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Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
S.1082/H.R. 2900 - Food and Drug Revitalization Act: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to include unique device identification systems for medical devices. H.R. 2900/S.1082 - Food and Drug Amendments Act of 2007: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to provide unique identification systems for medical devices. S.830/H.R. 1494 - Pediatric Medical Devices Safety and Improvement Act: to stimulate development of necessary medical devices for the pediatric population. H.R. 1956/H.R. 5629/H.R. 1038/S.623 - Regulation Devices Biologics and Combination Products by the FDA: to provide a pathway for follow-on biologics that would not allow for interchangeability without express physician approval. The Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2008: to provide for the safety of medical devices manufactured in foreign countries. H.R. 6381 - Medical Device Safety Act of 2008: to amend the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under state and local requirements for medical devices.
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS via AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
2008 · fourth_quarter · 4A
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
Source: Senate LDA
Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
S.1082/H.R. 2900 - Food and Drug Revitalization Act: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to include unique device identification systems for medical devices. H.R. 2900/S.1082 - Food and Drug Amendments Act of 2007: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to provide unique identification systems for medical devices. S.830/H.R. 1494 - Pediatric Medical Devices Safety and Improvement Act: to stimulate development of necessary medical devices for the pediatric population. H.R. 1956/H.R. 5629/H.R. 1038/S.623 - Regulation Devices Biologics and Combination Products by the FDA: to provide a pathway for follow-on biologics that would not allow for interchangeability without express physician approval. The Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2008: to provide for the safety of medical devices manufactured in foreign countries. H.R. 6381 - Medical Device Safety Act of 2008: to amend the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under state and local requirements for medical devices.
Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
S.1082/H.R. 2900 - Food and Drug Revitalization Act: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to include unique device identification systems for medical devices. H.R. 2900/S.1082 - Food and Drug Amendments Act of 2007: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to provide unique identification systems for medical devices. S.830/H.R. 1494 - Pediatric Medical Devices Safety and Improvement Act: to stimulate development of necessary medical devices for the pediatric population. H.R. 1956/H.R. 5629/H.R. 1038/S.623 - Regulation Devices Biologics and Combination Products by the FDA: to provide a pathway for follow-on biologics that would not allow for interchangeability without express physician approval. The Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2008: to provide for the safety of medical devices manufactured in foreign countries. H.R. 6381 - Medical Device Safety Act of 2008: to amend the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under state and local requirements for medical devices.
Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
S.1082/H.R. 2900 - Food and Drug Revitalization Act: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to include unique device identification systems for medical devices. H.R. 2900/S.1082 - Food and Drug Amendments Act of 2007: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to provide unique identification systems for medical devices. S.830/H.R. 1494 - Pediatric Medical Devices Safety and Improvement Act: to stimulate development of necessary medical devices for the pediatric population. H.R. 1956/H.R. 5629/H.R. 1038/S.623 - Regulation Devices Biologics and Combination Products by the FDA: to provide a pathway for follow-on biologics that would not allow for interchangeability without express physician approval. The Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2008: to provide for the safety of medical devices manufactured in foreign countries. H.R. 6381 - Medical Device Safety Act of 2008: to amend the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under state and local requirements for medical devices.
Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
Chattahoochee Trace National Heritage Corridor Study Act
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
Chattahoochee Trace National Heritage Corridor Study Act
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
Chattahoochee Trace National Heritage Corridor Study Act
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
Chattahoochee Trace National Heritage Corridor Study Act
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
Pediatric Medical Device Safety and Improvement Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
S.1082/H.R. 2900 - Food and Drug Revitalization Act: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to include unique device identification systems for medical devices. H.R. 2900/S.1082 - Food and Drug Amendments Act of 2007: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to provide unique identification systems for medical devices. S.830/H.R. 1494 - Pediatric Medical Devices Safety and Improvement Act: to stimulate development of necessary medical devices for the pediatric population. H.R. 1956/H.R. 5629/H.R. 1038/S.623 - Regulation Devices Biologics and Combination Products by the FDA: to provide a pathway for follow-on biologics that would not allow for interchangeability without express physician approval. The Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2008: to provide for the safety of medical devices manufactured in foreign countries. H.R. 6381 - Medical Device Safety Act of 2008: to amend the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under state and local requirements for medical devices.
Pediatric Medical Device Safety and Improvement Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
S.1082/H.R. 2900 - Food and Drug Revitalization Act: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to include unique device identification systems for medical devices. H.R. 2900/S.1082 - Food and Drug Amendments Act of 2007: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to provide unique identification systems for medical devices. S.830/H.R. 1494 - Pediatric Medical Devices Safety and Improvement Act: to stimulate development of necessary medical devices for the pediatric population. H.R. 1956/H.R. 5629/H.R. 1038/S.623 - Regulation Devices Biologics and Combination Products by the FDA: to provide a pathway for follow-on biologics that would not allow for interchangeability without express physician approval. The Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2008: to provide for the safety of medical devices manufactured in foreign countries. H.R. 6381 - Medical Device Safety Act of 2008: to amend the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under state and local requirements for medical devices.
Pediatric Medical Device Safety and Improvement Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
S.1082/H.R. 2900 - Food and Drug Revitalization Act: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to include unique device identification systems for medical devices. H.R. 2900/S.1082 - Food and Drug Amendments Act of 2007: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to provide unique identification systems for medical devices. S.830/H.R. 1494 - Pediatric Medical Devices Safety and Improvement Act: to stimulate development of necessary medical devices for the pediatric population. H.R. 1956/H.R. 5629/H.R. 1038/S.623 - Regulation Devices Biologics and Combination Products by the FDA: to provide a pathway for follow-on biologics that would not allow for interchangeability without express physician approval. The Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2008: to provide for the safety of medical devices manufactured in foreign countries. H.R. 6381 - Medical Device Safety Act of 2008: to amend the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under state and local requirements for medical devices.
Pediatric Medical Device Safety and Improvement Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
S.1082/H.R. 2900 - Food and Drug Revitalization Act: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to include unique device identification systems for medical devices. H.R. 2900/S.1082 - Food and Drug Amendments Act of 2007: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to provide unique identification systems for medical devices. S.830/H.R. 1494 - Pediatric Medical Devices Safety and Improvement Act: to stimulate development of necessary medical devices for the pediatric population. H.R. 1956/H.R. 5629/H.R. 1038/S.623 - Regulation Devices Biologics and Combination Products by the FDA: to provide a pathway for follow-on biologics that would not allow for interchangeability without express physician approval. The Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2008: to provide for the safety of medical devices manufactured in foreign countries. H.R. 6381 - Medical Device Safety Act of 2008: to amend the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under state and local requirements for medical devices.
Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
S.244 - Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies Access to Care Act: enact a "stacked cap" on all liability payments awarded to medical liability suits against ob/gynocologists. S.243 - Medical Care Access Protection Act of 2007 H.R. 1934 - Prompt Paymnet Improvement Act of 2007
Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
S.244 - Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies Access to Care Act: enact a "stacked cap" on all liability payments awarded to medical liability suits against ob/gynocologists. S.243 - Medical Care Access Protection Act of 2007 H.R. 1934 - Prompt Paymnet Improvement Act of 2007
Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
S.244 - Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies Access to Care Act: enact a "stacked cap" on all liability payments awarded to medical liability suits against ob/gynocologists. S.243 - Medical Care Access Protection Act of 2007 H.R. 1934 - Prompt Paymnet Improvement Act of 2007
Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
S.244 - Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies Access to Care Act: enact a "stacked cap" on all liability payments awarded to medical liability suits against ob/gynocologists. S.243 - Medical Care Access Protection Act of 2007 H.R. 1934 - Prompt Paymnet Improvement Act of 2007
Patient Protection and Innovative Biologic Medicines Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
S.1082/H.R. 2900 - Food and Drug Revitalization Act: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to include unique device identification systems for medical devices. H.R. 2900/S.1082 - Food and Drug Amendments Act of 2007: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to provide unique identification systems for medical devices. S.830/H.R. 1494 - Pediatric Medical Devices Safety and Improvement Act: to stimulate development of necessary medical devices for the pediatric population. H.R. 1956/H.R. 5629/H.R. 1038/S.623 - Regulation Devices Biologics and Combination Products by the FDA: to provide a pathway for follow-on biologics that would not allow for interchangeability without express physician approval. The Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2008: to provide for the safety of medical devices manufactured in foreign countries. H.R. 6381 - Medical Device Safety Act of 2008: to amend the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under state and local requirements for medical devices.
Patient Protection and Innovative Biologic Medicines Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
S.1082/H.R. 2900 - Food and Drug Revitalization Act: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to include unique device identification systems for medical devices. H.R. 2900/S.1082 - Food and Drug Amendments Act of 2007: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to provide unique identification systems for medical devices. S.830/H.R. 1494 - Pediatric Medical Devices Safety and Improvement Act: to stimulate development of necessary medical devices for the pediatric population. H.R. 1956/H.R. 5629/H.R. 1038/S.623 - Regulation Devices Biologics and Combination Products by the FDA: to provide a pathway for follow-on biologics that would not allow for interchangeability without express physician approval. The Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2008: to provide for the safety of medical devices manufactured in foreign countries. H.R. 6381 - Medical Device Safety Act of 2008: to amend the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under state and local requirements for medical devices.
Patient Protection and Innovative Biologic Medicines Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
S.1082/H.R. 2900 - Food and Drug Revitalization Act: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to include unique device identification systems for medical devices. H.R. 2900/S.1082 - Food and Drug Amendments Act of 2007: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to provide unique identification systems for medical devices. S.830/H.R. 1494 - Pediatric Medical Devices Safety and Improvement Act: to stimulate development of necessary medical devices for the pediatric population. H.R. 1956/H.R. 5629/H.R. 1038/S.623 - Regulation Devices Biologics and Combination Products by the FDA: to provide a pathway for follow-on biologics that would not allow for interchangeability without express physician approval. The Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2008: to provide for the safety of medical devices manufactured in foreign countries. H.R. 6381 - Medical Device Safety Act of 2008: to amend the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under state and local requirements for medical devices.
Patient Protection and Innovative Biologic Medicines Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
S.1082/H.R. 2900 - Food and Drug Revitalization Act: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to include unique device identification systems for medical devices. H.R. 2900/S.1082 - Food and Drug Amendments Act of 2007: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to provide unique identification systems for medical devices. S.830/H.R. 1494 - Pediatric Medical Devices Safety and Improvement Act: to stimulate development of necessary medical devices for the pediatric population. H.R. 1956/H.R. 5629/H.R. 1038/S.623 - Regulation Devices Biologics and Combination Products by the FDA: to provide a pathway for follow-on biologics that would not allow for interchangeability without express physician approval. The Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2008: to provide for the safety of medical devices manufactured in foreign countries. H.R. 6381 - Medical Device Safety Act of 2008: to amend the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under state and local requirements for medical devices.
Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
S.1082/H.R. 2900 - Food and Drug Revitalization Act: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to include unique device identification systems for medical devices. H.R. 2900/S.1082 - Food and Drug Amendments Act of 2007: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to provide unique identification systems for medical devices. S.830/H.R. 1494 - Pediatric Medical Devices Safety and Improvement Act: to stimulate development of necessary medical devices for the pediatric population. H.R. 1956/H.R. 5629/H.R. 1038/S.623 - Regulation Devices Biologics and Combination Products by the FDA: to provide a pathway for follow-on biologics that would not allow for interchangeability without express physician approval. The Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2008: to provide for the safety of medical devices manufactured in foreign countries. H.R. 6381 - Medical Device Safety Act of 2008: to amend the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under state and local requirements for medical devices.
Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
S.1082/H.R. 2900 - Food and Drug Revitalization Act: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to include unique device identification systems for medical devices. H.R. 2900/S.1082 - Food and Drug Amendments Act of 2007: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to provide unique identification systems for medical devices. S.830/H.R. 1494 - Pediatric Medical Devices Safety and Improvement Act: to stimulate development of necessary medical devices for the pediatric population. H.R. 1956/H.R. 5629/H.R. 1038/S.623 - Regulation Devices Biologics and Combination Products by the FDA: to provide a pathway for follow-on biologics that would not allow for interchangeability without express physician approval. The Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2008: to provide for the safety of medical devices manufactured in foreign countries. H.R. 6381 - Medical Device Safety Act of 2008: to amend the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under state and local requirements for medical devices.
Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
S.1082/H.R. 2900 - Food and Drug Revitalization Act: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to include unique device identification systems for medical devices. H.R. 2900/S.1082 - Food and Drug Amendments Act of 2007: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to provide unique identification systems for medical devices. S.830/H.R. 1494 - Pediatric Medical Devices Safety and Improvement Act: to stimulate development of necessary medical devices for the pediatric population. H.R. 1956/H.R. 5629/H.R. 1038/S.623 - Regulation Devices Biologics and Combination Products by the FDA: to provide a pathway for follow-on biologics that would not allow for interchangeability without express physician approval. The Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2008: to provide for the safety of medical devices manufactured in foreign countries. H.R. 6381 - Medical Device Safety Act of 2008: to amend the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under state and local requirements for medical devices.
Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
S.1082/H.R. 2900 - Food and Drug Revitalization Act: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to include unique device identification systems for medical devices. H.R. 2900/S.1082 - Food and Drug Amendments Act of 2007: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to provide unique identification systems for medical devices. S.830/H.R. 1494 - Pediatric Medical Devices Safety and Improvement Act: to stimulate development of necessary medical devices for the pediatric population. H.R. 1956/H.R. 5629/H.R. 1038/S.623 - Regulation Devices Biologics and Combination Products by the FDA: to provide a pathway for follow-on biologics that would not allow for interchangeability without express physician approval. The Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2008: to provide for the safety of medical devices manufactured in foreign countries. H.R. 6381 - Medical Device Safety Act of 2008: to amend the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under state and local requirements for medical devices.
Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 3341 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2007: Ensure patient access to quality health care by exempting health care professionals from the Federal antitrust laws in their negotiations with health plans and health insurance issuers.
Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 3341 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2007: Ensure patient access to quality health care by exempting health care professionals from the Federal antitrust laws in their negotiations with health plans and health insurance issuers.
Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 3341 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2007: Ensure patient access to quality health care by exempting health care professionals from the Federal antitrust laws in their negotiations with health plans and health insurance issuers.
Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 3341 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2007: Ensure patient access to quality health care by exempting health care professionals from the Federal antitrust laws in their negotiations with health plans and health insurance issuers.
Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
Pathway for Biosimilars Act
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
S.1082/H.R. 2900 - Food and Drug Revitalization Act: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to include unique device identification systems for medical devices. H.R. 2900/S.1082 - Food and Drug Amendments Act of 2007: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to provide unique identification systems for medical devices. S.830/H.R. 1494 - Pediatric Medical Devices Safety and Improvement Act: to stimulate development of necessary medical devices for the pediatric population. H.R. 1956/H.R. 5629/H.R. 1038/S.623 - Regulation Devices Biologics and Combination Products by the FDA: to provide a pathway for follow-on biologics that would not allow for interchangeability without express physician approval. The Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2008: to provide for the safety of medical devices manufactured in foreign countries. H.R. 6381 - Medical Device Safety Act of 2008: to amend the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under state and local requirements for medical devices.
Pathway for Biosimilars Act
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
S.1082/H.R. 2900 - Food and Drug Revitalization Act: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to include unique device identification systems for medical devices. H.R. 2900/S.1082 - Food and Drug Amendments Act of 2007: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to provide unique identification systems for medical devices. S.830/H.R. 1494 - Pediatric Medical Devices Safety and Improvement Act: to stimulate development of necessary medical devices for the pediatric population. H.R. 1956/H.R. 5629/H.R. 1038/S.623 - Regulation Devices Biologics and Combination Products by the FDA: to provide a pathway for follow-on biologics that would not allow for interchangeability without express physician approval. The Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2008: to provide for the safety of medical devices manufactured in foreign countries. H.R. 6381 - Medical Device Safety Act of 2008: to amend the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under state and local requirements for medical devices.
Pathway for Biosimilars Act
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
S.1082/H.R. 2900 - Food and Drug Revitalization Act: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to include unique device identification systems for medical devices. H.R. 2900/S.1082 - Food and Drug Amendments Act of 2007: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to provide unique identification systems for medical devices. S.830/H.R. 1494 - Pediatric Medical Devices Safety and Improvement Act: to stimulate development of necessary medical devices for the pediatric population. H.R. 1956/H.R. 5629/H.R. 1038/S.623 - Regulation Devices Biologics and Combination Products by the FDA: to provide a pathway for follow-on biologics that would not allow for interchangeability without express physician approval. The Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2008: to provide for the safety of medical devices manufactured in foreign countries. H.R. 6381 - Medical Device Safety Act of 2008: to amend the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under state and local requirements for medical devices.
Pathway for Biosimilars Act
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
S.1082/H.R. 2900 - Food and Drug Revitalization Act: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to include unique device identification systems for medical devices. H.R. 2900/S.1082 - Food and Drug Amendments Act of 2007: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to provide unique identification systems for medical devices. S.830/H.R. 1494 - Pediatric Medical Devices Safety and Improvement Act: to stimulate development of necessary medical devices for the pediatric population. H.R. 1956/H.R. 5629/H.R. 1038/S.623 - Regulation Devices Biologics and Combination Products by the FDA: to provide a pathway for follow-on biologics that would not allow for interchangeability without express physician approval. The Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2008: to provide for the safety of medical devices manufactured in foreign countries. H.R. 6381 - Medical Device Safety Act of 2008: to amend the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under state and local requirements for medical devices.
Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 3162 - Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007: promote a permanent solution to the flawed Medicare payment formula. H.R. 6478 - Access to America's Orthopedic Services Act of 2008: Musculoskeleltal Disease and Condition Legislation. H.R. 6331 - Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008: SGR and physician reimbursement under Medicare
Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 3162 - Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007: promote a permanent solution to the flawed Medicare payment formula. H.R. 6478 - Access to America's Orthopedic Services Act of 2008: Musculoskeleltal Disease and Condition Legislation. H.R. 6331 - Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008: SGR and physician reimbursement under Medicare
Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 3162 - Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007: promote a permanent solution to the flawed Medicare payment formula. H.R. 6478 - Access to America's Orthopedic Services Act of 2008: Musculoskeleltal Disease and Condition Legislation. H.R. 6331 - Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008: SGR and physician reimbursement under Medicare
Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 3162 - Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007: promote a permanent solution to the flawed Medicare payment formula. H.R. 6478 - Access to America's Orthopedic Services Act of 2008: Musculoskeleltal Disease and Condition Legislation. H.R. 6331 - Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008: SGR and physician reimbursement under Medicare
Medical Device Safety Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
S.1082/H.R. 2900 - Food and Drug Revitalization Act: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to include unique device identification systems for medical devices. H.R. 2900/S.1082 - Food and Drug Amendments Act of 2007: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to provide unique identification systems for medical devices. S.830/H.R. 1494 - Pediatric Medical Devices Safety and Improvement Act: to stimulate development of necessary medical devices for the pediatric population. H.R. 1956/H.R. 5629/H.R. 1038/S.623 - Regulation Devices Biologics and Combination Products by the FDA: to provide a pathway for follow-on biologics that would not allow for interchangeability without express physician approval. The Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2008: to provide for the safety of medical devices manufactured in foreign countries. H.R. 6381 - Medical Device Safety Act of 2008: to amend the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under state and local requirements for medical devices.
Medical Device Safety Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
S.1082/H.R. 2900 - Food and Drug Revitalization Act: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to include unique device identification systems for medical devices. H.R. 2900/S.1082 - Food and Drug Amendments Act of 2007: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to provide unique identification systems for medical devices. S.830/H.R. 1494 - Pediatric Medical Devices Safety and Improvement Act: to stimulate development of necessary medical devices for the pediatric population. H.R. 1956/H.R. 5629/H.R. 1038/S.623 - Regulation Devices Biologics and Combination Products by the FDA: to provide a pathway for follow-on biologics that would not allow for interchangeability without express physician approval. The Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2008: to provide for the safety of medical devices manufactured in foreign countries. H.R. 6381 - Medical Device Safety Act of 2008: to amend the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under state and local requirements for medical devices.
Medical Device Safety Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
S.1082/H.R. 2900 - Food and Drug Revitalization Act: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to include unique device identification systems for medical devices. H.R. 2900/S.1082 - Food and Drug Amendments Act of 2007: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to provide unique identification systems for medical devices. S.830/H.R. 1494 - Pediatric Medical Devices Safety and Improvement Act: to stimulate development of necessary medical devices for the pediatric population. H.R. 1956/H.R. 5629/H.R. 1038/S.623 - Regulation Devices Biologics and Combination Products by the FDA: to provide a pathway for follow-on biologics that would not allow for interchangeability without express physician approval. The Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2008: to provide for the safety of medical devices manufactured in foreign countries. H.R. 6381 - Medical Device Safety Act of 2008: to amend the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under state and local requirements for medical devices.
Medical Device Safety Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
S.1082/H.R. 2900 - Food and Drug Revitalization Act: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to include unique device identification systems for medical devices. H.R. 2900/S.1082 - Food and Drug Amendments Act of 2007: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to provide unique identification systems for medical devices. S.830/H.R. 1494 - Pediatric Medical Devices Safety and Improvement Act: to stimulate development of necessary medical devices for the pediatric population. H.R. 1956/H.R. 5629/H.R. 1038/S.623 - Regulation Devices Biologics and Combination Products by the FDA: to provide a pathway for follow-on biologics that would not allow for interchangeability without express physician approval. The Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2008: to provide for the safety of medical devices manufactured in foreign countries. H.R. 6381 - Medical Device Safety Act of 2008: to amend the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under state and local requirements for medical devices.
Access to America's Orthopedic Services Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 3162 - Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007: promote a permanent solution to the flawed Medicare payment formula. H.R. 6478 - Access to America's Orthopedic Services Act of 2008: Musculoskeleltal Disease and Condition Legislation. H.R. 6331 - Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008: SGR and physician reimbursement under Medicare
Access to America's Orthopedic Services Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 3162 - Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007: promote a permanent solution to the flawed Medicare payment formula. H.R. 6478 - Access to America's Orthopedic Services Act of 2008: Musculoskeleltal Disease and Condition Legislation. H.R. 6331 - Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008: SGR and physician reimbursement under Medicare
Access to America's Orthopedic Services Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 3162 - Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007: promote a permanent solution to the flawed Medicare payment formula. H.R. 6478 - Access to America's Orthopedic Services Act of 2008: Musculoskeleltal Disease and Condition Legislation. H.R. 6331 - Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008: SGR and physician reimbursement under Medicare
Access to America's Orthopedic Services Act of 2008
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 3162 - Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007: promote a permanent solution to the flawed Medicare payment formula. H.R. 6478 - Access to America's Orthopedic Services Act of 2008: Musculoskeleltal Disease and Condition Legislation. H.R. 6331 - Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008: SGR and physician reimbursement under Medicare
Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
Wired for Health Care Quality Act
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
Wired for Health Care Quality Act
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
Wired for Health Care Quality Act
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
Wired for Health Care Quality Act
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
Medical Care Access Protection Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
S.244 - Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies Access to Care Act: enact a "stacked cap" on all liability payments awarded to medical liability suits against ob/gynocologists. S.243 - Medical Care Access Protection Act of 2007 H.R. 1934 - Prompt Paymnet Improvement Act of 2007
Medical Care Access Protection Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
S.244 - Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies Access to Care Act: enact a "stacked cap" on all liability payments awarded to medical liability suits against ob/gynocologists. S.243 - Medical Care Access Protection Act of 2007 H.R. 1934 - Prompt Paymnet Improvement Act of 2007
Medical Care Access Protection Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
S.244 - Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies Access to Care Act: enact a "stacked cap" on all liability payments awarded to medical liability suits against ob/gynocologists. S.243 - Medical Care Access Protection Act of 2007 H.R. 1934 - Prompt Paymnet Improvement Act of 2007
Medical Care Access Protection Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
S.244 - Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies Access to Care Act: enact a "stacked cap" on all liability payments awarded to medical liability suits against ob/gynocologists. S.243 - Medical Care Access Protection Act of 2007 H.R. 1934 - Prompt Paymnet Improvement Act of 2007
Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies Access to Care Act
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
S.244 - Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies Access to Care Act: enact a "stacked cap" on all liability payments awarded to medical liability suits against ob/gynocologists. S.243 - Medical Care Access Protection Act of 2007 H.R. 1934 - Prompt Paymnet Improvement Act of 2007
Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies Access to Care Act
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
S.244 - Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies Access to Care Act: enact a "stacked cap" on all liability payments awarded to medical liability suits against ob/gynocologists. S.243 - Medical Care Access Protection Act of 2007 H.R. 1934 - Prompt Paymnet Improvement Act of 2007
Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies Access to Care Act
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
S.244 - Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies Access to Care Act: enact a "stacked cap" on all liability payments awarded to medical liability suits against ob/gynocologists. S.243 - Medical Care Access Protection Act of 2007 H.R. 1934 - Prompt Paymnet Improvement Act of 2007
Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies Access to Care Act
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
S.244 - Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies Access to Care Act: enact a "stacked cap" on all liability payments awarded to medical liability suits against ob/gynocologists. S.243 - Medical Care Access Protection Act of 2007 H.R. 1934 - Prompt Paymnet Improvement Act of 2007
Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
S.1082/H.R. 2900 - Food and Drug Revitalization Act: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to include unique device identification systems for medical devices. H.R. 2900/S.1082 - Food and Drug Amendments Act of 2007: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to provide unique identification systems for medical devices. S.830/H.R. 1494 - Pediatric Medical Devices Safety and Improvement Act: to stimulate development of necessary medical devices for the pediatric population. H.R. 1956/H.R. 5629/H.R. 1038/S.623 - Regulation Devices Biologics and Combination Products by the FDA: to provide a pathway for follow-on biologics that would not allow for interchangeability without express physician approval. The Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2008: to provide for the safety of medical devices manufactured in foreign countries. H.R. 6381 - Medical Device Safety Act of 2008: to amend the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under state and local requirements for medical devices.
Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
S.1082/H.R. 2900 - Food and Drug Revitalization Act: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to include unique device identification systems for medical devices. H.R. 2900/S.1082 - Food and Drug Amendments Act of 2007: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to provide unique identification systems for medical devices. S.830/H.R. 1494 - Pediatric Medical Devices Safety and Improvement Act: to stimulate development of necessary medical devices for the pediatric population. H.R. 1956/H.R. 5629/H.R. 1038/S.623 - Regulation Devices Biologics and Combination Products by the FDA: to provide a pathway for follow-on biologics that would not allow for interchangeability without express physician approval. The Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2008: to provide for the safety of medical devices manufactured in foreign countries. H.R. 6381 - Medical Device Safety Act of 2008: to amend the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under state and local requirements for medical devices.
Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
S.1082/H.R. 2900 - Food and Drug Revitalization Act: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to include unique device identification systems for medical devices. H.R. 2900/S.1082 - Food and Drug Amendments Act of 2007: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to provide unique identification systems for medical devices. S.830/H.R. 1494 - Pediatric Medical Devices Safety and Improvement Act: to stimulate development of necessary medical devices for the pediatric population. H.R. 1956/H.R. 5629/H.R. 1038/S.623 - Regulation Devices Biologics and Combination Products by the FDA: to provide a pathway for follow-on biologics that would not allow for interchangeability without express physician approval. The Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2008: to provide for the safety of medical devices manufactured in foreign countries. H.R. 6381 - Medical Device Safety Act of 2008: to amend the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under state and local requirements for medical devices.
Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
S.1082/H.R. 2900 - Food and Drug Revitalization Act: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to include unique device identification systems for medical devices. H.R. 2900/S.1082 - Food and Drug Amendments Act of 2007: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to provide unique identification systems for medical devices. S.830/H.R. 1494 - Pediatric Medical Devices Safety and Improvement Act: to stimulate development of necessary medical devices for the pediatric population. H.R. 1956/H.R. 5629/H.R. 1038/S.623 - Regulation Devices Biologics and Combination Products by the FDA: to provide a pathway for follow-on biologics that would not allow for interchangeability without express physician approval. The Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2008: to provide for the safety of medical devices manufactured in foreign countries. H.R. 6381 - Medical Device Safety Act of 2008: to amend the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under state and local requirements for medical devices.
Pediatric Medical Device Safety and Improvement Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
S.1082/H.R. 2900 - Food and Drug Revitalization Act: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to include unique device identification systems for medical devices. H.R. 2900/S.1082 - Food and Drug Amendments Act of 2007: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to provide unique identification systems for medical devices. S.830/H.R. 1494 - Pediatric Medical Devices Safety and Improvement Act: to stimulate development of necessary medical devices for the pediatric population. H.R. 1956/H.R. 5629/H.R. 1038/S.623 - Regulation Devices Biologics and Combination Products by the FDA: to provide a pathway for follow-on biologics that would not allow for interchangeability without express physician approval. The Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2008: to provide for the safety of medical devices manufactured in foreign countries. H.R. 6381 - Medical Device Safety Act of 2008: to amend the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under state and local requirements for medical devices.
Pediatric Medical Device Safety and Improvement Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
S.1082/H.R. 2900 - Food and Drug Revitalization Act: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to include unique device identification systems for medical devices. H.R. 2900/S.1082 - Food and Drug Amendments Act of 2007: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to provide unique identification systems for medical devices. S.830/H.R. 1494 - Pediatric Medical Devices Safety and Improvement Act: to stimulate development of necessary medical devices for the pediatric population. H.R. 1956/H.R. 5629/H.R. 1038/S.623 - Regulation Devices Biologics and Combination Products by the FDA: to provide a pathway for follow-on biologics that would not allow for interchangeability without express physician approval. The Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2008: to provide for the safety of medical devices manufactured in foreign countries. H.R. 6381 - Medical Device Safety Act of 2008: to amend the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under state and local requirements for medical devices.
Pediatric Medical Device Safety and Improvement Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
S.1082/H.R. 2900 - Food and Drug Revitalization Act: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to include unique device identification systems for medical devices. H.R. 2900/S.1082 - Food and Drug Amendments Act of 2007: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to provide unique identification systems for medical devices. S.830/H.R. 1494 - Pediatric Medical Devices Safety and Improvement Act: to stimulate development of necessary medical devices for the pediatric population. H.R. 1956/H.R. 5629/H.R. 1038/S.623 - Regulation Devices Biologics and Combination Products by the FDA: to provide a pathway for follow-on biologics that would not allow for interchangeability without express physician approval. The Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2008: to provide for the safety of medical devices manufactured in foreign countries. H.R. 6381 - Medical Device Safety Act of 2008: to amend the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under state and local requirements for medical devices.
Pediatric Medical Device Safety and Improvement Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
S.1082/H.R. 2900 - Food and Drug Revitalization Act: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to include unique device identification systems for medical devices. H.R. 2900/S.1082 - Food and Drug Amendments Act of 2007: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to provide unique identification systems for medical devices. S.830/H.R. 1494 - Pediatric Medical Devices Safety and Improvement Act: to stimulate development of necessary medical devices for the pediatric population. H.R. 1956/H.R. 5629/H.R. 1038/S.623 - Regulation Devices Biologics and Combination Products by the FDA: to provide a pathway for follow-on biologics that would not allow for interchangeability without express physician approval. The Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2008: to provide for the safety of medical devices manufactured in foreign countries. H.R. 6381 - Medical Device Safety Act of 2008: to amend the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under state and local requirements for medical devices.
Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007
Client: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS · Firm: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
S.244 - Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies Access to Care Act: enact a "stacked cap" on all liability payments awarded to medical liability suits against ob/gynocologists. S.243 - Medical Care Access Protection Act of 2007 H.R. 1934 - Prompt Paymnet Improvement Act of 2007
H.R. 3162 - Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007: promote a permanent solution to the flawed Medicare payment formula. H.R. 6478 - Access to America's Orthopedic Services Act of 2008: Musculoskeleltal Disease and Condition Legislation. H.R. 6331 - Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008: SGR and physician reimbursement under Medicare
H.R. 3341 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2007: Ensure patient access to quality health care by exempting health care professionals from the Federal antitrust laws in their negotiations with health plans and health insurance issuers.
S.1082/H.R. 2900 - Food and Drug Revitalization Act: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to include unique device identification systems for medical devices. H.R. 2900/S.1082 - Food and Drug Amendments Act of 2007: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to provide unique identification systems for medical devices. S.830/H.R. 1494 - Pediatric Medical Devices Safety and Improvement Act: to stimulate development of necessary medical devices for the pediatric population. H.R. 1956/H.R. 5629/H.R. 1038/S.623 - Regulation Devices Biologics and Combination Products by the FDA: to provide a pathway for follow-on biologics that would not allow for interchangeability without express physician approval. The Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2008: to provide for the safety of medical devices manufactured in foreign countries. H.R. 6381 - Medical Device Safety Act of 2008: to amend the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under state and local requirements for medical devices.
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), SENATE
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS via AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
2008 · fourth_quarter · Q4
S.244 - Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies Access to Care Act: enact a "stacked cap" on all liability payments awarded to medical liability suits against ob/gynocologists. S.243 - Medical Care Access Protection Act of 2007 H.R. 1934 - Prompt Paymnet Improvement Act of 2007
S.1082/H.R. 2900 - Food and Drug Revitalization Act: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to include unique device identification systems for medical devices. H.R. 2900/S.1082 - Food and Drug Amendments Act of 2007: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to provide unique identification systems for medical devices. S.830/H.R. 1494 - Pediatric Medical Devices Safety and Improvement Act: to stimulate development of necessary medical devices for the pediatric population. H.R. 1956/H.R. 5629/H.R. 1038/S.623 - Regulation Devices Biologics and Combination Products by the FDA: to provide a pathway for follow-on biologics that would not allow for interchangeability without express physician approval. The Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2008: to provide for the safety of medical devices manufactured in foreign countries. H.R. 6381 - Medical Device Safety Act of 2008: to amend the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under state and local requirements for medical devices.
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
H.R. 3162 - Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007: promote a permanent solution to the flawed Medicare payment formula. H.R. 6478 - Access to America's Orthopedic Services Act of 2008: Musculoskeleltal Disease and Condition Legislation. H.R. 6331 - Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008: SGR and physician reimbursement under Medicare
H.R. 3341 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2007: Ensure patient access to quality health care by exempting health care professionals from the Federal antitrust laws in their negotiations with health plans and health insurance issuers.
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), SENATE
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS via AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
2008 · third_quarter · Q3
S.1082/H.R. 2900 - Food and Drug Revitalization Act: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to include unique device identification systems for medical devices. H.R. 2900/S.1082 - Food and Drug Amendments Act of 2007: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to provide unique identification systems for medical devices. S.830/H.R. 1494 - Pediatric Medical Devices Safety and Improvement Act: to stimulate development of necessary medical devices for the pediatric population. H.R. 1956/H.R. 5629/H.R. 1038/S.623 - Regulation Devices Biologics and Combination Products by the FDA: to provide a pathway for follow-on biologics that would not allow for interchangeability without express physician approval. The Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2008: to provide for the safety of medical devices manufactured in foreign countries. H.R. 6381 - Medical Device Safety Act of 2008: to amend the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under state and local requirements for medical devices.
H.R. 3341 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2007: Ensure patient access to quality health care by exempting health care professionals from the Federal antitrust laws in their negotiations with health plans and health insurance issuers.
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
S.244 - Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies Access to Care Act: enact a "stacked cap" on all liability payments awarded to medical liability suits against ob/gynocologists. S.243 - Medical Care Access Protection Act of 2007 H.R. 1934 - Prompt Paymnet Improvement Act of 2007
H.R. 3162 - Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007: promote a permanent solution to the flawed Medicare payment formula. H.R. 6478 - Access to America's Orthopedic Services Act of 2008: Musculoskeleltal Disease and Condition Legislation. H.R. 6331 - Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008: SGR and physician reimbursement under Medicare
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), SENATE
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS via AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
2008 · second_quarter · Q2
S.244 - Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies Access to Care Act: enact a "stacked cap" on all liability payments awarded to medical liability suits against ob/gynocologists. S.243 - Medical Care Access Protection Act of 2007 H.R. 1934 - Prompt Paymnet Improvement Act of 2007
H.R. 3341 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2007: Ensure patient access to quality health care by exempting health care professionals from the Federal antitrust laws in their negotiations with health plans and health insurance issuers.
H.R. 1552/S.932 - Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2007: prevent direct access to physical therapists in order to avoid unnecessary and overuse of therapy services. H.R. 1293/S.1338 - Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007: place a 2 year moratorium on payment cuts to imaging services. H.R. 1934 - Prompt Payment Improvement Act of 2007: bring federal attention to prompt payment reform currently regulated on the state level. H.R. 3038 - Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2007: reform Medicare physician payment formula H.R. 1408 - Health Information Technology Act of 2007: ensure investments in health to produce interoperable and compatible systems/programs. H.R. 2749/S.1519 - Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007: promote a process for quality measure development, approval and implementation. Use physician's quality assistance fund toward physician payment reform. S.1693 - Wired for Health Care Quality Act: prevent the release of raw Medicare claims data that may be used/interpreted to reflect quality. Practice Expense Payment Under Medicare: ensure awareness for the rising cost of practice expenses and the levels paid through Medicare. Payment of Teaching Physicians Under Medicare: ensure that physicians who teach future healers are adequately reimbursed. Payment of Graduate Medical Education Under Medicare: promote ample/adequate federal assistance to individuals enrolled in medical school who can afford the cost. Stark II - Physician Ban on Self-Referral and Other Fraud & Abuse: ensure that Stark laws do not prevent timely access to quality medical services. H.R. 5613 - Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008: extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009. Farm Bill Conference Report/H.R. 2419: ensure that provisions to restrict physicians' abilities to responsibly invest in hospitals are not included in final bill.
H.R. 3162 - Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007: promote a permanent solution to the flawed Medicare payment formula. H.R. 6478 - Access to America's Orthopedic Services Act of 2008: Musculoskeleltal Disease and Condition Legislation. H.R. 6331 - Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008: SGR and physician reimbursement under Medicare
S.1082/H.R. 2900 - Food and Drug Revitalization Act: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to include unique device identification systems for medical devices. H.R. 2900/S.1082 - Food and Drug Amendments Act of 2007: to provide for reasonable limits for conflicts of interest on FDA advisory committees and to stimulate pediatric device development. Also, to provide unique identification systems for medical devices. S.830/H.R. 1494 - Pediatric Medical Devices Safety and Improvement Act: to stimulate development of necessary medical devices for the pediatric population. H.R. 1956/H.R. 5629/H.R. 1038/S.623 - Regulation Devices Biologics and Combination Products by the FDA: to provide a pathway for follow-on biologics that would not allow for interchangeability without express physician approval. The Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2008: to provide for the safety of medical devices manufactured in foreign countries. H.R. 6381 - Medical Device Safety Act of 2008: to amend the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act with respect to liability under state and local requirements for medical devices.
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), SENATE