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Clarifying the discrepancy between statute and FDA regulations regarding use of survivability as a clinical endpoint in the accelerated approval process; Urging FDA alignment between CBER and CDER on regulatory flexibility; and encouraging ability for thorough public review of promising treatments for ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases.

Gaining insight on Congressional intent regarding Accelerated Approval statute 21 USC SECTION 356 and inconsistencies with 21 CFR Section 314.

Navigating policy issues that surround FDA approval of company's treatments for neurodegenerative diseases (like ALS, MS, and Parkinson's) through restoration and protection of nueronal health and function, including seeking regulatory flexibility through Accelerated Approval process.

Navigating policy issues that surround FDA approval of company's treatments for neurodegenerative diseases (like ALS, MS, and Parkinson's) through restoration and protection of nueronal health and function, including seeking regulatory flexibility through Accelerated Approval process.

Monitor health information technology policy and legislative proposals, including implementation of the HIT provisions of ARRA.

Monitor health information technology policy and legislative proposals.

Monitor Medicare home health payment policies and regulatory impacts; advocate for safety net provider supplemental payment system within the home health sector.

Monitor Medicare home health payment policies and regulatory impacts; advocate for safety net provider supplemental payment system within the home health sector.

Monitoring implementation of Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Financial Services Reform law.

Monitoring implementation of Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Financial Services Reform law.

Monitoring implementation of Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Financial Services Reform law.

Improving FQHC Medicare payments by encouraging modifications to the language passed in the health reform law.

Working to make technical correction changes to HIT provisions in ARRA; working to pass legislation to expand FTCA coverage to health center volunteers

Medicare payment policies for skilled nursing facilities, monitoring regulatory impacts on nursing homes, and Part B therapy cap fix or extension of the exceptions process as well as concerns regarding reduction in payments for physical therapy visits as proposed in the physician fee schedule rule. Analysis of MPPR payment proposal for physical therapy. Ongoing work related to reimbursement policies for Long Term Acute Care Hospitals.

Improved metrics for quality assessment, workforce shortage issues, arbitration agreements, transparency of ownership.

Medicare payment policies for skilled nursing facilities; monitoring regulatory impacts on nursing homes.

Improved metrics for quality assessment, workforce shortage issues, arbitration agreements, transparency of ownership.

Monitor budget proposals for NIH funding

Medicare payment policy, with a specific focus on Medicare graduate medical education (GME) funding and initiatives to revise the GME "cap; efforts related to the Fiscal Commission recommendations and other initiatives that impact funding for academic medicine; other Medicaid and regulatory issues impacting academic medical institutions.

Fixing the risk adjuster under the Medicare Advantage program to appropriately pay chronic care plans. Assuring appropriate access and enrollment procedures for chronic care special needs plans. Monitoring regulatory policy for the STARS quality rating system.

Monitor health information technology policy and legislative proposals.

Monitor health information technology policy and legislative proposals, including implementation of the HIT provisions of ARRA.

Monitor budget proposals for NIH funding

Medicare payment policy, with a specific focus on Medicare graduate medical education (GME) funding and initiatives to revise the GME "cap; efforts related to the Fiscal Commission recommendations and other initiatives that impact funding for academic medicine; other Medicaid and regulatory issues impacting academic medical institutions.

Medicare payment policy, with a specific focus on Medicare graduate medical education (GME) funding and initiatives to revise the GME "cap; efforts related to the Fiscal Commission recommendations and other initiatives that impact funding for academic medicine, including the FY11 and FY12 budget debate and NIH funding; other Medicaid and regulatory issues impacting academic medical institutions.

Medicare payment policy, with a specific focus on Medicare graduate medical education (GME) funding and initiatives to revise the GME "cap; efforts related to the Fiscal Commission recommendations and other initiatives that impact funding for academic medicine, including the FY11 and FY12 budget debate and NIH funding; other Medicaid and regulatory issues impacting academic medical institutions.

Monitor Medicare home health payment policies and regulatory impacts; advocate for safety net provider supplemental payment system within the home health sector.

Monitor Medicare home health payment policies and regulatory impacts; advocate for safety net provider supplemental payment system within the home health sector.

Monitoring implementation of Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Financial Services Reform law.

Monitoring implementation of Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Financial Services Reform law.

Monitoring implementation of Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Financial Services Reform law.

Working to make technical correction changes to HIT provisions in ARRA; working to pass legislation to expand FTCA coverage to health center volunteers

Improving FQHC Medicare payments by encouraging modifications to the language passed in the health reform law.

Medicare payment policies for skilled nursing facilities, monitoring regulatory impacts on nursing homes, and Part B therapy cap fix or extension of the exceptions process as well as concerns regarding reduction in payments for physical therapy visits as proposed in the physician fee schedule rule. Analysis of MPPR payment proposal for physical therapy. Ongoing work related to reimbursement policies for Long Term Acute Care Hospitals.

Improved metrics for quality assessment, workforce shortage issues, arbitration agreements, transparency of ownership.

Medicare payment policies for skilled nursing facilities; monitoring regulatory impacts on nursing homes.

Improved metrics for quality assessment, workforce shortage issues, arbitration agreements, transparency of ownership.

Fixing the risk adjuster under the Medicare Advantage program to appropriately pay chronic care plans. Assuring appropriate access and enrollment procedures for chronic care special needs plans. Monitoring regulatory policy for the STARS quality rating system.

Physical therapy billing reassignment issues for physicians and their relationship to Stark anti-kickback laws and concerns regarding reductions in payments to physical therapists as proposed in the physician fee schedule rule; analysis regarding MPPR reduction proposal for physical therapy.

Physical therapy billing reassignment issues for physicians and their relationship to Stark anti-kickback laws and concerns regarding reductions to payments for physical therapy visits under the proposed physician fee schedule rule; analysis regarding MPPR reduction proposal for physical therapy.

Monitor health information technology policy and legislative proposals.

Monitor health information technology policy and legislative proposals, including implementation of the HIT provisions of ARRA.

Including health center priorities in the national health reform debate, including FQHC provisions in a public plan option and/or improving private coverage provisions for FQHC services. Including provider network adequacy provisions and payment protections in the health insurance exchange model in health reform. Working to make technical correction changes to HIT provisions in ARRA.

Improving FQHC Medicare payments by encouraging modifications to the language passed in the health reform law.

Monitor Medicare home health payment policies and regulatory impacts; advocate for safety provider supplemental payment system within the home health sector.

Monitor Medicare home health payment policies and regulatory impacts; advocate for safety provider supplemental payment system within the home health sector.

Medicare payment policies for skilled nursing facilities; monitoring regulatory impacts on nursing homes.

Improved metrics for quality assessment, workforce shortage issues, arbitration agreements, transparency of ownership.

Improved metrics for quality assessment, workforce shortage issues, arbitration agreements, transparency of ownership

Medicare payment policies for skilled nursing facilities, monitoring regulatory impacts on nursing homes, implementation of LTACH provisions in MMSEA and efforts to extend relief in 2009, and Part B therapy cap fix or extension of the exceptions process.

Medicare payment policies for skilled nursing facilities; monitoring regulatory impacts on nursing homes.

Monitoring policy oversight of regulations and implementation of the LTACH provisions of MMSEA and advocating an extension of the legislative relief in 2010 health reform package.

Fixing the risk adjuster under the Medicare Advantage program to appropriately pay chronic care plans. Assuring appropriate access and enrollment procedures for chronic care special needs plans.

Physical therapy billing reassignment issues for physicians and their relationship to Stark anti-kickback laws and implementation of LTACH provisions of MMSEA, including advocating an extension of the relief in 2009.

Physical therapy billing reassignment issues for physicians and their relationship to Stark anti-kickback laws

Monitor health information technology policy and legislative proposals

Monitor health information technology policy and legislative proposals

Monitor Medicare home health payment policies and regulatory impacts; advocate for safety net provider supplemental payment system within the home health sector.

Monitor Medicare home health payment policies and regulatory impacts; advocate for safety net provider supplemental payment system within the home health sector.

Promote enactment of S. 1700, the Energy Security Through Transparency Act of 2009, as an amendment to the Financial Services Reform package.

Promote enactment of S. 1700, the Energy Security Through Transparency Act of 2009, as an amendment to the Financial Service Reform package.

Promote enactment of S. 1700, the Energy Security Through Transparency Act of 2009, as an amendment to the Financial Services Reform package; work on implementation issues resulting from its passage.

Modernizing the electric grid to make it more efficient and reliable through smart grid technology; making smart grid technologies a component part of efficiency goals for CO2 reduction; monitoring global climate change legislation; monitoring implementation of smart grid requirements under Title 13 of the 2007 Energy Bill; monitoring implementation of smart grid components of ARRA.

Modernizing the electric grid to make it more efficient and reliable through smart grid technology; making smart grid technologies a component part of efficiency goals for CO2 reduction; monitoring global climate change legislation; monitoring implementation of smart grid requirements under Title 13 of the 2007 Energy Bill; monitoring implementation of smart grid components of ARRA.

Monitor Medicare home health payment policies and regulatory impacts; advocate for safety provider supplemental payment system within the home health sector.

Monitor Medicare home health payment policies and regulatory impacts; advocate for safety provider supplemental payment system within the home health sector.

Including health center priorities in the national health reform debate, including FQHC provisions in a public plan option and/or improving private coverage provisions for FQHC services. Including provider network adequacy provisions and payment protections in the health insurance exchange model in health reform. Working to make technical correction changes to HIT provisions in ARRA.

Improving FQHC Medicare payments by encouraging modifications to the language passed in the health reform law.

Medicare payment policies for skilled nursing facilities, monitoring regulatory impacts on nursing homes, implementation of LTACH provisions in MMSEA and efforts to extend relief in 2009, and Part B therapy cap fix or extension of the exceptions process.

Improved metrics for quality assessment, workforce shortage issues, arbitration agreements, transparency of ownership.

Improved metrics for quality assessment, workforce shortage issues, arbitration agreements, transparency of ownership.

Medicare payment policies for skilled nursing facilities; monitoring regulatory impacts on nursing homes.

Monitoring policy oversight of regulations and implementation of the LTACH provisions of MMSEA and advocating an extension of the legislative relief in 2010 health reform package.

Fixing the risk adjuster under the Medicare Advantage program to appropriately pay chronic care plans. Assuring appropriate access and enrollment procedures for chronic care special needs plans.

Physical therapy billing reassignment issues for physicians and their relationship to Stark anti-kickback laws.

Physical therapy billing reassignment issues for physicians and their relationship to Stark anti-kickback laws and implementation of LTACH provisions of MMSEA, including advocating an extension of the relief in 2009.

Monitor health information technology policy and legislative proposals.

Monitor health information technology policy and legislative proposals, including implementation of the HIT provisions of ARRA.

Improving FQHC Medicare payments by encouraging modifications to the language passed in the health reform law.

Working to make technical correction changes to HIT provisions in ARRA; working to pass legislation to expand FTCA coverage to health center volunteers

Monitor Medicare home health payment policies and regulatory impacts; advocate for safety net provider supplemental payment system within the home health sector.

Monitor Medicare home health payment policies and regulatory impacts; advocate for safety net provider supplemental payment system within the home health sector.

Monitoring implementation of Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Financial Services Reform law.

Monitoring implementation of Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Financial Services Reform law.

Monitoring implementation of Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Financial Services Reform law.

Working to make technical correction changes to HIT provisions in ARRA; working to pass legislation to expand FTCA coverage to health center volunteers

Improving FQHC Medicare payments by encouraging modifications to the language passed in the health reform law.

Improved metrics for quality assessment, workforce shortage issues, arbitration agreements, transparency of ownership.

Medicare payment policies for skilled nursing facilities, monitoring regulatory impacts on nursing homes, and Part B therapy cap fix or extension of the exceptions process as well as concerns regarding reduction in payments for physical therapy visits as proposed in the physician fee schedule rule. Analysis of MPPR payment proposal for physical therapy.

Improved metrics for quality assessment, workforce shortage issues, arbitration agreements, transparency of ownership.

Medicare payment policies for skilled nursing facilities; monitoring regulatory impacts on nursing homes.

Fixing the risk adjuster under the Medicare Advantage program to appropriately pay chronic care plans. Assuring appropriate access and enrollment procedures for chronic care special needs plans. Monitoring regulatory policy for the STARS quality rating system.

Physical therapy billing reassignment issues for physicians and their relationship to Stark anti-kickback laws and concerns regarding reductions in payments to physical therapists as proposed in the physician fee schedule rule; analysis regarding MPPR reduction proposal for physical therapy.

Physical therapy billing reassignment issues for physicians and their relationship to Stark anti-kickback laws and concerns regarding reductions to payments for physical therapy visits under the proposed physician fee schedule rule; analysis regarding MPPR reduction proposal for physical therapy.

Monitor health information technology policy and legislative proposals.

Monitor health information technology policy and legislative proposals, including implementation of the HIT provisions of ARRA.

Monitor Medicare home health payment policies and regulatory impacts; advocate for safety net provider supplemental payment system within the home health sector.

Monitor Medicare home health payment policies and regulatory impacts; advocate for safety net provider supplemental payment system within the home health sector.

Promote enactment of S. 1700, the Energy Security Through Transparency Act of 2009, as an amendment to the Financial Services Reform package; work on implementation issues resulting from its passage.

Promote enactment of S. 1700, the Energy Security Through Transparency Act of 2009, as an amendment to the Financial Services Reform package.

Promote enactment of S. 1700, the Energy Security Through Transparency Act of 2009, as an amendment to the Financial Service Reform package.

Improving FQHC Medicare payments by encouraging modifications to the language passed in the health reform law.

Working to make technical correction changes to HIT provisions in ARRA; working to pass legislation to expand FTCA coverage to health center volunteers

Improved metrics for quality assessment, workforce shortage issues, arbitration agreements, transparency of ownership.

Medicare payment policies for skilled nursing facilities, monitoring regulatory impacts on nursing homes, and Part B therapy cap fix or extension of the exceptions process as well as concerns regarding reduction in payments for physical therapy visits as proposed in the physician fee schedule rule.

Medicare payment policies for skilled nursing facilities; monitoring regulatory impacts on nursing homes.

Improved metrics for quality assessment, workforce shortage issues, arbitration agreements, transparency of ownership.

Fixing the risk adjuster under the Medicare Advantage program to appropriately pay chronic care plans. Assuring appropriate access and enrollment procedures for chronic care special needs plans.

Physical therapy billing reassignment issues for physicians and their relationship to Stark anti-kickback laws and concerns regarding reductions in payments to physical therapists as proposed in the physician fee schedule rule.

Physical therapy billing reassignment issues for physicians and their relationship to Stark anti-kickback laws and concerns regarding reductions to payments for physical therapy visits under the proposed physician fee schedule rule

Monitor health information technology policy and legislative proposals, including implementation of the HIT provisions of ARRA.

Monitor health information technology policy and legislative proposals.

Monitoring policy oversight of regulations and implementation of the LTACH provisions of MMSEA and advocating an extension of the legislative relief in 2010 health reform package.

Modernizing the electric grid to make it more efficient and reliable through smart grid technology; making smart grid technologies a component part of efficiency goals for CO2 reduction; monitoring global climate change legislation; monitoring implementation of smart grid requirements under Title 13 of the 2007 Energy Bill; monitoring implementation of smart grid components of ARRA.

Modernizing the electric grid to make it more efficient and reliable through smart grid technology; making smart grid technologies a component part of efficiency goals for CO2 reduction; monitoring global climate change legislation; monitoring implementation of smart grid requirements under Title 13 of the 2007 Energy Bill; monitoring implementation of smart grid components of ARRA.

Promote enactment of S. 1700, the Energy Security Through Transparency Act of 2009, as an amendment to the Financial Service Reform package.

Promote enactment of S. 1700, the Energy Security Through Transparency Act of 2009, as an amendment to the Financial Services Reform package.

Promote enactment of S. 1700, the Energy Security Through Transparency Act of 2009, as an amendment to the Financial Services Reform package.

Improving FQHC Medicare payments by encouraging modifications to the language passed in the health reform law.

Including health center priorities in the national health reform debate, including FQHC provisions in a public plan option and/or improving private coverage provisions for FQHC services. Including provider network adequacy provisions and payment protections in the health insurance exchange model in health reform. Working to make technical correction changes to HIT provisions in ARRA.

Improved metrics for quality assessment, workforce shortage issues, arbitration agreements, transparency of ownership.

Medicare payment policies for skilled nursing facilities, monitoring regulatory impacts on nursing homes, implementation of LTACH provisions in MMSEA and efforts to extend relief in 2009, and Part B therapy cap fix or extension of the exceptions process.

Improved metrics for quality assessment, workforce shortage issues, arbitration agreements, transparency of ownership.

Medicare payment policies for skilled nursing facilities; monitoring regulatory impacts on nursing homes.

Monitoring policy oversight of regulations and implementation of the LTACH provisions of MMSEA and advocating an extension of the legislative relief in 2010 health reform package.

Fixing the risk adjuster under the Medicare Advantage program to appropriately pay chronic care plans. Assuring appropriate access and enrollment procedures for chronic care special needs plans.

Physical therapy billing reassignment issues for physicians and their relationship to Stark anti-kickback laws.

Physical therapy billing reassignment issues for physicians and their relationship to Stark anti-kickback laws and implementation of LTACH provisions of MMSEA, including advocating an extension of the relief in 2009.

Monitor health information technology policy and legislative proposals, including implementation of the HIT provisions of ARRA.

Monitor health information technology policy and legislative proposals.

Modernizing the electric grid to make it more efficient and reliable through smart grid technology; making smart grid technologies a component part of efficiency goals for CO2 reduction; monitoring global climate change legislation; monitoring implementation of smart grid requirements under Title 13 of the 2007 Energy Bill; monitoring implementation of smart grid components of ARRA.

Modernizing the electric grid to make it more efficient and reliable through smart grid technology; making smart grid technologies a component part of efficiency goals for CO2 reduction; monitoring global climate change legislation; monitoring implementation of smart grid requirements under Title 13 of the 2007 Energy Bill; monitoring implementation of smart grid components of ARRA.

Physical therapy billing reassignment issues for physicians and their relationship to Stark anti-kickback laws.

Monitor Medicare home health payment policies and regulatory impacts; advocate for safety provider supplemental payment system within the home health sector.

Monitor Medicare home health payment policies and regulatory impacts; advocate for safety provider supplemental payment system within the home health sector.

Promote enactment of S. 1700, the Energy Security Through Transparency Act of 2009

Promote enactment of S. 1700, the Energy Security Through Transparency Act of 2009

Promote enactment of S. 1700, the Energy Security Through Transparency Act of 2009

Including health center priorities in the national health reform debate, including FQHC provisions in a public plan option and/or improving private coverage provisions for FQHC services. Including provider network adequacy provisions and payment protections in the health insurance exchange model in health reform.

Improving FQHC Medicare payments under the MATCH Act.

Improved metrics for quality assessment, workforce shortage issues, arbitration agreements, transparency of ownership.

Medicare payment policies for skilled nursing facilities, monitoring regulatory impacts on nursing homes, implementation of LTACH provisions in MMSEA and efforts to extend relief in 2009, and Part B therapy cap fix or extension of the exceptions process.

Medicare payment policies for skilled nursing facilities; monitoring regulatory impacts on nursing homes.

Improved metrics for quality assessment, workforce shortage issues, arbitration agreements, transparency of ownership.

Monitoring policy oversight of regulations and implementation of the LTACH provisions of MMSEA and advocating an extension of the legislative relief in 2010 health reform package.

Fixing the risk adjuster under the Medicare Advantage program to appropriately pay chronic care plans. Assuring appropriate access and enrollment procedures for chronic care special needs plans.

Physical therapy billing reassignment issues for physicians and their relationship to Stark anti-kickback laws and implementation of LTACH provisions of MMSEA, including advocating an extension of the relief in 2009.

Monitor, evaluate, and suggest improvements to policies impacting community-based health promotion and disease prevention, self-management, care transitions, and medical home policies affecting older Americans in the health reform debate.

Monitor, evaluate, and suggest improvements to policies impacting community-based health promotion and disease prevention, self-management, care transitions, and medical home policies affecting older Americans in the health reform debate.

Monitor health information technology policy and legislative proposals.

Monitor health information technology policy and legislative proposals, including implementation of the HIT provisions of ARRA.

Modernizing the electric grid to make it more efficient and reliable through smart grid technology; making smart grid technologies a component part of efficiency goals for CO2 reduction; monitoring global climate change legislation; monitoring implementation of smart grid requirements under Title 13 of the 2007 Energy Bill; monitoring implementation of smart grid components of ARRA.

Modernizing the electric grid to make it more efficient and reliable through smart grid technology; making smart grid technologies a component part of efficiency goals for CO2 reduction; monitoring global climate change legislation; monitoring implementation of smart grid requirements under Title 13 of the 2007 Energy Bill; monitoring implementation of smart grid components of ARRA.

Monitor health information technology policy and legislative proposals, including implementation of the HIT provisions of ARRA.

Monitor health information technology policy and legislative proposals.

Promote enactment of S. 1700, the Energy Security Through Transparency Act of 2009

Promote enactment of S. 1700, the Energy Security Through Transparency Act of 2009

Promote enactment of S. 1700, the Energy Security Through Transparency Act of 2009

Monitor, evaluate, and suggest improvements to policies impacting community-based health promotion and disease prevention, self-management, care transitions, and medical home policies affecting older Americans in the health reform debate.

Monitor, evaluate, and suggest improvements to policies impacting community-based health promotion and disease prevention, self-management, care transitions, and medical home policies affecting older Americans in the health reform debate.

Monitor Medicare home health payment policies and regulatory impacts; advocate for safety provider supplemental payment system within the home health sector.

Monitor Medicare home health payment policies and regulatory impacts; advocate for safety provider supplemental payment system within the home health sector.

Improving FQHC Medicare payments under the MATCH Act.

Including health center priorities in the national health reform debate, including FQHC provisions in a public plan option and/or improving private coverage provisions for FQHC services. Including provider network adequacy provisions and payment protections in the health insurance exchange model in health reform.

Improved metrics for quality assessment, workforce shortage issues, arbitration agreements, transparency of ownership.

Medicare payment policies for skilled nursing facilities, monitoring regulatory impacts on nursing homes, implementation of LTACH provisions in MMSEA and efforts to extend relief in 2009, and Part B therapy cap fix or extension of the exceptions process.

Improved metrics for quality assessment, workforce shortage issues, arbitration agreements, transparency of ownership.

Medicare payment policies for skilled nursing facilities; monitoring regulatory impacts on nursing homes.

Monitoring policy oversight of regulations and implementation of the LTACH provisions of MMSEA and advocating an extension of the legislative relief in 2009 health reform package.