KEVIN KRAWIECKI

S.973--Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009; S.1679--Affordable Health Choices Act/CLASS Act/Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act OR Affordable Health Choices Act/Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009/CLASS Act/Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act; S.1776--Medicare Physicians Fairness Act of 2009; S.1796--America's Healthy Future Act of 2009/Elder Justice Act of 2009; H.R.2251--Resident Physician Shortage Act of 2009; H.R.3590--The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Actall provisions therein related to hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies and hospices; H.R.3200--America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; H.R.3961--Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009; H.R.3962--Affordable Health Care for America Act; H.R.4872--Health Care and Education Reconciliation bill; H.R.4213--Extension for Medicare Physician Payment decrease deadline; H.R.4851--Extension for Medicare Physician Payment decrease deadline; FFY 2010 Presidents Budget; Presidents health reform proposals offered in the Administrations FFY 2010 budget and in its June 13 memorandum on health care reform; Senate Finance Committee Health Care Reform Policy Option Papers; FFY 2010 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; RY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and 75% Rule, Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Hospice Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP); Extension of state Medicaid DSH cap increase established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Payment / Meaningful Use Rule; Medicare Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Developments Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; National Health Service Corp funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; Hospice reimbursement; Comparative effectiveness funding; Preventative health and wellness programs funding; Community health center funding; Coverage for the uninsured; Card check process for hospital employee unionization; Hospital Pay-for-Performance/Value-based purchasing; Hospital pay-for-reporting quality measure reporting; Hospital readmissions; Bundling of hospital and physician and/or post-acute care provider payments; Healthcare-associated infections reporting; Medical error reporting; Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments to hospitals; Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments; Tax deductibility of charitable contributions; False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance and relief programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving and retaining overpayments; Medicare wage index; Recovery Audit Contractor program; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Community benefit reporting; Stark and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Emergency preparedness; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program; Geographic variation in Medicare payments to hospitals and physicians; Accountable Care Organizations; Medicare payment bundling; Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB); Healthcare Acquired Conditions.

S.973--Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009; S.1679--Affordable Health Choices Act/CLASS Act/Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act OR Affordable Health Choices Act/Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009/CLASS Act/Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act; S.1776--Medicare Physicians Fairness Act of 2009; S.1796--America's Healthy Future Act of 2009/Elder Justice Act of 2009; H.R.2251--Resident Physician Shortage Act of 2009; H.R.3590--The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Actall provisions therein related to hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies and hospices; H.R.3200--America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; H.R.3961--Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009; H.R.3962--Affordable Health Care for America Act; H.R.4872--Health Care and Education Reconciliation bill; H.R.4213--Extension for Medicare Physician Payment decrease deadline; H.R.4851--Extension for Medicare Physician Payment decrease deadline; FFY 2010 Presidents Budget; Presidents health reform proposals offered in the Administrations FFY 2010 budget and in its June 13 memorandum on health care reform; Senate Finance Committee Health Care Reform Policy Option Papers; FFY 2010 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; RY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and 75% Rule, Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Hospice Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP); Extension of state Medicaid DSH cap increase established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Payment / Meaningful Use Rule; Medicare Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Developments Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; National Health Service Corp funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; Hospice reimbursement; Comparative effectiveness funding; Preventative health and wellness programs funding; Community health center funding; Coverage for the uninsured; Card check process for hospital employee unionization; Hospital Pay-for-Performance/Value-based purchasing; Hospital pay-for-reporting quality measure reporting; Hospital readmissions; Bundling of hospital and physician and/or post-acute care provider payments; Healthcare-associated infections reporting; Medical error reporting; Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments to hospitals; Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments; Tax deductibility of charitable contributions; False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance and relief programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving and retaining overpayments; Medicare wage index; Recovery Audit Contractor program; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Community benefit reporting; Stark and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Emergency preparedness; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program; Geographic variation in Medicare payments to hospitals and physicians; Accountable Care Organizations; Medicare payment bundling; Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB); Healthcare Acquired Conditions.

S.973--Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009; S.1679--Affordable Health Choices Act/CLASS Act/Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act OR Affordable Health Choices Act/Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009/CLASS Act/Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act; S.1776--Medicare Physicians Fairness Act of 2009; S.1796--America's Healthy Future Act of 2009/Elder Justice Act of 2009; H.R.2251--Resident Physician Shortage Act of 2009; H.R.3590--The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Actall provisions therein related to hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies and hospices; H.R.3200--America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; H.R.3961--Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009; H.R.3962--Affordable Health Care for America Act; H.R.4872--Health Care and Education Reconciliation bill; H.R.4213--Extension for Medicare Physician Payment decrease deadline; H.R.4851--Extension for Medicare Physician Payment decrease deadline; FFY 2010 Presidents Budget; Presidents health reform proposals offered in the Administrations FFY 2010 budget and in its June 13 memorandum on health care reform; Senate Finance Committee Health Care Reform Policy Option Papers; FFY 2010 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; RY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and 75% Rule, Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Hospice Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP); Extension of state Medicaid DSH cap increase established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Payment / Meaningful Use Rule; Medicare Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Developments Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; National Health Service Corp funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; Hospice reimbursement; Comparative effectiveness funding; Preventative health and wellness programs funding; Community health center funding; Coverage for the uninsured; Card check process for hospital employee unionization; Hospital Pay-for-Performance/Value-based purchasing; Hospital pay-for-reporting quality measure reporting; Hospital readmissions; Bundling of hospital and physician and/or post-acute care provider payments; Healthcare-associated infections reporting; Medical error reporting; Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments to hospitals; Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments; Tax deductibility of charitable contributions; False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance and relief programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving and retaining overpayments; Medicare wage index; Recovery Audit Contractor program; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Community benefit reporting; Stark and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Emergency preparedness; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program; Geographic variation in Medicare payments to hospitals and physicians; Accountable Care Organizations; Medicare payment bundling; Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB); Healthcare Acquired Conditions.

S.973--Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009; S.1679--Affordable Health Choices Act/CLASS Act/Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act OR Affordable Health Choices Act/Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009/CLASS Act/Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act; S.1776--Medicare Physicians Fairness Act of 2009; S.1796--America's Healthy Future Act of 2009/Elder Justice Act of 2009; H.R.2251--Resident Physician Shortage Act of 2009; H.R.3590--The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Actall provisions therein related to hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies and hospices; H.R.3200--America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; H.R.3961--Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009; H.R.3962--Affordable Health Care for America Act; H.R.4872--Health Care and Education Reconciliation bill; H.R.4213--Extension for Medicare Physician Payment decrease deadline; H.R.4851--Extension for Medicare Physician Payment decrease deadline; FFY 2010 Presidents Budget; Presidents health reform proposals offered in the Administrations FFY 2010 budget and in its June 13 memorandum on health care reform; Senate Finance Committee Health Care Reform Policy Option Papers; FFY 2010 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; RY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and 75% Rule, Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Hospice Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP); Extension of state Medicaid DSH cap increase established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Payment / Meaningful Use Rule; Medicare Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Developments Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; National Health Service Corp funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; Hospice reimbursement; Comparative effectiveness funding; Preventative health and wellness programs funding; Community health center funding; Coverage for the uninsured; Card check process for hospital employee unionization; Hospital Pay-for-Performance/Value-based purchasing; Hospital pay-for-reporting quality measure reporting; Hospital readmissions; Bundling of hospital and physician and/or post-acute care provider payments; Healthcare-associated infections reporting; Medical error reporting; Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments to hospitals; Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments; Tax deductibility of charitable contributions; False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance and relief programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving and retaining overpayments; Medicare wage index; Recovery Audit Contractor program; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Community benefit reporting; Stark and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Emergency preparedness; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program; Geographic variation in Medicare payments to hospitals and physicians; Accountable Care Organizations; Medicare payment bundling; Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB); Healthcare Acquired Conditions.

S.973--Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009; S.1679--Affordable Health Choices Act/CLASS Act/Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act OR Affordable Health Choices Act/Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009/CLASS Act/Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act; S.1776--Medicare Physicians Fairness Act of 2009; S.1796--America's Healthy Future Act of 2009/Elder Justice Act of 2009; H.R.2251--Resident Physician Shortage Act of 2009; H.R.3590--The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Actall provisions therein related to hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies and hospices; H.R.3200--America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; H.R.3961--Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009; H.R.3962--Affordable Health Care for America Act; H.R.4872--Health Care and Education Reconciliation bill; H.R.4213--Extension for Medicare Physician Payment decrease deadline; H.R.4851--Extension for Medicare Physician Payment decrease deadline; FFY 2010 Presidents Budget; Presidents health reform proposals offered in the Administrations FFY 2010 budget and in its June 13 memorandum on health care reform; Senate Finance Committee Health Care Reform Policy Option Papers; FFY 2010 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; RY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and 75% Rule, Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Hospice Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP); Extension of state Medicaid DSH cap increase established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Payment / Meaningful Use Rule; Medicare Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Developments Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; National Health Service Corp funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; Hospice reimbursement; Comparative effectiveness funding; Preventative health and wellness programs funding; Community health center funding; Coverage for the uninsured; Card check process for hospital employee unionization; Hospital Pay-for-Performance/Value-based purchasing; Hospital pay-for-reporting quality measure reporting; Hospital readmissions; Bundling of hospital and physician and/or post-acute care provider payments; Healthcare-associated infections reporting; Medical error reporting; Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments to hospitals; Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments; Tax deductibility of charitable contributions; False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance and relief programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving and retaining overpayments; Medicare wage index; Recovery Audit Contractor program; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Community benefit reporting; Stark and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Emergency preparedness; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program; Geographic variation in Medicare payments to hospitals and physicians; Accountable Care Organizations; Medicare payment bundling; Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB); Healthcare Acquired Conditions.

S.973--Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009; S.1679--Affordable Health Choices Act/CLASS Act/Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act OR Affordable Health Choices Act/Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009/CLASS Act/Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act; S.1776--Medicare Physicians Fairness Act of 2009; S.1796--America's Healthy Future Act of 2009/Elder Justice Act of 2009; H.R.2251--Resident Physician Shortage Act of 2009; H.R.3590--The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Actall provisions therein related to hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies and hospices; H.R.3200--America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; H.R.3961--Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009; H.R.3962--Affordable Health Care for America Act; H.R.4872--Health Care and Education Reconciliation bill; H.R.4213--Extension for Medicare Physician Payment decrease deadline; H.R.4851--Extension for Medicare Physician Payment decrease deadline; FFY 2010 Presidents Budget; Presidents health reform proposals offered in the Administrations FFY 2010 budget and in its June 13 memorandum on health care reform; Senate Finance Committee Health Care Reform Policy Option Papers; FFY 2010 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; RY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and 75% Rule, Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Hospice Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP); Extension of state Medicaid DSH cap increase established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Payment / Meaningful Use Rule; Medicare Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Developments Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; National Health Service Corp funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; Hospice reimbursement; Comparative effectiveness funding; Preventative health and wellness programs funding; Community health center funding; Coverage for the uninsured; Card check process for hospital employee unionization; Hospital Pay-for-Performance/Value-based purchasing; Hospital pay-for-reporting quality measure reporting; Hospital readmissions; Bundling of hospital and physician and/or post-acute care provider payments; Healthcare-associated infections reporting; Medical error reporting; Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments to hospitals; Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments; Tax deductibility of charitable contributions; False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance and relief programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving and retaining overpayments; Medicare wage index; Recovery Audit Contractor program; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Community benefit reporting; Stark and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Emergency preparedness; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program; Geographic variation in Medicare payments to hospitals and physicians; Accountable Care Organizations; Medicare payment bundling; Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB); Healthcare Acquired Conditions.

S.973--Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009; S.1679--Affordable Health Choices Act/CLASS Act/Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act OR Affordable Health Choices Act/Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009/CLASS Act/Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act; S.1776--Medicare Physicians Fairness Act of 2009; S.1796--America's Healthy Future Act of 2009/Elder Justice Act of 2009; H.R.2251--Resident Physician Shortage Act of 2009; H.R.3590--The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Actall provisions therein related to hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies and hospices; H.R.3200--America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; H.R.3961--Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009; H.R.3962--Affordable Health Care for America Act; H.R.4872--Health Care and Education Reconciliation bill; H.R.4213--Extension for Medicare Physician Payment decrease deadline; H.R.4851--Extension for Medicare Physician Payment decrease deadline; FFY 2010 Presidents Budget; Presidents health reform proposals offered in the Administrations FFY 2010 budget and in its June 13 memorandum on health care reform; Senate Finance Committee Health Care Reform Policy Option Papers; FFY 2010 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; RY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and 75% Rule, Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Hospice Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP); Extension of state Medicaid DSH cap increase established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Payment / Meaningful Use Rule; Medicare Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Developments Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; National Health Service Corp funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; Hospice reimbursement; Comparative effectiveness funding; Preventative health and wellness programs funding; Community health center funding; Coverage for the uninsured; Card check process for hospital employee unionization; Hospital Pay-for-Performance/Value-based purchasing; Hospital pay-for-reporting quality measure reporting; Hospital readmissions; Bundling of hospital and physician and/or post-acute care provider payments; Healthcare-associated infections reporting; Medical error reporting; Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments to hospitals; Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments; Tax deductibility of charitable contributions; False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance and relief programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving and retaining overpayments; Medicare wage index; Recovery Audit Contractor program; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Community benefit reporting; Stark and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Emergency preparedness; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program; Geographic variation in Medicare payments to hospitals and physicians; Accountable Care Organizations; Medicare payment bundling; Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB); Healthcare Acquired Conditions.

S.973--Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009; S.1679--Affordable Health Choices Act/CLASS Act/Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act OR Affordable Health Choices Act/Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009/CLASS Act/Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act; S.1776--Medicare Physicians Fairness Act of 2009; S.1796--America's Healthy Future Act of 2009/Elder Justice Act of 2009; H.R.2251--Resident Physician Shortage Act of 2009; H.R.3590--The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Actall provisions therein related to hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies and hospices; H.R.3200--America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; H.R.3961--Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009; H.R.3962--Affordable Health Care for America Act; H.R.4872--Health Care and Education Reconciliation bill; H.R.4213--Extension for Medicare Physician Payment decrease deadline; H.R.4851--Extension for Medicare Physician Payment decrease deadline; FFY 2010 Presidents Budget; Presidents health reform proposals offered in the Administrations FFY 2010 budget and in its June 13 memorandum on health care reform; Senate Finance Committee Health Care Reform Policy Option Papers; FFY 2010 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; RY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and 75% Rule, Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Hospice Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP); Extension of state Medicaid DSH cap increase established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Payment / Meaningful Use Rule; Medicare Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Developments Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; National Health Service Corp funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; Hospice reimbursement; Comparative effectiveness funding; Preventative health and wellness programs funding; Community health center funding; Coverage for the uninsured; Card check process for hospital employee unionization; Hospital Pay-for-Performance/Value-based purchasing; Hospital pay-for-reporting quality measure reporting; Hospital readmissions; Bundling of hospital and physician and/or post-acute care provider payments; Healthcare-associated infections reporting; Medical error reporting; Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments to hospitals; Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments; Tax deductibility of charitable contributions; False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance and relief programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving and retaining overpayments; Medicare wage index; Recovery Audit Contractor program; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Community benefit reporting; Stark and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Emergency preparedness; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program; Geographic variation in Medicare payments to hospitals and physicians; Accountable Care Organizations; Medicare payment bundling; Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB); Healthcare Acquired Conditions.

HConRes85, FY2010 Budget Resolution; SConRes13, FY2010 Budget Resolution; S.386, Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009; H.R.1748, Fight Fraud Act of 2009; H.R.1176, Secret Ballot Protection Act; S.478, Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2009; H.R.1409, Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; S.560, Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; H.R.668, Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2009; S.307, Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2009; S.1157, Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2009; S.973, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009; H.R.2251 Resident Physician Shortage Reducation Act of 2009; S.1380 Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MeDPAC) Reform Act of 2009; S.1110, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Reform Act of 2009; H.R.2718, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Reform Act of 2009; S.497, Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009; H.R.2043, Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009; House Tri-Committee Health Care Reform Discussion Draft Legislation (Ways & Means, Energy & Commerce, and Education & Labor); House Tri-Committee Health Care Reform Legislation--America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Health Care Reform Legislation--Affordable Health Choices Act; FFY 2010 President's Budget; President's health reform proposals offered in June 13 memorandum; Senate Finance Committee Health Care Reform Policy Option Papers; FFY 2010 Labor, HHS, Education, and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and "75% Rule" Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Hospice Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP); Health information technology (HIT); Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation, and school based health; Department of Housing and Urban Development's Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; National Health Service Corp. funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; Comparative effectiveness funding; Preventative health and wellness programs funding; Community health center funding; Coverage for the uninsured; Hospital fundraising and recipient "opt-out;" Medicaid DSH Allocations to States; Children's Health Insurance Program funding; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Secret ballot process for hospital employee unionization; Hospital pay-for-performance/value-based purchasing; Hospital pay-for-reporting quality measure reporting; Hospital readmissions; Bundling of hospital and physician and/or post-acute care provier payments; Health care-associated infections reporting; Medical error reporting; Medicare Graduate Medical Educaiton (GME) payments to hospitals; Medicare Dispropoprtionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments; False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance and relief programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving and retaining overpayments; Medicare funding warning/"trigger;" Medicare wage index; Hospice reimbursement; Recoveray Audit Contractor (RAC) program; IRS Form 990 Revision; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Tax deductiblity of charitable contributions; Community benefit reporting; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Emergency preparedness; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program.

H.R.1/S.1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; H.R.1176/S.478 Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2009; H.R.1409/S.560 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; H.R.2/S.275 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009; HConRes85--FY 2010 Budget Resolution; SConRes 13--FY 2010 Budget Resolution; S.386 Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009; H.R.1748 Fight Fraud Act of 2009; H.R.1105 Omnibus Apprpriations Act, 2009; H.R.1127 To extend certain immigration programs--six month extension to J-1 Visa program (Conrad Program); H.Res.5 Adopting rules for the 111th Congress--nullifies Medicare trigger for 2 years; FFY 2009 Budget and Budget Resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid Cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Pension Appropriations bill; FFy 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; RY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and "75% Rule," Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Hospice PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; FFY 2010 President's Budget; Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) Health information technology; Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation, and school based health; Department of Housing and Urban Development's Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; National Health Service Corp. funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; Immigration; Hospice reimbursement; Comparative effectiveness funding; Preventative health and wellness programs funding; Community health center funding; Coverage for the uninsured; Hospital fundraising and recipient "opt-out"; Medicaid DSH Allocations to States; Children's Health Insurance Program funding; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Secret ballot process for hospital employee unionization; Hospital Pay-for-Performance/Value-based purchasing; Hospital pay-for-performance quality measure reporting; Hospital readmissions; Bundling of hospital and physician and/or post-acute care provider payments; Health care-associated infections reporting; Medical error reporting; Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments to hospitals; Medicare Disproportionoate Share Hospital (DSH) payments; Tax deductibility of charitable contributions; False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance and relie programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving and retaining overpayments; Medicare funding warning/"trigger"; Medicare wage index; Recovery Audit Contractor program; IRS Form 990 Revision; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Community benefit reporting; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Emergency preparedness; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program

H.R.1/S.1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; H.R.1176/S.478 Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2009; H.R.1409/S.560 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; H.R.2/S.275 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009; HConRes85--FY 2010 Budget Resolution; SConRes 13--FY 2010 Budget Resolution; S.386 Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009; H.R.1748 Fight Fraud Act of 2009; H.R.1105 Omnibus Apprpriations Act, 2009; H.R.1127 To extend certain immigration programs--six month extension to J-1 Visa program (Conrad Program); H.Res.5 Adopting rules for the 111th Congress--nullifies Medicare trigger for 2 years; FFY 2009 Budget and Budget Resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid Cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Pension Appropriations bill; FFy 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; RY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and "75% Rule," Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Hospice PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; FFY 2010 President's Budget; Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) Health information technology; Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation, and school based health; Department of Housing and Urban Development's Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; National Health Service Corp. funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; Immigration; Hospice reimbursement; Comparative effectiveness funding; Preventative health and wellness programs funding; Community health center funding; Coverage for the uninsured; Hospital fundraising and recipient "opt-out"; Medicaid DSH Allocations to States; Children's Health Insurance Program funding; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Secret ballot process for hospital employee unionization; Hospital Pay-for-Performance/Value-based purchasing; Hospital pay-for-performance quality measure reporting; Hospital readmissions; Bundling of hospital and physician and/or post-acute care provider payments; Health care-associated infections reporting; Medical error reporting; Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments to hospitals; Medicare Disproportionoate Share Hospital (DSH) payments; Tax deductibility of charitable contributions; False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance and relie programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving and retaining overpayments; Medicare funding warning/"trigger"; Medicare wage index; Recovery Audit Contractor program; IRS Form 990 Revision; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Community benefit reporting; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Emergency preparedness; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program

H.R.1/S.1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; H.R.1176/S.478 Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2009; H.R.1409/S.560 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; H.R.2/S.275 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009; HConRes85--FY 2010 Budget Resolution; SConRes 13--FY 2010 Budget Resolution; S.386 Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009; H.R.1748 Fight Fraud Act of 2009; H.R.1105 Omnibus Apprpriations Act, 2009; H.R.1127 To extend certain immigration programs--six month extension to J-1 Visa program (Conrad Program); H.Res.5 Adopting rules for the 111th Congress--nullifies Medicare trigger for 2 years; FFY 2009 Budget and Budget Resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid Cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Pension Appropriations bill; FFy 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; RY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and "75% Rule," Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Hospice PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; FFY 2010 President's Budget; Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) Health information technology; Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation, and school based health; Department of Housing and Urban Development's Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; National Health Service Corp. funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; Immigration; Hospice reimbursement; Comparative effectiveness funding; Preventative health and wellness programs funding; Community health center funding; Coverage for the uninsured; Hospital fundraising and recipient "opt-out"; Medicaid DSH Allocations to States; Children's Health Insurance Program funding; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Secret ballot process for hospital employee unionization; Hospital Pay-for-Performance/Value-based purchasing; Hospital pay-for-performance quality measure reporting; Hospital readmissions; Bundling of hospital and physician and/or post-acute care provider payments; Health care-associated infections reporting; Medical error reporting; Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments to hospitals; Medicare Disproportionoate Share Hospital (DSH) payments; Tax deductibility of charitable contributions; False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance and relie programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving and retaining overpayments; Medicare funding warning/"trigger"; Medicare wage index; Recovery Audit Contractor program; IRS Form 990 Revision; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Community benefit reporting; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Emergency preparedness; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program

HConRes85, FY2010 Budget Resolution; SConRes13, FY2010 Budget Resolution; S.386, Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009; H.R.1748, Fight Fraud Act of 2009; H.R.1176, Secret Ballot Protection Act; S.478, Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2009; H.R.1409, Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; S.560, Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; H.R.668, Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2009; S.307, Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2009; S.1157, Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2009; S.973, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009; H.R.2251 Resident Physician Shortage Reducation Act of 2009; S.1380 Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MeDPAC) Reform Act of 2009; S.1110, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Reform Act of 2009; H.R.2718, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Reform Act of 2009; S.497, Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009; H.R.2043, Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009; House Tri-Committee Health Care Reform Discussion Draft Legislation (Ways & Means, Energy & Commerce, and Education & Labor); House Tri-Committee Health Care Reform Legislation--America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Health Care Reform Legislation--Affordable Health Choices Act; FFY 2010 President's Budget; President's health reform proposals offered in June 13 memorandum; Senate Finance Committee Health Care Reform Policy Option Papers; FFY 2010 Labor, HHS, Education, and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and "75% Rule" Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Hospice Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP); Health information technology (HIT); Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation, and school based health; Department of Housing and Urban Development's Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; National Health Service Corp. funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; Comparative effectiveness funding; Preventative health and wellness programs funding; Community health center funding; Coverage for the uninsured; Hospital fundraising and recipient "opt-out;" Medicaid DSH Allocations to States; Children's Health Insurance Program funding; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Secret ballot process for hospital employee unionization; Hospital pay-for-performance/value-based purchasing; Hospital pay-for-reporting quality measure reporting; Hospital readmissions; Bundling of hospital and physician and/or post-acute care provier payments; Health care-associated infections reporting; Medical error reporting; Medicare Graduate Medical Educaiton (GME) payments to hospitals; Medicare Dispropoprtionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments; False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance and relief programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving and retaining overpayments; Medicare funding warning/"trigger;" Medicare wage index; Hospice reimbursement; Recoveray Audit Contractor (RAC) program; IRS Form 990 Revision; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Tax deductiblity of charitable contributions; Community benefit reporting; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Emergency preparedness; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program.

HConRes85, FY2010 Budget Resolution; SConRes13, FY2010 Budget Resolution; S.386, Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009; H.R.1748, Fight Fraud Act of 2009; H.R.1176, Secret Ballot Protection Act; S.478, Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2009; H.R.1409, Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; S.560, Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; H.R.668, Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2009; S.307, Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2009; S.1157, Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2009; S.973, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009; H.R.2251 Resident Physician Shortage Reducation Act of 2009; S.1380 Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MeDPAC) Reform Act of 2009; S.1110, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Reform Act of 2009; H.R.2718, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Reform Act of 2009; S.497, Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009; H.R.2043, Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009; House Tri-Committee Health Care Reform Discussion Draft Legislation (Ways & Means, Energy & Commerce, and Education & Labor); House Tri-Committee Health Care Reform Legislation--America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Health Care Reform Legislation--Affordable Health Choices Act; FFY 2010 President's Budget; President's health reform proposals offered in June 13 memorandum; Senate Finance Committee Health Care Reform Policy Option Papers; FFY 2010 Labor, HHS, Education, and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and "75% Rule" Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Hospice Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP); Health information technology (HIT); Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation, and school based health; Department of Housing and Urban Development's Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; National Health Service Corp. funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; Comparative effectiveness funding; Preventative health and wellness programs funding; Community health center funding; Coverage for the uninsured; Hospital fundraising and recipient "opt-out;" Medicaid DSH Allocations to States; Children's Health Insurance Program funding; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Secret ballot process for hospital employee unionization; Hospital pay-for-performance/value-based purchasing; Hospital pay-for-reporting quality measure reporting; Hospital readmissions; Bundling of hospital and physician and/or post-acute care provier payments; Health care-associated infections reporting; Medical error reporting; Medicare Graduate Medical Educaiton (GME) payments to hospitals; Medicare Dispropoprtionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments; False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance and relief programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving and retaining overpayments; Medicare funding warning/"trigger;" Medicare wage index; Hospice reimbursement; Recoveray Audit Contractor (RAC) program; IRS Form 990 Revision; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Tax deductiblity of charitable contributions; Community benefit reporting; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Emergency preparedness; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program.

H.R.1/S.1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; H.R.1176/S.478 Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2009; H.R.1409/S.560 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; H.R.2/S.275 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009; HConRes85--FY 2010 Budget Resolution; SConRes 13--FY 2010 Budget Resolution; S.386 Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009; H.R.1748 Fight Fraud Act of 2009; H.R.1105 Omnibus Apprpriations Act, 2009; H.R.1127 To extend certain immigration programs--six month extension to J-1 Visa program (Conrad Program); H.Res.5 Adopting rules for the 111th Congress--nullifies Medicare trigger for 2 years; FFY 2009 Budget and Budget Resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid Cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Pension Appropriations bill; FFy 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; RY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and "75% Rule," Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Hospice PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; FFY 2010 President's Budget; Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) Health information technology; Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation, and school based health; Department of Housing and Urban Development's Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; National Health Service Corp. funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; Immigration; Hospice reimbursement; Comparative effectiveness funding; Preventative health and wellness programs funding; Community health center funding; Coverage for the uninsured; Hospital fundraising and recipient "opt-out"; Medicaid DSH Allocations to States; Children's Health Insurance Program funding; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Secret ballot process for hospital employee unionization; Hospital Pay-for-Performance/Value-based purchasing; Hospital pay-for-performance quality measure reporting; Hospital readmissions; Bundling of hospital and physician and/or post-acute care provider payments; Health care-associated infections reporting; Medical error reporting; Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments to hospitals; Medicare Disproportionoate Share Hospital (DSH) payments; Tax deductibility of charitable contributions; False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance and relie programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving and retaining overpayments; Medicare funding warning/"trigger"; Medicare wage index; Recovery Audit Contractor program; IRS Form 990 Revision; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Community benefit reporting; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Emergency preparedness; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program

H.R.1/S.1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; H.R.1176/S.478 Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2009; H.R.1409/S.560 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; H.R.2/S.275 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009; HConRes85--FY 2010 Budget Resolution; SConRes 13--FY 2010 Budget Resolution; S.386 Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009; H.R.1748 Fight Fraud Act of 2009; H.R.1105 Omnibus Apprpriations Act, 2009; H.R.1127 To extend certain immigration programs--six month extension to J-1 Visa program (Conrad Program); H.Res.5 Adopting rules for the 111th Congress--nullifies Medicare trigger for 2 years; FFY 2009 Budget and Budget Resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid Cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Pension Appropriations bill; FFy 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; RY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and "75% Rule," Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Hospice PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; FFY 2010 President's Budget; Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) Health information technology; Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation, and school based health; Department of Housing and Urban Development's Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; National Health Service Corp. funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; Immigration; Hospice reimbursement; Comparative effectiveness funding; Preventative health and wellness programs funding; Community health center funding; Coverage for the uninsured; Hospital fundraising and recipient "opt-out"; Medicaid DSH Allocations to States; Children's Health Insurance Program funding; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Secret ballot process for hospital employee unionization; Hospital Pay-for-Performance/Value-based purchasing; Hospital pay-for-performance quality measure reporting; Hospital readmissions; Bundling of hospital and physician and/or post-acute care provider payments; Health care-associated infections reporting; Medical error reporting; Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments to hospitals; Medicare Disproportionoate Share Hospital (DSH) payments; Tax deductibility of charitable contributions; False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance and relie programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving and retaining overpayments; Medicare funding warning/"trigger"; Medicare wage index; Recovery Audit Contractor program; IRS Form 990 Revision; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Community benefit reporting; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Emergency preparedness; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program

HConRes85, FY2010 Budget Resolution; SConRes13, FY2010 Budget Resolution; S.386, Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009; H.R.1748, Fight Fraud Act of 2009; H.R.1176, Secret Ballot Protection Act; S.478, Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2009; H.R.1409, Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; S.560, Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; H.R.668, Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2009; S.307, Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2009; S.1157, Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2009; S.973, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009; H.R.2251 Resident Physician Shortage Reducation Act of 2009; S.1380 Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MeDPAC) Reform Act of 2009; S.1110, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Reform Act of 2009; H.R.2718, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Reform Act of 2009; S.497, Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009; H.R.2043, Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009; House Tri-Committee Health Care Reform Discussion Draft Legislation (Ways & Means, Energy & Commerce, and Education & Labor); House Tri-Committee Health Care Reform Legislation--America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Health Care Reform Legislation--Affordable Health Choices Act; FFY 2010 President's Budget; President's health reform proposals offered in June 13 memorandum; Senate Finance Committee Health Care Reform Policy Option Papers; FFY 2010 Labor, HHS, Education, and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and "75% Rule" Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Hospice Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP); Health information technology (HIT); Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation, and school based health; Department of Housing and Urban Development's Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; National Health Service Corp. funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; Comparative effectiveness funding; Preventative health and wellness programs funding; Community health center funding; Coverage for the uninsured; Hospital fundraising and recipient "opt-out;" Medicaid DSH Allocations to States; Children's Health Insurance Program funding; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Secret ballot process for hospital employee unionization; Hospital pay-for-performance/value-based purchasing; Hospital pay-for-reporting quality measure reporting; Hospital readmissions; Bundling of hospital and physician and/or post-acute care provier payments; Health care-associated infections reporting; Medical error reporting; Medicare Graduate Medical Educaiton (GME) payments to hospitals; Medicare Dispropoprtionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments; False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance and relief programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving and retaining overpayments; Medicare funding warning/"trigger;" Medicare wage index; Hospice reimbursement; Recoveray Audit Contractor (RAC) program; IRS Form 990 Revision; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Tax deductiblity of charitable contributions; Community benefit reporting; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Emergency preparedness; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program.

HConRes85, FY2010 Budget Resolution; SConRes13, FY2010 Budget Resolution; S.386, Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009; H.R.1748, Fight Fraud Act of 2009; H.R.1176, Secret Ballot Protection Act; S.478, Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2009; H.R.1409, Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; S.560, Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; H.R.668, Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2009; S.307, Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2009; S.1157, Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2009; S.973, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009; H.R.2251 Resident Physician Shortage Reducation Act of 2009; S.1380 Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MeDPAC) Reform Act of 2009; S.1110, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Reform Act of 2009; H.R.2718, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Reform Act of 2009; S.497, Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009; H.R.2043, Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009; House Tri-Committee Health Care Reform Discussion Draft Legislation (Ways & Means, Energy & Commerce, and Education & Labor); House Tri-Committee Health Care Reform Legislation--America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Health Care Reform Legislation--Affordable Health Choices Act; FFY 2010 President's Budget; President's health reform proposals offered in June 13 memorandum; Senate Finance Committee Health Care Reform Policy Option Papers; FFY 2010 Labor, HHS, Education, and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and "75% Rule" Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Hospice Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP); Health information technology (HIT); Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation, and school based health; Department of Housing and Urban Development's Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; National Health Service Corp. funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; Comparative effectiveness funding; Preventative health and wellness programs funding; Community health center funding; Coverage for the uninsured; Hospital fundraising and recipient "opt-out;" Medicaid DSH Allocations to States; Children's Health Insurance Program funding; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Secret ballot process for hospital employee unionization; Hospital pay-for-performance/value-based purchasing; Hospital pay-for-reporting quality measure reporting; Hospital readmissions; Bundling of hospital and physician and/or post-acute care provier payments; Health care-associated infections reporting; Medical error reporting; Medicare Graduate Medical Educaiton (GME) payments to hospitals; Medicare Dispropoprtionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments; False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance and relief programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving and retaining overpayments; Medicare funding warning/"trigger;" Medicare wage index; Hospice reimbursement; Recoveray Audit Contractor (RAC) program; IRS Form 990 Revision; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Tax deductiblity of charitable contributions; Community benefit reporting; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Emergency preparedness; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program.

HConRes85, FY2010 Budget Resolution; SConRes13, FY2010 Budget Resolution; S.386, Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009; H.R.1748, Fight Fraud Act of 2009; H.R.1176, Secret Ballot Protection Act; S.478, Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2009; H.R.1409, Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; S.560, Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; H.R.668, Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2009; S.307, Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2009; S.1157, Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2009; S.973, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009; H.R.2251 Resident Physician Shortage Reducation Act of 2009; S.1380 Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MeDPAC) Reform Act of 2009; S.1110, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Reform Act of 2009; H.R.2718, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Reform Act of 2009; S.497, Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009; H.R.2043, Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009; House Tri-Committee Health Care Reform Discussion Draft Legislation (Ways & Means, Energy & Commerce, and Education & Labor); House Tri-Committee Health Care Reform Legislation--America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Health Care Reform Legislation--Affordable Health Choices Act; FFY 2010 President's Budget; President's health reform proposals offered in June 13 memorandum; Senate Finance Committee Health Care Reform Policy Option Papers; FFY 2010 Labor, HHS, Education, and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and "75% Rule" Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Hospice Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP); Health information technology (HIT); Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation, and school based health; Department of Housing and Urban Development's Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; National Health Service Corp. funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; Comparative effectiveness funding; Preventative health and wellness programs funding; Community health center funding; Coverage for the uninsured; Hospital fundraising and recipient "opt-out;" Medicaid DSH Allocations to States; Children's Health Insurance Program funding; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Secret ballot process for hospital employee unionization; Hospital pay-for-performance/value-based purchasing; Hospital pay-for-reporting quality measure reporting; Hospital readmissions; Bundling of hospital and physician and/or post-acute care provier payments; Health care-associated infections reporting; Medical error reporting; Medicare Graduate Medical Educaiton (GME) payments to hospitals; Medicare Dispropoprtionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments; False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance and relief programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving and retaining overpayments; Medicare funding warning/"trigger;" Medicare wage index; Hospice reimbursement; Recoveray Audit Contractor (RAC) program; IRS Form 990 Revision; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Tax deductiblity of charitable contributions; Community benefit reporting; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Emergency preparedness; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program.

H.R.3200 - America's Affordable Health Choice Act of 2009 S.1679 - The Affordable Health Choices Act -Senate Finance Committee Health Care Reform Chairman's Mark-America's Healthy future Act of 2009 S.973 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009 H.R.2251 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009 -FFY 2010 President's Budget -President's health reform proposals offered in June 13 memorandum -Senate Finance Committee Health Care Reform Policy Option Papers -FFY 2010 Labor, Health & Human Services, Education, and Pension Appropriations bill -FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules -FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules -CY 2010 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules -RY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules -FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Rehabiltation Facility PPS and "75% Rule," rules -FFY 2010 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS rules -CY 2010 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules -FFY 2010 Hospice rules -CY 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update -Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) -Health information technology (HIT) -Capitl Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals -Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation, and school based health -Dept. of Housing & Urban Development's Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals -Defined benefit pension plans -National Institute of Health funding -Health care workforce recruiting and training funding -National Health Service Corp funding -Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding -Immigration -Hospice reimbursement -Comparative effectiveness funding -Preventative health and wellness programs funding -Community health center funding -Coverage for the uninsured -Hospital fundraising and recipient "opt-out" -Medicaid DSH Allocations to States -Children's Health Insurance Program funding -CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage -Secret ballot process for hospital employee unionization -Hospital Pay-for-Performance/Value-based purchasing -Hospital pay-for-reporting quality measure reporting -Hospital readmissions -Bundling of hospital and physician and/or post-acute care provider payments -Heatlh care-associated infections reporting -Medical error reporting -Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments to hospitals -Medicare Disproprotionate Share (DSH) payments -Tax deductibility of charitable contributions -False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance and relief programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving and retaining overpayments -Medicare funding warning/"trigger" -Medicare wage index -Recovery Audit Contractor program -IRS Form 990 Revision -Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status -Community benefit reporting -"Stark" and physician self-referral regulations -Hospital pricing transparency -Coverage for undocumented immigrants -Hospital charity care/financial aid -Associated health plans -Emergency preparedness -Mental health parity -Limited service hospitals -Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services -Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program

S.973-Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009; S.1679-Affordable Health Choices Act/CLASS Act/Community Living Assistance Services & Supports Act OR Affordable Health Chocies Act/Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009/CLASS Act/Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act; S.1776-Medicare Physicians Fairness Act of 2009; S.1796-America's Health Future Act of 2009/Elder Justice Act of 2009; H.R.3590-The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; H.R.2251-Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009; H.R.3200-American's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; H.R.3961, Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009; H.R.3962-Affordable Health Care for America Act; FFY2010 President's Budget; President's health reform proposals offered in June 13 memorandum; Senate Finance Committee Health Care Reform Policy Option Papers; FFY2010 Labor, Health & Human Services, Education, & Pension appropriations bill; FFY2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; FFY2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS rules; CY2010 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; RY2010 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY2010 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS & "75% Rule" Rules; FFY2010 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY2010 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; FFY2010 Hospice Rules; CY2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP); Health information technology (HIT); Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation, & school-based health; Dept. of Housing & Urban Development's Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting & training funding; National Health Service Corp funding; Public Health Service Act nursing & allied health professions program funding; Immigration; Hospice reimbursement; Comparative effectiveness funding; Preventative health & wellness programs funding; Community health center funding; Coverage for the uninsured; Hospital fundraising & recipient "opt-out"; Medicaid DSH Allocations to States; Children's Health Insurance Program funding; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Secret ballot process for hospital employee unionization; Hospital Pay-for-Performance/Value-based purchasing; Hospital pay-for-reporting quality measure reporting; Hospital readmissions; Bundling of hospital & physician and/or post-acute care provider payments; Healthcare-associated infections reporting; Medical error reporting; Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments to hospitals; Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments; Tax deductibility of charitable contributions; False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance & relief programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving & retaining overpayments; Medicare funding warning/"trigger;" Medicare wage index; Recovery Audit Contractor program; IRS Form 990 revision; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Community benefit reporting; "Stark" & physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Emergency preparedness; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program.

HConRes85, FY2010 Budget Resolution; SConRes13, FY2010 Budget Resolution; S.386, Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009; H.R.1748, Fight Fraud Act of 2009; H.R.1176, Secret Ballot Protection Act; S.478, Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2009; H.R.1409, Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; S.560, Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; H.R.668, Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2009; S.307, Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2009; S.1157, Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2009; S.973, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009; H.R.2251 Resident Physician Shortage Reducation Act of 2009; S.1380 Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MeDPAC) Reform Act of 2009; S.1110, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Reform Act of 2009; H.R.2718, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Reform Act of 2009; S.497, Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009; H.R.2043, Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009; House Tri-Committee Health Care Reform Discussion Draft Legislation (Ways & Means, Energy & Commerce, and Education & Labor); House Tri-Committee Health Care Reform Legislation--America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Health Care Reform Legislation--Affordable Health Choices Act; FFY 2010 President's Budget; President's health reform proposals offered in June 13 memorandum; Senate Finance Committee Health Care Reform Policy Option Papers; FFY 2010 Labor, HHS, Education, and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and "75% Rule" Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Hospice Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP); Health information technology (HIT); Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation, and school based health; Department of Housing and Urban Development's Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; National Health Service Corp. funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; Comparative effectiveness funding; Preventative health and wellness programs funding; Community health center funding; Coverage for the uninsured; Hospital fundraising and recipient "opt-out;" Medicaid DSH Allocations to States; Children's Health Insurance Program funding; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Secret ballot process for hospital employee unionization; Hospital pay-for-performance/value-based purchasing; Hospital pay-for-reporting quality measure reporting; Hospital readmissions; Bundling of hospital and physician and/or post-acute care provier payments; Health care-associated infections reporting; Medical error reporting; Medicare Graduate Medical Educaiton (GME) payments to hospitals; Medicare Dispropoprtionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments; False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance and relief programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving and retaining overpayments; Medicare funding warning/"trigger;" Medicare wage index; Hospice reimbursement; Recoveray Audit Contractor (RAC) program; IRS Form 990 Revision; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Tax deductiblity of charitable contributions; Community benefit reporting; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Emergency preparedness; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program.

S.973-Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009; S.1679-Affordable Health Choices Act/CLASS Act/Community Living Assistance Services & Supports Act OR Affordable Health Chocies Act/Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009/CLASS Act/Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act; S.1776-Medicare Physicians Fairness Act of 2009; S.1796-America's Health Future Act of 2009/Elder Justice Act of 2009; H.R.3590-The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; H.R.2251-Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009; H.R.3200-American's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; H.R.3961, Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009; H.R.3962-Affordable Health Care for America Act; FFY2010 President's Budget; President's health reform proposals offered in June 13 memorandum; Senate Finance Committee Health Care Reform Policy Option Papers; FFY2010 Labor, Health & Human Services, Education, & Pension appropriations bill; FFY2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; FFY2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS rules; CY2010 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; RY2010 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY2010 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS & "75% Rule" Rules; FFY2010 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY2010 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; FFY2010 Hospice Rules; CY2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP); Health information technology (HIT); Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation, & school-based health; Dept. of Housing & Urban Development's Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting & training funding; National Health Service Corp funding; Public Health Service Act nursing & allied health professions program funding; Immigration; Hospice reimbursement; Comparative effectiveness funding; Preventative health & wellness programs funding; Community health center funding; Coverage for the uninsured; Hospital fundraising & recipient "opt-out"; Medicaid DSH Allocations to States; Children's Health Insurance Program funding; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Secret ballot process for hospital employee unionization; Hospital Pay-for-Performance/Value-based purchasing; Hospital pay-for-reporting quality measure reporting; Hospital readmissions; Bundling of hospital & physician and/or post-acute care provider payments; Healthcare-associated infections reporting; Medical error reporting; Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments to hospitals; Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments; Tax deductibility of charitable contributions; False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance & relief programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving & retaining overpayments; Medicare funding warning/"trigger;" Medicare wage index; Recovery Audit Contractor program; IRS Form 990 revision; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Community benefit reporting; "Stark" & physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Emergency preparedness; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program.

H.R.3200 - America's Affordable Health Choice Act of 2009 S.1679 - The Affordable Health Choices Act -Senate Finance Committee Health Care Reform Chairman's Mark-America's Healthy future Act of 2009 S.973 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009 H.R.2251 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009 -FFY 2010 President's Budget -President's health reform proposals offered in June 13 memorandum -Senate Finance Committee Health Care Reform Policy Option Papers -FFY 2010 Labor, Health & Human Services, Education, and Pension Appropriations bill -FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules -FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules -CY 2010 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules -RY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules -FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Rehabiltation Facility PPS and "75% Rule," rules -FFY 2010 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS rules -CY 2010 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules -FFY 2010 Hospice rules -CY 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update -Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) -Health information technology (HIT) -Capitl Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals -Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation, and school based health -Dept. of Housing & Urban Development's Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals -Defined benefit pension plans -National Institute of Health funding -Health care workforce recruiting and training funding -National Health Service Corp funding -Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding -Immigration -Hospice reimbursement -Comparative effectiveness funding -Preventative health and wellness programs funding -Community health center funding -Coverage for the uninsured -Hospital fundraising and recipient "opt-out" -Medicaid DSH Allocations to States -Children's Health Insurance Program funding -CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage -Secret ballot process for hospital employee unionization -Hospital Pay-for-Performance/Value-based purchasing -Hospital pay-for-reporting quality measure reporting -Hospital readmissions -Bundling of hospital and physician and/or post-acute care provider payments -Heatlh care-associated infections reporting -Medical error reporting -Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments to hospitals -Medicare Disproprotionate Share (DSH) payments -Tax deductibility of charitable contributions -False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance and relief programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving and retaining overpayments -Medicare funding warning/"trigger" -Medicare wage index -Recovery Audit Contractor program -IRS Form 990 Revision -Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status -Community benefit reporting -"Stark" and physician self-referral regulations -Hospital pricing transparency -Coverage for undocumented immigrants -Hospital charity care/financial aid -Associated health plans -Emergency preparedness -Mental health parity -Limited service hospitals -Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services -Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program

S.973-Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009; S.1679-Affordable Health Choices Act/CLASS Act/Community Living Assistance Services & Supports Act OR Affordable Health Chocies Act/Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009/CLASS Act/Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act; S.1776-Medicare Physicians Fairness Act of 2009; S.1796-America's Health Future Act of 2009/Elder Justice Act of 2009; H.R.3590-The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; H.R.2251-Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009; H.R.3200-American's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; H.R.3961, Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009; H.R.3962-Affordable Health Care for America Act; FFY2010 President's Budget; President's health reform proposals offered in June 13 memorandum; Senate Finance Committee Health Care Reform Policy Option Papers; FFY2010 Labor, Health & Human Services, Education, & Pension appropriations bill; FFY2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; FFY2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS rules; CY2010 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; RY2010 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY2010 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS & "75% Rule" Rules; FFY2010 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY2010 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; FFY2010 Hospice Rules; CY2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP); Health information technology (HIT); Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation, & school-based health; Dept. of Housing & Urban Development's Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting & training funding; National Health Service Corp funding; Public Health Service Act nursing & allied health professions program funding; Immigration; Hospice reimbursement; Comparative effectiveness funding; Preventative health & wellness programs funding; Community health center funding; Coverage for the uninsured; Hospital fundraising & recipient "opt-out"; Medicaid DSH Allocations to States; Children's Health Insurance Program funding; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Secret ballot process for hospital employee unionization; Hospital Pay-for-Performance/Value-based purchasing; Hospital pay-for-reporting quality measure reporting; Hospital readmissions; Bundling of hospital & physician and/or post-acute care provider payments; Healthcare-associated infections reporting; Medical error reporting; Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments to hospitals; Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments; Tax deductibility of charitable contributions; False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance & relief programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving & retaining overpayments; Medicare funding warning/"trigger;" Medicare wage index; Recovery Audit Contractor program; IRS Form 990 revision; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Community benefit reporting; "Stark" & physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Emergency preparedness; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program.

HConRes85, FY2010 Budget Resolution; SConRes13, FY2010 Budget Resolution; S.386, Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009; H.R.1748, Fight Fraud Act of 2009; H.R.1176, Secret Ballot Protection Act; S.478, Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2009; H.R.1409, Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; S.560, Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; H.R.668, Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2009; S.307, Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2009; S.1157, Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2009; S.973, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009; H.R.2251 Resident Physician Shortage Reducation Act of 2009; S.1380 Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MeDPAC) Reform Act of 2009; S.1110, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Reform Act of 2009; H.R.2718, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Reform Act of 2009; S.497, Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009; H.R.2043, Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009; House Tri-Committee Health Care Reform Discussion Draft Legislation (Ways & Means, Energy & Commerce, and Education & Labor); House Tri-Committee Health Care Reform Legislation--America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Health Care Reform Legislation--Affordable Health Choices Act; FFY 2010 President's Budget; President's health reform proposals offered in June 13 memorandum; Senate Finance Committee Health Care Reform Policy Option Papers; FFY 2010 Labor, HHS, Education, and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and "75% Rule" Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Hospice Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP); Health information technology (HIT); Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation, and school based health; Department of Housing and Urban Development's Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; National Health Service Corp. funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; Comparative effectiveness funding; Preventative health and wellness programs funding; Community health center funding; Coverage for the uninsured; Hospital fundraising and recipient "opt-out;" Medicaid DSH Allocations to States; Children's Health Insurance Program funding; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Secret ballot process for hospital employee unionization; Hospital pay-for-performance/value-based purchasing; Hospital pay-for-reporting quality measure reporting; Hospital readmissions; Bundling of hospital and physician and/or post-acute care provier payments; Health care-associated infections reporting; Medical error reporting; Medicare Graduate Medical Educaiton (GME) payments to hospitals; Medicare Dispropoprtionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments; False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance and relief programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving and retaining overpayments; Medicare funding warning/"trigger;" Medicare wage index; Hospice reimbursement; Recoveray Audit Contractor (RAC) program; IRS Form 990 Revision; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Tax deductiblity of charitable contributions; Community benefit reporting; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Emergency preparedness; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program.

H.R.1/S.1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; H.R.1176/S.478 Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2009; H.R.1409/S.560 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; H.R.2/S.275 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009; HConRes85--FY 2010 Budget Resolution; SConRes 13--FY 2010 Budget Resolution; S.386 Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009; H.R.1748 Fight Fraud Act of 2009; H.R.1105 Omnibus Apprpriations Act, 2009; H.R.1127 To extend certain immigration programs--six month extension to J-1 Visa program (Conrad Program); H.Res.5 Adopting rules for the 111th Congress--nullifies Medicare trigger for 2 years; FFY 2009 Budget and Budget Resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid Cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Pension Appropriations bill; FFy 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; RY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and "75% Rule," Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Hospice PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; FFY 2010 President's Budget; Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) Health information technology; Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation, and school based health; Department of Housing and Urban Development's Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; National Health Service Corp. funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; Immigration; Hospice reimbursement; Comparative effectiveness funding; Preventative health and wellness programs funding; Community health center funding; Coverage for the uninsured; Hospital fundraising and recipient "opt-out"; Medicaid DSH Allocations to States; Children's Health Insurance Program funding; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Secret ballot process for hospital employee unionization; Hospital Pay-for-Performance/Value-based purchasing; Hospital pay-for-performance quality measure reporting; Hospital readmissions; Bundling of hospital and physician and/or post-acute care provider payments; Health care-associated infections reporting; Medical error reporting; Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments to hospitals; Medicare Disproportionoate Share Hospital (DSH) payments; Tax deductibility of charitable contributions; False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance and relie programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving and retaining overpayments; Medicare funding warning/"trigger"; Medicare wage index; Recovery Audit Contractor program; IRS Form 990 Revision; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Community benefit reporting; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Emergency preparedness; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program

H.R.1/S.1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; H.R.1176/S.478 Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2009; H.R.1409/S.560 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; H.R.2/S.275 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009; HConRes85--FY 2010 Budget Resolution; SConRes 13--FY 2010 Budget Resolution; S.386 Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009; H.R.1748 Fight Fraud Act of 2009; H.R.1105 Omnibus Apprpriations Act, 2009; H.R.1127 To extend certain immigration programs--six month extension to J-1 Visa program (Conrad Program); H.Res.5 Adopting rules for the 111th Congress--nullifies Medicare trigger for 2 years; FFY 2009 Budget and Budget Resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid Cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Pension Appropriations bill; FFy 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; RY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and "75% Rule," Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Hospice PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; FFY 2010 President's Budget; Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) Health information technology; Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation, and school based health; Department of Housing and Urban Development's Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; National Health Service Corp. funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; Immigration; Hospice reimbursement; Comparative effectiveness funding; Preventative health and wellness programs funding; Community health center funding; Coverage for the uninsured; Hospital fundraising and recipient "opt-out"; Medicaid DSH Allocations to States; Children's Health Insurance Program funding; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Secret ballot process for hospital employee unionization; Hospital Pay-for-Performance/Value-based purchasing; Hospital pay-for-performance quality measure reporting; Hospital readmissions; Bundling of hospital and physician and/or post-acute care provider payments; Health care-associated infections reporting; Medical error reporting; Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments to hospitals; Medicare Disproportionoate Share Hospital (DSH) payments; Tax deductibility of charitable contributions; False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance and relie programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving and retaining overpayments; Medicare funding warning/"trigger"; Medicare wage index; Recovery Audit Contractor program; IRS Form 990 Revision; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Community benefit reporting; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Emergency preparedness; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program

HConRes85, FY2010 Budget Resolution; SConRes13, FY2010 Budget Resolution; S.386, Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009; H.R.1748, Fight Fraud Act of 2009; H.R.1176, Secret Ballot Protection Act; S.478, Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2009; H.R.1409, Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; S.560, Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; H.R.668, Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2009; S.307, Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2009; S.1157, Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2009; S.973, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009; H.R.2251 Resident Physician Shortage Reducation Act of 2009; S.1380 Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MeDPAC) Reform Act of 2009; S.1110, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Reform Act of 2009; H.R.2718, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Reform Act of 2009; S.497, Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009; H.R.2043, Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009; House Tri-Committee Health Care Reform Discussion Draft Legislation (Ways & Means, Energy & Commerce, and Education & Labor); House Tri-Committee Health Care Reform Legislation--America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Health Care Reform Legislation--Affordable Health Choices Act; FFY 2010 President's Budget; President's health reform proposals offered in June 13 memorandum; Senate Finance Committee Health Care Reform Policy Option Papers; FFY 2010 Labor, HHS, Education, and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and "75% Rule" Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Hospice Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP); Health information technology (HIT); Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation, and school based health; Department of Housing and Urban Development's Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; National Health Service Corp. funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; Comparative effectiveness funding; Preventative health and wellness programs funding; Community health center funding; Coverage for the uninsured; Hospital fundraising and recipient "opt-out;" Medicaid DSH Allocations to States; Children's Health Insurance Program funding; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Secret ballot process for hospital employee unionization; Hospital pay-for-performance/value-based purchasing; Hospital pay-for-reporting quality measure reporting; Hospital readmissions; Bundling of hospital and physician and/or post-acute care provier payments; Health care-associated infections reporting; Medical error reporting; Medicare Graduate Medical Educaiton (GME) payments to hospitals; Medicare Dispropoprtionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments; False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance and relief programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving and retaining overpayments; Medicare funding warning/"trigger;" Medicare wage index; Hospice reimbursement; Recoveray Audit Contractor (RAC) program; IRS Form 990 Revision; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Tax deductiblity of charitable contributions; Community benefit reporting; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Emergency preparedness; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program.

HConRes85, FY2010 Budget Resolution; SConRes13, FY2010 Budget Resolution; S.386, Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009; H.R.1748, Fight Fraud Act of 2009; H.R.1176, Secret Ballot Protection Act; S.478, Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2009; H.R.1409, Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; S.560, Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; H.R.668, Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2009; S.307, Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2009; S.1157, Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2009; S.973, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009; H.R.2251 Resident Physician Shortage Reducation Act of 2009; S.1380 Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MeDPAC) Reform Act of 2009; S.1110, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Reform Act of 2009; H.R.2718, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Reform Act of 2009; S.497, Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009; H.R.2043, Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009; House Tri-Committee Health Care Reform Discussion Draft Legislation (Ways & Means, Energy & Commerce, and Education & Labor); House Tri-Committee Health Care Reform Legislation--America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Health Care Reform Legislation--Affordable Health Choices Act; FFY 2010 President's Budget; President's health reform proposals offered in June 13 memorandum; Senate Finance Committee Health Care Reform Policy Option Papers; FFY 2010 Labor, HHS, Education, and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and "75% Rule" Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Hospice Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP); Health information technology (HIT); Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation, and school based health; Department of Housing and Urban Development's Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; National Health Service Corp. funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; Comparative effectiveness funding; Preventative health and wellness programs funding; Community health center funding; Coverage for the uninsured; Hospital fundraising and recipient "opt-out;" Medicaid DSH Allocations to States; Children's Health Insurance Program funding; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Secret ballot process for hospital employee unionization; Hospital pay-for-performance/value-based purchasing; Hospital pay-for-reporting quality measure reporting; Hospital readmissions; Bundling of hospital and physician and/or post-acute care provier payments; Health care-associated infections reporting; Medical error reporting; Medicare Graduate Medical Educaiton (GME) payments to hospitals; Medicare Dispropoprtionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments; False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance and relief programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving and retaining overpayments; Medicare funding warning/"trigger;" Medicare wage index; Hospice reimbursement; Recoveray Audit Contractor (RAC) program; IRS Form 990 Revision; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Tax deductiblity of charitable contributions; Community benefit reporting; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Emergency preparedness; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program.

HConRes85, FY2010 Budget Resolution; SConRes13, FY2010 Budget Resolution; S.386, Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009; H.R.1748, Fight Fraud Act of 2009; H.R.1176, Secret Ballot Protection Act; S.478, Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2009; H.R.1409, Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; S.560, Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; H.R.668, Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2009; S.307, Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2009; S.1157, Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2009; S.973, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009; H.R.2251 Resident Physician Shortage Reducation Act of 2009; S.1380 Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MeDPAC) Reform Act of 2009; S.1110, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Reform Act of 2009; H.R.2718, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Reform Act of 2009; S.497, Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009; H.R.2043, Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009; House Tri-Committee Health Care Reform Discussion Draft Legislation (Ways & Means, Energy & Commerce, and Education & Labor); House Tri-Committee Health Care Reform Legislation--America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Health Care Reform Legislation--Affordable Health Choices Act; FFY 2010 President's Budget; President's health reform proposals offered in June 13 memorandum; Senate Finance Committee Health Care Reform Policy Option Papers; FFY 2010 Labor, HHS, Education, and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and "75% Rule" Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Hospice Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP); Health information technology (HIT); Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation, and school based health; Department of Housing and Urban Development's Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; National Health Service Corp. funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; Comparative effectiveness funding; Preventative health and wellness programs funding; Community health center funding; Coverage for the uninsured; Hospital fundraising and recipient "opt-out;" Medicaid DSH Allocations to States; Children's Health Insurance Program funding; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Secret ballot process for hospital employee unionization; Hospital pay-for-performance/value-based purchasing; Hospital pay-for-reporting quality measure reporting; Hospital readmissions; Bundling of hospital and physician and/or post-acute care provier payments; Health care-associated infections reporting; Medical error reporting; Medicare Graduate Medical Educaiton (GME) payments to hospitals; Medicare Dispropoprtionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments; False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance and relief programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving and retaining overpayments; Medicare funding warning/"trigger;" Medicare wage index; Hospice reimbursement; Recoveray Audit Contractor (RAC) program; IRS Form 990 Revision; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Tax deductiblity of charitable contributions; Community benefit reporting; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Emergency preparedness; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program.

S.973-Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009; S.1679-Affordable Health Choices Act/CLASS Act/Community Living Assistance Services & Supports Act OR Affordable Health Chocies Act/Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009/CLASS Act/Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act; S.1776-Medicare Physicians Fairness Act of 2009; S.1796-America's Health Future Act of 2009/Elder Justice Act of 2009; H.R.3590-The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; H.R.2251-Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009; H.R.3200-American's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; H.R.3961, Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009; H.R.3962-Affordable Health Care for America Act; FFY2010 President's Budget; President's health reform proposals offered in June 13 memorandum; Senate Finance Committee Health Care Reform Policy Option Papers; FFY2010 Labor, Health & Human Services, Education, & Pension appropriations bill; FFY2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; FFY2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS rules; CY2010 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; RY2010 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY2010 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS & "75% Rule" Rules; FFY2010 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY2010 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; FFY2010 Hospice Rules; CY2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP); Health information technology (HIT); Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation, & school-based health; Dept. of Housing & Urban Development's Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting & training funding; National Health Service Corp funding; Public Health Service Act nursing & allied health professions program funding; Immigration; Hospice reimbursement; Comparative effectiveness funding; Preventative health & wellness programs funding; Community health center funding; Coverage for the uninsured; Hospital fundraising & recipient "opt-out"; Medicaid DSH Allocations to States; Children's Health Insurance Program funding; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Secret ballot process for hospital employee unionization; Hospital Pay-for-Performance/Value-based purchasing; Hospital pay-for-reporting quality measure reporting; Hospital readmissions; Bundling of hospital & physician and/or post-acute care provider payments; Healthcare-associated infections reporting; Medical error reporting; Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments to hospitals; Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments; Tax deductibility of charitable contributions; False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance & relief programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving & retaining overpayments; Medicare funding warning/"trigger;" Medicare wage index; Recovery Audit Contractor program; IRS Form 990 revision; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Community benefit reporting; "Stark" & physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Emergency preparedness; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program.

H.R.3200 - America's Affordable Health Choice Act of 2009 S.1679 - The Affordable Health Choices Act -Senate Finance Committee Health Care Reform Chairman's Mark-America's Healthy future Act of 2009 S.973 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009 H.R.2251 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009 -FFY 2010 President's Budget -President's health reform proposals offered in June 13 memorandum -Senate Finance Committee Health Care Reform Policy Option Papers -FFY 2010 Labor, Health & Human Services, Education, and Pension Appropriations bill -FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules -FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules -CY 2010 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules -RY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules -FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Rehabiltation Facility PPS and "75% Rule," rules -FFY 2010 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS rules -CY 2010 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules -FFY 2010 Hospice rules -CY 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update -Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) -Health information technology (HIT) -Capitl Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals -Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation, and school based health -Dept. of Housing & Urban Development's Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals -Defined benefit pension plans -National Institute of Health funding -Health care workforce recruiting and training funding -National Health Service Corp funding -Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding -Immigration -Hospice reimbursement -Comparative effectiveness funding -Preventative health and wellness programs funding -Community health center funding -Coverage for the uninsured -Hospital fundraising and recipient "opt-out" -Medicaid DSH Allocations to States -Children's Health Insurance Program funding -CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage -Secret ballot process for hospital employee unionization -Hospital Pay-for-Performance/Value-based purchasing -Hospital pay-for-reporting quality measure reporting -Hospital readmissions -Bundling of hospital and physician and/or post-acute care provider payments -Heatlh care-associated infections reporting -Medical error reporting -Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments to hospitals -Medicare Disproprotionate Share (DSH) payments -Tax deductibility of charitable contributions -False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance and relief programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving and retaining overpayments -Medicare funding warning/"trigger" -Medicare wage index -Recovery Audit Contractor program -IRS Form 990 Revision -Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status -Community benefit reporting -"Stark" and physician self-referral regulations -Hospital pricing transparency -Coverage for undocumented immigrants -Hospital charity care/financial aid -Associated health plans -Emergency preparedness -Mental health parity -Limited service hospitals -Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services -Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program

S.973-Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009; S.1679-Affordable Health Choices Act/CLASS Act/Community Living Assistance Services & Supports Act OR Affordable Health Chocies Act/Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009/CLASS Act/Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act; S.1776-Medicare Physicians Fairness Act of 2009; S.1796-America's Health Future Act of 2009/Elder Justice Act of 2009; H.R.3590-The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; H.R.2251-Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009; H.R.3200-American's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; H.R.3961, Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009; H.R.3962-Affordable Health Care for America Act; FFY2010 President's Budget; President's health reform proposals offered in June 13 memorandum; Senate Finance Committee Health Care Reform Policy Option Papers; FFY2010 Labor, Health & Human Services, Education, & Pension appropriations bill; FFY2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; FFY2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS rules; CY2010 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; RY2010 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY2010 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS & "75% Rule" Rules; FFY2010 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY2010 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; FFY2010 Hospice Rules; CY2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP); Health information technology (HIT); Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation, & school-based health; Dept. of Housing & Urban Development's Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting & training funding; National Health Service Corp funding; Public Health Service Act nursing & allied health professions program funding; Immigration; Hospice reimbursement; Comparative effectiveness funding; Preventative health & wellness programs funding; Community health center funding; Coverage for the uninsured; Hospital fundraising & recipient "opt-out"; Medicaid DSH Allocations to States; Children's Health Insurance Program funding; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Secret ballot process for hospital employee unionization; Hospital Pay-for-Performance/Value-based purchasing; Hospital pay-for-reporting quality measure reporting; Hospital readmissions; Bundling of hospital & physician and/or post-acute care provider payments; Healthcare-associated infections reporting; Medical error reporting; Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments to hospitals; Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments; Tax deductibility of charitable contributions; False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance & relief programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving & retaining overpayments; Medicare funding warning/"trigger;" Medicare wage index; Recovery Audit Contractor program; IRS Form 990 revision; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Community benefit reporting; "Stark" & physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Emergency preparedness; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program.

S.973-Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009; S.1679-Affordable Health Choices Act/CLASS Act/Community Living Assistance Services & Supports Act OR Affordable Health Chocies Act/Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009/CLASS Act/Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act; S.1776-Medicare Physicians Fairness Act of 2009; S.1796-America's Health Future Act of 2009/Elder Justice Act of 2009; H.R.3590-The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; H.R.2251-Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009; H.R.3200-American's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; H.R.3961, Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009; H.R.3962-Affordable Health Care for America Act; FFY2010 President's Budget; President's health reform proposals offered in June 13 memorandum; Senate Finance Committee Health Care Reform Policy Option Papers; FFY2010 Labor, Health & Human Services, Education, & Pension appropriations bill; FFY2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; FFY2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS rules; CY2010 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; RY2010 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY2010 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS & "75% Rule" Rules; FFY2010 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY2010 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; FFY2010 Hospice Rules; CY2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP); Health information technology (HIT); Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation, & school-based health; Dept. of Housing & Urban Development's Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting & training funding; National Health Service Corp funding; Public Health Service Act nursing & allied health professions program funding; Immigration; Hospice reimbursement; Comparative effectiveness funding; Preventative health & wellness programs funding; Community health center funding; Coverage for the uninsured; Hospital fundraising & recipient "opt-out"; Medicaid DSH Allocations to States; Children's Health Insurance Program funding; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Secret ballot process for hospital employee unionization; Hospital Pay-for-Performance/Value-based purchasing; Hospital pay-for-reporting quality measure reporting; Hospital readmissions; Bundling of hospital & physician and/or post-acute care provider payments; Healthcare-associated infections reporting; Medical error reporting; Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments to hospitals; Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments; Tax deductibility of charitable contributions; False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance & relief programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving & retaining overpayments; Medicare funding warning/"trigger;" Medicare wage index; Recovery Audit Contractor program; IRS Form 990 revision; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Community benefit reporting; "Stark" & physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Emergency preparedness; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program.

H.R.1/S.1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; H.R.1176/S.478 Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2009; H.R.1409/S.560 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; H.R.2/S.275 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009; HConRes85--FY 2010 Budget Resolution; SConRes 13--FY 2010 Budget Resolution; S.386 Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009; H.R.1748 Fight Fraud Act of 2009; H.R.1105 Omnibus Apprpriations Act, 2009; H.R.1127 To extend certain immigration programs--six month extension to J-1 Visa program (Conrad Program); H.Res.5 Adopting rules for the 111th Congress--nullifies Medicare trigger for 2 years; FFY 2009 Budget and Budget Resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid Cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Pension Appropriations bill; FFy 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; RY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and "75% Rule," Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Hospice PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; FFY 2010 President's Budget; Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) Health information technology; Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation, and school based health; Department of Housing and Urban Development's Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; National Health Service Corp. funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; Immigration; Hospice reimbursement; Comparative effectiveness funding; Preventative health and wellness programs funding; Community health center funding; Coverage for the uninsured; Hospital fundraising and recipient "opt-out"; Medicaid DSH Allocations to States; Children's Health Insurance Program funding; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Secret ballot process for hospital employee unionization; Hospital Pay-for-Performance/Value-based purchasing; Hospital pay-for-performance quality measure reporting; Hospital readmissions; Bundling of hospital and physician and/or post-acute care provider payments; Health care-associated infections reporting; Medical error reporting; Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments to hospitals; Medicare Disproportionoate Share Hospital (DSH) payments; Tax deductibility of charitable contributions; False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance and relie programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving and retaining overpayments; Medicare funding warning/"trigger"; Medicare wage index; Recovery Audit Contractor program; IRS Form 990 Revision; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Community benefit reporting; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Emergency preparedness; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program

HConRes85, FY2010 Budget Resolution; SConRes13, FY2010 Budget Resolution; S.386, Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009; H.R.1748, Fight Fraud Act of 2009; H.R.1176, Secret Ballot Protection Act; S.478, Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2009; H.R.1409, Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; S.560, Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; H.R.668, Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2009; S.307, Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2009; S.1157, Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2009; S.973, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009; H.R.2251 Resident Physician Shortage Reducation Act of 2009; S.1380 Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MeDPAC) Reform Act of 2009; S.1110, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Reform Act of 2009; H.R.2718, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Reform Act of 2009; S.497, Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009; H.R.2043, Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009; House Tri-Committee Health Care Reform Discussion Draft Legislation (Ways & Means, Energy & Commerce, and Education & Labor); House Tri-Committee Health Care Reform Legislation--America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Health Care Reform Legislation--Affordable Health Choices Act; FFY 2010 President's Budget; President's health reform proposals offered in June 13 memorandum; Senate Finance Committee Health Care Reform Policy Option Papers; FFY 2010 Labor, HHS, Education, and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and "75% Rule" Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Hospice Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP); Health information technology (HIT); Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation, and school based health; Department of Housing and Urban Development's Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; National Health Service Corp. funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; Comparative effectiveness funding; Preventative health and wellness programs funding; Community health center funding; Coverage for the uninsured; Hospital fundraising and recipient "opt-out;" Medicaid DSH Allocations to States; Children's Health Insurance Program funding; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Secret ballot process for hospital employee unionization; Hospital pay-for-performance/value-based purchasing; Hospital pay-for-reporting quality measure reporting; Hospital readmissions; Bundling of hospital and physician and/or post-acute care provier payments; Health care-associated infections reporting; Medical error reporting; Medicare Graduate Medical Educaiton (GME) payments to hospitals; Medicare Dispropoprtionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments; False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance and relief programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving and retaining overpayments; Medicare funding warning/"trigger;" Medicare wage index; Hospice reimbursement; Recoveray Audit Contractor (RAC) program; IRS Form 990 Revision; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Tax deductiblity of charitable contributions; Community benefit reporting; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Emergency preparedness; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program.

H.R.1/S.1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; H.R.1176/S.478 Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2009; H.R.1409/S.560 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; H.R.2/S.275 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009; HConRes85--FY 2010 Budget Resolution; SConRes 13--FY 2010 Budget Resolution; S.386 Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009; H.R.1748 Fight Fraud Act of 2009; H.R.1105 Omnibus Apprpriations Act, 2009; H.R.1127 To extend certain immigration programs--six month extension to J-1 Visa program (Conrad Program); H.Res.5 Adopting rules for the 111th Congress--nullifies Medicare trigger for 2 years; FFY 2009 Budget and Budget Resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid Cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Pension Appropriations bill; FFy 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; RY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and "75% Rule," Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Hospice PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; FFY 2010 President's Budget; Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) Health information technology; Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation, and school based health; Department of Housing and Urban Development's Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; National Health Service Corp. funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; Immigration; Hospice reimbursement; Comparative effectiveness funding; Preventative health and wellness programs funding; Community health center funding; Coverage for the uninsured; Hospital fundraising and recipient "opt-out"; Medicaid DSH Allocations to States; Children's Health Insurance Program funding; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Secret ballot process for hospital employee unionization; Hospital Pay-for-Performance/Value-based purchasing; Hospital pay-for-performance quality measure reporting; Hospital readmissions; Bundling of hospital and physician and/or post-acute care provider payments; Health care-associated infections reporting; Medical error reporting; Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments to hospitals; Medicare Disproportionoate Share Hospital (DSH) payments; Tax deductibility of charitable contributions; False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance and relie programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving and retaining overpayments; Medicare funding warning/"trigger"; Medicare wage index; Recovery Audit Contractor program; IRS Form 990 Revision; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Community benefit reporting; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Emergency preparedness; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program

HConRes85, FY2010 Budget Resolution; SConRes13, FY2010 Budget Resolution; S.386, Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009; H.R.1748, Fight Fraud Act of 2009; H.R.1176, Secret Ballot Protection Act; S.478, Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2009; H.R.1409, Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; S.560, Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; H.R.668, Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2009; S.307, Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2009; S.1157, Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2009; S.973, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009; H.R.2251 Resident Physician Shortage Reducation Act of 2009; S.1380 Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MeDPAC) Reform Act of 2009; S.1110, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Reform Act of 2009; H.R.2718, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Reform Act of 2009; S.497, Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009; H.R.2043, Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009; House Tri-Committee Health Care Reform Discussion Draft Legislation (Ways & Means, Energy & Commerce, and Education & Labor); House Tri-Committee Health Care Reform Legislation--America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Health Care Reform Legislation--Affordable Health Choices Act; FFY 2010 President's Budget; President's health reform proposals offered in June 13 memorandum; Senate Finance Committee Health Care Reform Policy Option Papers; FFY 2010 Labor, HHS, Education, and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and "75% Rule" Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Hospice Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP); Health information technology (HIT); Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation, and school based health; Department of Housing and Urban Development's Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; National Health Service Corp. funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; Comparative effectiveness funding; Preventative health and wellness programs funding; Community health center funding; Coverage for the uninsured; Hospital fundraising and recipient "opt-out;" Medicaid DSH Allocations to States; Children's Health Insurance Program funding; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Secret ballot process for hospital employee unionization; Hospital pay-for-performance/value-based purchasing; Hospital pay-for-reporting quality measure reporting; Hospital readmissions; Bundling of hospital and physician and/or post-acute care provier payments; Health care-associated infections reporting; Medical error reporting; Medicare Graduate Medical Educaiton (GME) payments to hospitals; Medicare Dispropoprtionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments; False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance and relief programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving and retaining overpayments; Medicare funding warning/"trigger;" Medicare wage index; Hospice reimbursement; Recoveray Audit Contractor (RAC) program; IRS Form 990 Revision; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Tax deductiblity of charitable contributions; Community benefit reporting; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Emergency preparedness; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program.

HConRes85, FY2010 Budget Resolution; SConRes13, FY2010 Budget Resolution; S.386, Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009; H.R.1748, Fight Fraud Act of 2009; H.R.1176, Secret Ballot Protection Act; S.478, Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2009; H.R.1409, Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; S.560, Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; H.R.668, Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2009; S.307, Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2009; S.1157, Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2009; S.973, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009; H.R.2251 Resident Physician Shortage Reducation Act of 2009; S.1380 Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MeDPAC) Reform Act of 2009; S.1110, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Reform Act of 2009; H.R.2718, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Reform Act of 2009; S.497, Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009; H.R.2043, Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009; House Tri-Committee Health Care Reform Discussion Draft Legislation (Ways & Means, Energy & Commerce, and Education & Labor); House Tri-Committee Health Care Reform Legislation--America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Health Care Reform Legislation--Affordable Health Choices Act; FFY 2010 President's Budget; President's health reform proposals offered in June 13 memorandum; Senate Finance Committee Health Care Reform Policy Option Papers; FFY 2010 Labor, HHS, Education, and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and "75% Rule" Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Hospice Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP); Health information technology (HIT); Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation, and school based health; Department of Housing and Urban Development's Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; National Health Service Corp. funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; Comparative effectiveness funding; Preventative health and wellness programs funding; Community health center funding; Coverage for the uninsured; Hospital fundraising and recipient "opt-out;" Medicaid DSH Allocations to States; Children's Health Insurance Program funding; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Secret ballot process for hospital employee unionization; Hospital pay-for-performance/value-based purchasing; Hospital pay-for-reporting quality measure reporting; Hospital readmissions; Bundling of hospital and physician and/or post-acute care provier payments; Health care-associated infections reporting; Medical error reporting; Medicare Graduate Medical Educaiton (GME) payments to hospitals; Medicare Dispropoprtionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments; False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance and relief programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving and retaining overpayments; Medicare funding warning/"trigger;" Medicare wage index; Hospice reimbursement; Recoveray Audit Contractor (RAC) program; IRS Form 990 Revision; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Tax deductiblity of charitable contributions; Community benefit reporting; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Emergency preparedness; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program.

HConRes85, FY2010 Budget Resolution; SConRes13, FY2010 Budget Resolution; S.386, Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009; H.R.1748, Fight Fraud Act of 2009; H.R.1176, Secret Ballot Protection Act; S.478, Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2009; H.R.1409, Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; S.560, Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; H.R.668, Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2009; S.307, Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2009; S.1157, Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2009; S.973, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009; H.R.2251 Resident Physician Shortage Reducation Act of 2009; S.1380 Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MeDPAC) Reform Act of 2009; S.1110, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Reform Act of 2009; H.R.2718, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Reform Act of 2009; S.497, Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009; H.R.2043, Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009; House Tri-Committee Health Care Reform Discussion Draft Legislation (Ways & Means, Energy & Commerce, and Education & Labor); House Tri-Committee Health Care Reform Legislation--America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Health Care Reform Legislation--Affordable Health Choices Act; FFY 2010 President's Budget; President's health reform proposals offered in June 13 memorandum; Senate Finance Committee Health Care Reform Policy Option Papers; FFY 2010 Labor, HHS, Education, and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and "75% Rule" Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Hospice Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP); Health information technology (HIT); Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation, and school based health; Department of Housing and Urban Development's Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; National Health Service Corp. funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; Comparative effectiveness funding; Preventative health and wellness programs funding; Community health center funding; Coverage for the uninsured; Hospital fundraising and recipient "opt-out;" Medicaid DSH Allocations to States; Children's Health Insurance Program funding; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Secret ballot process for hospital employee unionization; Hospital pay-for-performance/value-based purchasing; Hospital pay-for-reporting quality measure reporting; Hospital readmissions; Bundling of hospital and physician and/or post-acute care provier payments; Health care-associated infections reporting; Medical error reporting; Medicare Graduate Medical Educaiton (GME) payments to hospitals; Medicare Dispropoprtionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments; False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance and relief programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving and retaining overpayments; Medicare funding warning/"trigger;" Medicare wage index; Hospice reimbursement; Recoveray Audit Contractor (RAC) program; IRS Form 990 Revision; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Tax deductiblity of charitable contributions; Community benefit reporting; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Emergency preparedness; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program.

H.R.1/S.1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; H.R.1176/S.478 Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2009; H.R.1409/S.560 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; H.R.2/S.275 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009; HConRes85--FY 2010 Budget Resolution; SConRes 13--FY 2010 Budget Resolution; S.386 Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009; H.R.1748 Fight Fraud Act of 2009; H.R.1105 Omnibus Apprpriations Act, 2009; H.R.1127 To extend certain immigration programs--six month extension to J-1 Visa program (Conrad Program); H.Res.5 Adopting rules for the 111th Congress--nullifies Medicare trigger for 2 years; FFY 2009 Budget and Budget Resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid Cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Pension Appropriations bill; FFy 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; RY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and "75% Rule," Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Hospice PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; FFY 2010 President's Budget; Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) Health information technology; Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation, and school based health; Department of Housing and Urban Development's Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; National Health Service Corp. funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; Immigration; Hospice reimbursement; Comparative effectiveness funding; Preventative health and wellness programs funding; Community health center funding; Coverage for the uninsured; Hospital fundraising and recipient "opt-out"; Medicaid DSH Allocations to States; Children's Health Insurance Program funding; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Secret ballot process for hospital employee unionization; Hospital Pay-for-Performance/Value-based purchasing; Hospital pay-for-performance quality measure reporting; Hospital readmissions; Bundling of hospital and physician and/or post-acute care provider payments; Health care-associated infections reporting; Medical error reporting; Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments to hospitals; Medicare Disproportionoate Share Hospital (DSH) payments; Tax deductibility of charitable contributions; False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance and relie programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving and retaining overpayments; Medicare funding warning/"trigger"; Medicare wage index; Recovery Audit Contractor program; IRS Form 990 Revision; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Community benefit reporting; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Emergency preparedness; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program

HConRes85, FY2010 Budget Resolution; SConRes13, FY2010 Budget Resolution; S.386, Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009; H.R.1748, Fight Fraud Act of 2009; H.R.1176, Secret Ballot Protection Act; S.478, Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2009; H.R.1409, Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; S.560, Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; H.R.668, Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2009; S.307, Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act of 2009; S.1157, Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2009; S.973, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009; H.R.2251 Resident Physician Shortage Reducation Act of 2009; S.1380 Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MeDPAC) Reform Act of 2009; S.1110, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Reform Act of 2009; H.R.2718, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Reform Act of 2009; S.497, Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009; H.R.2043, Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2009; House Tri-Committee Health Care Reform Discussion Draft Legislation (Ways & Means, Energy & Commerce, and Education & Labor); House Tri-Committee Health Care Reform Legislation--America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Health Care Reform Legislation--Affordable Health Choices Act; FFY 2010 President's Budget; President's health reform proposals offered in June 13 memorandum; Senate Finance Committee Health Care Reform Policy Option Papers; FFY 2010 Labor, HHS, Education, and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and "75% Rule" Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Hospice Rules; CY 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP); Health information technology (HIT); Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation, and school based health; Department of Housing and Urban Development's Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; National Health Service Corp. funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; Comparative effectiveness funding; Preventative health and wellness programs funding; Community health center funding; Coverage for the uninsured; Hospital fundraising and recipient "opt-out;" Medicaid DSH Allocations to States; Children's Health Insurance Program funding; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Secret ballot process for hospital employee unionization; Hospital pay-for-performance/value-based purchasing; Hospital pay-for-reporting quality measure reporting; Hospital readmissions; Bundling of hospital and physician and/or post-acute care provier payments; Health care-associated infections reporting; Medical error reporting; Medicare Graduate Medical Educaiton (GME) payments to hospitals; Medicare Dispropoprtionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments; False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance and relief programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving and retaining overpayments; Medicare funding warning/"trigger;" Medicare wage index; Hospice reimbursement; Recoveray Audit Contractor (RAC) program; IRS Form 990 Revision; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Tax deductiblity of charitable contributions; Community benefit reporting; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Emergency preparedness; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program.

H.R.3200 - America's Affordable Health Choice Act of 2009 S.1679 - The Affordable Health Choices Act -Senate Finance Committee Health Care Reform Chairman's Mark-America's Healthy future Act of 2009 S.973 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009 H.R.2251 - Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009 -FFY 2010 President's Budget -President's health reform proposals offered in June 13 memorandum -Senate Finance Committee Health Care Reform Policy Option Papers -FFY 2010 Labor, Health & Human Services, Education, and Pension Appropriations bill -FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules -FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules -CY 2010 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules -RY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules -FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Rehabiltation Facility PPS and "75% Rule," rules -FFY 2010 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS rules -CY 2010 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules -FFY 2010 Hospice rules -CY 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update -Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) -Health information technology (HIT) -Capitl Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals -Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation, and school based health -Dept. of Housing & Urban Development's Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals -Defined benefit pension plans -National Institute of Health funding -Health care workforce recruiting and training funding -National Health Service Corp funding -Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding -Immigration -Hospice reimbursement -Comparative effectiveness funding -Preventative health and wellness programs funding -Community health center funding -Coverage for the uninsured -Hospital fundraising and recipient "opt-out" -Medicaid DSH Allocations to States -Children's Health Insurance Program funding -CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage -Secret ballot process for hospital employee unionization -Hospital Pay-for-Performance/Value-based purchasing -Hospital pay-for-reporting quality measure reporting -Hospital readmissions -Bundling of hospital and physician and/or post-acute care provider payments -Heatlh care-associated infections reporting -Medical error reporting -Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments to hospitals -Medicare Disproprotionate Share (DSH) payments -Tax deductibility of charitable contributions -False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance and relief programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving and retaining overpayments -Medicare funding warning/"trigger" -Medicare wage index -Recovery Audit Contractor program -IRS Form 990 Revision -Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status -Community benefit reporting -"Stark" and physician self-referral regulations -Hospital pricing transparency -Coverage for undocumented immigrants -Hospital charity care/financial aid -Associated health plans -Emergency preparedness -Mental health parity -Limited service hospitals -Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services -Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program

S.973-Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009; S.1679-Affordable Health Choices Act/CLASS Act/Community Living Assistance Services & Supports Act OR Affordable Health Chocies Act/Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009/CLASS Act/Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act; S.1776-Medicare Physicians Fairness Act of 2009; S.1796-America's Health Future Act of 2009/Elder Justice Act of 2009; H.R.3590-The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; H.R.2251-Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009; H.R.3200-American's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; H.R.3961, Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009; H.R.3962-Affordable Health Care for America Act; FFY2010 President's Budget; President's health reform proposals offered in June 13 memorandum; Senate Finance Committee Health Care Reform Policy Option Papers; FFY2010 Labor, Health & Human Services, Education, & Pension appropriations bill; FFY2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; FFY2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS rules; CY2010 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; RY2010 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY2010 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS & "75% Rule" Rules; FFY2010 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY2010 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; FFY2010 Hospice Rules; CY2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP); Health information technology (HIT); Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation, & school-based health; Dept. of Housing & Urban Development's Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting & training funding; National Health Service Corp funding; Public Health Service Act nursing & allied health professions program funding; Immigration; Hospice reimbursement; Comparative effectiveness funding; Preventative health & wellness programs funding; Community health center funding; Coverage for the uninsured; Hospital fundraising & recipient "opt-out"; Medicaid DSH Allocations to States; Children's Health Insurance Program funding; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Secret ballot process for hospital employee unionization; Hospital Pay-for-Performance/Value-based purchasing; Hospital pay-for-reporting quality measure reporting; Hospital readmissions; Bundling of hospital & physician and/or post-acute care provider payments; Healthcare-associated infections reporting; Medical error reporting; Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments to hospitals; Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments; Tax deductibility of charitable contributions; False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance & relief programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving & retaining overpayments; Medicare funding warning/"trigger;" Medicare wage index; Recovery Audit Contractor program; IRS Form 990 revision; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Community benefit reporting; "Stark" & physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Emergency preparedness; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program.

H.R.1/S.1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; H.R.1176/S.478 Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2009; H.R.1409/S.560 Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; H.R.2/S.275 Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009; HConRes85--FY 2010 Budget Resolution; SConRes 13--FY 2010 Budget Resolution; S.386 Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009; H.R.1748 Fight Fraud Act of 2009; H.R.1105 Omnibus Apprpriations Act, 2009; H.R.1127 To extend certain immigration programs--six month extension to J-1 Visa program (Conrad Program); H.Res.5 Adopting rules for the 111th Congress--nullifies Medicare trigger for 2 years; FFY 2009 Budget and Budget Resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid Cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Pension Appropriations bill; FFy 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; FFY 2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; RY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and "75% Rule," Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Hospice PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; FFY 2010 President's Budget; Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) Health information technology; Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation, and school based health; Department of Housing and Urban Development's Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; National Health Service Corp. funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; Immigration; Hospice reimbursement; Comparative effectiveness funding; Preventative health and wellness programs funding; Community health center funding; Coverage for the uninsured; Hospital fundraising and recipient "opt-out"; Medicaid DSH Allocations to States; Children's Health Insurance Program funding; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Secret ballot process for hospital employee unionization; Hospital Pay-for-Performance/Value-based purchasing; Hospital pay-for-performance quality measure reporting; Hospital readmissions; Bundling of hospital and physician and/or post-acute care provider payments; Health care-associated infections reporting; Medical error reporting; Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments to hospitals; Medicare Disproportionoate Share Hospital (DSH) payments; Tax deductibility of charitable contributions; False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance and relie programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving and retaining overpayments; Medicare funding warning/"trigger"; Medicare wage index; Recovery Audit Contractor program; IRS Form 990 Revision; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Community benefit reporting; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Emergency preparedness; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program

S.973-Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009; S.1679-Affordable Health Choices Act/CLASS Act/Community Living Assistance Services & Supports Act OR Affordable Health Chocies Act/Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009/CLASS Act/Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act; S.1776-Medicare Physicians Fairness Act of 2009; S.1796-America's Health Future Act of 2009/Elder Justice Act of 2009; H.R.3590-The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; H.R.2251-Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009; H.R.3200-American's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; H.R.3961, Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009; H.R.3962-Affordable Health Care for America Act; FFY2010 President's Budget; President's health reform proposals offered in June 13 memorandum; Senate Finance Committee Health Care Reform Policy Option Papers; FFY2010 Labor, Health & Human Services, Education, & Pension appropriations bill; FFY2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; FFY2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS rules; CY2010 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; RY2010 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY2010 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS & "75% Rule" Rules; FFY2010 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY2010 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; FFY2010 Hospice Rules; CY2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP); Health information technology (HIT); Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation, & school-based health; Dept. of Housing & Urban Development's Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting & training funding; National Health Service Corp funding; Public Health Service Act nursing & allied health professions program funding; Immigration; Hospice reimbursement; Comparative effectiveness funding; Preventative health & wellness programs funding; Community health center funding; Coverage for the uninsured; Hospital fundraising & recipient "opt-out"; Medicaid DSH Allocations to States; Children's Health Insurance Program funding; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Secret ballot process for hospital employee unionization; Hospital Pay-for-Performance/Value-based purchasing; Hospital pay-for-reporting quality measure reporting; Hospital readmissions; Bundling of hospital & physician and/or post-acute care provider payments; Healthcare-associated infections reporting; Medical error reporting; Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments to hospitals; Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments; Tax deductibility of charitable contributions; False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance & relief programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving & retaining overpayments; Medicare funding warning/"trigger;" Medicare wage index; Recovery Audit Contractor program; IRS Form 990 revision; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Community benefit reporting; "Stark" & physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Emergency preparedness; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program.

S.973-Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009; S.1679-Affordable Health Choices Act/CLASS Act/Community Living Assistance Services & Supports Act OR Affordable Health Chocies Act/Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009/CLASS Act/Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act; S.1776-Medicare Physicians Fairness Act of 2009; S.1796-America's Health Future Act of 2009/Elder Justice Act of 2009; H.R.3590-The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; H.R.2251-Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009; H.R.3200-American's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; H.R.3961, Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009; H.R.3962-Affordable Health Care for America Act; FFY2010 President's Budget; President's health reform proposals offered in June 13 memorandum; Senate Finance Committee Health Care Reform Policy Option Papers; FFY2010 Labor, Health & Human Services, Education, & Pension appropriations bill; FFY2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; FFY2010 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS rules; CY2010 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; RY2010 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY2010 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS & "75% Rule" Rules; FFY2010 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY2010 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; FFY2010 Hospice Rules; CY2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; Enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP); Health information technology (HIT); Capital Indirect Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation, & school-based health; Dept. of Housing & Urban Development's Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting & training funding; National Health Service Corp funding; Public Health Service Act nursing & allied health professions program funding; Immigration; Hospice reimbursement; Comparative effectiveness funding; Preventative health & wellness programs funding; Community health center funding; Coverage for the uninsured; Hospital fundraising & recipient "opt-out"; Medicaid DSH Allocations to States; Children's Health Insurance Program funding; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Secret ballot process for hospital employee unionization; Hospital Pay-for-Performance/Value-based purchasing; Hospital pay-for-reporting quality measure reporting; Hospital readmissions; Bundling of hospital & physician and/or post-acute care provider payments; Healthcare-associated infections reporting; Medical error reporting; Medicare Graduate Medical Education (GME) payments to hospitals; Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments; Tax deductibility of charitable contributions; False Claims Act expansion addressing fraud related to federal assistance & relief programs that could expose hospitals to liability for receiving & retaining overpayments; Medicare funding warning/"trigger;" Medicare wage index; Recovery Audit Contractor program; IRS Form 990 revision; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Community benefit reporting; "Stark" & physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Associated health plans; Emergency preparedness; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007; S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free Choice Act-Oppose Card Check process; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.1693 Health Information Exchange; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on medicaid regulations affecting intergovernmental transfers; S.2499 Medicare, medicaid, and SCHIP extension act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; increase FMAP; S.3101 the Medicare improvements for patients and providers act; S.3656 Preserving access to healthcare (PATH) act of 2008; H.R.800 Employee free choice act (oppose card check process); H.R.866 Secret ballot protection act; H.R.976 Children's health insurance reauthoriation act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician pathology services continuity act; H.R.1177 Sole commuunity hospital preservation act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone mental health and addiction equity act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB quidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare mental health modernization act of 2007; H.R.2159 Rural health services preservation act; H.R.2406 establishes NIST role in standard setting for health IT; H.R.2638 Consolidated security, disaster assistance, and continuing appropriations act, 2009; Continuing resolution 2009; H.R.2642 Supplemental appropriations act, 2008; H.R.3162 Children health and Medicare protection act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early treatment for HIV act; H.R.3533 Public and teaching hospital preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5480 Medicare funding warning response act of 2008; H.R.5613 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; H.R.5924 Emergency nursing supply relief act; H.R.6331 Physician Medicare payment releif; H.R.6357 Protecting records, optimizing treatment, and easing communication through healthcare technology; H.R.6898 Health-E IT Act of 2008; H.R.7067 Quality FIRST Act of 2008; H.R.7110 Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008-FMAP Provision; H.R.7219 the Protecting Hospital and outpatient and community clinic services act of 2008; H.R.7241 Preserving access to health care (PATH) Act of 2008; H.Res.1368 Relating to the House procedures contained in Section 803 of the Medicare prescription drug improvement and modernization act of 2003; FFY 2009 budget and budget resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, health and human services, education and pension appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient hospital PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare inpatient Psychiatric facility PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare inpatient rehabiltiation facility PPS and "75% rule," rules; CY 2009 Medicare otupatient PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare skilled nursing facility PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare home health agency PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare physician fee schedule update; CMS proposed rule to limit intergovernmental transfers and certified public expenditures; CMS proposed value-based purchasing program; CMS proposed rule on Medicad graduate medical education payments; State childrens health insurance program funding; IRS Form 990 revision; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; pay for performance/value based purchasing; health information technology; hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductibel health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Development's federal housing assistance mortage program for hospitals; Defiend benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting; Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340b drug pricing program; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/"trigger"; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp. funding; CMS directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSA's health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007;S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free Choice Act Oppose Card Check process; S.1693 Health Information Exchange Act; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on Medicaid Regulations affecting Intergovernmental Transfers; S.2499 Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; increase FMAP; H.R.800 Employee Free Choice Act Oppose Card Check process; H.R.866 Secret Ballot Protection Act; H.R.976 Childrens Health Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; H.R.1177 Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone Mental Health & Addiction Equity Act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2007; H.R.2159 rural Health Services Preservation Act; H.R.2406 Establishes NIST Role in Standard Setting for Health IT; H.R.3162 Children Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early Treatment for HIV Act; H.R.3533 Public and Teaching Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year Moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5613 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; FFY 2009 Budget and Budget Resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid Cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and 75% Rule, Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules CY 2009 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; CMS Proposed Rule to Limit Intergovernmental Transfers and Certified Public Expenditures; CMS Proposed Value-Based Purchasing Program; CMS Proposed Rule on Medicaid Graduate Medical Education Payments; State Childrens Health Insurance Program funding IRS Form 990 Revision; Stark and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; Pay for Performance / value based purchasing; Health information technology; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductible health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Developments Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/trigger; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSAs health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007; S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free choice Act-Opose Card Check Process; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.1693 Health Information Exchange; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on Medicaid Regulations affecting Intergovernmental Transfers; S.2499 Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; increase FMAP; H.R.800 Employee Free Choice Act Oppose Card Check process; H.R.866 Secret Ballot Protection Act; H.R.976 Childrens Health Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; H.R.1177 Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone Mental Health & Addiction Equity Act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2007; H.R.2159 rural Health Services Preservation Act; H.R.2406 Establishes NIST Role in Standard Setting for Health IT; H.R.2642, Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008; H.R.3162 Children Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early Treatment for HIV Act; H.R.3533 Public and Teaching Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year Moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5613 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; H.R.6331 Physician Medicare payment relief; H.R.6357 Protecting records, optimizing treatment, and easing communication thorugh healthcare technology; FFY 2009 Budget and Budget Resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid Cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and 75% Rule Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; CMS Proposed Rule to Limit Intergovernmental Transfers and Certified Public Expenditures; CMS Proposed Value-Based Purchasing Program; CMS Proposed Rule on Medicaid Graduate Medical Education Payments; State Childrens Health Insurance Program funding; IRS Form 990 Revision; Stark and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; Pay for Performance / value based purchasing; Health information technology; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductible health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Developments Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting; Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/trigger; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSAs health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007; S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free Choice Act-Oppose Card Check process; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.1693 Health Information Exchange; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on medicaid regulations affecting intergovernmental transfers; S.2499 Medicare, medicaid, and SCHIP extension act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; increase FMAP; S.3101 the Medicare improvements for patients and providers act; S.3656 Preserving access to healthcare (PATH) act of 2008; H.R.800 Employee free choice act (oppose card check process); H.R.866 Secret ballot protection act; H.R.976 Children's health insurance reauthoriation act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician pathology services continuity act; H.R.1177 Sole commuunity hospital preservation act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone mental health and addiction equity act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB quidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare mental health modernization act of 2007; H.R.2159 Rural health services preservation act; H.R.2406 establishes NIST role in standard setting for health IT; H.R.2638 Consolidated security, disaster assistance, and continuing appropriations act, 2009; Continuing resolution 2009; H.R.2642 Supplemental appropriations act, 2008; H.R.3162 Children health and Medicare protection act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early treatment for HIV act; H.R.3533 Public and teaching hospital preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5480 Medicare funding warning response act of 2008; H.R.5613 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; H.R.5924 Emergency nursing supply relief act; H.R.6331 Physician Medicare payment releif; H.R.6357 Protecting records, optimizing treatment, and easing communication through healthcare technology; H.R.6898 Health-E IT Act of 2008; H.R.7067 Quality FIRST Act of 2008; H.R.7110 Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008-FMAP Provision; H.R.7219 the Protecting Hospital and outpatient and community clinic services act of 2008; H.R.7241 Preserving access to health care (PATH) Act of 2008; H.Res.1368 Relating to the House procedures contained in Section 803 of the Medicare prescription drug improvement and modernization act of 2003; FFY 2009 budget and budget resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, health and human services, education and pension appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient hospital PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare inpatient Psychiatric facility PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare inpatient rehabiltiation facility PPS and "75% rule," rules; CY 2009 Medicare otupatient PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare skilled nursing facility PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare home health agency PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare physician fee schedule update; CMS proposed rule to limit intergovernmental transfers and certified public expenditures; CMS proposed value-based purchasing program; CMS proposed rule on Medicad graduate medical education payments; State childrens health insurance program funding; IRS Form 990 revision; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; pay for performance/value based purchasing; health information technology; hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductibel health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Development's federal housing assistance mortage program for hospitals; Defiend benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting; Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340b drug pricing program; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/"trigger"; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp. funding; CMS directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSA's health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007;S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free Choice Act Oppose Card Check process; S.1693 Health Information Exchange Act; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on Medicaid Regulations affecting Intergovernmental Transfers; S.2499 Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; increase FMAP; H.R.800 Employee Free Choice Act Oppose Card Check process; H.R.866 Secret Ballot Protection Act; H.R.976 Childrens Health Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; H.R.1177 Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone Mental Health & Addiction Equity Act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2007; H.R.2159 rural Health Services Preservation Act; H.R.2406 Establishes NIST Role in Standard Setting for Health IT; H.R.3162 Children Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early Treatment for HIV Act; H.R.3533 Public and Teaching Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year Moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5613 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; FFY 2009 Budget and Budget Resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid Cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and 75% Rule, Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules CY 2009 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; CMS Proposed Rule to Limit Intergovernmental Transfers and Certified Public Expenditures; CMS Proposed Value-Based Purchasing Program; CMS Proposed Rule on Medicaid Graduate Medical Education Payments; State Childrens Health Insurance Program funding IRS Form 990 Revision; Stark and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; Pay for Performance / value based purchasing; Health information technology; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductible health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Developments Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/trigger; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSAs health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007; S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free choice Act-Opose Card Check Process; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.1693 Health Information Exchange; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on Medicaid Regulations affecting Intergovernmental Transfers; S.2499 Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; increase FMAP; H.R.800 Employee Free Choice Act Oppose Card Check process; H.R.866 Secret Ballot Protection Act; H.R.976 Childrens Health Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; H.R.1177 Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone Mental Health & Addiction Equity Act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2007; H.R.2159 rural Health Services Preservation Act; H.R.2406 Establishes NIST Role in Standard Setting for Health IT; H.R.2642, Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008; H.R.3162 Children Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early Treatment for HIV Act; H.R.3533 Public and Teaching Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year Moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5613 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; H.R.6331 Physician Medicare payment relief; H.R.6357 Protecting records, optimizing treatment, and easing communication thorugh healthcare technology; FFY 2009 Budget and Budget Resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid Cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and 75% Rule Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; CMS Proposed Rule to Limit Intergovernmental Transfers and Certified Public Expenditures; CMS Proposed Value-Based Purchasing Program; CMS Proposed Rule on Medicaid Graduate Medical Education Payments; State Childrens Health Insurance Program funding; IRS Form 990 Revision; Stark and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; Pay for Performance / value based purchasing; Health information technology; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductible health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Developments Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting; Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/trigger; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSAs health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007; S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free Choice Act-Oppose Card Check process; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.1693 Health Information Exchange; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on medicaid regulations affecting intergovernmental transfers; S.2499 Medicare, medicaid, and SCHIP extension act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; increase FMAP; S.3101 the Medicare improvements for patients and providers act; S.3656 Preserving access to healthcare (PATH) act of 2008; H.R.800 Employee free choice act (oppose card check process); H.R.866 Secret ballot protection act; H.R.976 Children's health insurance reauthoriation act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician pathology services continuity act; H.R.1177 Sole commuunity hospital preservation act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone mental health and addiction equity act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB quidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare mental health modernization act of 2007; H.R.2159 Rural health services preservation act; H.R.2406 establishes NIST role in standard setting for health IT; H.R.2638 Consolidated security, disaster assistance, and continuing appropriations act, 2009; Continuing resolution 2009; H.R.2642 Supplemental appropriations act, 2008; H.R.3162 Children health and Medicare protection act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early treatment for HIV act; H.R.3533 Public and teaching hospital preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5480 Medicare funding warning response act of 2008; H.R.5613 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; H.R.5924 Emergency nursing supply relief act; H.R.6331 Physician Medicare payment releif; H.R.6357 Protecting records, optimizing treatment, and easing communication through healthcare technology; H.R.6898 Health-E IT Act of 2008; H.R.7067 Quality FIRST Act of 2008; H.R.7110 Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008-FMAP Provision; H.R.7219 the Protecting Hospital and outpatient and community clinic services act of 2008; H.R.7241 Preserving access to health care (PATH) Act of 2008; H.Res.1368 Relating to the House procedures contained in Section 803 of the Medicare prescription drug improvement and modernization act of 2003; FFY 2009 budget and budget resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, health and human services, education and pension appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient hospital PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare inpatient Psychiatric facility PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare inpatient rehabiltiation facility PPS and "75% rule," rules; CY 2009 Medicare otupatient PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare skilled nursing facility PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare home health agency PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare physician fee schedule update; CMS proposed rule to limit intergovernmental transfers and certified public expenditures; CMS proposed value-based purchasing program; CMS proposed rule on Medicad graduate medical education payments; State childrens health insurance program funding; IRS Form 990 revision; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; pay for performance/value based purchasing; health information technology; hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductibel health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Development's federal housing assistance mortage program for hospitals; Defiend benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting; Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340b drug pricing program; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/"trigger"; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp. funding; CMS directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSA's health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007; S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free Choice Act-Oppose Card Check process; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.1693 Health Information Exchange; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on medicaid regulations affecting intergovernmental transfers; S.2499 Medicare, medicaid, and SCHIP extension act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; increase FMAP; S.3101 the Medicare improvements for patients and providers act; S.3656 Preserving access to healthcare (PATH) act of 2008; H.R.800 Employee free choice act (oppose card check process); H.R.866 Secret ballot protection act; H.R.976 Children's health insurance reauthoriation act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician pathology services continuity act; H.R.1177 Sole commuunity hospital preservation act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone mental health and addiction equity act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB quidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare mental health modernization act of 2007; H.R.2159 Rural health services preservation act; H.R.2406 establishes NIST role in standard setting for health IT; H.R.2638 Consolidated security, disaster assistance, and continuing appropriations act, 2009; Continuing resolution 2009; H.R.2642 Supplemental appropriations act, 2008; H.R.3162 Children health and Medicare protection act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early treatment for HIV act; H.R.3533 Public and teaching hospital preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5480 Medicare funding warning response act of 2008; H.R.5613 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; H.R.5924 Emergency nursing supply relief act; H.R.6331 Physician Medicare payment releif; H.R.6357 Protecting records, optimizing treatment, and easing communication through healthcare technology; H.R.6898 Health-E IT Act of 2008; H.R.7067 Quality FIRST Act of 2008; H.R.7110 Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008-FMAP Provision; H.R.7219 the Protecting Hospital and outpatient and community clinic services act of 2008; H.R.7241 Preserving access to health care (PATH) Act of 2008; H.Res.1368 Relating to the House procedures contained in Section 803 of the Medicare prescription drug improvement and modernization act of 2003; FFY 2009 budget and budget resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, health and human services, education and pension appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient hospital PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare inpatient Psychiatric facility PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare inpatient rehabiltiation facility PPS and "75% rule," rules; CY 2009 Medicare otupatient PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare skilled nursing facility PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare home health agency PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare physician fee schedule update; CMS proposed rule to limit intergovernmental transfers and certified public expenditures; CMS proposed value-based purchasing program; CMS proposed rule on Medicad graduate medical education payments; State childrens health insurance program funding; IRS Form 990 revision; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; pay for performance/value based purchasing; health information technology; hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductibel health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Development's federal housing assistance mortage program for hospitals; Defiend benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting; Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340b drug pricing program; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/"trigger"; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp. funding; CMS directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSA's health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007;S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free Choice Act Oppose Card Check process; S.1693 Health Information Exchange Act; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on Medicaid Regulations affecting Intergovernmental Transfers; S.2499 Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; increase FMAP; H.R.800 Employee Free Choice Act Oppose Card Check process; H.R.866 Secret Ballot Protection Act; H.R.976 Childrens Health Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; H.R.1177 Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone Mental Health & Addiction Equity Act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2007; H.R.2159 rural Health Services Preservation Act; H.R.2406 Establishes NIST Role in Standard Setting for Health IT; H.R.3162 Children Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early Treatment for HIV Act; H.R.3533 Public and Teaching Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year Moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5613 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; FFY 2009 Budget and Budget Resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid Cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and 75% Rule, Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules CY 2009 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; CMS Proposed Rule to Limit Intergovernmental Transfers and Certified Public Expenditures; CMS Proposed Value-Based Purchasing Program; CMS Proposed Rule on Medicaid Graduate Medical Education Payments; State Childrens Health Insurance Program funding IRS Form 990 Revision; Stark and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; Pay for Performance / value based purchasing; Health information technology; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductible health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Developments Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/trigger; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSAs health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007; S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free choice Act-Opose Card Check Process; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.1693 Health Information Exchange; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on Medicaid Regulations affecting Intergovernmental Transfers; S.2499 Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; increase FMAP; H.R.800 Employee Free Choice Act Oppose Card Check process; H.R.866 Secret Ballot Protection Act; H.R.976 Childrens Health Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; H.R.1177 Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone Mental Health & Addiction Equity Act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2007; H.R.2159 rural Health Services Preservation Act; H.R.2406 Establishes NIST Role in Standard Setting for Health IT; H.R.2642, Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008; H.R.3162 Children Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early Treatment for HIV Act; H.R.3533 Public and Teaching Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year Moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5613 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; H.R.6331 Physician Medicare payment relief; H.R.6357 Protecting records, optimizing treatment, and easing communication thorugh healthcare technology; FFY 2009 Budget and Budget Resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid Cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and 75% Rule Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; CMS Proposed Rule to Limit Intergovernmental Transfers and Certified Public Expenditures; CMS Proposed Value-Based Purchasing Program; CMS Proposed Rule on Medicaid Graduate Medical Education Payments; State Childrens Health Insurance Program funding; IRS Form 990 Revision; Stark and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; Pay for Performance / value based purchasing; Health information technology; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductible health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Developments Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting; Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/trigger; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSAs health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007; S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free Choice Act-Oppose Card Check process; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.1693 Health Information Exchange; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on medicaid regulations affecting intergovernmental transfers; S.2499 Medicare, medicaid, and SCHIP extension act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; increase FMAP; S.3101 the Medicare improvements for patients and providers act; S.3656 Preserving access to healthcare (PATH) act of 2008; H.R.800 Employee free choice act (oppose card check process); H.R.866 Secret ballot protection act; H.R.976 Children's health insurance reauthoriation act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician pathology services continuity act; H.R.1177 Sole commuunity hospital preservation act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone mental health and addiction equity act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB quidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare mental health modernization act of 2007; H.R.2159 Rural health services preservation act; H.R.2406 establishes NIST role in standard setting for health IT; H.R.2638 Consolidated security, disaster assistance, and continuing appropriations act, 2009; Continuing resolution 2009; H.R.2642 Supplemental appropriations act, 2008; H.R.3162 Children health and Medicare protection act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early treatment for HIV act; H.R.3533 Public and teaching hospital preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5480 Medicare funding warning response act of 2008; H.R.5613 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; H.R.5924 Emergency nursing supply relief act; H.R.6331 Physician Medicare payment releif; H.R.6357 Protecting records, optimizing treatment, and easing communication through healthcare technology; H.R.6898 Health-E IT Act of 2008; H.R.7067 Quality FIRST Act of 2008; H.R.7110 Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008-FMAP Provision; H.R.7219 the Protecting Hospital and outpatient and community clinic services act of 2008; H.R.7241 Preserving access to health care (PATH) Act of 2008; H.Res.1368 Relating to the House procedures contained in Section 803 of the Medicare prescription drug improvement and modernization act of 2003; FFY 2009 budget and budget resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, health and human services, education and pension appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient hospital PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare inpatient Psychiatric facility PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare inpatient rehabiltiation facility PPS and "75% rule," rules; CY 2009 Medicare otupatient PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare skilled nursing facility PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare home health agency PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare physician fee schedule update; CMS proposed rule to limit intergovernmental transfers and certified public expenditures; CMS proposed value-based purchasing program; CMS proposed rule on Medicad graduate medical education payments; State childrens health insurance program funding; IRS Form 990 revision; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; pay for performance/value based purchasing; health information technology; hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductibel health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Development's federal housing assistance mortage program for hospitals; Defiend benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting; Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340b drug pricing program; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/"trigger"; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp. funding; CMS directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSA's health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007; S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free Choice Act-Oppose Card Check process; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.1693 Health Information Exchange; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on medicaid regulations affecting intergovernmental transfers; S.2499 Medicare, medicaid, and SCHIP extension act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; increase FMAP; S.3101 the Medicare improvements for patients and providers act; S.3656 Preserving access to healthcare (PATH) act of 2008; H.R.800 Employee free choice act (oppose card check process); H.R.866 Secret ballot protection act; H.R.976 Children's health insurance reauthoriation act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician pathology services continuity act; H.R.1177 Sole commuunity hospital preservation act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone mental health and addiction equity act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB quidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare mental health modernization act of 2007; H.R.2159 Rural health services preservation act; H.R.2406 establishes NIST role in standard setting for health IT; H.R.2638 Consolidated security, disaster assistance, and continuing appropriations act, 2009; Continuing resolution 2009; H.R.2642 Supplemental appropriations act, 2008; H.R.3162 Children health and Medicare protection act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early treatment for HIV act; H.R.3533 Public and teaching hospital preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5480 Medicare funding warning response act of 2008; H.R.5613 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; H.R.5924 Emergency nursing supply relief act; H.R.6331 Physician Medicare payment releif; H.R.6357 Protecting records, optimizing treatment, and easing communication through healthcare technology; H.R.6898 Health-E IT Act of 2008; H.R.7067 Quality FIRST Act of 2008; H.R.7110 Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008-FMAP Provision; H.R.7219 the Protecting Hospital and outpatient and community clinic services act of 2008; H.R.7241 Preserving access to health care (PATH) Act of 2008; H.Res.1368 Relating to the House procedures contained in Section 803 of the Medicare prescription drug improvement and modernization act of 2003; FFY 2009 budget and budget resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, health and human services, education and pension appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient hospital PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare inpatient Psychiatric facility PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare inpatient rehabiltiation facility PPS and "75% rule," rules; CY 2009 Medicare otupatient PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare skilled nursing facility PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare home health agency PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare physician fee schedule update; CMS proposed rule to limit intergovernmental transfers and certified public expenditures; CMS proposed value-based purchasing program; CMS proposed rule on Medicad graduate medical education payments; State childrens health insurance program funding; IRS Form 990 revision; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; pay for performance/value based purchasing; health information technology; hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductibel health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Development's federal housing assistance mortage program for hospitals; Defiend benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting; Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340b drug pricing program; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/"trigger"; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp. funding; CMS directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSA's health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007;S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free Choice Act Oppose Card Check process; S.1693 Health Information Exchange Act; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on Medicaid Regulations affecting Intergovernmental Transfers; S.2499 Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; increase FMAP; H.R.800 Employee Free Choice Act Oppose Card Check process; H.R.866 Secret Ballot Protection Act; H.R.976 Childrens Health Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; H.R.1177 Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone Mental Health & Addiction Equity Act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2007; H.R.2159 rural Health Services Preservation Act; H.R.2406 Establishes NIST Role in Standard Setting for Health IT; H.R.3162 Children Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early Treatment for HIV Act; H.R.3533 Public and Teaching Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year Moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5613 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; FFY 2009 Budget and Budget Resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid Cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and 75% Rule, Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules CY 2009 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; CMS Proposed Rule to Limit Intergovernmental Transfers and Certified Public Expenditures; CMS Proposed Value-Based Purchasing Program; CMS Proposed Rule on Medicaid Graduate Medical Education Payments; State Childrens Health Insurance Program funding IRS Form 990 Revision; Stark and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; Pay for Performance / value based purchasing; Health information technology; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductible health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Developments Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/trigger; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSAs health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007; S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free choice Act-Opose Card Check Process; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.1693 Health Information Exchange; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on Medicaid Regulations affecting Intergovernmental Transfers; S.2499 Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; increase FMAP; H.R.800 Employee Free Choice Act Oppose Card Check process; H.R.866 Secret Ballot Protection Act; H.R.976 Childrens Health Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; H.R.1177 Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone Mental Health & Addiction Equity Act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2007; H.R.2159 rural Health Services Preservation Act; H.R.2406 Establishes NIST Role in Standard Setting for Health IT; H.R.2642, Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008; H.R.3162 Children Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early Treatment for HIV Act; H.R.3533 Public and Teaching Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year Moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5613 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; H.R.6331 Physician Medicare payment relief; H.R.6357 Protecting records, optimizing treatment, and easing communication thorugh healthcare technology; FFY 2009 Budget and Budget Resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid Cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and 75% Rule Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; CMS Proposed Rule to Limit Intergovernmental Transfers and Certified Public Expenditures; CMS Proposed Value-Based Purchasing Program; CMS Proposed Rule on Medicaid Graduate Medical Education Payments; State Childrens Health Insurance Program funding; IRS Form 990 Revision; Stark and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; Pay for Performance / value based purchasing; Health information technology; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductible health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Developments Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting; Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/trigger; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSAs health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007; S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free Choice Act-Oppose Card Check process; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.1693 Health Information Exchange; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on medicaid regulations affecting intergovernmental transfers; S.2499 Medicare, medicaid, and SCHIP extension act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; increase FMAP; S.3101 the Medicare improvements for patients and providers act; S.3656 Preserving access to healthcare (PATH) act of 2008; H.R.800 Employee free choice act (oppose card check process); H.R.866 Secret ballot protection act; H.R.976 Children's health insurance reauthoriation act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician pathology services continuity act; H.R.1177 Sole commuunity hospital preservation act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone mental health and addiction equity act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB quidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare mental health modernization act of 2007; H.R.2159 Rural health services preservation act; H.R.2406 establishes NIST role in standard setting for health IT; H.R.2638 Consolidated security, disaster assistance, and continuing appropriations act, 2009; Continuing resolution 2009; H.R.2642 Supplemental appropriations act, 2008; H.R.3162 Children health and Medicare protection act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early treatment for HIV act; H.R.3533 Public and teaching hospital preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5480 Medicare funding warning response act of 2008; H.R.5613 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; H.R.5924 Emergency nursing supply relief act; H.R.6331 Physician Medicare payment releif; H.R.6357 Protecting records, optimizing treatment, and easing communication through healthcare technology; H.R.6898 Health-E IT Act of 2008; H.R.7067 Quality FIRST Act of 2008; H.R.7110 Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008-FMAP Provision; H.R.7219 the Protecting Hospital and outpatient and community clinic services act of 2008; H.R.7241 Preserving access to health care (PATH) Act of 2008; H.Res.1368 Relating to the House procedures contained in Section 803 of the Medicare prescription drug improvement and modernization act of 2003; FFY 2009 budget and budget resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, health and human services, education and pension appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient hospital PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare inpatient Psychiatric facility PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare inpatient rehabiltiation facility PPS and "75% rule," rules; CY 2009 Medicare otupatient PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare skilled nursing facility PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare home health agency PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare physician fee schedule update; CMS proposed rule to limit intergovernmental transfers and certified public expenditures; CMS proposed value-based purchasing program; CMS proposed rule on Medicad graduate medical education payments; State childrens health insurance program funding; IRS Form 990 revision; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; pay for performance/value based purchasing; health information technology; hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductibel health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Development's federal housing assistance mortage program for hospitals; Defiend benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting; Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340b drug pricing program; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/"trigger"; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp. funding; CMS directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSA's health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007; S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free Choice Act-Oppose Card Check process; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.1693 Health Information Exchange; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on medicaid regulations affecting intergovernmental transfers; S.2499 Medicare, medicaid, and SCHIP extension act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; increase FMAP; S.3101 the Medicare improvements for patients and providers act; S.3656 Preserving access to healthcare (PATH) act of 2008; H.R.800 Employee free choice act (oppose card check process); H.R.866 Secret ballot protection act; H.R.976 Children's health insurance reauthoriation act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician pathology services continuity act; H.R.1177 Sole commuunity hospital preservation act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone mental health and addiction equity act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB quidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare mental health modernization act of 2007; H.R.2159 Rural health services preservation act; H.R.2406 establishes NIST role in standard setting for health IT; H.R.2638 Consolidated security, disaster assistance, and continuing appropriations act, 2009; Continuing resolution 2009; H.R.2642 Supplemental appropriations act, 2008; H.R.3162 Children health and Medicare protection act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early treatment for HIV act; H.R.3533 Public and teaching hospital preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5480 Medicare funding warning response act of 2008; H.R.5613 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; H.R.5924 Emergency nursing supply relief act; H.R.6331 Physician Medicare payment releif; H.R.6357 Protecting records, optimizing treatment, and easing communication through healthcare technology; H.R.6898 Health-E IT Act of 2008; H.R.7067 Quality FIRST Act of 2008; H.R.7110 Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008-FMAP Provision; H.R.7219 the Protecting Hospital and outpatient and community clinic services act of 2008; H.R.7241 Preserving access to health care (PATH) Act of 2008; H.Res.1368 Relating to the House procedures contained in Section 803 of the Medicare prescription drug improvement and modernization act of 2003; FFY 2009 budget and budget resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, health and human services, education and pension appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient hospital PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare inpatient Psychiatric facility PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare inpatient rehabiltiation facility PPS and "75% rule," rules; CY 2009 Medicare otupatient PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare skilled nursing facility PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare home health agency PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare physician fee schedule update; CMS proposed rule to limit intergovernmental transfers and certified public expenditures; CMS proposed value-based purchasing program; CMS proposed rule on Medicad graduate medical education payments; State childrens health insurance program funding; IRS Form 990 revision; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; pay for performance/value based purchasing; health information technology; hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductibel health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Development's federal housing assistance mortage program for hospitals; Defiend benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting; Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340b drug pricing program; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/"trigger"; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp. funding; CMS directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSA's health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007;S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free Choice Act Oppose Card Check process; S.1693 Health Information Exchange Act; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on Medicaid Regulations affecting Intergovernmental Transfers; S.2499 Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; increase FMAP; H.R.800 Employee Free Choice Act Oppose Card Check process; H.R.866 Secret Ballot Protection Act; H.R.976 Childrens Health Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; H.R.1177 Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone Mental Health & Addiction Equity Act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2007; H.R.2159 rural Health Services Preservation Act; H.R.2406 Establishes NIST Role in Standard Setting for Health IT; H.R.3162 Children Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early Treatment for HIV Act; H.R.3533 Public and Teaching Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year Moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5613 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; FFY 2009 Budget and Budget Resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid Cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and 75% Rule, Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules CY 2009 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; CMS Proposed Rule to Limit Intergovernmental Transfers and Certified Public Expenditures; CMS Proposed Value-Based Purchasing Program; CMS Proposed Rule on Medicaid Graduate Medical Education Payments; State Childrens Health Insurance Program funding IRS Form 990 Revision; Stark and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; Pay for Performance / value based purchasing; Health information technology; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductible health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Developments Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/trigger; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSAs health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007; S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free choice Act-Opose Card Check Process; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.1693 Health Information Exchange; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on Medicaid Regulations affecting Intergovernmental Transfers; S.2499 Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; increase FMAP; H.R.800 Employee Free Choice Act Oppose Card Check process; H.R.866 Secret Ballot Protection Act; H.R.976 Childrens Health Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; H.R.1177 Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone Mental Health & Addiction Equity Act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2007; H.R.2159 rural Health Services Preservation Act; H.R.2406 Establishes NIST Role in Standard Setting for Health IT; H.R.2642, Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008; H.R.3162 Children Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early Treatment for HIV Act; H.R.3533 Public and Teaching Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year Moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5613 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; H.R.6331 Physician Medicare payment relief; H.R.6357 Protecting records, optimizing treatment, and easing communication thorugh healthcare technology; FFY 2009 Budget and Budget Resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid Cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and 75% Rule Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; CMS Proposed Rule to Limit Intergovernmental Transfers and Certified Public Expenditures; CMS Proposed Value-Based Purchasing Program; CMS Proposed Rule on Medicaid Graduate Medical Education Payments; State Childrens Health Insurance Program funding; IRS Form 990 Revision; Stark and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; Pay for Performance / value based purchasing; Health information technology; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductible health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Developments Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting; Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/trigger; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSAs health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007; S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free Choice Act-Oppose Card Check process; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.1693 Health Information Exchange; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on medicaid regulations affecting intergovernmental transfers; S.2499 Medicare, medicaid, and SCHIP extension act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; increase FMAP; S.3101 the Medicare improvements for patients and providers act; S.3656 Preserving access to healthcare (PATH) act of 2008; H.R.800 Employee free choice act (oppose card check process); H.R.866 Secret ballot protection act; H.R.976 Children's health insurance reauthoriation act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician pathology services continuity act; H.R.1177 Sole commuunity hospital preservation act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone mental health and addiction equity act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB quidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare mental health modernization act of 2007; H.R.2159 Rural health services preservation act; H.R.2406 establishes NIST role in standard setting for health IT; H.R.2638 Consolidated security, disaster assistance, and continuing appropriations act, 2009; Continuing resolution 2009; H.R.2642 Supplemental appropriations act, 2008; H.R.3162 Children health and Medicare protection act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early treatment for HIV act; H.R.3533 Public and teaching hospital preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5480 Medicare funding warning response act of 2008; H.R.5613 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; H.R.5924 Emergency nursing supply relief act; H.R.6331 Physician Medicare payment releif; H.R.6357 Protecting records, optimizing treatment, and easing communication through healthcare technology; H.R.6898 Health-E IT Act of 2008; H.R.7067 Quality FIRST Act of 2008; H.R.7110 Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008-FMAP Provision; H.R.7219 the Protecting Hospital and outpatient and community clinic services act of 2008; H.R.7241 Preserving access to health care (PATH) Act of 2008; H.Res.1368 Relating to the House procedures contained in Section 803 of the Medicare prescription drug improvement and modernization act of 2003; FFY 2009 budget and budget resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, health and human services, education and pension appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient hospital PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare inpatient Psychiatric facility PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare inpatient rehabiltiation facility PPS and "75% rule," rules; CY 2009 Medicare otupatient PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare skilled nursing facility PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare home health agency PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare physician fee schedule update; CMS proposed rule to limit intergovernmental transfers and certified public expenditures; CMS proposed value-based purchasing program; CMS proposed rule on Medicad graduate medical education payments; State childrens health insurance program funding; IRS Form 990 revision; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; pay for performance/value based purchasing; health information technology; hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductibel health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Development's federal housing assistance mortage program for hospitals; Defiend benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting; Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340b drug pricing program; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/"trigger"; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp. funding; CMS directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSA's health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007; S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free Choice Act-Oppose Card Check process; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.1693 Health Information Exchange; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on medicaid regulations affecting intergovernmental transfers; S.2499 Medicare, medicaid, and SCHIP extension act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; increase FMAP; S.3101 the Medicare improvements for patients and providers act; S.3656 Preserving access to healthcare (PATH) act of 2008; H.R.800 Employee free choice act (oppose card check process); H.R.866 Secret ballot protection act; H.R.976 Children's health insurance reauthoriation act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician pathology services continuity act; H.R.1177 Sole commuunity hospital preservation act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone mental health and addiction equity act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB quidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare mental health modernization act of 2007; H.R.2159 Rural health services preservation act; H.R.2406 establishes NIST role in standard setting for health IT; H.R.2638 Consolidated security, disaster assistance, and continuing appropriations act, 2009; Continuing resolution 2009; H.R.2642 Supplemental appropriations act, 2008; H.R.3162 Children health and Medicare protection act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early treatment for HIV act; H.R.3533 Public and teaching hospital preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5480 Medicare funding warning response act of 2008; H.R.5613 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; H.R.5924 Emergency nursing supply relief act; H.R.6331 Physician Medicare payment releif; H.R.6357 Protecting records, optimizing treatment, and easing communication through healthcare technology; H.R.6898 Health-E IT Act of 2008; H.R.7067 Quality FIRST Act of 2008; H.R.7110 Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008-FMAP Provision; H.R.7219 the Protecting Hospital and outpatient and community clinic services act of 2008; H.R.7241 Preserving access to health care (PATH) Act of 2008; H.Res.1368 Relating to the House procedures contained in Section 803 of the Medicare prescription drug improvement and modernization act of 2003; FFY 2009 budget and budget resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, health and human services, education and pension appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient hospital PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare inpatient Psychiatric facility PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare inpatient rehabiltiation facility PPS and "75% rule," rules; CY 2009 Medicare otupatient PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare skilled nursing facility PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare home health agency PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare physician fee schedule update; CMS proposed rule to limit intergovernmental transfers and certified public expenditures; CMS proposed value-based purchasing program; CMS proposed rule on Medicad graduate medical education payments; State childrens health insurance program funding; IRS Form 990 revision; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; pay for performance/value based purchasing; health information technology; hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductibel health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Development's federal housing assistance mortage program for hospitals; Defiend benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting; Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340b drug pricing program; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/"trigger"; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp. funding; CMS directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSA's health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007;S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free Choice Act Oppose Card Check process; S.1693 Health Information Exchange Act; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on Medicaid Regulations affecting Intergovernmental Transfers; S.2499 Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; increase FMAP; H.R.800 Employee Free Choice Act Oppose Card Check process; H.R.866 Secret Ballot Protection Act; H.R.976 Childrens Health Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; H.R.1177 Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone Mental Health & Addiction Equity Act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2007; H.R.2159 rural Health Services Preservation Act; H.R.2406 Establishes NIST Role in Standard Setting for Health IT; H.R.3162 Children Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early Treatment for HIV Act; H.R.3533 Public and Teaching Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year Moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5613 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; FFY 2009 Budget and Budget Resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid Cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and 75% Rule, Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules CY 2009 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; CMS Proposed Rule to Limit Intergovernmental Transfers and Certified Public Expenditures; CMS Proposed Value-Based Purchasing Program; CMS Proposed Rule on Medicaid Graduate Medical Education Payments; State Childrens Health Insurance Program funding IRS Form 990 Revision; Stark and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; Pay for Performance / value based purchasing; Health information technology; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductible health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Developments Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/trigger; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSAs health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007; S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free choice Act-Opose Card Check Process; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.1693 Health Information Exchange; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on Medicaid Regulations affecting Intergovernmental Transfers; S.2499 Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; increase FMAP; H.R.800 Employee Free Choice Act Oppose Card Check process; H.R.866 Secret Ballot Protection Act; H.R.976 Childrens Health Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; H.R.1177 Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone Mental Health & Addiction Equity Act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2007; H.R.2159 rural Health Services Preservation Act; H.R.2406 Establishes NIST Role in Standard Setting for Health IT; H.R.2642, Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008; H.R.3162 Children Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early Treatment for HIV Act; H.R.3533 Public and Teaching Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year Moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5613 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; H.R.6331 Physician Medicare payment relief; H.R.6357 Protecting records, optimizing treatment, and easing communication thorugh healthcare technology; FFY 2009 Budget and Budget Resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid Cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and 75% Rule Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; CMS Proposed Rule to Limit Intergovernmental Transfers and Certified Public Expenditures; CMS Proposed Value-Based Purchasing Program; CMS Proposed Rule on Medicaid Graduate Medical Education Payments; State Childrens Health Insurance Program funding; IRS Form 990 Revision; Stark and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; Pay for Performance / value based purchasing; Health information technology; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductible health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Developments Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting; Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/trigger; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSAs health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007; S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free Choice Act-Oppose Card Check process; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.1693 Health Information Exchange; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on medicaid regulations affecting intergovernmental transfers; S.2499 Medicare, medicaid, and SCHIP extension act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; increase FMAP; S.3101 the Medicare improvements for patients and providers act; S.3656 Preserving access to healthcare (PATH) act of 2008; H.R.800 Employee free choice act (oppose card check process); H.R.866 Secret ballot protection act; H.R.976 Children's health insurance reauthoriation act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician pathology services continuity act; H.R.1177 Sole commuunity hospital preservation act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone mental health and addiction equity act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB quidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare mental health modernization act of 2007; H.R.2159 Rural health services preservation act; H.R.2406 establishes NIST role in standard setting for health IT; H.R.2638 Consolidated security, disaster assistance, and continuing appropriations act, 2009; Continuing resolution 2009; H.R.2642 Supplemental appropriations act, 2008; H.R.3162 Children health and Medicare protection act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early treatment for HIV act; H.R.3533 Public and teaching hospital preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5480 Medicare funding warning response act of 2008; H.R.5613 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; H.R.5924 Emergency nursing supply relief act; H.R.6331 Physician Medicare payment releif; H.R.6357 Protecting records, optimizing treatment, and easing communication through healthcare technology; H.R.6898 Health-E IT Act of 2008; H.R.7067 Quality FIRST Act of 2008; H.R.7110 Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008-FMAP Provision; H.R.7219 the Protecting Hospital and outpatient and community clinic services act of 2008; H.R.7241 Preserving access to health care (PATH) Act of 2008; H.Res.1368 Relating to the House procedures contained in Section 803 of the Medicare prescription drug improvement and modernization act of 2003; FFY 2009 budget and budget resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, health and human services, education and pension appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient hospital PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare inpatient Psychiatric facility PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare inpatient rehabiltiation facility PPS and "75% rule," rules; CY 2009 Medicare otupatient PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare skilled nursing facility PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare home health agency PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare physician fee schedule update; CMS proposed rule to limit intergovernmental transfers and certified public expenditures; CMS proposed value-based purchasing program; CMS proposed rule on Medicad graduate medical education payments; State childrens health insurance program funding; IRS Form 990 revision; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; pay for performance/value based purchasing; health information technology; hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductibel health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Development's federal housing assistance mortage program for hospitals; Defiend benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting; Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340b drug pricing program; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/"trigger"; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp. funding; CMS directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSA's health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007; S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free Choice Act-Oppose Card Check process; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.1693 Health Information Exchange; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on medicaid regulations affecting intergovernmental transfers; S.2499 Medicare, medicaid, and SCHIP extension act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; increase FMAP; S.3101 the Medicare improvements for patients and providers act; S.3656 Preserving access to healthcare (PATH) act of 2008; H.R.800 Employee free choice act (oppose card check process); H.R.866 Secret ballot protection act; H.R.976 Children's health insurance reauthoriation act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician pathology services continuity act; H.R.1177 Sole commuunity hospital preservation act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone mental health and addiction equity act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB quidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare mental health modernization act of 2007; H.R.2159 Rural health services preservation act; H.R.2406 establishes NIST role in standard setting for health IT; H.R.2638 Consolidated security, disaster assistance, and continuing appropriations act, 2009; Continuing resolution 2009; H.R.2642 Supplemental appropriations act, 2008; H.R.3162 Children health and Medicare protection act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early treatment for HIV act; H.R.3533 Public and teaching hospital preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5480 Medicare funding warning response act of 2008; H.R.5613 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; H.R.5924 Emergency nursing supply relief act; H.R.6331 Physician Medicare payment releif; H.R.6357 Protecting records, optimizing treatment, and easing communication through healthcare technology; H.R.6898 Health-E IT Act of 2008; H.R.7067 Quality FIRST Act of 2008; H.R.7110 Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008-FMAP Provision; H.R.7219 the Protecting Hospital and outpatient and community clinic services act of 2008; H.R.7241 Preserving access to health care (PATH) Act of 2008; H.Res.1368 Relating to the House procedures contained in Section 803 of the Medicare prescription drug improvement and modernization act of 2003; FFY 2009 budget and budget resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, health and human services, education and pension appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient hospital PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare inpatient Psychiatric facility PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare inpatient rehabiltiation facility PPS and "75% rule," rules; CY 2009 Medicare otupatient PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare skilled nursing facility PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare home health agency PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare physician fee schedule update; CMS proposed rule to limit intergovernmental transfers and certified public expenditures; CMS proposed value-based purchasing program; CMS proposed rule on Medicad graduate medical education payments; State childrens health insurance program funding; IRS Form 990 revision; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; pay for performance/value based purchasing; health information technology; hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductibel health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Development's federal housing assistance mortage program for hospitals; Defiend benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting; Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340b drug pricing program; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/"trigger"; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp. funding; CMS directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSA's health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007;S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free Choice Act Oppose Card Check process; S.1693 Health Information Exchange Act; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on Medicaid Regulations affecting Intergovernmental Transfers; S.2499 Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; increase FMAP; H.R.800 Employee Free Choice Act Oppose Card Check process; H.R.866 Secret Ballot Protection Act; H.R.976 Childrens Health Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; H.R.1177 Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone Mental Health & Addiction Equity Act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2007; H.R.2159 rural Health Services Preservation Act; H.R.2406 Establishes NIST Role in Standard Setting for Health IT; H.R.3162 Children Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early Treatment for HIV Act; H.R.3533 Public and Teaching Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year Moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5613 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; FFY 2009 Budget and Budget Resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid Cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and 75% Rule, Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules CY 2009 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; CMS Proposed Rule to Limit Intergovernmental Transfers and Certified Public Expenditures; CMS Proposed Value-Based Purchasing Program; CMS Proposed Rule on Medicaid Graduate Medical Education Payments; State Childrens Health Insurance Program funding IRS Form 990 Revision; Stark and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; Pay for Performance / value based purchasing; Health information technology; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductible health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Developments Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/trigger; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSAs health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007; S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free choice Act-Opose Card Check Process; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.1693 Health Information Exchange; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on Medicaid Regulations affecting Intergovernmental Transfers; S.2499 Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; increase FMAP; H.R.800 Employee Free Choice Act Oppose Card Check process; H.R.866 Secret Ballot Protection Act; H.R.976 Childrens Health Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; H.R.1177 Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone Mental Health & Addiction Equity Act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2007; H.R.2159 rural Health Services Preservation Act; H.R.2406 Establishes NIST Role in Standard Setting for Health IT; H.R.2642, Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008; H.R.3162 Children Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early Treatment for HIV Act; H.R.3533 Public and Teaching Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year Moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5613 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; H.R.6331 Physician Medicare payment relief; H.R.6357 Protecting records, optimizing treatment, and easing communication thorugh healthcare technology; FFY 2009 Budget and Budget Resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid Cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and 75% Rule Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; CMS Proposed Rule to Limit Intergovernmental Transfers and Certified Public Expenditures; CMS Proposed Value-Based Purchasing Program; CMS Proposed Rule on Medicaid Graduate Medical Education Payments; State Childrens Health Insurance Program funding; IRS Form 990 Revision; Stark and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; Pay for Performance / value based purchasing; Health information technology; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductible health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Developments Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting; Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/trigger; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSAs health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007; S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free Choice Act-Oppose Card Check process; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.1693 Health Information Exchange; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on medicaid regulations affecting intergovernmental transfers; S.2499 Medicare, medicaid, and SCHIP extension act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; increase FMAP; S.3101 the Medicare improvements for patients and providers act; S.3656 Preserving access to healthcare (PATH) act of 2008; H.R.800 Employee free choice act (oppose card check process); H.R.866 Secret ballot protection act; H.R.976 Children's health insurance reauthoriation act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician pathology services continuity act; H.R.1177 Sole commuunity hospital preservation act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone mental health and addiction equity act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB quidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare mental health modernization act of 2007; H.R.2159 Rural health services preservation act; H.R.2406 establishes NIST role in standard setting for health IT; H.R.2638 Consolidated security, disaster assistance, and continuing appropriations act, 2009; Continuing resolution 2009; H.R.2642 Supplemental appropriations act, 2008; H.R.3162 Children health and Medicare protection act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early treatment for HIV act; H.R.3533 Public and teaching hospital preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5480 Medicare funding warning response act of 2008; H.R.5613 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; H.R.5924 Emergency nursing supply relief act; H.R.6331 Physician Medicare payment releif; H.R.6357 Protecting records, optimizing treatment, and easing communication through healthcare technology; H.R.6898 Health-E IT Act of 2008; H.R.7067 Quality FIRST Act of 2008; H.R.7110 Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008-FMAP Provision; H.R.7219 the Protecting Hospital and outpatient and community clinic services act of 2008; H.R.7241 Preserving access to health care (PATH) Act of 2008; H.Res.1368 Relating to the House procedures contained in Section 803 of the Medicare prescription drug improvement and modernization act of 2003; FFY 2009 budget and budget resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, health and human services, education and pension appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient hospital PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare inpatient Psychiatric facility PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare inpatient rehabiltiation facility PPS and "75% rule," rules; CY 2009 Medicare otupatient PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare skilled nursing facility PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare home health agency PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare physician fee schedule update; CMS proposed rule to limit intergovernmental transfers and certified public expenditures; CMS proposed value-based purchasing program; CMS proposed rule on Medicad graduate medical education payments; State childrens health insurance program funding; IRS Form 990 revision; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; pay for performance/value based purchasing; health information technology; hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductibel health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Development's federal housing assistance mortage program for hospitals; Defiend benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting; Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340b drug pricing program; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/"trigger"; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp. funding; CMS directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSA's health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007; S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free Choice Act-Oppose Card Check process; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.1693 Health Information Exchange; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on medicaid regulations affecting intergovernmental transfers; S.2499 Medicare, medicaid, and SCHIP extension act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; increase FMAP; S.3101 the Medicare improvements for patients and providers act; S.3656 Preserving access to healthcare (PATH) act of 2008; H.R.800 Employee free choice act (oppose card check process); H.R.866 Secret ballot protection act; H.R.976 Children's health insurance reauthoriation act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician pathology services continuity act; H.R.1177 Sole commuunity hospital preservation act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone mental health and addiction equity act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB quidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare mental health modernization act of 2007; H.R.2159 Rural health services preservation act; H.R.2406 establishes NIST role in standard setting for health IT; H.R.2638 Consolidated security, disaster assistance, and continuing appropriations act, 2009; Continuing resolution 2009; H.R.2642 Supplemental appropriations act, 2008; H.R.3162 Children health and Medicare protection act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early treatment for HIV act; H.R.3533 Public and teaching hospital preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5480 Medicare funding warning response act of 2008; H.R.5613 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; H.R.5924 Emergency nursing supply relief act; H.R.6331 Physician Medicare payment releif; H.R.6357 Protecting records, optimizing treatment, and easing communication through healthcare technology; H.R.6898 Health-E IT Act of 2008; H.R.7067 Quality FIRST Act of 2008; H.R.7110 Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008-FMAP Provision; H.R.7219 the Protecting Hospital and outpatient and community clinic services act of 2008; H.R.7241 Preserving access to health care (PATH) Act of 2008; H.Res.1368 Relating to the House procedures contained in Section 803 of the Medicare prescription drug improvement and modernization act of 2003; FFY 2009 budget and budget resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, health and human services, education and pension appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient hospital PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare inpatient Psychiatric facility PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare inpatient rehabiltiation facility PPS and "75% rule," rules; CY 2009 Medicare otupatient PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare skilled nursing facility PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare home health agency PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare physician fee schedule update; CMS proposed rule to limit intergovernmental transfers and certified public expenditures; CMS proposed value-based purchasing program; CMS proposed rule on Medicad graduate medical education payments; State childrens health insurance program funding; IRS Form 990 revision; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; pay for performance/value based purchasing; health information technology; hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductibel health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Development's federal housing assistance mortage program for hospitals; Defiend benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting; Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340b drug pricing program; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/"trigger"; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp. funding; CMS directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSA's health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007;S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free Choice Act Oppose Card Check process; S.1693 Health Information Exchange Act; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on Medicaid Regulations affecting Intergovernmental Transfers; S.2499 Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; increase FMAP; H.R.800 Employee Free Choice Act Oppose Card Check process; H.R.866 Secret Ballot Protection Act; H.R.976 Childrens Health Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; H.R.1177 Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone Mental Health & Addiction Equity Act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2007; H.R.2159 rural Health Services Preservation Act; H.R.2406 Establishes NIST Role in Standard Setting for Health IT; H.R.3162 Children Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early Treatment for HIV Act; H.R.3533 Public and Teaching Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year Moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5613 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; FFY 2009 Budget and Budget Resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid Cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and 75% Rule, Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules CY 2009 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; CMS Proposed Rule to Limit Intergovernmental Transfers and Certified Public Expenditures; CMS Proposed Value-Based Purchasing Program; CMS Proposed Rule on Medicaid Graduate Medical Education Payments; State Childrens Health Insurance Program funding IRS Form 990 Revision; Stark and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; Pay for Performance / value based purchasing; Health information technology; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductible health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Developments Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/trigger; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSAs health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007; S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free choice Act-Opose Card Check Process; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.1693 Health Information Exchange; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on Medicaid Regulations affecting Intergovernmental Transfers; S.2499 Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; increase FMAP; H.R.800 Employee Free Choice Act Oppose Card Check process; H.R.866 Secret Ballot Protection Act; H.R.976 Childrens Health Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; H.R.1177 Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone Mental Health & Addiction Equity Act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2007; H.R.2159 rural Health Services Preservation Act; H.R.2406 Establishes NIST Role in Standard Setting for Health IT; H.R.2642, Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008; H.R.3162 Children Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early Treatment for HIV Act; H.R.3533 Public and Teaching Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year Moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5613 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; H.R.6331 Physician Medicare payment relief; H.R.6357 Protecting records, optimizing treatment, and easing communication thorugh healthcare technology; FFY 2009 Budget and Budget Resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid Cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and 75% Rule Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; CMS Proposed Rule to Limit Intergovernmental Transfers and Certified Public Expenditures; CMS Proposed Value-Based Purchasing Program; CMS Proposed Rule on Medicaid Graduate Medical Education Payments; State Childrens Health Insurance Program funding; IRS Form 990 Revision; Stark and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; Pay for Performance / value based purchasing; Health information technology; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductible health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Developments Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting; Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/trigger; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSAs health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007; S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free Choice Act-Oppose Card Check process; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.1693 Health Information Exchange; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on medicaid regulations affecting intergovernmental transfers; S.2499 Medicare, medicaid, and SCHIP extension act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; increase FMAP; S.3101 the Medicare improvements for patients and providers act; S.3656 Preserving access to healthcare (PATH) act of 2008; H.R.800 Employee free choice act (oppose card check process); H.R.866 Secret ballot protection act; H.R.976 Children's health insurance reauthoriation act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician pathology services continuity act; H.R.1177 Sole commuunity hospital preservation act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone mental health and addiction equity act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB quidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare mental health modernization act of 2007; H.R.2159 Rural health services preservation act; H.R.2406 establishes NIST role in standard setting for health IT; H.R.2638 Consolidated security, disaster assistance, and continuing appropriations act, 2009; Continuing resolution 2009; H.R.2642 Supplemental appropriations act, 2008; H.R.3162 Children health and Medicare protection act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early treatment for HIV act; H.R.3533 Public and teaching hospital preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5480 Medicare funding warning response act of 2008; H.R.5613 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; H.R.5924 Emergency nursing supply relief act; H.R.6331 Physician Medicare payment releif; H.R.6357 Protecting records, optimizing treatment, and easing communication through healthcare technology; H.R.6898 Health-E IT Act of 2008; H.R.7067 Quality FIRST Act of 2008; H.R.7110 Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008-FMAP Provision; H.R.7219 the Protecting Hospital and outpatient and community clinic services act of 2008; H.R.7241 Preserving access to health care (PATH) Act of 2008; H.Res.1368 Relating to the House procedures contained in Section 803 of the Medicare prescription drug improvement and modernization act of 2003; FFY 2009 budget and budget resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, health and human services, education and pension appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient hospital PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare inpatient Psychiatric facility PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare inpatient rehabiltiation facility PPS and "75% rule," rules; CY 2009 Medicare otupatient PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare skilled nursing facility PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare home health agency PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare physician fee schedule update; CMS proposed rule to limit intergovernmental transfers and certified public expenditures; CMS proposed value-based purchasing program; CMS proposed rule on Medicad graduate medical education payments; State childrens health insurance program funding; IRS Form 990 revision; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; pay for performance/value based purchasing; health information technology; hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductibel health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Development's federal housing assistance mortage program for hospitals; Defiend benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting; Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340b drug pricing program; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/"trigger"; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp. funding; CMS directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSA's health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007; S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free Choice Act-Oppose Card Check process; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.1693 Health Information Exchange; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on medicaid regulations affecting intergovernmental transfers; S.2499 Medicare, medicaid, and SCHIP extension act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; increase FMAP; S.3101 the Medicare improvements for patients and providers act; S.3656 Preserving access to healthcare (PATH) act of 2008; H.R.800 Employee free choice act (oppose card check process); H.R.866 Secret ballot protection act; H.R.976 Children's health insurance reauthoriation act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician pathology services continuity act; H.R.1177 Sole commuunity hospital preservation act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone mental health and addiction equity act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB quidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare mental health modernization act of 2007; H.R.2159 Rural health services preservation act; H.R.2406 establishes NIST role in standard setting for health IT; H.R.2638 Consolidated security, disaster assistance, and continuing appropriations act, 2009; Continuing resolution 2009; H.R.2642 Supplemental appropriations act, 2008; H.R.3162 Children health and Medicare protection act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early treatment for HIV act; H.R.3533 Public and teaching hospital preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5480 Medicare funding warning response act of 2008; H.R.5613 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; H.R.5924 Emergency nursing supply relief act; H.R.6331 Physician Medicare payment releif; H.R.6357 Protecting records, optimizing treatment, and easing communication through healthcare technology; H.R.6898 Health-E IT Act of 2008; H.R.7067 Quality FIRST Act of 2008; H.R.7110 Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008-FMAP Provision; H.R.7219 the Protecting Hospital and outpatient and community clinic services act of 2008; H.R.7241 Preserving access to health care (PATH) Act of 2008; H.Res.1368 Relating to the House procedures contained in Section 803 of the Medicare prescription drug improvement and modernization act of 2003; FFY 2009 budget and budget resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, health and human services, education and pension appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient hospital PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare inpatient Psychiatric facility PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare inpatient rehabiltiation facility PPS and "75% rule," rules; CY 2009 Medicare otupatient PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare skilled nursing facility PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare home health agency PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare physician fee schedule update; CMS proposed rule to limit intergovernmental transfers and certified public expenditures; CMS proposed value-based purchasing program; CMS proposed rule on Medicad graduate medical education payments; State childrens health insurance program funding; IRS Form 990 revision; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; pay for performance/value based purchasing; health information technology; hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductibel health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Development's federal housing assistance mortage program for hospitals; Defiend benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting; Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340b drug pricing program; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/"trigger"; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp. funding; CMS directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSA's health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007; S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free Choice Act-Oppose Card Check process; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.1693 Health Information Exchange; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on medicaid regulations affecting intergovernmental transfers; S.2499 Medicare, medicaid, and SCHIP extension act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; increase FMAP; S.3101 the Medicare improvements for patients and providers act; S.3656 Preserving access to healthcare (PATH) act of 2008; H.R.800 Employee free choice act (oppose card check process); H.R.866 Secret ballot protection act; H.R.976 Children's health insurance reauthoriation act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician pathology services continuity act; H.R.1177 Sole commuunity hospital preservation act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone mental health and addiction equity act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB quidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare mental health modernization act of 2007; H.R.2159 Rural health services preservation act; H.R.2406 establishes NIST role in standard setting for health IT; H.R.2638 Consolidated security, disaster assistance, and continuing appropriations act, 2009; Continuing resolution 2009; H.R.2642 Supplemental appropriations act, 2008; H.R.3162 Children health and Medicare protection act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early treatment for HIV act; H.R.3533 Public and teaching hospital preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5480 Medicare funding warning response act of 2008; H.R.5613 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; H.R.5924 Emergency nursing supply relief act; H.R.6331 Physician Medicare payment releif; H.R.6357 Protecting records, optimizing treatment, and easing communication through healthcare technology; H.R.6898 Health-E IT Act of 2008; H.R.7067 Quality FIRST Act of 2008; H.R.7110 Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008-FMAP Provision; H.R.7219 the Protecting Hospital and outpatient and community clinic services act of 2008; H.R.7241 Preserving access to health care (PATH) Act of 2008; H.Res.1368 Relating to the House procedures contained in Section 803 of the Medicare prescription drug improvement and modernization act of 2003; FFY 2009 budget and budget resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, health and human services, education and pension appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient hospital PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare inpatient Psychiatric facility PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare inpatient rehabiltiation facility PPS and "75% rule," rules; CY 2009 Medicare otupatient PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare skilled nursing facility PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare home health agency PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare physician fee schedule update; CMS proposed rule to limit intergovernmental transfers and certified public expenditures; CMS proposed value-based purchasing program; CMS proposed rule on Medicad graduate medical education payments; State childrens health insurance program funding; IRS Form 990 revision; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; pay for performance/value based purchasing; health information technology; hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductibel health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Development's federal housing assistance mortage program for hospitals; Defiend benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting; Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340b drug pricing program; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/"trigger"; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp. funding; CMS directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSA's health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007; S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free Choice Act-Oppose Card Check process; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.1693 Health Information Exchange; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on medicaid regulations affecting intergovernmental transfers; S.2499 Medicare, medicaid, and SCHIP extension act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; increase FMAP; S.3101 the Medicare improvements for patients and providers act; S.3656 Preserving access to healthcare (PATH) act of 2008; H.R.800 Employee free choice act (oppose card check process); H.R.866 Secret ballot protection act; H.R.976 Children's health insurance reauthoriation act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician pathology services continuity act; H.R.1177 Sole commuunity hospital preservation act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone mental health and addiction equity act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB quidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare mental health modernization act of 2007; H.R.2159 Rural health services preservation act; H.R.2406 establishes NIST role in standard setting for health IT; H.R.2638 Consolidated security, disaster assistance, and continuing appropriations act, 2009; Continuing resolution 2009; H.R.2642 Supplemental appropriations act, 2008; H.R.3162 Children health and Medicare protection act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early treatment for HIV act; H.R.3533 Public and teaching hospital preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5480 Medicare funding warning response act of 2008; H.R.5613 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; H.R.5924 Emergency nursing supply relief act; H.R.6331 Physician Medicare payment releif; H.R.6357 Protecting records, optimizing treatment, and easing communication through healthcare technology; H.R.6898 Health-E IT Act of 2008; H.R.7067 Quality FIRST Act of 2008; H.R.7110 Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008-FMAP Provision; H.R.7219 the Protecting Hospital and outpatient and community clinic services act of 2008; H.R.7241 Preserving access to health care (PATH) Act of 2008; H.Res.1368 Relating to the House procedures contained in Section 803 of the Medicare prescription drug improvement and modernization act of 2003; FFY 2009 budget and budget resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, health and human services, education and pension appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient hospital PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare inpatient Psychiatric facility PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare inpatient rehabiltiation facility PPS and "75% rule," rules; CY 2009 Medicare otupatient PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare skilled nursing facility PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare home health agency PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare physician fee schedule update; CMS proposed rule to limit intergovernmental transfers and certified public expenditures; CMS proposed value-based purchasing program; CMS proposed rule on Medicad graduate medical education payments; State childrens health insurance program funding; IRS Form 990 revision; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; pay for performance/value based purchasing; health information technology; hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductibel health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Development's federal housing assistance mortage program for hospitals; Defiend benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting; Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340b drug pricing program; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/"trigger"; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp. funding; CMS directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSA's health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007; S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free choice Act-Opose Card Check Process; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.1693 Health Information Exchange; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on Medicaid Regulations affecting Intergovernmental Transfers; S.2499 Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; increase FMAP; H.R.800 Employee Free Choice Act Oppose Card Check process; H.R.866 Secret Ballot Protection Act; H.R.976 Childrens Health Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; H.R.1177 Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone Mental Health & Addiction Equity Act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2007; H.R.2159 rural Health Services Preservation Act; H.R.2406 Establishes NIST Role in Standard Setting for Health IT; H.R.2642, Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008; H.R.3162 Children Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early Treatment for HIV Act; H.R.3533 Public and Teaching Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year Moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5613 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; H.R.6331 Physician Medicare payment relief; H.R.6357 Protecting records, optimizing treatment, and easing communication thorugh healthcare technology; FFY 2009 Budget and Budget Resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid Cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and 75% Rule Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; CMS Proposed Rule to Limit Intergovernmental Transfers and Certified Public Expenditures; CMS Proposed Value-Based Purchasing Program; CMS Proposed Rule on Medicaid Graduate Medical Education Payments; State Childrens Health Insurance Program funding; IRS Form 990 Revision; Stark and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; Pay for Performance / value based purchasing; Health information technology; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductible health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Developments Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting; Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/trigger; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSAs health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007;S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free Choice Act Oppose Card Check process; S.1693 Health Information Exchange Act; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on Medicaid Regulations affecting Intergovernmental Transfers; S.2499 Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; increase FMAP; H.R.800 Employee Free Choice Act Oppose Card Check process; H.R.866 Secret Ballot Protection Act; H.R.976 Childrens Health Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; H.R.1177 Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone Mental Health & Addiction Equity Act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2007; H.R.2159 rural Health Services Preservation Act; H.R.2406 Establishes NIST Role in Standard Setting for Health IT; H.R.3162 Children Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early Treatment for HIV Act; H.R.3533 Public and Teaching Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year Moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5613 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; FFY 2009 Budget and Budget Resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid Cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and 75% Rule, Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules CY 2009 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; CMS Proposed Rule to Limit Intergovernmental Transfers and Certified Public Expenditures; CMS Proposed Value-Based Purchasing Program; CMS Proposed Rule on Medicaid Graduate Medical Education Payments; State Childrens Health Insurance Program funding IRS Form 990 Revision; Stark and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; Pay for Performance / value based purchasing; Health information technology; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductible health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Developments Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/trigger; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSAs health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007; S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free choice Act-Opose Card Check Process; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.1693 Health Information Exchange; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on Medicaid Regulations affecting Intergovernmental Transfers; S.2499 Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; increase FMAP; H.R.800 Employee Free Choice Act Oppose Card Check process; H.R.866 Secret Ballot Protection Act; H.R.976 Childrens Health Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; H.R.1177 Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone Mental Health & Addiction Equity Act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2007; H.R.2159 rural Health Services Preservation Act; H.R.2406 Establishes NIST Role in Standard Setting for Health IT; H.R.2642, Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008; H.R.3162 Children Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early Treatment for HIV Act; H.R.3533 Public and Teaching Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year Moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5613 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; H.R.6331 Physician Medicare payment relief; H.R.6357 Protecting records, optimizing treatment, and easing communication thorugh healthcare technology; FFY 2009 Budget and Budget Resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid Cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and 75% Rule Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; CMS Proposed Rule to Limit Intergovernmental Transfers and Certified Public Expenditures; CMS Proposed Value-Based Purchasing Program; CMS Proposed Rule on Medicaid Graduate Medical Education Payments; State Childrens Health Insurance Program funding; IRS Form 990 Revision; Stark and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; Pay for Performance / value based purchasing; Health information technology; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductible health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Developments Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting; Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/trigger; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSAs health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007;S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free Choice Act Oppose Card Check process; S.1693 Health Information Exchange Act; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on Medicaid Regulations affecting Intergovernmental Transfers; S.2499 Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; increase FMAP; H.R.800 Employee Free Choice Act Oppose Card Check process; H.R.866 Secret Ballot Protection Act; H.R.976 Childrens Health Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; H.R.1177 Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone Mental Health & Addiction Equity Act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2007; H.R.2159 rural Health Services Preservation Act; H.R.2406 Establishes NIST Role in Standard Setting for Health IT; H.R.3162 Children Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early Treatment for HIV Act; H.R.3533 Public and Teaching Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year Moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5613 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; FFY 2009 Budget and Budget Resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid Cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and 75% Rule, Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules CY 2009 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; CMS Proposed Rule to Limit Intergovernmental Transfers and Certified Public Expenditures; CMS Proposed Value-Based Purchasing Program; CMS Proposed Rule on Medicaid Graduate Medical Education Payments; State Childrens Health Insurance Program funding IRS Form 990 Revision; Stark and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; Pay for Performance / value based purchasing; Health information technology; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductible health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Developments Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/trigger; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSAs health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007; S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free Choice Act-Oppose Card Check process; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.1693 Health Information Exchange; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on medicaid regulations affecting intergovernmental transfers; S.2499 Medicare, medicaid, and SCHIP extension act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; increase FMAP; S.3101 the Medicare improvements for patients and providers act; S.3656 Preserving access to healthcare (PATH) act of 2008; H.R.800 Employee free choice act (oppose card check process); H.R.866 Secret ballot protection act; H.R.976 Children's health insurance reauthoriation act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician pathology services continuity act; H.R.1177 Sole commuunity hospital preservation act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone mental health and addiction equity act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB quidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare mental health modernization act of 2007; H.R.2159 Rural health services preservation act; H.R.2406 establishes NIST role in standard setting for health IT; H.R.2638 Consolidated security, disaster assistance, and continuing appropriations act, 2009; Continuing resolution 2009; H.R.2642 Supplemental appropriations act, 2008; H.R.3162 Children health and Medicare protection act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early treatment for HIV act; H.R.3533 Public and teaching hospital preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5480 Medicare funding warning response act of 2008; H.R.5613 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; H.R.5924 Emergency nursing supply relief act; H.R.6331 Physician Medicare payment releif; H.R.6357 Protecting records, optimizing treatment, and easing communication through healthcare technology; H.R.6898 Health-E IT Act of 2008; H.R.7067 Quality FIRST Act of 2008; H.R.7110 Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008-FMAP Provision; H.R.7219 the Protecting Hospital and outpatient and community clinic services act of 2008; H.R.7241 Preserving access to health care (PATH) Act of 2008; H.Res.1368 Relating to the House procedures contained in Section 803 of the Medicare prescription drug improvement and modernization act of 2003; FFY 2009 budget and budget resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, health and human services, education and pension appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient hospital PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare inpatient Psychiatric facility PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare inpatient rehabiltiation facility PPS and "75% rule," rules; CY 2009 Medicare otupatient PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare skilled nursing facility PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare home health agency PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare physician fee schedule update; CMS proposed rule to limit intergovernmental transfers and certified public expenditures; CMS proposed value-based purchasing program; CMS proposed rule on Medicad graduate medical education payments; State childrens health insurance program funding; IRS Form 990 revision; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; pay for performance/value based purchasing; health information technology; hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductibel health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Development's federal housing assistance mortage program for hospitals; Defiend benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting; Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340b drug pricing program; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/"trigger"; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp. funding; CMS directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSA's health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007; S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free Choice Act-Oppose Card Check process; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.1693 Health Information Exchange; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on medicaid regulations affecting intergovernmental transfers; S.2499 Medicare, medicaid, and SCHIP extension act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; increase FMAP; S.3101 the Medicare improvements for patients and providers act; S.3656 Preserving access to healthcare (PATH) act of 2008; H.R.800 Employee free choice act (oppose card check process); H.R.866 Secret ballot protection act; H.R.976 Children's health insurance reauthoriation act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician pathology services continuity act; H.R.1177 Sole commuunity hospital preservation act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone mental health and addiction equity act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB quidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare mental health modernization act of 2007; H.R.2159 Rural health services preservation act; H.R.2406 establishes NIST role in standard setting for health IT; H.R.2638 Consolidated security, disaster assistance, and continuing appropriations act, 2009; Continuing resolution 2009; H.R.2642 Supplemental appropriations act, 2008; H.R.3162 Children health and Medicare protection act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early treatment for HIV act; H.R.3533 Public and teaching hospital preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5480 Medicare funding warning response act of 2008; H.R.5613 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; H.R.5924 Emergency nursing supply relief act; H.R.6331 Physician Medicare payment releif; H.R.6357 Protecting records, optimizing treatment, and easing communication through healthcare technology; H.R.6898 Health-E IT Act of 2008; H.R.7067 Quality FIRST Act of 2008; H.R.7110 Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008-FMAP Provision; H.R.7219 the Protecting Hospital and outpatient and community clinic services act of 2008; H.R.7241 Preserving access to health care (PATH) Act of 2008; H.Res.1368 Relating to the House procedures contained in Section 803 of the Medicare prescription drug improvement and modernization act of 2003; FFY 2009 budget and budget resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, health and human services, education and pension appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient hospital PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare inpatient Psychiatric facility PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare inpatient rehabiltiation facility PPS and "75% rule," rules; CY 2009 Medicare otupatient PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare skilled nursing facility PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare home health agency PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare physician fee schedule update; CMS proposed rule to limit intergovernmental transfers and certified public expenditures; CMS proposed value-based purchasing program; CMS proposed rule on Medicad graduate medical education payments; State childrens health insurance program funding; IRS Form 990 revision; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; pay for performance/value based purchasing; health information technology; hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductibel health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Development's federal housing assistance mortage program for hospitals; Defiend benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting; Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340b drug pricing program; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/"trigger"; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp. funding; CMS directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSA's health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007; S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free Choice Act-Oppose Card Check process; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.1693 Health Information Exchange; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on medicaid regulations affecting intergovernmental transfers; S.2499 Medicare, medicaid, and SCHIP extension act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; increase FMAP; S.3101 the Medicare improvements for patients and providers act; S.3656 Preserving access to healthcare (PATH) act of 2008; H.R.800 Employee free choice act (oppose card check process); H.R.866 Secret ballot protection act; H.R.976 Children's health insurance reauthoriation act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician pathology services continuity act; H.R.1177 Sole commuunity hospital preservation act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone mental health and addiction equity act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB quidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare mental health modernization act of 2007; H.R.2159 Rural health services preservation act; H.R.2406 establishes NIST role in standard setting for health IT; H.R.2638 Consolidated security, disaster assistance, and continuing appropriations act, 2009; Continuing resolution 2009; H.R.2642 Supplemental appropriations act, 2008; H.R.3162 Children health and Medicare protection act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early treatment for HIV act; H.R.3533 Public and teaching hospital preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5480 Medicare funding warning response act of 2008; H.R.5613 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; H.R.5924 Emergency nursing supply relief act; H.R.6331 Physician Medicare payment releif; H.R.6357 Protecting records, optimizing treatment, and easing communication through healthcare technology; H.R.6898 Health-E IT Act of 2008; H.R.7067 Quality FIRST Act of 2008; H.R.7110 Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008-FMAP Provision; H.R.7219 the Protecting Hospital and outpatient and community clinic services act of 2008; H.R.7241 Preserving access to health care (PATH) Act of 2008; H.Res.1368 Relating to the House procedures contained in Section 803 of the Medicare prescription drug improvement and modernization act of 2003; FFY 2009 budget and budget resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, health and human services, education and pension appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient hospital PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare inpatient Psychiatric facility PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare inpatient rehabiltiation facility PPS and "75% rule," rules; CY 2009 Medicare otupatient PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare skilled nursing facility PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare home health agency PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare physician fee schedule update; CMS proposed rule to limit intergovernmental transfers and certified public expenditures; CMS proposed value-based purchasing program; CMS proposed rule on Medicad graduate medical education payments; State childrens health insurance program funding; IRS Form 990 revision; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; pay for performance/value based purchasing; health information technology; hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductibel health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Development's federal housing assistance mortage program for hospitals; Defiend benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting; Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340b drug pricing program; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/"trigger"; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp. funding; CMS directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSA's health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007; S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free Choice Act-Oppose Card Check process; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.1693 Health Information Exchange; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on medicaid regulations affecting intergovernmental transfers; S.2499 Medicare, medicaid, and SCHIP extension act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; increase FMAP; S.3101 the Medicare improvements for patients and providers act; S.3656 Preserving access to healthcare (PATH) act of 2008; H.R.800 Employee free choice act (oppose card check process); H.R.866 Secret ballot protection act; H.R.976 Children's health insurance reauthoriation act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician pathology services continuity act; H.R.1177 Sole commuunity hospital preservation act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone mental health and addiction equity act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB quidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare mental health modernization act of 2007; H.R.2159 Rural health services preservation act; H.R.2406 establishes NIST role in standard setting for health IT; H.R.2638 Consolidated security, disaster assistance, and continuing appropriations act, 2009; Continuing resolution 2009; H.R.2642 Supplemental appropriations act, 2008; H.R.3162 Children health and Medicare protection act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early treatment for HIV act; H.R.3533 Public and teaching hospital preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5480 Medicare funding warning response act of 2008; H.R.5613 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; H.R.5924 Emergency nursing supply relief act; H.R.6331 Physician Medicare payment releif; H.R.6357 Protecting records, optimizing treatment, and easing communication through healthcare technology; H.R.6898 Health-E IT Act of 2008; H.R.7067 Quality FIRST Act of 2008; H.R.7110 Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008-FMAP Provision; H.R.7219 the Protecting Hospital and outpatient and community clinic services act of 2008; H.R.7241 Preserving access to health care (PATH) Act of 2008; H.Res.1368 Relating to the House procedures contained in Section 803 of the Medicare prescription drug improvement and modernization act of 2003; FFY 2009 budget and budget resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, health and human services, education and pension appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient hospital PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare inpatient Psychiatric facility PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare inpatient rehabiltiation facility PPS and "75% rule," rules; CY 2009 Medicare otupatient PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare skilled nursing facility PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare home health agency PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare physician fee schedule update; CMS proposed rule to limit intergovernmental transfers and certified public expenditures; CMS proposed value-based purchasing program; CMS proposed rule on Medicad graduate medical education payments; State childrens health insurance program funding; IRS Form 990 revision; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; pay for performance/value based purchasing; health information technology; hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductibel health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Development's federal housing assistance mortage program for hospitals; Defiend benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting; Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340b drug pricing program; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/"trigger"; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp. funding; CMS directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSA's health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007; S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free choice Act-Opose Card Check Process; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.1693 Health Information Exchange; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on Medicaid Regulations affecting Intergovernmental Transfers; S.2499 Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; increase FMAP; H.R.800 Employee Free Choice Act Oppose Card Check process; H.R.866 Secret Ballot Protection Act; H.R.976 Childrens Health Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; H.R.1177 Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone Mental Health & Addiction Equity Act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2007; H.R.2159 rural Health Services Preservation Act; H.R.2406 Establishes NIST Role in Standard Setting for Health IT; H.R.2642, Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008; H.R.3162 Children Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early Treatment for HIV Act; H.R.3533 Public and Teaching Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year Moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5613 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; H.R.6331 Physician Medicare payment relief; H.R.6357 Protecting records, optimizing treatment, and easing communication thorugh healthcare technology; FFY 2009 Budget and Budget Resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid Cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and 75% Rule Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; CMS Proposed Rule to Limit Intergovernmental Transfers and Certified Public Expenditures; CMS Proposed Value-Based Purchasing Program; CMS Proposed Rule on Medicaid Graduate Medical Education Payments; State Childrens Health Insurance Program funding; IRS Form 990 Revision; Stark and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; Pay for Performance / value based purchasing; Health information technology; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductible health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Developments Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting; Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/trigger; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSAs health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007;S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free Choice Act Oppose Card Check process; S.1693 Health Information Exchange Act; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on Medicaid Regulations affecting Intergovernmental Transfers; S.2499 Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; increase FMAP; H.R.800 Employee Free Choice Act Oppose Card Check process; H.R.866 Secret Ballot Protection Act; H.R.976 Childrens Health Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; H.R.1177 Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone Mental Health & Addiction Equity Act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2007; H.R.2159 rural Health Services Preservation Act; H.R.2406 Establishes NIST Role in Standard Setting for Health IT; H.R.3162 Children Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early Treatment for HIV Act; H.R.3533 Public and Teaching Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year Moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5613 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; FFY 2009 Budget and Budget Resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid Cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and 75% Rule, Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules CY 2009 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; CMS Proposed Rule to Limit Intergovernmental Transfers and Certified Public Expenditures; CMS Proposed Value-Based Purchasing Program; CMS Proposed Rule on Medicaid Graduate Medical Education Payments; State Childrens Health Insurance Program funding IRS Form 990 Revision; Stark and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; Pay for Performance / value based purchasing; Health information technology; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductible health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Developments Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/trigger; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSAs health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007; S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free Choice Act-Oppose Card Check process; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.1693 Health Information Exchange; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on medicaid regulations affecting intergovernmental transfers; S.2499 Medicare, medicaid, and SCHIP extension act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; increase FMAP; S.3101 the Medicare improvements for patients and providers act; S.3656 Preserving access to healthcare (PATH) act of 2008; H.R.800 Employee free choice act (oppose card check process); H.R.866 Secret ballot protection act; H.R.976 Children's health insurance reauthoriation act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician pathology services continuity act; H.R.1177 Sole commuunity hospital preservation act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone mental health and addiction equity act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB quidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare mental health modernization act of 2007; H.R.2159 Rural health services preservation act; H.R.2406 establishes NIST role in standard setting for health IT; H.R.2638 Consolidated security, disaster assistance, and continuing appropriations act, 2009; Continuing resolution 2009; H.R.2642 Supplemental appropriations act, 2008; H.R.3162 Children health and Medicare protection act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early treatment for HIV act; H.R.3533 Public and teaching hospital preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5480 Medicare funding warning response act of 2008; H.R.5613 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; H.R.5924 Emergency nursing supply relief act; H.R.6331 Physician Medicare payment releif; H.R.6357 Protecting records, optimizing treatment, and easing communication through healthcare technology; H.R.6898 Health-E IT Act of 2008; H.R.7067 Quality FIRST Act of 2008; H.R.7110 Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008-FMAP Provision; H.R.7219 the Protecting Hospital and outpatient and community clinic services act of 2008; H.R.7241 Preserving access to health care (PATH) Act of 2008; H.Res.1368 Relating to the House procedures contained in Section 803 of the Medicare prescription drug improvement and modernization act of 2003; FFY 2009 budget and budget resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, health and human services, education and pension appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient hospital PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare inpatient Psychiatric facility PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare inpatient rehabiltiation facility PPS and "75% rule," rules; CY 2009 Medicare otupatient PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare skilled nursing facility PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare home health agency PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare physician fee schedule update; CMS proposed rule to limit intergovernmental transfers and certified public expenditures; CMS proposed value-based purchasing program; CMS proposed rule on Medicad graduate medical education payments; State childrens health insurance program funding; IRS Form 990 revision; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; pay for performance/value based purchasing; health information technology; hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductibel health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Development's federal housing assistance mortage program for hospitals; Defiend benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting; Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340b drug pricing program; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/"trigger"; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp. funding; CMS directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSA's health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007; S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free Choice Act-Oppose Card Check process; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.1693 Health Information Exchange; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on medicaid regulations affecting intergovernmental transfers; S.2499 Medicare, medicaid, and SCHIP extension act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; increase FMAP; S.3101 the Medicare improvements for patients and providers act; S.3656 Preserving access to healthcare (PATH) act of 2008; H.R.800 Employee free choice act (oppose card check process); H.R.866 Secret ballot protection act; H.R.976 Children's health insurance reauthoriation act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician pathology services continuity act; H.R.1177 Sole commuunity hospital preservation act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone mental health and addiction equity act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB quidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare mental health modernization act of 2007; H.R.2159 Rural health services preservation act; H.R.2406 establishes NIST role in standard setting for health IT; H.R.2638 Consolidated security, disaster assistance, and continuing appropriations act, 2009; Continuing resolution 2009; H.R.2642 Supplemental appropriations act, 2008; H.R.3162 Children health and Medicare protection act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early treatment for HIV act; H.R.3533 Public and teaching hospital preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5480 Medicare funding warning response act of 2008; H.R.5613 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; H.R.5924 Emergency nursing supply relief act; H.R.6331 Physician Medicare payment releif; H.R.6357 Protecting records, optimizing treatment, and easing communication through healthcare technology; H.R.6898 Health-E IT Act of 2008; H.R.7067 Quality FIRST Act of 2008; H.R.7110 Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008-FMAP Provision; H.R.7219 the Protecting Hospital and outpatient and community clinic services act of 2008; H.R.7241 Preserving access to health care (PATH) Act of 2008; H.Res.1368 Relating to the House procedures contained in Section 803 of the Medicare prescription drug improvement and modernization act of 2003; FFY 2009 budget and budget resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, health and human services, education and pension appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient hospital PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare inpatient Psychiatric facility PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare inpatient rehabiltiation facility PPS and "75% rule," rules; CY 2009 Medicare otupatient PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare skilled nursing facility PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare home health agency PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare physician fee schedule update; CMS proposed rule to limit intergovernmental transfers and certified public expenditures; CMS proposed value-based purchasing program; CMS proposed rule on Medicad graduate medical education payments; State childrens health insurance program funding; IRS Form 990 revision; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; pay for performance/value based purchasing; health information technology; hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductibel health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Development's federal housing assistance mortage program for hospitals; Defiend benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting; Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340b drug pricing program; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/"trigger"; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp. funding; CMS directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSA's health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007;S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free Choice Act Oppose Card Check process; S.1693 Health Information Exchange Act; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on Medicaid Regulations affecting Intergovernmental Transfers; S.2499 Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; increase FMAP; H.R.800 Employee Free Choice Act Oppose Card Check process; H.R.866 Secret Ballot Protection Act; H.R.976 Childrens Health Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; H.R.1177 Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone Mental Health & Addiction Equity Act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2007; H.R.2159 rural Health Services Preservation Act; H.R.2406 Establishes NIST Role in Standard Setting for Health IT; H.R.3162 Children Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early Treatment for HIV Act; H.R.3533 Public and Teaching Hospital Preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year Moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5613 Extend and Establish Moratorium on Medicaid Rules; FFY 2009 Budget and Budget Resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid Cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Pension Appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Hospital PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS and 75% Rule, Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Outpatient PPS Rules; FFY 2009 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility PPS Rules CY 2009 Medicare Home Health Agency PPS Rules; CY 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update; CMS Proposed Rule to Limit Intergovernmental Transfers and Certified Public Expenditures; CMS Proposed Value-Based Purchasing Program; CMS Proposed Rule on Medicaid Graduate Medical Education Payments; State Childrens Health Insurance Program funding IRS Form 990 Revision; Stark and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; Pay for Performance / value based purchasing; Health information technology; Hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductible health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; Mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Developments Federal Housing Assistance mortgage program for hospitals; Defined benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruiting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340B drug pricing program; CMS August 17th directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/trigger; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp funding; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSAs health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.

S.458 Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act; S.558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007; S.630 Rural Health Services Preservation Act; S.860 Early Treatment for HIV Act; S.969 Oppose reversal of NLRB guidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; S.1041 Employee Free Choice Act-Oppose Card Check process; S.1604 Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2007; S.1693 Health Information Exchange; S.2041 The False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; S.2460 Extend Moratorium on medicaid regulations affecting intergovernmental transfers; S.2499 Medicare, medicaid, and SCHIP extension act of 2007; S.2620 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; S.2819 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; increase FMAP; S.3101 the Medicare improvements for patients and providers act; S.3656 Preserving access to healthcare (PATH) act of 2008; H.R.800 Employee free choice act (oppose card check process); H.R.866 Secret ballot protection act; H.R.976 Children's health insurance reauthoriation act of 2007; H.R.1105 Physician pathology services continuity act; H.R.1177 Sole commuunity hospital preservation act; H.R.1424 Paul Wellstone mental health and addiction equity act of 2007; H.R.1644 Oppose reversal of NLRB quidance on when charge nurses are classified as supervisors; H.R.1663 Medicare mental health modernization act of 2007; H.R.2159 Rural health services preservation act; H.R.2406 establishes NIST role in standard setting for health IT; H.R.2638 Consolidated security, disaster assistance, and continuing appropriations act, 2009; Continuing resolution 2009; H.R.2642 Supplemental appropriations act, 2008; H.R.3162 Children health and Medicare protection act of 2007; H.R.3326 Early treatment for HIV act; H.R.3533 Public and teaching hospital preservation Act; H.R.4105 One-year moratorium on the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program; H.R.4854 False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007; H.R.5268 Temporary increase in federal medical assistance percentages under Medicaid program; H.R.5480 Medicare funding warning response act of 2008; H.R.5613 Extend and establish moratorium on Medicaid rules; H.R.5924 Emergency nursing supply relief act; H.R.6331 Physician Medicare payment releif; H.R.6357 Protecting records, optimizing treatment, and easing communication through healthcare technology; H.R.6898 Health-E IT Act of 2008; H.R.7067 Quality FIRST Act of 2008; H.R.7110 Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008-FMAP Provision; H.R.7219 the Protecting Hospital and outpatient and community clinic services act of 2008; H.R.7241 Preserving access to health care (PATH) Act of 2008; H.Res.1368 Relating to the House procedures contained in Section 803 of the Medicare prescription drug improvement and modernization act of 2003; FFY 2009 budget and budget resolutions/Medicare and Medicaid cuts; FFY 2009 Labor, health and human services, education and pension appropriations bill; FFY 2009 Medicare Inpatient hospital PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare inpatient Psychiatric facility PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare inpatient rehabiltiation facility PPS and "75% rule," rules; CY 2009 Medicare otupatient PPS rules; FFY 2009 Medicare skilled nursing facility PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare home health agency PPS rules; CY 2009 Medicare physician fee schedule update; CMS proposed rule to limit intergovernmental transfers and certified public expenditures; CMS proposed value-based purchasing program; CMS proposed rule on Medicad graduate medical education payments; State childrens health insurance program funding; IRS Form 990 revision; "Stark" and physician self-referral regulations; Hospital pricing transparency; Not-for-profit hospital tax-exempt status; Medicaid regulations affecting public hospitals, GME, provider tax, outpatient coverage, targeted case management, rehabilitation and school based health; pay for performance/value based purchasing; health information technology; hospital charity care/financial aid; Coverage for undocumented immigrants; Associated health plans; Coverage for the uninsured; Health savings accounts and high-deductibel health plans; Emergency preparedness; Immigration; Medicare wage index; Community benefit reporting; mental health parity; Limited service hospitals; Department of Housing and Urban Development's federal housing assistance mortage program for hospitals; Defiend benefit pension plans; National Institute of Health funding; Health care workforce recruting and training funding; Hospital infection reporting; Medical error reporting; Hospital performance measure reporting; Medicare Recovery Audit contractor Demonstration Project/national expansion; Competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services; Expansion of the Medicaid 340b drug pricing program; False claims act expansion; Medicare funding warning/"trigger"; Medicare GME residency slot distribution; National Health Service Corp. funding; CMS directive to states establishing new requirements for increasing SCHIP coverage; Public Health Service Act nursing and allied health professions program funding; HRSA's health professions shortage areas and medically underserved areas.