standards to protect health care and social service workers H.R. 3413-Physician and Patient Safety Act, to provide due process protections for physicians H.R. 3791-EMS Counts Act, to ensure more accurate counts of trained EMS personnel by Bureau of Labor Statistics S. 1232-Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, to require OSHA to issue workplace violence prevention standards to protect health care and social service workers S. 1767-Physician and Patient Safety Act, to provide due process protections for physicians S. 2031-Workforce Mobility Act of 2025, to prohibit the use of noncompete agreements
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS via AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
2026 · first_quarter · Q1
Access to emergency medical supplies (including Personal Protective Equipment, COVID-19 tests, ventilators, and medications) during COVID-19 public health emergency Reauthorization of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA)
No Surprises Act implementation Eliminating prior authorization requirements in Medicare Advantage H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3514-Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025, to improve and streamline prior authorization under Medicare Advantage Plans H.R. 4710-No Surprises Act Enforcement Act, to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements. S. 1816-Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2025, to improve and streamline prior authorization under Medicare Advantage Plans S. 2420- No Surprises Act Enforcement Act, to increase penalties for group health plans and health insurance issuers for practices that violate balance billing requirements
Workplace violence prevention for health care workers H.R. 2531-Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, to require OSHA to issue workplace violence prevention standards to protect health care and social service workers H.R. 3413-Physician and Patient Safety Act, to provide due process protections for physicians H.R. 3791-EMS Counts Act, to ensure more accurate counts of trained EMS personnel by Bureau of Labor Statistics S. 1232-Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, to require OSHA to issue workplace violence prevention standards to protect health care and social service workers S. 1767-Physician and Patient Safety Act, to provide due process protections for physicians S. 2031-Workforce Mobility Act of 2025, to prohibit the use of noncompete agreements
Federal funding to implement Preventing Overdoses While in Emergency Rooms (POWER) program Federal funding to implement MISSION ZERO program Federal funding to for firearm safety and injury prevention research Federal funding to implement Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Federal funding for emergency medicine research activities Federal funding for implementation of Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act H.R. 5371, Continuing Appropriations and Extension Act, 2026, to provide appropriations for federal agencies and extend several public health, Medicare, and Medicaid authorities and programs H.R.7148-Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, to provide appropriations for federal agencies and extend several public health, Medicare, and Medicaid authorities and programs
Updating first aid and emergency medical kits and flight crew training requirements
Physician payment reform Counting observation stays as satisfying Medicare three-day inpatient stay prerequisite for skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage H.R. 1-One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 H.R. 539-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. H.R. 771-Rural Health Care Access Act of 2025, to eliminate the 35-mile requirement to qualify as a critical access hospital H.R. 772-Rural ER Access Act, to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to repeal the 35-mile requirement for off-campus facilities H.R. 879- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes H.R.1968-Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, to provide appropriations for federal departments and agencies and to provide an increase for the calendar year 2024 physician fee schedule conversion factor H.R. 2433-Reducing Unnecessary Medical Delays in Care Act of 2025, to ensure that prior authorization medical decisions under Medicare are determined by physicians. H.R. 3164-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services H.R. 4206-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services H.R. 6160-Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act, provide for an update to a single conversion factor under the Medicare physician fee schedule that is based on the Medicare economic index H.R. 6721-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive H.R. 7520-Efficiency Adjustment Delay Act, to delay the implementation of an efficiency adjustment to work relative value units under the Medicare physician fee schedule H.R. 8163-Provider Reimbursement Stability Act, ensure stability for provider payments under the Medicare program S. 106-Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage for all physicians services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license, and for other purposes. S.1261-CONNECT for Health Act, to expand access to telehealth services S. 1640- Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025, to address the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cuts and increaser support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes S. 2426-Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS) Act, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services S. 3473-Medicare Advance Planning for Care Act, to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive
H.R.2028-REDI Act, to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for interest-free deferment on student loans for borrowers serving in a medical or dental internship or residency program. S.942-REDI Act, to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for interest-free deferment on student loans for borrowers serving in a medical or dental internship or residency program
Fentanyl analogues scheduling extension H.R. 3178-Save Healthcare Workers Act, to establish federal criminal penalties for violence against health care workers H.R. 5864-Improving Police CARE Act, to provide standards for trauma kits purchased using Byrne JAG grant funds S. 1595-Improving Police CARE Act, to provide standards for trauma kits purchased using Byrne JAG grant funds S. 1600-Save Healthcare Workers Act, to establish federal criminal penalties for violence against health care workers
Federal funding for firearms safety and injury prevention research Firearms safety and injury prevention policy H.R.5178-Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act, to enable State Medicaid programs to provide comprehensive, coordinated care through a health home to individuals with sickle cell disease S. 1595-Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act, to enable State Medicaid programs to provide comprehensive, coordinated care through a health home to individuals with sickle cell disease
H.R. 2992-Preventing Roadside and Work Zone Deaths Act, to require the Department of Transportation to collect, analyze, compile, and publish accurate, detailed data on disabled roadside vehicle crashes and work zone crashes to develop a strategic plan to stop these incidents.
Reproductive health, physician-patient relationship, and EMTALA issues Emergency department boarding Drug shortages Health care consolidation H.R. 929-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers H.R. 1254-Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care H.R. 2414-To reauthorize the MISSION ZERO military-civilian partnership for trauma readiness H.R. 2936-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes H.R. 3134-Emergency Care Improvement Act, to permanently allow for coverage under Medicare and Medicaid of services that are provided by freestanding emergency centers H.R. 3443-When Minutes Count for Emergency Medical Patients Act, to create a model, and to direct the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to carry out a study and report with respect to Medicare payment for emergency medical services H.R. 3980-Streamline Emergency Care Act, to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for expanding, modernizing, or streamlining emergency department operations S. 266-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers S. 380- Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care S. 1974-Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act, to amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes
Federal funding for emergency medicine research activities
Opioids, pain management Federal funding for substance use disorder treatments H.R.2004-Tylers Law, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on whether hospital emergency departments should implement routine fentanyl testing for patients experiencing an overdose H.R. 2483-Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act, to reauthorize grants and programs to address opioid and substance use disorder S.921-Tylers Law, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on whether hospital emergency departments should implement routine fentanyl testing for patients experiencing an overdose S. 2121-Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act, to reauthorize grants and programs to address opioid and substance use disorder S. 3522-No Red Tape for Addiction Treatment Act, to require that State Medicaid programs provide at least one formulation of each type of medication for the treatment of opioid use disorder without prior authorization or limitations on dosage
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE