BRADLEY COFFEY

HR 3502 - Protecting People from Surprise Medical Bills Act - Support for arbitration in out of network payment disputes. S 1895 - Lower Health Care Costs Act - Opposition to government set prices in out of network payment disputes.

Medicare Part B Reimbursement for DXA scans - S 283 (Increasing Access to Osteoporosis Testing for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2019), HR 2693 (To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to, and utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits under part B of the Medicare program by establishing a minimum payment amount under such part for bone mass measurement.) Medicare Requirements for Advanced Imaging - Appropriate Use Criteria Program Delay HR 3107 - Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2019 - Support of this legislation to require real time prior authorization in Medicare Advantage.

Medicare Part B Reimbursement for DXA scans - S 283 Comments on Draft Strategy on Health IT - Provider Health IT Bill of Rights, Registry Reporting

Medicare Part B Reimbursement for DXA scans - S 283 (Increasing Access to Osteoporosis Testing for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2019), HR 2693 (To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to, and utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits under part B of the Medicare program by establishing a minimum payment amount under such part for bone mass measurement.) Medicare Requirements for Advanced Imaging - Appropriate Use Criteria Program Delay CMS-9115-P - Comments on Interoperability - Patient matching, open APIs, Information blocking and public reporting, provider digital contact information, revisions to Medicare COP for hospitals and CAHs

Physician-Owned Hospital Ban - (HR 1156/S 1133) repeal of section 6001 of PL 111-148.

PL-114-10 - Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act of 2015 - Comments to House Committee on Ways and Means concerning implementation of MACRA. HR 1892 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 - Support for physical therapy cap repeal.

Opioids - DRG and APC construction in the Medicare program to incentivize physician use of non-opioid alternatives. Value-Based Payment Model Design - Putting voluntary Medicare demonstration models through the notice and comment rulemaking process. DXA Reimbursement - (HR 1898) Increasing Medicare reimbursements for DXA scans performed in a physician's office. Stark - Changes to the Stark law to support value-based payment models.

Physician-Owned Hospital Ban - (HR 1156/S 1133) repeal of section 6001 of PL 111-148.

HR 2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016. Section 502 - Medicare Payment Incentive for the Transition from Traditional X-Ray Imaging to Digital Radiography and Other Medicare Imaging Payment Provision. Opposition to cuts to Medicare reimbursement for analog and computed radiography X-Ray services. CMS-5522-FC and IFC - Medicare Program; CY 2018 Updates to the Quality Payment Program; and Quality Payment Program: Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstance Policy for the Transition Year. HR 1215-Protecting Access to Care Act - Encouraging members of the Senate to support the passage of this legislation. HR 1156/S 1133 - Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2017.

HR 2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016. Section 502 - Medicare Payment Incentive for the Transition from Traditional X-Ray Imaging to Digital Radiography and Other Medicare Imaging Payment Provision. Opposition to cuts to Medicare reimbursement for analog and computed radiography X-Ray services. CMS-5522-FC and IFC - Medicare Program; CY 2018 Updates to the Quality Payment Program; and Quality Payment Program: Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstance Policy for the Transition Year. HR 1215-Protecting Access to Care Act - Encouraging members of the Senate to support the passage of this legislation. HR 1156/S 1133 - Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2017.

HR 2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016. Section 502 - Medicare Payment Incentive for the Transition from Traditional X-Ray Imaging to Digital Radiography and Other Medicare Imaging Payment Provision. Opposition to cuts to Medicare reimbursement for analog and computed radiography X-Ray services. CMS-1676-P - Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2018: Supportive of agency's proposal to revise evaluation and management guidelines. CMS-1678-P - Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs: Supportive of the agency's proposal to remove total knee arthroplasty from the Inpatient Only List. Opposed to the agency's proposal to cut reimbursements for computed radiography as required by statute. HR 1215-Protecting Access to Care Act - Encouraging members of the Senate to support the passage of this legislation.

HR 2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016. Section 502 - Medicare Payment Incentive for the Transition from Traditional X-Ray Imaging to Digital Radiography and Other Medicare Imaging Payment Provision. Opposition to cuts to Medicare reimbursement for analog and computed radiography X-Ray services. CMS-5522-FC and IFC - Medicare Program; CY 2018 Updates to the Quality Payment Program; and Quality Payment Program: Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstance Policy for the Transition Year. HR 1215-Protecting Access to Care Act - Encouraging members of the Senate to support the passage of this legislation. HR 1156/S 1133 - Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2017.

HR 2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016. Section 502 - Medicare Payment Incentive for the Transition from Traditional X-Ray Imaging to Digital Radiography and Other Medicare Imaging Payment Provision. Opposition to cuts to Medicare reimbursement for analog and computed radiography X-Ray services.

HR 2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016. Section 502 - Medicare Payment Incentive for the Transition from Traditional X-Ray Imaging to Digital Radiography and Other Medicare Imaging Payment Provision. Opposition to cuts to Medicare reimbursement for analog and computed radiography X-Ray services. CMS-5522-FC and IFC - Medicare Program; CY 2018 Updates to the Quality Payment Program; and Quality Payment Program: Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstance Policy for the Transition Year. HR 1215-Protecting Access to Care Act - Encouraging members of the Senate to support the passage of this legislation. HR 1156/S 1133 - Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2017.

HR 2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016. Section 502 - Medicare Payment Incentive for the Transition from Traditional X-Ray Imaging to Digital Radiography and Other Medicare Imaging Payment Provision. Opposition to cuts to Medicare reimbursement for analog and computed radiography X-Ray services. CMS-1676-P - Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2018: Supportive of agency's proposal to revise evaluation and management guidelines. CMS-1678-P - Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs: Supportive of the agency's proposal to remove total knee arthroplasty from the Inpatient Only List. Opposed to the agency's proposal to cut reimbursements for computed radiography as required by statute. HR 1215-Protecting Access to Care Act - Encouraging members of the Senate to support the passage of this legislation.

CMS-6012-P - Medicare Program; Establishment of Special Payment Provisions and Requirements for Qualified Practitioners and Qualified Suppliers of Prosthetics and Custom-Fabricated Orthotics: Opposing CMS proposals to require additional certifications for physicians and other clinicians creating and fitting custon-fit orthotics and prostheses. HR 2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016. Section 502 - Medicare Payment Incentive for the Transition from Traditional X-Ray Imaging to Digital Radiography and Other Medicare Imaging Payment Provision. Opposition to cuts to Medicare reimbursement for analog and computed radiography X-Ray services.

CMS-5517-FC - Medicare Program; Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Model (APM) Incentive Under the Physician Fee Schedule, and Criteria for Physician-Focused Payment Models. Virtual Groups and Advanced APMs. Thanking CMS for flexibility in reporting for 2017. CMS-5519-P - Medicare Program; Advancing Care Coordination Through Episode Payment Models (EPMs); Cardiac Rehabilitation Incentive Payment Model; and Changes to the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model (CJR). Modifications to CJR, Non-Hospital Providers, New Voluntary Bundled Payment Program and Risk Stratification. HR 2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016. Section 502 - Medicare Payment Incentive for the Transition from Traditional X-Ray Imaging to Digital Radiography and Other Medicare Imaging Payment Provision. Opposition to cuts to Medicare Reimbursement for analog and computed radiography X-Ray services.

HR 2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016. Section 502 - Medicare Payment Incentive for the Transition from Traditional X-Ray Imaging to Digital Radiography and Other Medicare Imaging Payment Provision. Opposition to cuts to Medicare reimbursement for analog and computed radiography X-Ray services. CMS-1656-P - Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs; Organ Procurement Organization Reporting and Communication; Transplant Outcome Measures and Documentation Requirements; Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs; Payment to Certain Off�Campus Outpatient Departments of a Provider; Hospital Value�Based Purchasing (VBP) Program. Supportive of removing lower extremity total joint arthroplasty from inpatient only list. CMS-1654-P - Medicare Program; Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2017; Medicare Advantage Pricing Data Release; Medicare Advantage and Part D Medical Low Ratio Data Release; Medicare Advantage Provider Network Requirements; Expansion of Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program Model. Opposition to global code data collection, removal of modifier 25, and stratification of codes for physical therapy procedures. CMS-5517-P - Medicare Program; Merit�Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Model (APM) Incentive Under the Physician Fee Schedule, and Criteria for Physician�Focused Payment Models. Supportive of CMS announcement of flexibility for 2017 reporting under MACRA.

CMS-5517-FC - Medicare Program; Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Model (APM) Incentive Under the Physician Fee Schedule, and Criteria for Physician-Focused Payment Models. Virtual Groups and Advanced APMs. Thanking CMS for flexibility in reporting for 2017. CMS-5519-P - Medicare Program; Advancing Care Coordination Through Episode Payment Models (EPMs); Cardiac Rehabilitation Incentive Payment Model; and Changes to the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model (CJR). Modifications to CJR, Non-Hospital Providers, New Voluntary Bundled Payment Program and Risk Stratification. HR 2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016. Section 502 - Medicare Payment Incentive for the Transition from Traditional X-Ray Imaging to Digital Radiography and Other Medicare Imaging Payment Provision. Opposition to cuts to Medicare Reimbursement for analog and computed radiography X-Ray services.

HR 4773/S 2707 - Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act. Opposing the Department of Labor's proposed rule to increase the overtime exemption threshold under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

HR 5088 - the Protecting Integrity in Medicare Act of 2016. Discussion of value-based medicine and its impact on physician self-referral. HR 921 - The Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act of 2015. Discussion of licensing traveling team physicians who provide services to high school, university, club, and professional athletics teams. Medicare Program; Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Model (APM) Incentive Under the Physician Fee Schedule, and Criteria for Physician-Focused Payment Models - Discussion of the newly proposed MIPS program and its impact on orthopaedic clinics.

HR 5088 - the Protecting Integrity in Medicare Act of 2016. Discussion of value-based medicine and its impact on physician self-referral. HR 921 - The Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act of 2015. Discussion of licensing traveling team physicians who provide services to high school, university, club, and professional athletics teams. Medicare Program; Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Model (APM) Incentive Under the Physician Fee Schedule, and Criteria for Physician-Focused Payment Models - Discussion of the newly proposed MIPS program and its impact on orthopaedic clinics.

HR 4773/S 2707 - Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act. Opposing the Department of Labor's proposed rule to increase the overtime exemption threshold under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

HR 2 - Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 - Sustainable Growth Rate CMS-3310-P - Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Electronic Health Records Incentive Program-Stage 3 CMS-3311-P - Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Electronic Health Record Incentive Program-Modifications to Meaningful Use in 2015 Through 2017

Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate HR 2 - Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act of 2015 Electronic Health Records Incentive Program HR 270 - Flexibility in Health IT Reporting (Flex IT) Act of 2015 ICD-10

HR 2 - Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 - Sustainable Growth Rate CMS-3310-P - Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Electronic Health Records Incentive Program-Stage 3 CMS-3311-P - Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Electronic Health Record Incentive Program-Modifications to Meaningful Use in 2015 Through 2017

Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate HR 2 - Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act of 2015 Meaningful Use HR 270 - Flexibility in Health IT Reporting (Flex IT) Act of 2015 ICD-10

HR 2247 - ICD-TEN Act - ICD-10 Transition

HR 2247 - ICD-TEN Act - ICD-10 Transition

Comprehensive Care For Joint Replacement - CMS bundled payment program for total knee and total hip replacements Revisions to Payment and Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2016 - Global payments, proposed quality measures, "incident to" billing, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, Revisions to physician self-referral regulations HR 2502 - Comprehensive Care Payment Innovation Act - Bundled payments for integrated care under the Medicare program. HR 3309 - Flex-IT 2 ACT - Delay of Meaningful Use Stage III and other changes to the Electronic Health Records Incentive Program.

Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate HR 2 - Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act of 2015 Electronic Health Records Incentive Program HR 270 - Flexibility in Health IT Reporting (Flex IT) Act of 2015 ICD-10

Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate HR 2 - Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act of 2015 Meaningful Use HR 270 - Flexibility in Health IT Reporting (Flex IT) Act of 2015 ICD-10

Comprehensive Care For Joint Replacement - CMS bundled payment program for total knee and total hip replacements Revisions to Payment and Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2016 - Global payments, proposed quality measures, "incident to" billing, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, Revisions to physician self-referral regulations HR 2502 - Comprehensive Care Payment Innovation Act - Bundled payments for integrated care under the Medicare program. HR 3309 - Flex-IT 2 ACT - Delay of Meaningful Use Stage III and other changes to the Electronic Health Records Incentive Program.

CMS-3310-FC and CMS-3311-FC: Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Electronic Health Record Incentive Program-Stage 3 and Modifications to Meaningful Use in 2015 Through 2017 HR 3940 - Meaningful Use Hardship Relief Act of 2015. Advocated for passage of legislation to provide a hardship exception to providers affected by the CMS delay in publishing the final 2015-2017 modifications rule. HR 3780 - Putting Patients and Providers Ahead of Compressed Regulatory Timelines Act of w015. Advocated for passage of this legislation out of committee to sunset penalties associated with the meaningful use program. S. 2425 - Patient Access and Medicare Protection Act. Advocating for language creating an exception for the meaningful use program in 2016 due to CMS delay in releasing 90-day rule.

CMS-3310-FC and CMS-3311-FC: Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Electronic Health Record Incentive Program-Stage 3 and Modifications to Meaningful Use in 2015 Through 2017 HR 3940 - Meaningful Use Hardship Relief Act of 2015. Advocated for passage of legislation to provide a hardship exception to providers affected by the CMS delay in publishing the final 2015-2017 modifications rule. HR 3780 - Putting Patients and Providers Ahead of Compressed Regulatory Timelines Act of w015. Advocated for passage of this legislation out of committee to sunset penalties associated with the meaningful use program. S. 2425 - Patient Access and Medicare Protection Act. Advocating for language creating an exception for the meaningful use program in 2016 due to CMS delay in releasing 90-day rule.

HR 6 - 21st Century Cures Act - Interoperability Language in Act

CMS-3310-FC and CMS-3311-FC: Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Electronic Health Record Incentive Program-Stage 3 and Modifications to Meaningful Use in 2015 Through 2017 HR 3940 - Meaningful Use Hardship Relief Act of 2015. Advocated for passage of legislation to provide a hardship exception to providers affected by the CMS delay in publishing the final 2015-2017 modifications rule. HR 3780 - Putting Patients and Providers Ahead of Compressed Regulatory Timelines Act of w015. Advocated for passage of this legislation out of committee to sunset penalties associated with the meaningful use program. S. 2425 - Patient Access and Medicare Protection Act. Advocating for language creating an exception for the meaningful use program in 2016 due to CMS delay in releasing 90-day rule.

Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate Repeal, Meaningful Use, H.R. 4077 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2014, In-Office Ancillary Services Exception, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Quality Reporting Requirements, Internation Classifcation of Diseases, 10th Edition Delay, Health Care Data Collection

Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate Repeal, Meaningful Use, H.R. 4077 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2014, In-Office Ancillary Services Exception, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Quality Reporting Requirements, Internation Classifcation of Diseases, 10th Edition Delay, Health Care Data Collection

Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate Repeal, Meaningful Use, H.R. 4077 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2014, In-Office Ancillary Services Exception, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Quality Reporting Requirements, Internation Classifcation of Diseases, 10th Edition Delay, Health Care Data Collection

Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate Repeal, Meaningful Use, H.R. 4077 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2014, In-Office Ancillary Services Exception, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Quality Reporting Requirements, Internation Classifcation of Diseases, 10th Edition Delay, Health Care Data Collection

Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate Repeal, Meaningful Use, H.R. 4077 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2014, In-Office Ancillary Services Exception, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Quality Reporting Requirements, Internation Classifcation of Diseases, 10th Edition Delay, Health Care Data Collection

Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate Repeal, Meaningful Use, H.R. 4077 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2014, In-Office Ancillary Services Exception, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Quality Reporting Requirements, Internation Classifcation of Diseases, 10th Edition Delay, Health Care Data Collection

Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate Repeal, Meaningful Use, H.R. 4077 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2014, In-Office Ancillary Services Exception, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Quality Reporting Requirements, Internation Classifcation of Diseases, 10th Edition Delay, Health Care Data Collection

HR 4077 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2014

Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate Repeal, Meaningful Use, H.R. 4077 - Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2014, In-Office Ancillary Services Exception, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Quality Reporting Requirements, Internation Classifcation of Diseases, 10th Edition Delay, Health Care Data Collection

HR 5481 - The Flex-IT Act Durable Medical Equipment Fitting Specifications 2015 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Global Surgery Codes