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Alternatives to PAIN Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections DEA Regulations Controlled Substances Act Amendments
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AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS via AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
2026 · third_quarter · Q3
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses HR 3944, Mil Con VA: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2026 VA Physician/Provider Hiring Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard Defense Health Agency (DHA): Physician-led care and scope of practice VHA Directive 1123, National Anesthesia Program/Safe Anesthesia Standards in the VA Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy VA Sterile Processing H.R. 8469: Fiscal 2027 MilCon-VA Funding
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections DEA Regulations Controlled Substances Act Amendments
Source: Senate LDA
Alternatives to PAIN Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections
Alternatives to PAIN Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
I CAN Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Practice Expense (PE) Opioid sparing Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriation S.586 - NOPAIN Act: Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act or the NOPAIN Act
I CAN Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Practice Expense (PE) Opioid sparing Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriation S.586 - NOPAIN Act: Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act or the NOPAIN Act
I CAN Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Practice Expense (PE) Opioid sparing Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriation S.586 - NOPAIN Act: Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act or the NOPAIN Act Medicare Supervision Rule H.R. 9693: Patients First Act of 2026 H.R. 8163: Medicare Reimbursement Stabilization Act ((Provider Reimbursement Stability Act of 2026)
REDI Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections DEA Regulations Controlled Substances Act Amendments
REDI Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
REDI Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections
HALT Fentanyl Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections DEA Regulations Controlled Substances Act Amendments
HALT Fentanyl Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
HALT Fentanyl Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections
GRAPE Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections
GRAPE Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
GRAPE Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections DEA Regulations Controlled Substances Act Amendments
Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections DEA Regulations Controlled Substances Act Amendments
Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections
Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
Save Healthcare Workers Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections DEA Regulations Controlled Substances Act Amendments
Save Healthcare Workers Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections
Save Healthcare Workers Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections DEA Regulations Controlled Substances Act Amendments
Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections
Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections DEA Regulations Controlled Substances Act Amendments
Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses HR 3944, Mil Con VA: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2026 VA Physician/Provider Hiring Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard Defense Health Agency (DHA): Physician-led care and scope of practice VHA Directive 1123, National Anesthesia Program/Safe Anesthesia Standards in the VA Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy VA Sterile Processing
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses HR 3944, Mil Con VA: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2026 VA Physician/Provider Hiring Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard Defense Health Agency (DHA): Physician-led care and scope of practice VHA Directive 1123, National Anesthesia Program/Safe Anesthesia Standards in the VA Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy VA Sterile Processing H.R. 8469: Fiscal 2027 MilCon-VA Funding
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses HR 3944, Mil Con VA: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2026 VA Physician/Provider Hiring Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard Defense Health Agency (DHA): Physician-led care and scope of practice VHA Directive 1123, National Anesthesia Program/Safe Anesthesia Standards in the VA Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy VA Sterile Processing H.R. 8469: Fiscal 2027 MilCon-VA Funding
SPARC Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections DEA Regulations Controlled Substances Act Amendments
SPARC Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections
No Surprises Act Enforcement Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections DEA Regulations Controlled Substances Act Amendments
No Surprises Act Enforcement Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections
No Surprises Act Enforcement Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections
Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections DEA Regulations Controlled Substances Act Amendments
Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Practice Expense (PE) Opioid sparing Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriation S.586 - NOPAIN Act: Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act or the NOPAIN Act Medicare Supervision Rule H.R. 9693: Patients First Act of 2026 H.R. 8163: Medicare Reimbursement Stabilization Act ((Provider Reimbursement Stability Act of 2026)
Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Practice Expense (PE) Opioid sparing Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriation S.586 - NOPAIN Act: Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act or the NOPAIN Act
Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Practice Expense (PE) Opioid sparing Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriation S.586 - NOPAIN Act: Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act or the NOPAIN Act
H–1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections DEA Regulations Controlled Substances Act Amendments
H–1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections
Provider Reimbursement Stability Act of 2026
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Practice Expense (PE) Opioid sparing Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriation S.586 - NOPAIN Act: Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act or the NOPAIN Act Medicare Supervision Rule H.R. 9693: Patients First Act of 2026 H.R. 8163: Medicare Reimbursement Stabilization Act ((Provider Reimbursement Stability Act of 2026)
Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses HR 3944, Mil Con VA: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2026 VA Physician/Provider Hiring Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard Defense Health Agency (DHA): Physician-led care and scope of practice VHA Directive 1123, National Anesthesia Program/Safe Anesthesia Standards in the VA Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy VA Sterile Processing H.R. 8469: Fiscal 2027 MilCon-VA Funding
Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses HR 3944, Mil Con VA: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2026 VA Physician/Provider Hiring Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard Defense Health Agency (DHA): Physician-led care and scope of practice VHA Directive 1123, National Anesthesia Program/Safe Anesthesia Standards in the VA Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy VA Sterile Processing H.R. 8469: Fiscal 2027 MilCon-VA Funding
Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Practice Expense (PE) Opioid sparing Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriation S.586 - NOPAIN Act: Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act or the NOPAIN Act
Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Practice Expense (PE) Opioid sparing Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriation S.586 - NOPAIN Act: Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act or the NOPAIN Act
Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Practice Expense (PE) Opioid sparing Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriation S.586 - NOPAIN Act: Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act or the NOPAIN Act Medicare Supervision Rule H.R. 9693: Patients First Act of 2026 H.R. 8163: Medicare Reimbursement Stabilization Act ((Provider Reimbursement Stability Act of 2026)
Patients First Act of 2026
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Practice Expense (PE) Opioid sparing Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriation S.586 - NOPAIN Act: Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act or the NOPAIN Act Medicare Supervision Rule H.R. 9693: Patients First Act of 2026 H.R. 8163: Medicare Reimbursement Stabilization Act ((Provider Reimbursement Stability Act of 2026)
SPARC Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections
SPARC Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections DEA Regulations Controlled Substances Act Amendments
SPARC Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
No Surprises Act Enforcement Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections DEA Regulations Controlled Substances Act Amendments
No Surprises Act Enforcement Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections
No Surprises Act Enforcement Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections DEA Regulations Controlled Substances Act Amendments
Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections
Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Practice Expense (PE) Opioid sparing Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriation S.586 - NOPAIN Act: Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act or the NOPAIN Act
Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Practice Expense (PE) Opioid sparing Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriation S.586 - NOPAIN Act: Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act or the NOPAIN Act Medicare Supervision Rule H.R. 9693: Patients First Act of 2026 H.R. 8163: Medicare Reimbursement Stabilization Act ((Provider Reimbursement Stability Act of 2026)
Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Practice Expense (PE) Opioid sparing Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriation S.586 - NOPAIN Act: Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act or the NOPAIN Act
Break Up Big Medicine Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections
Break Up Big Medicine Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections DEA Regulations Controlled Substances Act Amendments
Alternatives to PAIN Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections
Alternatives to PAIN Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections DEA Regulations Controlled Substances Act Amendments
Alternatives to PAIN Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
Flood Insurance Affordability Tax Credit Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Practice Expense (PE) Opioid sparing Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriation S.586 - NOPAIN Act: Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act or the NOPAIN Act Medicare Supervision Rule H.R. 9693: Patients First Act of 2026 H.R. 8163: Medicare Reimbursement Stabilization Act ((Provider Reimbursement Stability Act of 2026)
Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections
Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections DEA Regulations Controlled Substances Act Amendments
NOPAIN Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Practice Expense (PE) Opioid sparing Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriation S.586 - NOPAIN Act: Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act or the NOPAIN Act
NOPAIN Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Practice Expense (PE) Opioid sparing Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriation S.586 - NOPAIN Act: Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act or the NOPAIN Act
Alternatives to PAIN Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
Alternatives to PAIN Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Practice Support/Grants to Practice H.R. 10331, Anesthesia for All Act: prohibit time caps on reimbursement for anesthesia services H.R.1173, Patients Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2023: prescription drug labeling H.R. 9572, No Surprises Enforcement Act: strengthen compliance with the No Surprises Act S.3548, Health Care Prices Revealed and Information to Consumers Explained Transparency Act: Ambulatory Surgical Centers H.R.6205, Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act: physician workforce H.R.7591, National Patient Safety Board Act of 2024: patient safety S.1302, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023: residency positions S.665, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status Medical liability S. 705, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas Public Law No. 113-5, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (PAHPRA): preparedness for public health Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options S. 475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options H.R. 3259, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 586, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 1292, Non-Opioid Directive Act: Opioids H.R. 7961, SAVE Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes. H.R.833, Save America's Rural Hospitals: rural pass through H.R. 7725, Embracing anti-Discrimination, Unbiased Curricula, and Advancing Truth in Education (EDUCATE) Act: medical school funding H.R. 2671, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care Act (the SPARC Act): student loan repayment programs to support specialty medical care in rural areas Pre-authorization; prior authorization Affordable Care Act reform efforts 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act: Student loan relief 21st Century Cures Initiative H.R. 4369, National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act: Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Ketamine use by law enforcement Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Provider Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management Long COVID research Anesthesia workforce shortages CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline 2024 Labor/HHS/Education appropriations bill Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead
Alternatives to PAIN Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB)
Alternatives to PAIN Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Practice Support/Grants to Practice H.R. 10331, Anesthesia for All Act: prohibit time caps on reimbursement for anesthesia services H.R.1173, Patients Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2023: prescription drug labeling H.R. 9572, No Surprises Enforcement Act: strengthen compliance with the No Surprises Act H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs S.3548, Health Care Prices Revealed and Information to Consumers Explained Transparency Act: Ambulatory Surgical Centers H.R.6205, Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act: physician workforce H.R.7591, National Patient Safety Board Act of 2024: patient safety S.1302, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023: residency positions S.665, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status Medical liability S. 705, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas Public Law No. 113-5, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (PAHPRA): preparedness for public health Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options S. 475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options H.R. 3259, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 586, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 1292, Non-Opioid Directive Act: Opioids H.R. 7961, SAVE Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes. H.R.833, Save America's Rural Hospitals: rural pass through H.R. 7725, Embracing anti-Discrimination, Unbiased Curricula, and Advancing Truth in Education (EDUCATE) Act: medical school funding H.R. 2671, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care Act (the SPARC Act): student loan repayment programs to support specialty medical care in rural areas Pre-authorization; prior authorization Affordable Care Act reform efforts 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act: Student loan relief 21st Century Cures Initiative H.R. 4369, National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act: Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone access FDA Opioids Ketamine use by law enforcement Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Provider Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management Long COVID research Anesthesia workforce shortages CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline 2024 Labor/HHS/Education appropriations bill Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead
I CAN Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Practice Expense (PE)
I CAN Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model
REDI Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
REDI Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB)
Tax Fairness for Workers Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Practice Support/Grants to Practice H.R. 10331, Anesthesia for All Act: prohibit time caps on reimbursement for anesthesia services H.R.1173, Patients Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2023: prescription drug labeling H.R. 9572, No Surprises Enforcement Act: strengthen compliance with the No Surprises Act H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs S.3548, Health Care Prices Revealed and Information to Consumers Explained Transparency Act: Ambulatory Surgical Centers H.R.6205, Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act: physician workforce H.R.7591, National Patient Safety Board Act of 2024: patient safety S.1302, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023: residency positions S.665, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status Medical liability S. 705, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas Public Law No. 113-5, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (PAHPRA): preparedness for public health Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options S. 475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options H.R. 3259, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 586, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 1292, Non-Opioid Directive Act: Opioids H.R. 7961, SAVE Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes. H.R.833, Save America's Rural Hospitals: rural pass through H.R. 7725, Embracing anti-Discrimination, Unbiased Curricula, and Advancing Truth in Education (EDUCATE) Act: medical school funding H.R. 2671, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care Act (the SPARC Act): student loan repayment programs to support specialty medical care in rural areas Pre-authorization; prior authorization Affordable Care Act reform efforts 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act: Student loan relief 21st Century Cures Initiative H.R. 4369, National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act: Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone access FDA Opioids Ketamine use by law enforcement Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Provider Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management Long COVID research Anesthesia workforce shortages CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline 2024 Labor/HHS/Education appropriations bill Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead
Tax Fairness for Workers Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Practice Support/Grants to Practice H.R. 10331, Anesthesia for All Act: prohibit time caps on reimbursement for anesthesia services H.R.1173, Patients Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2023: prescription drug labeling H.R. 9572, No Surprises Enforcement Act: strengthen compliance with the No Surprises Act S.3548, Health Care Prices Revealed and Information to Consumers Explained Transparency Act: Ambulatory Surgical Centers H.R.6205, Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act: physician workforce H.R.7591, National Patient Safety Board Act of 2024: patient safety S.1302, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023: residency positions S.665, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status Medical liability S. 705, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas Public Law No. 113-5, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (PAHPRA): preparedness for public health Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options S. 475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options H.R. 3259, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 586, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 1292, Non-Opioid Directive Act: Opioids H.R. 7961, SAVE Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes. H.R.833, Save America's Rural Hospitals: rural pass through H.R. 7725, Embracing anti-Discrimination, Unbiased Curricula, and Advancing Truth in Education (EDUCATE) Act: medical school funding H.R. 2671, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care Act (the SPARC Act): student loan repayment programs to support specialty medical care in rural areas Pre-authorization; prior authorization Affordable Care Act reform efforts 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act: Student loan relief 21st Century Cures Initiative H.R. 4369, National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act: Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Ketamine use by law enforcement Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Provider Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management Long COVID research Anesthesia workforce shortages CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline 2024 Labor/HHS/Education appropriations bill Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead
HALT Fentanyl Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB)
HALT Fentanyl Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
HALT Fentanyl Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Practice Support/Grants to Practice H.R. 10331, Anesthesia for All Act: prohibit time caps on reimbursement for anesthesia services H.R.1173, Patients Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2023: prescription drug labeling H.R. 9572, No Surprises Enforcement Act: strengthen compliance with the No Surprises Act H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs S.3548, Health Care Prices Revealed and Information to Consumers Explained Transparency Act: Ambulatory Surgical Centers H.R.6205, Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act: physician workforce H.R.7591, National Patient Safety Board Act of 2024: patient safety S.1302, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023: residency positions S.665, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status Medical liability S. 705, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas Public Law No. 113-5, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (PAHPRA): preparedness for public health Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options S. 475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options H.R. 3259, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 586, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 1292, Non-Opioid Directive Act: Opioids H.R. 7961, SAVE Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes. H.R.833, Save America's Rural Hospitals: rural pass through H.R. 7725, Embracing anti-Discrimination, Unbiased Curricula, and Advancing Truth in Education (EDUCATE) Act: medical school funding H.R. 2671, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care Act (the SPARC Act): student loan repayment programs to support specialty medical care in rural areas Pre-authorization; prior authorization Affordable Care Act reform efforts 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act: Student loan relief 21st Century Cures Initiative H.R. 4369, National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act: Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone access FDA Opioids Ketamine use by law enforcement Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Provider Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management Long COVID research Anesthesia workforce shortages CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline 2024 Labor/HHS/Education appropriations bill Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead
HALT Fentanyl Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Practice Support/Grants to Practice H.R. 10331, Anesthesia for All Act: prohibit time caps on reimbursement for anesthesia services H.R.1173, Patients Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2023: prescription drug labeling H.R. 9572, No Surprises Enforcement Act: strengthen compliance with the No Surprises Act S.3548, Health Care Prices Revealed and Information to Consumers Explained Transparency Act: Ambulatory Surgical Centers H.R.6205, Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act: physician workforce H.R.7591, National Patient Safety Board Act of 2024: patient safety S.1302, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023: residency positions S.665, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status Medical liability S. 705, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas Public Law No. 113-5, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (PAHPRA): preparedness for public health Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options S. 475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options H.R. 3259, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 586, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 1292, Non-Opioid Directive Act: Opioids H.R. 7961, SAVE Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes. H.R.833, Save America's Rural Hospitals: rural pass through H.R. 7725, Embracing anti-Discrimination, Unbiased Curricula, and Advancing Truth in Education (EDUCATE) Act: medical school funding H.R. 2671, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care Act (the SPARC Act): student loan repayment programs to support specialty medical care in rural areas Pre-authorization; prior authorization Affordable Care Act reform efforts 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act: Student loan relief 21st Century Cures Initiative H.R. 4369, National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act: Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Ketamine use by law enforcement Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Provider Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management Long COVID research Anesthesia workforce shortages CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline 2024 Labor/HHS/Education appropriations bill Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead
GRAPE Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB)
GRAPE Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB)
Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
Save Healthcare Workers Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB)
Save Healthcare Workers Act
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB)
Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Practice Support/Grants to Practice H.R. 10331, Anesthesia for All Act: prohibit time caps on reimbursement for anesthesia services H.R.1173, Patients Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2023: prescription drug labeling H.R. 9572, No Surprises Enforcement Act: strengthen compliance with the No Surprises Act H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs S.3548, Health Care Prices Revealed and Information to Consumers Explained Transparency Act: Ambulatory Surgical Centers H.R.6205, Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act: physician workforce H.R.7591, National Patient Safety Board Act of 2024: patient safety S.1302, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023: residency positions S.665, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status Medical liability S. 705, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas Public Law No. 113-5, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (PAHPRA): preparedness for public health Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options S. 475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options H.R. 3259, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 586, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 1292, Non-Opioid Directive Act: Opioids H.R. 7961, SAVE Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes. H.R.833, Save America's Rural Hospitals: rural pass through H.R. 7725, Embracing anti-Discrimination, Unbiased Curricula, and Advancing Truth in Education (EDUCATE) Act: medical school funding H.R. 2671, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care Act (the SPARC Act): student loan repayment programs to support specialty medical care in rural areas Pre-authorization; prior authorization Affordable Care Act reform efforts 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act: Student loan relief 21st Century Cures Initiative H.R. 4369, National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act: Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone access FDA Opioids Ketamine use by law enforcement Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Provider Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management Long COVID research Anesthesia workforce shortages CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline 2024 Labor/HHS/Education appropriations bill Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead
Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB)
Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses HR 3944, Mil Con VA: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2026 VA Physician/Provider Hiring Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard Defense Health Agency (DHA): Physician-led care and scope of practice VHA Directive 1123, National Anesthesia Program/Safe Anesthesia Standards in the VA Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026
Client: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS · Firm: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses HR 3944, Mil Con VA: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2026 VA Physician/Provider Hiring Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard Defense Health Agency (DHA): Physician-led care and scope of practice VHA Directive 1123, National Anesthesia Program/Safe Anesthesia Standards in the VA Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy VA Sterile Processing
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Practice Expense (PE) Opioid sparing Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriation S.586 - NOPAIN Act: Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act or the NOPAIN Act Medicare Supervision Rule H.R. 9693: Patients First Act of 2026 H.R. 8163: Medicare Reimbursement Stabilization Act ((Provider Reimbursement Stability Act of 2026)
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
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2026 · second_quarter · Q2
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses HR 3944, Mil Con VA: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2026 VA Physician/Provider Hiring Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard Defense Health Agency (DHA): Physician-led care and scope of practice VHA Directive 1123, National Anesthesia Program/Safe Anesthesia Standards in the VA Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy VA Sterile Processing H.R. 8469: Fiscal 2027 MilCon-VA Funding
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment H.R.7961: H-1Bs for Physicians and the Healthcare Workforce Act S.3822: Breaking Up Big Medicine Act H.R. 4681: Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act Low-carbon anesthesia OMB Proposed Rule on federal funding / grants U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security Visa delays Venezuelan patients Pain management in C-sections
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Practice Expense (PE) Opioid sparing Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriation S.586 - NOPAIN Act: Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act or the NOPAIN Act
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
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2026 · first_quarter · Q1
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses HR 3944, Mil Con VA: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2026 VA Physician/Provider Hiring Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard Defense Health Agency (DHA): Physician-led care and scope of practice VHA Directive 1123, National Anesthesia Program/Safe Anesthesia Standards in the VA Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy VA Sterile Processing
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Practice Expense (PE) Opioid sparing Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriation S.586 - NOPAIN Act: Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act or the NOPAIN Act
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
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2025 · fourth_quarter · Q4
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) Local Coverage Determinations (LCD) Practice Expense (PE)
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Commercial payer/payment
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses HR 3944, Mil Con VA: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2026 VA Physician/Provider Hiring Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard Defense Health Agency (DHA): Physician-led care and scope of practice VHA Directive 1123, National Anesthesia Program/Safe Anesthesia Standards in the VA Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy VA Sterile Processing
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
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2025 · third_quarter · Q3
H.R. 879, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025: payment rates H.R. 1317 (2025-2026), I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare Medicare sequester, PAYGO Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid Bundled payments H.R. 5454/S. 2879 Medicare Advantage Prompt Pay Act WISeR Model
Graduate Medical Education Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesia workforce shortages HR 3890, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025: residency positions S.709, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status S. 1380, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas HR 2028; Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Anesthesia Research Funding Scope of Practice Merit-based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Value Pathway Quality Payment Program, QPP Alternative Payment Model, APM QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227/S.475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options Pain Medicine Prescription Drug Abuse CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol FDA Safe Use Initiative FDA Operating Room Fires FDA Opioids FDA Network of Experts FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) USP - US Pharmacopeia Compounding NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Long COVID research 21st Century Cures Initiative Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Pre-authorization; prior authorization Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability Affordable Care Act reform efforts Provider Nondiscrimination Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach HR 292 Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3178, SAVE Healthcare Workers Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Blood management 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care S. 2759/H.R. 5283, the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, Exemption for Physicians from New H-1B Visa Policy and $100,000 Fee Medical journal fees No Surprises Act (NSA) - H.R.4710 / S. 2420, the No Surprises Enforcement Act H.R. 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) Federal regulation of commercial health insurance companies One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB)
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses HR 3944, Mil Con VA: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2026 VA Physician/Provider Hiring Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard Defense Health Agency (DHA): Physician-led care and scope of practice VHA Directive 1123, National Anesthesia Program/Safe Anesthesia Standards in the VA Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
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2025 · second_quarter · Q2
Medicare sequester, PAYGO H.R. 10073, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2024: payment rates H.R.8812, I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare H.R. 2474, Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act: an annual inflation adjustment to Medicare physician payments Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Rural Anesthesiology: Rural Pass Through Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS Value-Based purchasing Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase Medicaid
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2025 · first_quarter · Q1
Medicare sequester, PAYGO H.R. 10073, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2024: payment rates H.R.8812, I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare H.R. 2474, Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act: an annual inflation adjustment to Medicare physician payments Medicare Advantage Upcoding Medicare for All/Public Option Rural Anesthesiology: Rural Pass Through Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS Value-Based purchasing Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase
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2024 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Medicare sequester, PAYGO H.R. 10073, Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2024: payment rates H.R.8812, I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare H.R. 2474, Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act: an annual inflation adjustment to Medicare physician payments Medicare for All/Public Option Rural Anesthesiology: Rural Pass Through Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS Value-Based purchasing Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase
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2024 · third_quarter · Q3
Medicare sequester, PAYGO H.R.8812, I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare H.R. 2474, Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act: an annual inflation adjustment to Medicare physician payments Medicare for All/Public Option Rural Anesthesiology: Rural Pass Through Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS Value-Based purchasing Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index: Medicare inflationary increase
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2024 · second_quarter · Q2
Medicare sequester, PAYGO H.R.8812, I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare H.R. 2474, Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act: an annual inflation adjustment to Medicare physician payments Medicare for All/Public Option Rural Anesthesiology: Rural Pass Through Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS Value-Based purchasing Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index
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2024 · first_quarter · Q1
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses Mil Con VA: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill VA Physician/Provider Hiring VA Stone Memorandum, April 21, 2020: physician supervision Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard H.R. 3347/S. 2070, Protect Lifesaving Anesthesia Care for Veterans Act of 2023: anesthesia care Defense Health Agency (DHA): Physician-led care and scope of practice
Medicare sequester, PAYGO H.R.8812, I CAN Act: provision of service under Medicare H.R. 2474, Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act: an annual inflation adjustment to Medicare physician payments S. 1512, CONNECT for Health Act of 2021: Telehealth H.R. 2903, CONNECT for Health Act of 2021: Telehealth H.R. 5932, The Inpatient Opioid Safety Act: patient safety Medicare for All/Public Option Rural Anesthesiology: Rural Pass Through Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling - Medicare sequestration QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3 Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index
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2023 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses Mil Con VA: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill VA Physician/Provider Hiring VA Stone Memorandum, April 21, 2020: physician supervision Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard H.R. 7048, Protect Lifesaving Anesthesia Care for Veterans Act of 2022: anesthesia care Defense Health Agency (DHA): Physician-led care and scope of practice
Medicare sequester, PAYGO H.R. 2474, Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act: an annual inflation adjustment to Medicare physician payments S. 1512, CONNECT for Health Act of 2021: Telehealth H.R. 2903, CONNECT for Health Act of 2021: Telehealth H.R. 5932, The Inpatient Opioid Safety Act: patient safety Medicare for All/Public Option Rural Anesthesiology: Rural Pass Through Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling - Medicare sequestration QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3 Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS via AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
2023 · third_quarter · Q3
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses Mil Con VA: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill VA Physician/Provider Hiring VA Stone Memorandum, April 21, 2020: physician supervision Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard H.R.7048, Protect Lifesaving Anesthesia Care for Veterans Act of 2022: anesthesia care Defense Health Agency (DHA): Physician-led care and scope of practice
Medicare sequester, PAYGO H.R. 2474, Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act: an annual inflation adjustment to Medicare physician payments S. 1512, CONNECT for Health Act of 2021: Telehealth H.R. 2903, CONNECT for Health Act of 2021: Telehealth H.R. 5932, The Inpatient Opioid Safety Act: patient safety Medicare for All/Public Option Rural Anesthesiology: Rural Pass Through Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling - Medicare sequestration QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3 Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index
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2023 · second_quarter · Q2
Practice Support/Grants to Practice Foreign physician immigration status Medical liability S. 705, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas Public Law No. 113-5, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (PAHPRA): preparedness for public health H.R. 467, HALT Act: scheduling of fentanyl-related substances H.R. 7259, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2022: to enable physicians to more easily transport controlled substances safely and legally across state lines H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021: No Surprises Act, surprise medical billing H.R. 2630, Extending Temporary Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Act: Opioids H.R. 3502, Protecting People From Surprise Medical Bills Act: Surprise Medical Bills S. 445, Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act of 2021: Opioids H.R. 4387, Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act of 2021: Maternal health H.R. 1565, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S. 1475, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S. 610, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act: Physician wellness H.R. 1667, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act: Physician wellness S. 987, CARA 3.0 Act of 2021: Opioids H.R. 3259, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 586, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 1292, Non-Opioid Directive Act: Opioids H.R. 7961, SAVE Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes. H.R.833, Save America's Rural Hospitals: rural pass through H.R.1492, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017: medical controlled substances transportation FY 2021 LHHS Appropriations: Fiscal Year 2021 Appropriations for Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services Pre-authorization; prior authorization Affordable Care Act reform efforts 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act: Student loan relief H.R. 842, Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021: PRO Act, labor protections 21st Century Cures Initiative H.R. 4369, National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act: Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management FTC Letters to States re: Interventional Pain Medicine & Advanced Practice Nurses & Competition in Healthcare Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Ketamine use by law enforcement Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management Funding for physician practices impacted by the cancellation of elective surgeries, unique role of anesthesiologists in responding to COVID-19 pandemic, medical liability, scope of Practice (waiver of federal supervision requirement under the Emergency Declaration), insurance moratorium; COVID Update Memorandum 4/21/20 Long COVID research Anesthesia workforce shortages CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline 2023 Labor/HHS/Education appropriations bill Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS via AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
2023 · first_quarter · Q1
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses Mil Con VA: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill VA Physician/Provider Hiring VA Stone Memorandum, April 21, 2020: physician supervision Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard H.R.7048, Protect Lifesaving Anesthesia Care for Veterans Act of 2022: anesthesia care Defense Health Agency (DHA): Physician-led care and scope of practice
Medicare sequester, PAYGO S. 1512, CONNECT for Health Act of 2021: Telehealth H.R. 2903, CONNECT for Health Act of 2021: Telehealth H.R. 5932, The Inpatient Opioid Safety Act: patient safety Medicare for All/Public Option Rural Anesthesiology: Rural Pass Through Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling - Medicare sequestration QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3 Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching
Practice Support/Grants to Practice H.R. 10331, Anesthesia for All Act: prohibit time caps on reimbursement for anesthesia services H.R.1173, Patients Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2023: prescription drug labeling H.R. 9572, No Surprises Enforcement Act: strengthen compliance with the No Surprises Act H.R. 3595, Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025: disclosure of certain records relating to substance use disorder medications to State prescription drug monitoring programs S.3548, Health Care Prices Revealed and Information to Consumers Explained Transparency Act: Ambulatory Surgical Centers H.R.6205, Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act: physician workforce H.R.7591, National Patient Safety Board Act of 2024: patient safety S.1302, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023: residency positions S.665, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status Medical liability S. 705, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas Public Law No. 113-5, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (PAHPRA): preparedness for public health Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options S. 475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options H.R. 3259, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 586, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 1292, Non-Opioid Directive Act: Opioids H.R. 7961, SAVE Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes. H.R.833, Save America's Rural Hospitals: rural pass through H.R. 7725, Embracing anti-Discrimination, Unbiased Curricula, and Advancing Truth in Education (EDUCATE) Act: medical school funding H.R. 2671, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care Act (the SPARC Act): student loan repayment programs to support specialty medical care in rural areas Pre-authorization; prior authorization Affordable Care Act reform efforts 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act: Student loan relief 21st Century Cures Initiative H.R. 4369, National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act: Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone access FDA Opioids Ketamine use by law enforcement Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Provider Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management Long COVID research Anesthesia workforce shortages CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline 2024 Labor/HHS/Education appropriations bill Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses Mil Con VA: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act VA Physician/Provider Hiring VA Stone Memorandum, April 21, 2020: physician supervision Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard H.R. 3347/S. 2070, Protect Lifesaving Anesthesia Care for Veterans Act of 2023: anesthesia care H.R. 543, Elizabeth Dole Home Care Act of 2023: services for veterans Defense Health Agency (DHA): Physician-led care and scope of practice National Defense Authorization Act: VA physicians/providers Safe Anesthesia Standards in the VA
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Practice Support/Grants to Practice H.R. 10331, Anesthesia for All Act: prohibit time caps on reimbursement for anesthesia services H.R.1173, Patients Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2023: prescription drug labeling H.R. 9572, No Surprises Enforcement Act: strengthen compliance with the No Surprises Act S.3548, Health Care Prices Revealed and Information to Consumers Explained Transparency Act: Ambulatory Surgical Centers H.R.6205, Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act: physician workforce H.R.7591, National Patient Safety Board Act of 2024: patient safety S.1302, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023: residency positions S.665, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status Medical liability S. 705, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas Public Law No. 113-5, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (PAHPRA): preparedness for public health Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R.27, HALT Fentanyl Act: fentanyl scheduling and registration requirements H.R. 1227, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options S. 475, Alternatives to PAIN Act of 2025: access to non-opioid pain management options H.R. 3259, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 586, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 1292, Non-Opioid Directive Act: Opioids H.R. 7961, SAVE Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes. H.R.833, Save America's Rural Hospitals: rural pass through H.R. 7725, Embracing anti-Discrimination, Unbiased Curricula, and Advancing Truth in Education (EDUCATE) Act: medical school funding H.R. 2671, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care Act (the SPARC Act): student loan repayment programs to support specialty medical care in rural areas Pre-authorization; prior authorization Affordable Care Act reform efforts 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act: Student loan relief 21st Century Cures Initiative H.R. 4369, National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act: Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Ketamine use by law enforcement Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Provider Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management Long COVID research Anesthesia workforce shortages CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline 2024 Labor/HHS/Education appropriations bill Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability NIH: Funding, Indirect Costs, Indirect Grants, Overhead
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses Mil Con VA: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill VA Physician/Provider Hiring VA Stone Memorandum, April 21, 2020: physician supervision Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard H.R. 3347/S. 2070, Protect Lifesaving Anesthesia Care for Veterans Act of 2023: anesthesia care H.R. 543, Elizabeth Dole Home Care Act of 2023: services for veterans Defense Health Agency (DHA): Physician-led care and scope of practice National Defense Authorization Act: VA physicians/providers
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses Mil Con VA: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill VA Physician/Provider Hiring VA Stone Memorandum, April 21, 2020: physician supervision Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard H.R. 3347/S. 2070, Protect Lifesaving Anesthesia Care for Veterans Act of 2023: anesthesia care H.R. 543, Elizabeth Dole Home Care Act of 2023: services for veterans Defense Health Agency (DHA): Physician-led care and scope of practice National Defense Authorization Act: VA physicians/providers
Practice Support/Grants to Practice H.R. 10331, Anesthesia for All Act: prohibit time caps on reimbursement for anesthesia services H.R.1173, Patients Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2023: prescription drug labeling H.R. 9572, No Surprises Enforcement Act: strengthen compliance with the No Surprises Act S.3548, Health Care Prices Revealed and Information to Consumers Explained Transparency Act: Ambulatory Surgical Centers H.R.6205, Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act: physician workforce H.R.7591, National Patient Safety Board Act of 2024: patient safety S.1302, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023: residency positions S.665, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status Medical liability H.Res. 734: Expressing support for the designation of October 1 as "National Latino and Latina Physician Day" S. 705, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas Public Law No. 113-5, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (PAHPRA): preparedness for public health Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3259, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 586, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 1292, Non-Opioid Directive Act: Opioids H.R. 7961, SAVE Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes. H.R.833, Save America's Rural Hospitals: rural pass through H.R. 7725, Embracing anti-Discrimination, Unbiased Curricula, and Advancing Truth in Education (EDUCATE) Act: medical school funding H.R. 2671, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care Act (the SPARC Act): student loan repayment programs to support specialty medical care in rural areas Pre-authorization; prior authorization Affordable Care Act reform efforts 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act: Student loan relief 21st Century Cures Initiative H.R. 4369, National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act: Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Ketamine use by law enforcement Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management Long COVID research Anesthesia workforce shortages CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline 2024 Labor/HHS/Education appropriations bill Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Practice Support/Grants to Practice S.3548, Health Care Prices Revealed and Information to Consumers Explained Transparency Act: Ambulatory Surgical Centers H.R.6205, Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act: physician workforce H.R.7591, National Patient Safety Board Act of 2024: patient safety S.1302, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023: residency positions S.665, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status Medical liability H.Res. 734: Expressing support for the designation of October 1 as "National Latino and Latina Physician Day" S. 705, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas Public Law No. 113-5, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (PAHPRA): preparedness for public health Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3259, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 586, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 1292, Non-Opioid Directive Act: Opioids H.R. 7961, SAVE Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes. H.R.833, Save America's Rural Hospitals: rural pass through H.R. 7725, Embracing anti-Discrimination, Unbiased Curricula, and Advancing Truth in Education (EDUCATE) Act: medical school funding H.R. 2671, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care Act (the SPARC Act): student loan repayment programs to support specialty medical care in rural areas Pre-authorization; prior authorization Affordable Care Act reform efforts 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act: Student loan relief 21st Century Cures Initiative H.R. 4369, National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act: Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Ketamine use by law enforcement Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management Long COVID research Anesthesia workforce shortages CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline 2024 Labor/HHS/Education appropriations bill Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach Insurance reform, shared savings, insurer accountability
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses Mil Con VA: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill VA Physician/Provider Hiring VA Stone Memorandum, April 21, 2020: physician supervision Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard H.R. 3347/S. 2070, Protect Lifesaving Anesthesia Care for Veterans Act of 2023: anesthesia care H.R. 543, Elizabeth Dole Home Care Act of 2023: services for veterans Defense Health Agency (DHA): Physician-led care and scope of practice National Defense Authorization Act: VA physicians/providers
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses Mil Con VA: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill VA Physician/Provider Hiring VA Stone Memorandum, April 21, 2020: physician supervision Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard H.R. 3347/S. 2070, Protect Lifesaving Anesthesia Care for Veterans Act of 2023: anesthesia care H.R. 543, Elizabeth Dole Home Care Act of 2023: services for veterans Defense Health Agency (DHA): Physician-led care and scope of practice National Defense Authorization Act: VA physicians/providers
Practice Support/Grants to Practice S.3548, Health Care Prices Revealed and Information to Consumers Explained Transparency Act: Ambulatory Surgical Centers H.R.6205, Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act: physician workforce H.R.7591, National Patient Safety Board Act of 2024: patient safety S.1302, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023: residency positions S.665, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status Medical liability H.Res. 734: Expressing support for the designation of October 1 as "National Latino and Latina Physician Day" S. 705, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas Public Law No. 113-5, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (PAHPRA): preparedness for public health Lorna Breen Reauthorization H.R. 3259, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 586, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 1292, Non-Opioid Directive Act: Opioids H.R. 7961, SAVE Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes. H.R.833, Save America's Rural Hospitals: rural pass through H.R. 7725, Embracing anti-Discrimination, Unbiased Curricula, and Advancing Truth in Education (EDUCATE) Act: medical school funding H.R. 2671, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care Act (the SPARC Act): student loan repayment programs to support specialty medical care in rural areas Pre-authorization; prior authorization Affordable Care Act reform efforts 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act: Student loan relief 21st Century Cures Initiative H.R. 4369, National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act: Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Ketamine use by law enforcement Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management Long COVID research Anesthesia workforce shortages CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline 2024 Labor/HHS/Education appropriations bill Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts Change Healthcare, Change Healthcare data breach Insurance reform, shared savings
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Practice Support/Grants to Practice S.3548, Health Care Prices Revealed and Information to Consumers Explained Transparency Act: Ambulatory Surgical Centers H.R.6205, Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act: physician workforce H.R.7591, National Patient Safety Board Act of 2024: patient safety S.1302, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023: residency positions S.665, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status Medical liability H.Res. 734: Expressing support for the designation of October 1 as "National Latino and Latina Physician Day" S. 705, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas Public Law No. 113-5, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (PAHPRA): preparedness for public health H.R. 467, HALT Act: scheduling of fentanyl-related substances H.R. 7259, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2022: to enable physicians to more easily transport controlled substances safely and legally across state lines H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021: No Surprises Act, surprise medical billing H.R. 2630, Extending Temporary Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Act: Opioids H.R. 3502, Protecting People From Surprise Medical Bills Act: Surprise Medical Bills S. 445, Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act of 2021: Opioids H.R. 4387, Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act of 2021: Maternal health H.R. 1565, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S. 1475, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S. 610, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act: Physician wellness H.R. 1667, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act: Physician wellness S. 987, CARA 3.0 Act of 2021: Opioids H.R. 3259, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 586, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 1292, Non-Opioid Directive Act: Opioids H.R. 7961, SAVE Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes. H.R.833, Save America's Rural Hospitals: rural pass through H.R.1492, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017: medical controlled substances transportation Pre-authorization; prior authorization Affordable Care Act reform efforts 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act: Student loan relief 21st Century Cures Initiative H.R. 4369, National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act: Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management FTC Letters to States re: Interventional Pain Medicine & Advanced Practice Nurses & Competition in Healthcare Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Ketamine use by law enforcement Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management Long COVID research Anesthesia workforce shortages CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline 2023 Labor/HHS/Education appropriations bill Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy Change Healthcare data breach Maternal Mortality/Maternal Care Deserts
Filing targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Practice Support/Grants to Practice S.665, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act: Foreign physician immigration status Medical liability H.Res. 734: Expressing support for the designation of October 1 as "National Latino and Latina Physician Day" S. 705, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas Public Law No. 113-5, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (PAHPRA): preparedness for public health H.R. 467, HALT Act: scheduling of fentanyl-related substances H.R. 7259, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2022: to enable physicians to more easily transport controlled substances safely and legally across state lines H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021: No Surprises Act, surprise medical billing H.R. 2630, Extending Temporary Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Act: Opioids H.R. 3502, Protecting People From Surprise Medical Bills Act: Surprise Medical Bills S. 445, Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act of 2021: Opioids H.R. 4387, Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act of 2021: Maternal health H.R. 1565, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S. 1475, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S. 610, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act: Physician wellness H.R. 1667, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act: Physician wellness S. 987, CARA 3.0 Act of 2021: Opioids H.R. 3259, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 586, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 1292, Non-Opioid Directive Act: Opioids H.R. 7961, SAVE Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes. H.R.833, Save America's Rural Hospitals: rural pass through H.R.1492, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017: medical controlled substances transportation FY 2021 LHHS Appropriations: Fiscal Year 2021 Appropriations for Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services Pre-authorization; prior authorization Affordable Care Act reform efforts 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act: Student loan relief H.R. 842, Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021: PRO Act, labor protections 21st Century Cures Initiative H.R. 4369, National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act: Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management FTC Letters to States re: Interventional Pain Medicine & Advanced Practice Nurses & Competition in Healthcare Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Ketamine use by law enforcement Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management Funding for physician practices impacted by the cancellation of elective surgeries, unique role of anesthesiologists in responding to COVID-19 pandemic, medical liability, scope of Practice (waiver of federal supervision requirement under the Emergency Declaration), insurance moratorium; COVID Update Memorandum 4/21/20 Long COVID research Anesthesia workforce shortages CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline 2023 Labor/HHS/Education appropriations bill Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy
Filing targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Practice Support/Grants to Practice Foreign physician immigration status Medical liability H.Res. 734: Expressing support for the designation of October 1 as "National Latino and Latina Physician Day" S. 705, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas Public Law No. 113-5, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (PAHPRA): preparedness for public health H.R. 467, HALT Act: scheduling of fentanyl-related substances H.R. 7259, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2022: to enable physicians to more easily transport controlled substances safely and legally across state lines H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021: No Surprises Act, surprise medical billing H.R. 2630, Extending Temporary Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Act: Opioids H.R. 3502, Protecting People From Surprise Medical Bills Act: Surprise Medical Bills S. 445, Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act of 2021: Opioids H.R. 4387, Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act of 2021: Maternal health H.R. 1565, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S. 1475, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S. 610, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act: Physician wellness H.R. 1667, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act: Physician wellness S. 987, CARA 3.0 Act of 2021: Opioids H.R. 3259, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 586, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 1292, Non-Opioid Directive Act: Opioids H.R. 7961, SAVE Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes. H.R.833, Save America's Rural Hospitals: rural pass through H.R.1492, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017: medical controlled substances transportation FY 2021 LHHS Appropriations: Fiscal Year 2021 Appropriations for Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services Pre-authorization; prior authorization Affordable Care Act reform efforts 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act: Student loan relief H.R. 842, Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021: PRO Act, labor protections 21st Century Cures Initiative H.R. 4369, National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act: Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management FTC Letters to States re: Interventional Pain Medicine & Advanced Practice Nurses & Competition in Healthcare Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Ketamine use by law enforcement Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management Funding for physician practices impacted by the cancellation of elective surgeries, unique role of anesthesiologists in responding to COVID-19 pandemic, medical liability, scope of Practice (waiver of federal supervision requirement under the Emergency Declaration), insurance moratorium; COVID Update Memorandum 4/21/20 Long COVID research Anesthesia workforce shortages CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline 2023 Labor/HHS/Education appropriations bill Defense Health Agency anesthesia policy
Filing targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Medicare sequester, PAYGO H.R. 2474, Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act: an annual inflation adjustment to Medicare physician payments S. 1512, CONNECT for Health Act of 2021: Telehealth H.R. 2903, CONNECT for Health Act of 2021: Telehealth H.R. 5932, The Inpatient Opioid Safety Act: patient safety Medicare for All/Public Option Rural Anesthesiology: Rural Pass Through Out of Network/Out of Network Payment Network Adequacy Historical Medicare payment undervaluation for anesthesiology services (33% problem) Anesthesia Conversion Factor Perioperative Surgical Home Model Bundled payments CMS Interpretive Guidelines: Hospital Conditions of Participation Related to Anesthesia Services Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule CMS Value-Based purchasing CMS Medicare Data Final Rule Conditions of Participation - Anesthesia services, opt-outs, supervision Physician Quality Reporting System, PPACA, Sec. 3007 Quality Modifier implementation Graduate Medical Education Value-based modifier - PPACA Debt ceiling - Medicare sequestration QCDR - Qualified Clinical Data Registry CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3 Evaluation and Monitoring codes & cuts Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants CMS: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process, Batching Budget neutrality Medicare Economic Index
Veterans Affairs Advance Practice Registered Nurses Mil Con VA: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill VA Physician/Provider Hiring VA Stone Memorandum, April 21, 2020: physician supervision Federal Supremacy Initiative (National Standards of Practice): reduction in patient safety standard H.R.7048, Protect Lifesaving Anesthesia Care for Veterans Act of 2022: anesthesia care Defense Health Agency (DHA): Physician-led care and scope of practice
Filing targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Practice Support/Grants to Practice Foreign physician immigration status Medical liability S. 4330, Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act: physician shortages in rural areas Public Law No. 113-5, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (PAHPRA): preparedness for public health emergencies H.R. 7259, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2022: to enable physicians to more easily transport controlled substances safely and legally across state lines H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021: No Surprises Act, surprise medical billing H.R. 2630, Extending Temporary Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Act: Opioids H.R. 3502, Protecting People From Surprise Medical Bills Act: Surprise Medical Bills S. 445, Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act of 2021: Opioids H.R. 4387, Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act of 2021: Maternal health H.R. 1565, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S. 1475, Saving Lives, Saving Costs S. 610, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act: Physician wellness H.R. 1667, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act: Physician wellness S. 987, CARA 3.0 Act of 2021: Opioids H.R. 3259, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 586, NOPAIN Act: Opioids S. 1292, Non-Opioid Directive Act: Opioids H.R. 7961, SAVE Act: To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes. H.R.833, Save America's Rural Hospitals: rural pass through H.R.1492, Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017: medical controlled substances transportation FY 2021 LHHS Appropriations: Fiscal Year 2021 Appropriations for Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services Pre-authorization; prior authorization Affordable Care Act reform efforts 42 CFR Part 2, Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records: appropriate access to patient information essential for providing whole-person care Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act): Student loan relief Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act: Student loan relief H.R. 842, Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021: PRO Act, labor protections 21st Century Cures Initiative H.R. 4369, National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act: Drug shortages DEA Scheduling Propofol Comparative Effectiveness Research - PCORI HITECH Implementation, Electronic Health Records, Final and Proposed Rules, HIT Meaningful Use HHS/OIG Anesthesia Practice Arrangements, Company Model FDA Safe Use Initiative Pain Management FTC Letters to States re: Interventional Pain Medicine & Advanced Practice Nurses & Competition in Healthcare Anesthesia Research Funding (Pediatric and others) Scope of Practice FDA Operating Room Fires Naloxone FDA Opioids Ketamine use by law enforcement Prescription Drug Abuse FDA Network of Experts NIH Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee USP - US Pharmacopeia National Pain Strategy Nondiscrimination Compounding FDA Nominations to Advisory Committees (Anesthesia Drugs, Anesthesia Devices, Compounding) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Brain health Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants Blood management Funding for physician practices impacted by the cancellation of elective surgeries, unique role of anesthesiologists in responding to COVID-19 pandemic, medical liability, scope of Practice (waiver of federal supervision requirement under the Emergency Declaration), insurance moratorium; COVID Update Memorandum 4/21/20 Long COVID research Anesthesia workforce shortages CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline 2023 Labor/HHS/Education appropriations bill
Filing targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office