ROBERT BENNETT

S 289: Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. S. 304; S 1191; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Support for increased and long-term funding for the HRSA THCGME funding; funding for new rural programs. HR 2339 - Tobacco Use Prevention: Urged support for the Preventing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act. HR 2774, S 2793 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: create a primary care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access & reduce administrative burden. HR 4995 - Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act: Legislation to support best practice programs and safety bundles. HR 4996, HR 4995, S. 2793, S. 289, S. 916. S. 289 - Maternal Health: Letter to the Senate Finance Cmt urging support for health care best practices and maternal health bills focused on Medicaid, quality improvement, data collection, primary care access under high deductible health care plans, unconscious bias, and rural health care. HR 5741 - Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act: Oppose the effort to stifle CMMI innovation. HR 5800 - Surprise Billing: Hold patients to in-network rates and prevent premium hikes. HR 6379 - Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act: Include healthcare providers in emergency leave requirements. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Support for small business and non-profits during pandemic. No Bill No.- CDC FY 2021 budget request: Family medicine public health priorities. No Bill No. - CHC & National Health Service Corps reauthorization: Health care access, scholarships and medical student debt relief. No Bill No. - AHRQ FY 2021 budget request: primary care research. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Non-compete clauses in physician employment contracts: Restrictive covenants can disrupt the patient-physician relationship. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR. No Bill No. - Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act: Prevent deceptive advertising on health care licensure. No Bill No. - Abortion Access: Letter to FDA urging flexibility from current safety protocols to allow physicians to administer drugs via telehealth. No Bill No. - Community Health Center Funding: Letters, briefing to support funding for community health centers. Outreach to Hill offices to urge support for health extenders, which includes THCGME, community health centers, and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No.: Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act: Support for a comprehensive bill to address maternal Health disparities. No Bill No. - Defeat Infant and Maternal Mortality Act (DIMMA): Supporting legislation to allow the Department of Defense to share information with civilian entities on maternal and infant health. No Bill No. - Health IT interoperability: Ensure Health IT interoperability regulations and recommendations promote primary care/do not burden physicians. No Bill No. - CDC prevention issues to cover: communication on What work the CDC should do.

S. 3198 Suicide Prevention Act: Legislator inquiry/Expand suicide prevention grant pilot program to primary care physicians. S. 3599; HR 6788: Healthcare workforce Resilience Act: recapture 15,000 unused employment-based physician immigrant visas from prior fiscal years to bolster physician workforce during COVID pandemic. S 3750; HR 6837: Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments Improvement Act of 2020: Advanced payments to medicare Part B providers. S. 4088; HR 6149: Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women and Children Act; Kids Access to Primary Care Act: Increase Medicaid payment rates for primary care. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. HR 2774, S 2793 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: create a primary care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2895 Conrad State 30 &Physician Access Act; expand program, streamlined eligibility. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Support for small business and non-profits during pandemic. HR 7059: Coronavirus Provider Protection Act: Targeted and limited liability protections for healthcare providers responding to COVID pandemic. HR 7158 Health Enterprise Zone: Legislator inquiry/Reducing health disparities in underserved areas. No Bill No: communication with CMS on the 2021 and 2022 Part C and D proposed rule; Medicare Advantage, price transparency. No Bill No: communication with CMS on rural maternal health; Improving rural maternal health. No Bill No: communication with CMS on Covid-19 policy changes; payment for telehealth changes. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC No Bill No. - Teaching Health Centers GME; Community Health Centers; National Health Service Corps; Special Diabetes Program; Special Diabetes Program for Indians; increased finding, five-year reauthorization. No Bill No. - 501(c)(6) Non-Profits Relief; include emergency financial relief for 501(c)(6) organizations in COVID response legislation. No Bill No.: Emergency Financial relief for Primary Care Physicians: additional financial support for primary care physicians; additional financial support for primary care clinicians to stabilize our nation's primary care infrastructure. No Bill No.: Expansion of telehealth: Protecting Access to post COVID -19 telehealth act: Expansion of telehealth services for primary care; coverage and payment parity during PHE. No Bill No.: DACA status during the Covid-19 National Emergency: Maintain work authorization for individuals currently in DACA status during the covid 19 national emergency. No Bill No. - CHC & National Health Service Corps reauthorization: Health care access, scholarships and medical student debt relief. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR.

S 289: Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. S. 304; S 1191; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Support for increased and long-term funding for the HRSA THCGME funding; funding for new rural programs. HR 2339 - Tobacco Use Prevention: Urged support for the Preventing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act. HR 2774, S 2793 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: create a primary care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access & reduce administrative burden. HR 4995 - Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act: Legislation to support best practice programs and safety bundles. HR 4996, HR 4995, S. 2793, S. 289, S. 916. S. 289 - Maternal Health: Letter to the Senate Finance Cmt urging support for health care best practices and maternal health bills focused on Medicaid, quality improvement, data collection, primary care access under high deductible health care plans, unconscious bias, and rural health care. HR 5741 - Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act: Oppose the effort to stifle CMMI innovation. HR 5800 - Surprise Billing: Hold patients to in-network rates and prevent premium hikes. HR 6379 - Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act: Include healthcare providers in emergency leave requirements. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Support for small business and non-profits during pandemic. No Bill No.- CDC FY 2021 budget request: Family medicine public health priorities. No Bill No. - CHC & National Health Service Corps reauthorization: Health care access, scholarships and medical student debt relief. No Bill No. - AHRQ FY 2021 budget request: primary care research. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Non-compete clauses in physician employment contracts: Restrictive covenants can disrupt the patient-physician relationship. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR. No Bill No. - Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act: Prevent deceptive advertising on health care licensure. No Bill No. - Abortion Access: Letter to FDA urging flexibility from current safety protocols to allow physicians to administer drugs via telehealth. No Bill No. - Community Health Center Funding: Letters, briefing to support funding for community health centers. Outreach to Hill offices to urge support for health extenders, which includes THCGME, community health centers, and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No.: Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act: Support for a comprehensive bill to address maternal Health disparities. No Bill No. - Defeat Infant and Maternal Mortality Act (DIMMA): Supporting legislation to allow the Department of Defense to share information with civilian entities on maternal and infant health. No Bill No. - Health IT interoperability: Ensure Health IT interoperability regulations and recommendations promote primary care/do not burden physicians. No Bill No. - CDC prevention issues to cover: communication on What work the CDC should do.

S 289: Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access & reduce administrative burden. HR 4996 - Support MOMS Act: Support or legislation to increase Medicaid funding to support postpartum care and to reduce maternal mortality. HR 4996, HR 4995, S. 2793, S. 289, S. 916. S. 289 - Maternal Health: Letter to the Senate Finance Cmt urging support for health care best practices and maternal health bills focused on Medicaid, quality improvement, data collection, primary care access under high deductible health care plans, unconscious bias, and rural health care. HR 5741 - Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act: Oppose the effort to stifle CMMI innovation. HR 5800 - Surprise Billing: Hold patients to in-network rates and prevent premium hikes. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. No Bill No.: Advisory Committee on Training and Primary Care Medicine & Dentistry-Title VII Primary Care Training & Enhancement grants. No Bill No. - GME Reform: GME reform to increase family physician workforce. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR. No Bill No. - Communicaeion to CMS on scope of practice: maintain state rights. No Bill No. - Communicate to CME on transparency in coverage: regarding insurance coverage. No Bill No. - Communicate to CMS on ACA benefit and payment parameters for 2021: Regarding Insurance coverage. No Bill No. - communication to CMS on MIPS and extreme circumstances: Extending MIPS deadlines. No Bill No. - Communicate with CMS on 2021/2022 Part C/D: Medicare Advantage and prescription drugs.

S 289: Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. S. 304; S 1191; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Support for increased and long-term funding for the HRSA THCGME funding; funding for new rural programs. HR 2339 - Tobacco Use Prevention: Urged support for the Preventing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act. HR 2774, S 2793 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: create a primary care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access & reduce administrative burden. HR 4995 - Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act: Legislation to support best practice programs and safety bundles. HR 4996, HR 4995, S. 2793, S. 289, S. 916. S. 289 - Maternal Health: Letter to the Senate Finance Cmt urging support for health care best practices and maternal health bills focused on Medicaid, quality improvement, data collection, primary care access under high deductible health care plans, unconscious bias, and rural health care. HR 5741 - Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act: Oppose the effort to stifle CMMI innovation. HR 5800 - Surprise Billing: Hold patients to in-network rates and prevent premium hikes. HR 6379 - Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act: Include healthcare providers in emergency leave requirements. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Support for small business and non-profits during pandemic. No Bill No.- CDC FY 2021 budget request: Family medicine public health priorities. No Bill No. - CHC & National Health Service Corps reauthorization: Health care access, scholarships and medical student debt relief. No Bill No. - AHRQ FY 2021 budget request: primary care research. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Non-compete clauses in physician employment contracts: Restrictive covenants can disrupt the patient-physician relationship. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR. No Bill No. - Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act: Prevent deceptive advertising on health care licensure. No Bill No. - Abortion Access: Letter to FDA urging flexibility from current safety protocols to allow physicians to administer drugs via telehealth. No Bill No. - Community Health Center Funding: Letters, briefing to support funding for community health centers. Outreach to Hill offices to urge support for health extenders, which includes THCGME, community health centers, and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No.: Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act: Support for a comprehensive bill to address maternal Health disparities. No Bill No. - Defeat Infant and Maternal Mortality Act (DIMMA): Supporting legislation to allow the Department of Defense to share information with civilian entities on maternal and infant health. No Bill No. - Health IT interoperability: Ensure Health IT interoperability regulations and recommendations promote primary care/do not burden physicians. No Bill No. - CDC prevention issues to cover: communication on What work the CDC should do.

S 289: Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access & reduce administrative burden. HR 4996 - Support MOMS Act: Support or legislation to increase Medicaid funding to support postpartum care and to reduce maternal mortality. HR 4996, HR 4995, S. 2793, S. 289, S. 916. S. 289 - Maternal Health: Letter to the Senate Finance Cmt urging support for health care best practices and maternal health bills focused on Medicaid, quality improvement, data collection, primary care access under high deductible health care plans, unconscious bias, and rural health care. HR 5741 - Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act: Oppose the effort to stifle CMMI innovation. HR 5800 - Surprise Billing: Hold patients to in-network rates and prevent premium hikes. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. No Bill No.: Advisory Committee on Training and Primary Care Medicine & Dentistry-Title VII Primary Care Training & Enhancement grants. No Bill No. - GME Reform: GME reform to increase family physician workforce. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR. No Bill No. - Communicaeion to CMS on scope of practice: maintain state rights. No Bill No. - Communicate to CME on transparency in coverage: regarding insurance coverage. No Bill No. - Communicate to CMS on ACA benefit and payment parameters for 2021: Regarding Insurance coverage. No Bill No. - communication to CMS on MIPS and extreme circumstances: Extending MIPS deadlines. No Bill No. - Communicate with CMS on 2021/2022 Part C/D: Medicare Advantage and prescription drugs.

S 289: Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access & reduce administrative burden. HR 4996 - Support MOMS Act: Support or legislation to increase Medicaid funding to support postpartum care and to reduce maternal mortality. HR 4996, HR 4995, S. 2793, S. 289, S. 916. S. 289 - Maternal Health: Letter to the Senate Finance Cmt urging support for health care best practices and maternal health bills focused on Medicaid, quality improvement, data collection, primary care access under high deductible health care plans, unconscious bias, and rural health care. HR 5741 - Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act: Oppose the effort to stifle CMMI innovation. HR 5800 - Surprise Billing: Hold patients to in-network rates and prevent premium hikes. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. No Bill No.: Advisory Committee on Training and Primary Care Medicine & Dentistry-Title VII Primary Care Training & Enhancement grants. No Bill No. - GME Reform: GME reform to increase family physician workforce. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR. No Bill No. - Communicaeion to CMS on scope of practice: maintain state rights. No Bill No. - Communicate to CME on transparency in coverage: regarding insurance coverage. No Bill No. - Communicate to CMS on ACA benefit and payment parameters for 2021: Regarding Insurance coverage. No Bill No. - communication to CMS on MIPS and extreme circumstances: Extending MIPS deadlines. No Bill No. - Communicate with CMS on 2021/2022 Part C/D: Medicare Advantage and prescription drugs.

S 289: Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. S. 304; S 1191; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Support for increased and long-term funding for the HRSA THCGME funding; funding for new rural programs. HR 2339 - Tobacco Use Prevention: Urged support for the Preventing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act. HR 2774, S 2793 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: create a primary care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access & reduce administrative burden. HR 4995 - Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act: Legislation to support best practice programs and safety bundles. HR 4996, HR 4995, S. 2793, S. 289, S. 916. S. 289 - Maternal Health: Letter to the Senate Finance Cmt urging support for health care best practices and maternal health bills focused on Medicaid, quality improvement, data collection, primary care access under high deductible health care plans, unconscious bias, and rural health care. HR 5741 - Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act: Oppose the effort to stifle CMMI innovation. HR 5800 - Surprise Billing: Hold patients to in-network rates and prevent premium hikes. HR 6379 - Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act: Include healthcare providers in emergency leave requirements. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Support for small business and non-profits during pandemic. No Bill No.- CDC FY 2021 budget request: Family medicine public health priorities. No Bill No. - CHC & National Health Service Corps reauthorization: Health care access, scholarships and medical student debt relief. No Bill No. - AHRQ FY 2021 budget request: primary care research. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Non-compete clauses in physician employment contracts: Restrictive covenants can disrupt the patient-physician relationship. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR. No Bill No. - Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act: Prevent deceptive advertising on health care licensure. No Bill No. - Abortion Access: Letter to FDA urging flexibility from current safety protocols to allow physicians to administer drugs via telehealth. No Bill No. - Community Health Center Funding: Letters, briefing to support funding for community health centers. Outreach to Hill offices to urge support for health extenders, which includes THCGME, community health centers, and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No.: Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act: Support for a comprehensive bill to address maternal Health disparities. No Bill No. - Defeat Infant and Maternal Mortality Act (DIMMA): Supporting legislation to allow the Department of Defense to share information with civilian entities on maternal and infant health. No Bill No. - Health IT interoperability: Ensure Health IT interoperability regulations and recommendations promote primary care/do not burden physicians. No Bill No. - CDC prevention issues to cover: communication on What work the CDC should do.

S 289: Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access & reduce administrative burden. HR 4996 - Support MOMS Act: Support or legislation to increase Medicaid funding to support postpartum care and to reduce maternal mortality. HR 4996, HR 4995, S. 2793, S. 289, S. 916. S. 289 - Maternal Health: Letter to the Senate Finance Cmt urging support for health care best practices and maternal health bills focused on Medicaid, quality improvement, data collection, primary care access under high deductible health care plans, unconscious bias, and rural health care. HR 5741 - Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act: Oppose the effort to stifle CMMI innovation. HR 5800 - Surprise Billing: Hold patients to in-network rates and prevent premium hikes. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. No Bill No.: Advisory Committee on Training and Primary Care Medicine & Dentistry-Title VII Primary Care Training & Enhancement grants. No Bill No. - GME Reform: GME reform to increase family physician workforce. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR. No Bill No. - Communicaeion to CMS on scope of practice: maintain state rights. No Bill No. - Communicate to CME on transparency in coverage: regarding insurance coverage. No Bill No. - Communicate to CMS on ACA benefit and payment parameters for 2021: Regarding Insurance coverage. No Bill No. - communication to CMS on MIPS and extreme circumstances: Extending MIPS deadlines. No Bill No. - Communicate with CMS on 2021/2022 Part C/D: Medicare Advantage and prescription drugs.

S 289: Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. S. 304; S 1191; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Support for increased and long-term funding for the HRSA THCGME funding; funding for new rural programs. HR 2339 - Tobacco Use Prevention: Urged support for the Preventing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act. HR 2774, S 2793 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: create a primary care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access & reduce administrative burden. HR 4995 - Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act: Legislation to support best practice programs and safety bundles. HR 4996, HR 4995, S. 2793, S. 289, S. 916. S. 289 - Maternal Health: Letter to the Senate Finance Cmt urging support for health care best practices and maternal health bills focused on Medicaid, quality improvement, data collection, primary care access under high deductible health care plans, unconscious bias, and rural health care. HR 5741 - Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act: Oppose the effort to stifle CMMI innovation. HR 5800 - Surprise Billing: Hold patients to in-network rates and prevent premium hikes. HR 6379 - Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act: Include healthcare providers in emergency leave requirements. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Support for small business and non-profits during pandemic. No Bill No.- CDC FY 2021 budget request: Family medicine public health priorities. No Bill No. - CHC & National Health Service Corps reauthorization: Health care access, scholarships and medical student debt relief. No Bill No. - AHRQ FY 2021 budget request: primary care research. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Non-compete clauses in physician employment contracts: Restrictive covenants can disrupt the patient-physician relationship. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR. No Bill No. - Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act: Prevent deceptive advertising on health care licensure. No Bill No. - Abortion Access: Letter to FDA urging flexibility from current safety protocols to allow physicians to administer drugs via telehealth. No Bill No. - Community Health Center Funding: Letters, briefing to support funding for community health centers. Outreach to Hill offices to urge support for health extenders, which includes THCGME, community health centers, and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No.: Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act: Support for a comprehensive bill to address maternal Health disparities. No Bill No. - Defeat Infant and Maternal Mortality Act (DIMMA): Supporting legislation to allow the Department of Defense to share information with civilian entities on maternal and infant health. No Bill No. - Health IT interoperability: Ensure Health IT interoperability regulations and recommendations promote primary care/do not burden physicians. No Bill No. - CDC prevention issues to cover: communication on What work the CDC should do.

S 289: Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. S. 304; S 1191; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Support for increased and long-term funding for the HRSA THCGME funding; funding for new rural programs. HR 2339 - Tobacco Use Prevention: Urged support for the Preventing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act. HR 2774, S 2793 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: create a primary care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access & reduce administrative burden. HR 4995 - Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act: Legislation to support best practice programs and safety bundles. HR 4996, HR 4995, S. 2793, S. 289, S. 916. S. 289 - Maternal Health: Letter to the Senate Finance Cmt urging support for health care best practices and maternal health bills focused on Medicaid, quality improvement, data collection, primary care access under high deductible health care plans, unconscious bias, and rural health care. HR 5741 - Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act: Oppose the effort to stifle CMMI innovation. HR 5800 - Surprise Billing: Hold patients to in-network rates and prevent premium hikes. HR 6379 - Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act: Include healthcare providers in emergency leave requirements. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Support for small business and non-profits during pandemic. No Bill No.- CDC FY 2021 budget request: Family medicine public health priorities. No Bill No. - CHC & National Health Service Corps reauthorization: Health care access, scholarships and medical student debt relief. No Bill No. - AHRQ FY 2021 budget request: primary care research. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Non-compete clauses in physician employment contracts: Restrictive covenants can disrupt the patient-physician relationship. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR. No Bill No. - Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act: Prevent deceptive advertising on health care licensure. No Bill No. - Abortion Access: Letter to FDA urging flexibility from current safety protocols to allow physicians to administer drugs via telehealth. No Bill No. - Community Health Center Funding: Letters, briefing to support funding for community health centers. Outreach to Hill offices to urge support for health extenders, which includes THCGME, community health centers, and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No.: Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act: Support for a comprehensive bill to address maternal Health disparities. No Bill No. - Defeat Infant and Maternal Mortality Act (DIMMA): Supporting legislation to allow the Department of Defense to share information with civilian entities on maternal and infant health. No Bill No. - Health IT interoperability: Ensure Health IT interoperability regulations and recommendations promote primary care/do not burden physicians. No Bill No. - CDC prevention issues to cover: communication on What work the CDC should do.

S 289: Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access & reduce administrative burden. HR 4996 - Support MOMS Act: Support or legislation to increase Medicaid funding to support postpartum care and to reduce maternal mortality. HR 4996, HR 4995, S. 2793, S. 289, S. 916. S. 289 - Maternal Health: Letter to the Senate Finance Cmt urging support for health care best practices and maternal health bills focused on Medicaid, quality improvement, data collection, primary care access under high deductible health care plans, unconscious bias, and rural health care. HR 5741 - Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act: Oppose the effort to stifle CMMI innovation. HR 5800 - Surprise Billing: Hold patients to in-network rates and prevent premium hikes. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. No Bill No.: Advisory Committee on Training and Primary Care Medicine & Dentistry-Title VII Primary Care Training & Enhancement grants. No Bill No. - GME Reform: GME reform to increase family physician workforce. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR. No Bill No. - Communicaeion to CMS on scope of practice: maintain state rights. No Bill No. - Communicate to CME on transparency in coverage: regarding insurance coverage. No Bill No. - Communicate to CMS on ACA benefit and payment parameters for 2021: Regarding Insurance coverage. No Bill No. - communication to CMS on MIPS and extreme circumstances: Extending MIPS deadlines. No Bill No. - Communicate with CMS on 2021/2022 Part C/D: Medicare Advantage and prescription drugs.

S 289: Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access & reduce administrative burden. HR 4996 - Support MOMS Act: Support or legislation to increase Medicaid funding to support postpartum care and to reduce maternal mortality. HR 4996, HR 4995, S. 2793, S. 289, S. 916. S. 289 - Maternal Health: Letter to the Senate Finance Cmt urging support for health care best practices and maternal health bills focused on Medicaid, quality improvement, data collection, primary care access under high deductible health care plans, unconscious bias, and rural health care. HR 5741 - Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act: Oppose the effort to stifle CMMI innovation. HR 5800 - Surprise Billing: Hold patients to in-network rates and prevent premium hikes. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. No Bill No.: Advisory Committee on Training and Primary Care Medicine & Dentistry-Title VII Primary Care Training & Enhancement grants. No Bill No. - GME Reform: GME reform to increase family physician workforce. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR. No Bill No. - Communicaeion to CMS on scope of practice: maintain state rights. No Bill No. - Communicate to CME on transparency in coverage: regarding insurance coverage. No Bill No. - Communicate to CMS on ACA benefit and payment parameters for 2021: Regarding Insurance coverage. No Bill No. - communication to CMS on MIPS and extreme circumstances: Extending MIPS deadlines. No Bill No. - Communicate with CMS on 2021/2022 Part C/D: Medicare Advantage and prescription drugs.

S. 3198 Suicide Prevention Act: Legislator inquiry/Expand suicide prevention grant pilot program to primary care physicians. S. 3599; HR 6788: Healthcare workforce Resilience Act: recapture 15,000 unused employment-based physician immigrant visas from prior fiscal years to bolster physician workforce during COVID pandemic. S 3750; HR 6837: Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments Improvement Act of 2020: Advanced payments to medicare Part B providers. S. 4088; HR 6149: Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women and Children Act; Kids Access to Primary Care Act: Increase Medicaid payment rates for primary care. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. HR 2774, S 2793 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: create a primary care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2895 Conrad State 30 &Physician Access Act; expand program, streamlined eligibility. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Support for small business and non-profits during pandemic. HR 7059: Coronavirus Provider Protection Act: Targeted and limited liability protections for healthcare providers responding to COVID pandemic. HR 7158 Health Enterprise Zone: Legislator inquiry/Reducing health disparities in underserved areas. No Bill No: communication with CMS on the 2021 and 2022 Part C and D proposed rule; Medicare Advantage, price transparency. No Bill No: communication with CMS on rural maternal health; Improving rural maternal health. No Bill No: communication with CMS on Covid-19 policy changes; payment for telehealth changes. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC No Bill No. - Teaching Health Centers GME; Community Health Centers; National Health Service Corps; Special Diabetes Program; Special Diabetes Program for Indians; increased finding, five-year reauthorization. No Bill No. - 501(c)(6) Non-Profits Relief; include emergency financial relief for 501(c)(6) organizations in COVID response legislation. No Bill No.: Emergency Financial relief for Primary Care Physicians: additional financial support for primary care physicians; additional financial support for primary care clinicians to stabilize our nation's primary care infrastructure. No Bill No.: Expansion of telehealth: Protecting Access to post COVID -19 telehealth act: Expansion of telehealth services for primary care; coverage and payment parity during PHE. No Bill No.: DACA status during the Covid-19 National Emergency: Maintain work authorization for individuals currently in DACA status during the covid 19 national emergency. No Bill No. - CHC & National Health Service Corps reauthorization: Health care access, scholarships and medical student debt relief. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR.

S. 3599; HR 6788: Healthcare workforce Resilience Act: recapture 15,000 unused employment-based physician immigrant visas from prior fiscal years to bolster physician workforce during COVID pandemic. S 3750; HR 6837: Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments Improvement Act of 2020: Advanced payments to medicare Part B providers. S. 4088; HR 6149: Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women and Children Act; Kids Access to Primary Care Act: Increase Medicaid payment rates for primary care. S. 7614 2021 Appropriations: AHRQ, HRSA, NHSC, Title VII, Title X, Medical Education, Rural Health,Telehealth, Medicare Accelerated and Advanced Payment Program, CDC. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 7158 Health Enterprise Zone: Legislator inquiry/Reducing health disparities in underserved areas. No Bill No: communication with CMS on the 2021 and 2022 Part C and D proposed rule; Medicare Advantage, price transparency. No Bill No: communication with CMS on rural maternal health; Improving rural maternal health. No Bill No: communication with CMS on Covid-19 policy changes; payment for telehealth changes. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC No Bill No.: Expansion of telehealth: Protecting Access to post COVID -19 telehealth act: Expansion of telehealth services for primary care; coverage and payment parity during PHE. No Bill No.: Medicare administrative flexibilities for physicians; Suspension of reporting requirements and administrative processes for Medicare physicians during PHE. No Bill No. - Graduate Medical Education: GME to support family medicine education and rural training. No Bill No.: Medicare rule to increase E/M: value comprehensive primary care appropriately. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR. No Bill No. - Telehealth: Increase audio-only telehealth payment to equal audio-visual telehealth and in person visitation reimbursements.

S 289: Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. S. 304; S 1191; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Support for increased and long-term funding for the HRSA THCGME funding; funding for new rural programs. HR 2339 - Tobacco Use Prevention: Urged support for the Preventing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act. HR 2774, S 2793 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: create a primary care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access & reduce administrative burden. HR 4995 - Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act: Legislation to support best practice programs and safety bundles. HR 4996, HR 4995, S. 2793, S. 289, S. 916. S. 289 - Maternal Health: Letter to the Senate Finance Cmt urging support for health care best practices and maternal health bills focused on Medicaid, quality improvement, data collection, primary care access under high deductible health care plans, unconscious bias, and rural health care. HR 5741 - Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act: Oppose the effort to stifle CMMI innovation. HR 5800 - Surprise Billing: Hold patients to in-network rates and prevent premium hikes. HR 6379 - Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act: Include healthcare providers in emergency leave requirements. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Support for small business and non-profits during pandemic. No Bill No.- CDC FY 2021 budget request: Family medicine public health priorities. No Bill No. - CHC & National Health Service Corps reauthorization: Health care access, scholarships and medical student debt relief. No Bill No. - AHRQ FY 2021 budget request: primary care research. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Non-compete clauses in physician employment contracts: Restrictive covenants can disrupt the patient-physician relationship. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR. No Bill No. - Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act: Prevent deceptive advertising on health care licensure. No Bill No. - Abortion Access: Letter to FDA urging flexibility from current safety protocols to allow physicians to administer drugs via telehealth. No Bill No. - Community Health Center Funding: Letters, briefing to support funding for community health centers. Outreach to Hill offices to urge support for health extenders, which includes THCGME, community health centers, and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No.: Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act: Support for a comprehensive bill to address maternal Health disparities. No Bill No. - Defeat Infant and Maternal Mortality Act (DIMMA): Supporting legislation to allow the Department of Defense to share information with civilian entities on maternal and infant health. No Bill No. - Health IT interoperability: Ensure Health IT interoperability regulations and recommendations promote primary care/do not burden physicians. No Bill No. - CDC prevention issues to cover: communication on What work the CDC should do.

S. 3599; HR 6788: Healthcare workforce Resilience Act: recapture 15,000 unused employment-based physician immigrant visas from prior fiscal years to bolster physician workforce during COVID pandemic. S 3750; HR 6837: Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments Improvement Act of 2020: Advanced payments to medicare Part B providers. S. 4088; HR 6149: Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women and Children Act; Kids Access to Primary Care Act: Increase Medicaid payment rates for primary care. S. 7614 2021 Appropriations: AHRQ, HRSA, NHSC, Title VII, Title X, Medical Education, Rural Health,Telehealth, Medicare Accelerated and Advanced Payment Program, CDC. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 7158 Health Enterprise Zone: Legislator inquiry/Reducing health disparities in underserved areas. No Bill No: communication with CMS on the 2021 and 2022 Part C and D proposed rule; Medicare Advantage, price transparency. No Bill No: communication with CMS on rural maternal health; Improving rural maternal health. No Bill No: communication with CMS on Covid-19 policy changes; payment for telehealth changes. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC No Bill No.: Expansion of telehealth: Protecting Access to post COVID -19 telehealth act: Expansion of telehealth services for primary care; coverage and payment parity during PHE. No Bill No.: Medicare administrative flexibilities for physicians; Suspension of reporting requirements and administrative processes for Medicare physicians during PHE. No Bill No. - Graduate Medical Education: GME to support family medicine education and rural training. No Bill No.: Medicare rule to increase E/M: value comprehensive primary care appropriately. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR. No Bill No. - Telehealth: Increase audio-only telehealth payment to equal audio-visual telehealth and in person visitation reimbursements.

S. 3198 Suicide Prevention Act: Legislator inquiry/Expand suicide prevention grant pilot program to primary care physicians. S. 3599; HR 6788: Healthcare workforce Resilience Act: recapture 15,000 unused employment-based physician immigrant visas from prior fiscal years to bolster physician workforce during COVID pandemic. S 3750; HR 6837: Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments Improvement Act of 2020: Advanced payments to medicare Part B providers. S. 4088; HR 6149: Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women and Children Act; Kids Access to Primary Care Act: Increase Medicaid payment rates for primary care. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. HR 2774, S 2793 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: create a primary care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2895 Conrad State 30 &Physician Access Act; expand program, streamlined eligibility. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Support for small business and non-profits during pandemic. HR 7059: Coronavirus Provider Protection Act: Targeted and limited liability protections for healthcare providers responding to COVID pandemic. HR 7158 Health Enterprise Zone: Legislator inquiry/Reducing health disparities in underserved areas. No Bill No: communication with CMS on the 2021 and 2022 Part C and D proposed rule; Medicare Advantage, price transparency. No Bill No: communication with CMS on rural maternal health; Improving rural maternal health. No Bill No: communication with CMS on Covid-19 policy changes; payment for telehealth changes. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC No Bill No. - Teaching Health Centers GME; Community Health Centers; National Health Service Corps; Special Diabetes Program; Special Diabetes Program for Indians; increased finding, five-year reauthorization. No Bill No. - 501(c)(6) Non-Profits Relief; include emergency financial relief for 501(c)(6) organizations in COVID response legislation. No Bill No.: Emergency Financial relief for Primary Care Physicians: additional financial support for primary care physicians; additional financial support for primary care clinicians to stabilize our nation's primary care infrastructure. No Bill No.: Expansion of telehealth: Protecting Access to post COVID -19 telehealth act: Expansion of telehealth services for primary care; coverage and payment parity during PHE. No Bill No.: DACA status during the Covid-19 National Emergency: Maintain work authorization for individuals currently in DACA status during the covid 19 national emergency. No Bill No. - CHC & National Health Service Corps reauthorization: Health care access, scholarships and medical student debt relief. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR.

S 289: Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. S. 304; S 1191; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Support for increased and long-term funding for the HRSA THCGME funding; funding for new rural programs. HR 2339 - Tobacco Use Prevention: Urged support for the Preventing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act. HR 2774, S 2793 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: create a primary care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access & reduce administrative burden. HR 4995 - Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act: Legislation to support best practice programs and safety bundles. HR 4996, HR 4995, S. 2793, S. 289, S. 916. S. 289 - Maternal Health: Letter to the Senate Finance Cmt urging support for health care best practices and maternal health bills focused on Medicaid, quality improvement, data collection, primary care access under high deductible health care plans, unconscious bias, and rural health care. HR 5741 - Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act: Oppose the effort to stifle CMMI innovation. HR 5800 - Surprise Billing: Hold patients to in-network rates and prevent premium hikes. HR 6379 - Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act: Include healthcare providers in emergency leave requirements. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Support for small business and non-profits during pandemic. No Bill No.- CDC FY 2021 budget request: Family medicine public health priorities. No Bill No. - CHC & National Health Service Corps reauthorization: Health care access, scholarships and medical student debt relief. No Bill No. - AHRQ FY 2021 budget request: primary care research. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Non-compete clauses in physician employment contracts: Restrictive covenants can disrupt the patient-physician relationship. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR. No Bill No. - Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act: Prevent deceptive advertising on health care licensure. No Bill No. - Abortion Access: Letter to FDA urging flexibility from current safety protocols to allow physicians to administer drugs via telehealth. No Bill No. - Community Health Center Funding: Letters, briefing to support funding for community health centers. Outreach to Hill offices to urge support for health extenders, which includes THCGME, community health centers, and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No.: Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act: Support for a comprehensive bill to address maternal Health disparities. No Bill No. - Defeat Infant and Maternal Mortality Act (DIMMA): Supporting legislation to allow the Department of Defense to share information with civilian entities on maternal and infant health. No Bill No. - Health IT interoperability: Ensure Health IT interoperability regulations and recommendations promote primary care/do not burden physicians. No Bill No. - CDC prevention issues to cover: communication on What work the CDC should do.

S. 3198 Suicide Prevention Act: Legislator inquiry/Expand suicide prevention grant pilot program to primary care physicians. S. 3599; HR 6788: Healthcare workforce Resilience Act: recapture 15,000 unused employment-based physician immigrant visas from prior fiscal years to bolster physician workforce during COVID pandemic. S 3750; HR 6837: Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments Improvement Act of 2020: Advanced payments to medicare Part B providers. S. 4088; HR 6149: Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women and Children Act; Kids Access to Primary Care Act: Increase Medicaid payment rates for primary care. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. HR 2774, S 2793 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: create a primary care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2895 Conrad State 30 &Physician Access Act; expand program, streamlined eligibility. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Support for small business and non-profits during pandemic. HR 7059: Coronavirus Provider Protection Act: Targeted and limited liability protections for healthcare providers responding to COVID pandemic. HR 7158 Health Enterprise Zone: Legislator inquiry/Reducing health disparities in underserved areas. No Bill No: communication with CMS on the 2021 and 2022 Part C and D proposed rule; Medicare Advantage, price transparency. No Bill No: communication with CMS on rural maternal health; Improving rural maternal health. No Bill No: communication with CMS on Covid-19 policy changes; payment for telehealth changes. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC No Bill No. - Teaching Health Centers GME; Community Health Centers; National Health Service Corps; Special Diabetes Program; Special Diabetes Program for Indians; increased finding, five-year reauthorization. No Bill No. - 501(c)(6) Non-Profits Relief; include emergency financial relief for 501(c)(6) organizations in COVID response legislation. No Bill No.: Emergency Financial relief for Primary Care Physicians: additional financial support for primary care physicians; additional financial support for primary care clinicians to stabilize our nation's primary care infrastructure. No Bill No.: Expansion of telehealth: Protecting Access to post COVID -19 telehealth act: Expansion of telehealth services for primary care; coverage and payment parity during PHE. No Bill No.: DACA status during the Covid-19 National Emergency: Maintain work authorization for individuals currently in DACA status during the covid 19 national emergency. No Bill No. - CHC & National Health Service Corps reauthorization: Health care access, scholarships and medical student debt relief. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR.

S 289: Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. S. 304; S 1191; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Support for increased and long-term funding for the HRSA THCGME funding; funding for new rural programs. HR 2339 - Tobacco Use Prevention: Urged support for the Preventing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act. HR 2774, S 2793 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: create a primary care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access & reduce administrative burden. HR 4995 - Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act: Legislation to support best practice programs and safety bundles. HR 4996, HR 4995, S. 2793, S. 289, S. 916. S. 289 - Maternal Health: Letter to the Senate Finance Cmt urging support for health care best practices and maternal health bills focused on Medicaid, quality improvement, data collection, primary care access under high deductible health care plans, unconscious bias, and rural health care. HR 5741 - Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act: Oppose the effort to stifle CMMI innovation. HR 5800 - Surprise Billing: Hold patients to in-network rates and prevent premium hikes. HR 6379 - Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act: Include healthcare providers in emergency leave requirements. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Support for small business and non-profits during pandemic. No Bill No.- CDC FY 2021 budget request: Family medicine public health priorities. No Bill No. - CHC & National Health Service Corps reauthorization: Health care access, scholarships and medical student debt relief. No Bill No. - AHRQ FY 2021 budget request: primary care research. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Non-compete clauses in physician employment contracts: Restrictive covenants can disrupt the patient-physician relationship. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR. No Bill No. - Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act: Prevent deceptive advertising on health care licensure. No Bill No. - Abortion Access: Letter to FDA urging flexibility from current safety protocols to allow physicians to administer drugs via telehealth. No Bill No. - Community Health Center Funding: Letters, briefing to support funding for community health centers. Outreach to Hill offices to urge support for health extenders, which includes THCGME, community health centers, and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No.: Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act: Support for a comprehensive bill to address maternal Health disparities. No Bill No. - Defeat Infant and Maternal Mortality Act (DIMMA): Supporting legislation to allow the Department of Defense to share information with civilian entities on maternal and infant health. No Bill No. - Health IT interoperability: Ensure Health IT interoperability regulations and recommendations promote primary care/do not burden physicians. No Bill No. - CDC prevention issues to cover: communication on What work the CDC should do.

S. 3599; HR 6788: Healthcare workforce Resilience Act: recapture 15,000 unused employment-based physician immigrant visas from prior fiscal years to bolster physician workforce during COVID pandemic. S 3750; HR 6837: Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments Improvement Act of 2020: Advanced payments to medicare Part B providers. S. 4088; HR 6149: Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women and Children Act; Kids Access to Primary Care Act: Increase Medicaid payment rates for primary care. S. 7614 2021 Appropriations: AHRQ, HRSA, NHSC, Title VII, Title X, Medical Education, Rural Health,Telehealth, Medicare Accelerated and Advanced Payment Program, CDC. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 7158 Health Enterprise Zone: Legislator inquiry/Reducing health disparities in underserved areas. No Bill No: communication with CMS on the 2021 and 2022 Part C and D proposed rule; Medicare Advantage, price transparency. No Bill No: communication with CMS on rural maternal health; Improving rural maternal health. No Bill No: communication with CMS on Covid-19 policy changes; payment for telehealth changes. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC No Bill No.: Expansion of telehealth: Protecting Access to post COVID -19 telehealth act: Expansion of telehealth services for primary care; coverage and payment parity during PHE. No Bill No.: Medicare administrative flexibilities for physicians; Suspension of reporting requirements and administrative processes for Medicare physicians during PHE. No Bill No. - Graduate Medical Education: GME to support family medicine education and rural training. No Bill No.: Medicare rule to increase E/M: value comprehensive primary care appropriately. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR. No Bill No. - Telehealth: Increase audio-only telehealth payment to equal audio-visual telehealth and in person visitation reimbursements.

S. 3198 Suicide Prevention Act: Legislator inquiry/Expand suicide prevention grant pilot program to primary care physicians. S. 3599; HR 6788: Healthcare workforce Resilience Act: recapture 15,000 unused employment-based physician immigrant visas from prior fiscal years to bolster physician workforce during COVID pandemic. S 3750; HR 6837: Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments Improvement Act of 2020: Advanced payments to medicare Part B providers. S. 4088; HR 6149: Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women and Children Act; Kids Access to Primary Care Act: Increase Medicaid payment rates for primary care. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. HR 2774, S 2793 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: create a primary care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2895 Conrad State 30 &Physician Access Act; expand program, streamlined eligibility. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Support for small business and non-profits during pandemic. HR 7059: Coronavirus Provider Protection Act: Targeted and limited liability protections for healthcare providers responding to COVID pandemic. HR 7158 Health Enterprise Zone: Legislator inquiry/Reducing health disparities in underserved areas. No Bill No: communication with CMS on the 2021 and 2022 Part C and D proposed rule; Medicare Advantage, price transparency. No Bill No: communication with CMS on rural maternal health; Improving rural maternal health. No Bill No: communication with CMS on Covid-19 policy changes; payment for telehealth changes. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC No Bill No. - Teaching Health Centers GME; Community Health Centers; National Health Service Corps; Special Diabetes Program; Special Diabetes Program for Indians; increased finding, five-year reauthorization. No Bill No. - 501(c)(6) Non-Profits Relief; include emergency financial relief for 501(c)(6) organizations in COVID response legislation. No Bill No.: Emergency Financial relief for Primary Care Physicians: additional financial support for primary care physicians; additional financial support for primary care clinicians to stabilize our nation's primary care infrastructure. No Bill No.: Expansion of telehealth: Protecting Access to post COVID -19 telehealth act: Expansion of telehealth services for primary care; coverage and payment parity during PHE. No Bill No.: DACA status during the Covid-19 National Emergency: Maintain work authorization for individuals currently in DACA status during the covid 19 national emergency. No Bill No. - CHC & National Health Service Corps reauthorization: Health care access, scholarships and medical student debt relief. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR.

S. 3198 Suicide Prevention Act: Legislator inquiry/Expand suicide prevention grant pilot program to primary care physicians. S. 3599; HR 6788: Healthcare workforce Resilience Act: recapture 15,000 unused employment-based physician immigrant visas from prior fiscal years to bolster physician workforce during COVID pandemic. S 3750; HR 6837: Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments Improvement Act of 2020: Advanced payments to medicare Part B providers. S. 4088; HR 6149: Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women and Children Act; Kids Access to Primary Care Act: Increase Medicaid payment rates for primary care. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. HR 2774, S 2793 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: create a primary care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2895 Conrad State 30 &Physician Access Act; expand program, streamlined eligibility. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Support for small business and non-profits during pandemic. HR 7059: Coronavirus Provider Protection Act: Targeted and limited liability protections for healthcare providers responding to COVID pandemic. HR 7158 Health Enterprise Zone: Legislator inquiry/Reducing health disparities in underserved areas. No Bill No: communication with CMS on the 2021 and 2022 Part C and D proposed rule; Medicare Advantage, price transparency. No Bill No: communication with CMS on rural maternal health; Improving rural maternal health. No Bill No: communication with CMS on Covid-19 policy changes; payment for telehealth changes. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC No Bill No. - Teaching Health Centers GME; Community Health Centers; National Health Service Corps; Special Diabetes Program; Special Diabetes Program for Indians; increased finding, five-year reauthorization. No Bill No. - 501(c)(6) Non-Profits Relief; include emergency financial relief for 501(c)(6) organizations in COVID response legislation. No Bill No.: Emergency Financial relief for Primary Care Physicians: additional financial support for primary care physicians; additional financial support for primary care clinicians to stabilize our nation's primary care infrastructure. No Bill No.: Expansion of telehealth: Protecting Access to post COVID -19 telehealth act: Expansion of telehealth services for primary care; coverage and payment parity during PHE. No Bill No.: DACA status during the Covid-19 National Emergency: Maintain work authorization for individuals currently in DACA status during the covid 19 national emergency. No Bill No. - CHC & National Health Service Corps reauthorization: Health care access, scholarships and medical student debt relief. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR.

S. 3599; HR 6788: Healthcare workforce Resilience Act: recapture 15,000 unused employment-based physician immigrant visas from prior fiscal years to bolster physician workforce during COVID pandemic. S 3750; HR 6837: Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments Improvement Act of 2020: Advanced payments to medicare Part B providers. S. 4088; HR 6149: Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women and Children Act; Kids Access to Primary Care Act: Increase Medicaid payment rates for primary care. S. 7614 2021 Appropriations: AHRQ, HRSA, NHSC, Title VII, Title X, Medical Education, Rural Health,Telehealth, Medicare Accelerated and Advanced Payment Program, CDC. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 7158 Health Enterprise Zone: Legislator inquiry/Reducing health disparities in underserved areas. No Bill No: communication with CMS on the 2021 and 2022 Part C and D proposed rule; Medicare Advantage, price transparency. No Bill No: communication with CMS on rural maternal health; Improving rural maternal health. No Bill No: communication with CMS on Covid-19 policy changes; payment for telehealth changes. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC No Bill No.: Expansion of telehealth: Protecting Access to post COVID -19 telehealth act: Expansion of telehealth services for primary care; coverage and payment parity during PHE. No Bill No.: Medicare administrative flexibilities for physicians; Suspension of reporting requirements and administrative processes for Medicare physicians during PHE. No Bill No. - Graduate Medical Education: GME to support family medicine education and rural training. No Bill No.: Medicare rule to increase E/M: value comprehensive primary care appropriately. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR. No Bill No. - Telehealth: Increase audio-only telehealth payment to equal audio-visual telehealth and in person visitation reimbursements.

S. 3198 Suicide Prevention Act: Legislator inquiry/Expand suicide prevention grant pilot program to primary care physicians. S. 3599; HR 6788: Healthcare workforce Resilience Act: recapture 15,000 unused employment-based physician immigrant visas from prior fiscal years to bolster physician workforce during COVID pandemic. S 3750; HR 6837: Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments Improvement Act of 2020: Advanced payments to medicare Part B providers. S. 4088; HR 6149: Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women and Children Act; Kids Access to Primary Care Act: Increase Medicaid payment rates for primary care. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. HR 2774, S 2793 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: create a primary care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2895 Conrad State 30 &Physician Access Act; expand program, streamlined eligibility. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Support for small business and non-profits during pandemic. HR 7059: Coronavirus Provider Protection Act: Targeted and limited liability protections for healthcare providers responding to COVID pandemic. HR 7158 Health Enterprise Zone: Legislator inquiry/Reducing health disparities in underserved areas. No Bill No: communication with CMS on the 2021 and 2022 Part C and D proposed rule; Medicare Advantage, price transparency. No Bill No: communication with CMS on rural maternal health; Improving rural maternal health. No Bill No: communication with CMS on Covid-19 policy changes; payment for telehealth changes. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC No Bill No. - Teaching Health Centers GME; Community Health Centers; National Health Service Corps; Special Diabetes Program; Special Diabetes Program for Indians; increased finding, five-year reauthorization. No Bill No. - 501(c)(6) Non-Profits Relief; include emergency financial relief for 501(c)(6) organizations in COVID response legislation. No Bill No.: Emergency Financial relief for Primary Care Physicians: additional financial support for primary care physicians; additional financial support for primary care clinicians to stabilize our nation's primary care infrastructure. No Bill No.: Expansion of telehealth: Protecting Access to post COVID -19 telehealth act: Expansion of telehealth services for primary care; coverage and payment parity during PHE. No Bill No.: DACA status during the Covid-19 National Emergency: Maintain work authorization for individuals currently in DACA status during the covid 19 national emergency. No Bill No. - CHC & National Health Service Corps reauthorization: Health care access, scholarships and medical student debt relief. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR.

S. 3198 Suicide Prevention Act: Legislator inquiry/Expand suicide prevention grant pilot program to primary care physicians. S. 3599; HR 6788: Healthcare workforce Resilience Act: recapture 15,000 unused employment-based physician immigrant visas from prior fiscal years to bolster physician workforce during COVID pandemic. S 3750; HR 6837: Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments Improvement Act of 2020: Advanced payments to medicare Part B providers. S. 4088; HR 6149: Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women and Children Act; Kids Access to Primary Care Act: Increase Medicaid payment rates for primary care. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. HR 2774, S 2793 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: create a primary care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2895 Conrad State 30 &Physician Access Act; expand program, streamlined eligibility. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Support for small business and non-profits during pandemic. HR 7059: Coronavirus Provider Protection Act: Targeted and limited liability protections for healthcare providers responding to COVID pandemic. HR 7158 Health Enterprise Zone: Legislator inquiry/Reducing health disparities in underserved areas. No Bill No: communication with CMS on the 2021 and 2022 Part C and D proposed rule; Medicare Advantage, price transparency. No Bill No: communication with CMS on rural maternal health; Improving rural maternal health. No Bill No: communication with CMS on Covid-19 policy changes; payment for telehealth changes. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC No Bill No. - Teaching Health Centers GME; Community Health Centers; National Health Service Corps; Special Diabetes Program; Special Diabetes Program for Indians; increased finding, five-year reauthorization. No Bill No. - 501(c)(6) Non-Profits Relief; include emergency financial relief for 501(c)(6) organizations in COVID response legislation. No Bill No.: Emergency Financial relief for Primary Care Physicians: additional financial support for primary care physicians; additional financial support for primary care clinicians to stabilize our nation's primary care infrastructure. No Bill No.: Expansion of telehealth: Protecting Access to post COVID -19 telehealth act: Expansion of telehealth services for primary care; coverage and payment parity during PHE. No Bill No.: DACA status during the Covid-19 National Emergency: Maintain work authorization for individuals currently in DACA status during the covid 19 national emergency. No Bill No. - CHC & National Health Service Corps reauthorization: Health care access, scholarships and medical student debt relief. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR.

S. 3599; HR 6788: Healthcare workforce Resilience Act: recapture 15,000 unused employment-based physician immigrant visas from prior fiscal years to bolster physician workforce during COVID pandemic. S 3750; HR 6837: Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments Improvement Act of 2020: Advanced payments to medicare Part B providers. S. 4088; HR 6149: Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women and Children Act; Kids Access to Primary Care Act: Increase Medicaid payment rates for primary care. S. 7614 2021 Appropriations: AHRQ, HRSA, NHSC, Title VII, Title X, Medical Education, Rural Health,Telehealth, Medicare Accelerated and Advanced Payment Program, CDC. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 7158 Health Enterprise Zone: Legislator inquiry/Reducing health disparities in underserved areas. No Bill No: communication with CMS on the 2021 and 2022 Part C and D proposed rule; Medicare Advantage, price transparency. No Bill No: communication with CMS on rural maternal health; Improving rural maternal health. No Bill No: communication with CMS on Covid-19 policy changes; payment for telehealth changes. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC No Bill No.: Expansion of telehealth: Protecting Access to post COVID -19 telehealth act: Expansion of telehealth services for primary care; coverage and payment parity during PHE. No Bill No.: Medicare administrative flexibilities for physicians; Suspension of reporting requirements and administrative processes for Medicare physicians during PHE. No Bill No. - Graduate Medical Education: GME to support family medicine education and rural training. No Bill No.: Medicare rule to increase E/M: value comprehensive primary care appropriately. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR. No Bill No. - Telehealth: Increase audio-only telehealth payment to equal audio-visual telehealth and in person visitation reimbursements.

S 289: Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. S. 304; S 1191; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Support for increased and long-term funding for the HRSA THCGME funding; funding for new rural programs. HR 2339 - Tobacco Use Prevention: Urged support for the Preventing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act. HR 2774, S 2793 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: create a primary care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access & reduce administrative burden. HR 4995 - Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act: Legislation to support best practice programs and safety bundles. HR 4996, HR 4995, S. 2793, S. 289, S. 916. S. 289 - Maternal Health: Letter to the Senate Finance Cmt urging support for health care best practices and maternal health bills focused on Medicaid, quality improvement, data collection, primary care access under high deductible health care plans, unconscious bias, and rural health care. HR 5741 - Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act: Oppose the effort to stifle CMMI innovation. HR 5800 - Surprise Billing: Hold patients to in-network rates and prevent premium hikes. HR 6379 - Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act: Include healthcare providers in emergency leave requirements. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Support for small business and non-profits during pandemic. No Bill No.- CDC FY 2021 budget request: Family medicine public health priorities. No Bill No. - CHC & National Health Service Corps reauthorization: Health care access, scholarships and medical student debt relief. No Bill No. - AHRQ FY 2021 budget request: primary care research. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Non-compete clauses in physician employment contracts: Restrictive covenants can disrupt the patient-physician relationship. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR. No Bill No. - Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act: Prevent deceptive advertising on health care licensure. No Bill No. - Abortion Access: Letter to FDA urging flexibility from current safety protocols to allow physicians to administer drugs via telehealth. No Bill No. - Community Health Center Funding: Letters, briefing to support funding for community health centers. Outreach to Hill offices to urge support for health extenders, which includes THCGME, community health centers, and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No.: Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act: Support for a comprehensive bill to address maternal Health disparities. No Bill No. - Defeat Infant and Maternal Mortality Act (DIMMA): Supporting legislation to allow the Department of Defense to share information with civilian entities on maternal and infant health. No Bill No. - Health IT interoperability: Ensure Health IT interoperability regulations and recommendations promote primary care/do not burden physicians. No Bill No. - CDC prevention issues to cover: communication on What work the CDC should do.

S. 3599; HR 6788: Healthcare workforce Resilience Act: recapture 15,000 unused employment-based physician immigrant visas from prior fiscal years to bolster physician workforce during COVID pandemic. S 3750; HR 6837: Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments Improvement Act of 2020: Advanced payments to medicare Part B providers. S. 4088; HR 6149: Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women and Children Act; Kids Access to Primary Care Act: Increase Medicaid payment rates for primary care. S. 7614 2021 Appropriations: AHRQ, HRSA, NHSC, Title VII, Title X, Medical Education, Rural Health,Telehealth, Medicare Accelerated and Advanced Payment Program, CDC. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 7158 Health Enterprise Zone: Legislator inquiry/Reducing health disparities in underserved areas. No Bill No: communication with CMS on the 2021 and 2022 Part C and D proposed rule; Medicare Advantage, price transparency. No Bill No: communication with CMS on rural maternal health; Improving rural maternal health. No Bill No: communication with CMS on Covid-19 policy changes; payment for telehealth changes. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC No Bill No.: Expansion of telehealth: Protecting Access to post COVID -19 telehealth act: Expansion of telehealth services for primary care; coverage and payment parity during PHE. No Bill No.: Medicare administrative flexibilities for physicians; Suspension of reporting requirements and administrative processes for Medicare physicians during PHE. No Bill No. - Graduate Medical Education: GME to support family medicine education and rural training. No Bill No.: Medicare rule to increase E/M: value comprehensive primary care appropriately. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR. No Bill No. - Telehealth: Increase audio-only telehealth payment to equal audio-visual telehealth and in person visitation reimbursements.

S. 3198 Suicide Prevention Act: Legislator inquiry/Expand suicide prevention grant pilot program to primary care physicians. S. 3599; HR 6788: Healthcare workforce Resilience Act: recapture 15,000 unused employment-based physician immigrant visas from prior fiscal years to bolster physician workforce during COVID pandemic. S 3750; HR 6837: Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments Improvement Act of 2020: Advanced payments to medicare Part B providers. S. 4088; HR 6149: Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women and Children Act; Kids Access to Primary Care Act: Increase Medicaid payment rates for primary care. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. HR 2774, S 2793 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: create a primary care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2895 Conrad State 30 &Physician Access Act; expand program, streamlined eligibility. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Support for small business and non-profits during pandemic. HR 7059: Coronavirus Provider Protection Act: Targeted and limited liability protections for healthcare providers responding to COVID pandemic. HR 7158 Health Enterprise Zone: Legislator inquiry/Reducing health disparities in underserved areas. No Bill No: communication with CMS on the 2021 and 2022 Part C and D proposed rule; Medicare Advantage, price transparency. No Bill No: communication with CMS on rural maternal health; Improving rural maternal health. No Bill No: communication with CMS on Covid-19 policy changes; payment for telehealth changes. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC No Bill No. - Teaching Health Centers GME; Community Health Centers; National Health Service Corps; Special Diabetes Program; Special Diabetes Program for Indians; increased finding, five-year reauthorization. No Bill No. - 501(c)(6) Non-Profits Relief; include emergency financial relief for 501(c)(6) organizations in COVID response legislation. No Bill No.: Emergency Financial relief for Primary Care Physicians: additional financial support for primary care physicians; additional financial support for primary care clinicians to stabilize our nation's primary care infrastructure. No Bill No.: Expansion of telehealth: Protecting Access to post COVID -19 telehealth act: Expansion of telehealth services for primary care; coverage and payment parity during PHE. No Bill No.: DACA status during the Covid-19 National Emergency: Maintain work authorization for individuals currently in DACA status during the covid 19 national emergency. No Bill No. - CHC & National Health Service Corps reauthorization: Health care access, scholarships and medical student debt relief. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR.

S 289: Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access & reduce administrative burden. HR 4996 - Support MOMS Act: Support or legislation to increase Medicaid funding to support postpartum care and to reduce maternal mortality. HR 4996, HR 4995, S. 2793, S. 289, S. 916. S. 289 - Maternal Health: Letter to the Senate Finance Cmt urging support for health care best practices and maternal health bills focused on Medicaid, quality improvement, data collection, primary care access under high deductible health care plans, unconscious bias, and rural health care. HR 5741 - Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act: Oppose the effort to stifle CMMI innovation. HR 5800 - Surprise Billing: Hold patients to in-network rates and prevent premium hikes. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. No Bill No.: Advisory Committee on Training and Primary Care Medicine & Dentistry-Title VII Primary Care Training & Enhancement grants. No Bill No. - GME Reform: GME reform to increase family physician workforce. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR. No Bill No. - Communicaeion to CMS on scope of practice: maintain state rights. No Bill No. - Communicate to CME on transparency in coverage: regarding insurance coverage. No Bill No. - Communicate to CMS on ACA benefit and payment parameters for 2021: Regarding Insurance coverage. No Bill No. - communication to CMS on MIPS and extreme circumstances: Extending MIPS deadlines. No Bill No. - Communicate with CMS on 2021/2022 Part C/D: Medicare Advantage and prescription drugs.

S 289: Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. S. 304; S 1191; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Support for increased and long-term funding for the HRSA THCGME funding; funding for new rural programs. HR 2339 - Tobacco Use Prevention: Urged support for the Preventing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act. HR 2774, S 2793 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: create a primary care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access & reduce administrative burden. HR 4995 - Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act: Legislation to support best practice programs and safety bundles. HR 4996, HR 4995, S. 2793, S. 289, S. 916. S. 289 - Maternal Health: Letter to the Senate Finance Cmt urging support for health care best practices and maternal health bills focused on Medicaid, quality improvement, data collection, primary care access under high deductible health care plans, unconscious bias, and rural health care. HR 5741 - Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act: Oppose the effort to stifle CMMI innovation. HR 5800 - Surprise Billing: Hold patients to in-network rates and prevent premium hikes. HR 6379 - Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act: Include healthcare providers in emergency leave requirements. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Support for small business and non-profits during pandemic. No Bill No.- CDC FY 2021 budget request: Family medicine public health priorities. No Bill No. - CHC & National Health Service Corps reauthorization: Health care access, scholarships and medical student debt relief. No Bill No. - AHRQ FY 2021 budget request: primary care research. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Non-compete clauses in physician employment contracts: Restrictive covenants can disrupt the patient-physician relationship. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR. No Bill No. - Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act: Prevent deceptive advertising on health care licensure. No Bill No. - Abortion Access: Letter to FDA urging flexibility from current safety protocols to allow physicians to administer drugs via telehealth. No Bill No. - Community Health Center Funding: Letters, briefing to support funding for community health centers. Outreach to Hill offices to urge support for health extenders, which includes THCGME, community health centers, and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No.: Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act: Support for a comprehensive bill to address maternal Health disparities. No Bill No. - Defeat Infant and Maternal Mortality Act (DIMMA): Supporting legislation to allow the Department of Defense to share information with civilian entities on maternal and infant health. No Bill No. - Health IT interoperability: Ensure Health IT interoperability regulations and recommendations promote primary care/do not burden physicians. No Bill No. - CDC prevention issues to cover: communication on What work the CDC should do.

S 289: Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. S. 304; S 1191; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Support for increased and long-term funding for the HRSA THCGME funding; funding for new rural programs. HR 2339 - Tobacco Use Prevention: Urged support for the Preventing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act. HR 2774, S 2793 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: create a primary care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access & reduce administrative burden. HR 4995 - Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act: Legislation to support best practice programs and safety bundles. HR 4996, HR 4995, S. 2793, S. 289, S. 916. S. 289 - Maternal Health: Letter to the Senate Finance Cmt urging support for health care best practices and maternal health bills focused on Medicaid, quality improvement, data collection, primary care access under high deductible health care plans, unconscious bias, and rural health care. HR 5741 - Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act: Oppose the effort to stifle CMMI innovation. HR 5800 - Surprise Billing: Hold patients to in-network rates and prevent premium hikes. HR 6379 - Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act: Include healthcare providers in emergency leave requirements. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Support for small business and non-profits during pandemic. No Bill No.- CDC FY 2021 budget request: Family medicine public health priorities. No Bill No. - CHC & National Health Service Corps reauthorization: Health care access, scholarships and medical student debt relief. No Bill No. - AHRQ FY 2021 budget request: primary care research. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Non-compete clauses in physician employment contracts: Restrictive covenants can disrupt the patient-physician relationship. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR. No Bill No. - Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act: Prevent deceptive advertising on health care licensure. No Bill No. - Abortion Access: Letter to FDA urging flexibility from current safety protocols to allow physicians to administer drugs via telehealth. No Bill No. - Community Health Center Funding: Letters, briefing to support funding for community health centers. Outreach to Hill offices to urge support for health extenders, which includes THCGME, community health centers, and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No.: Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act: Support for a comprehensive bill to address maternal Health disparities. No Bill No. - Defeat Infant and Maternal Mortality Act (DIMMA): Supporting legislation to allow the Department of Defense to share information with civilian entities on maternal and infant health. No Bill No. - Health IT interoperability: Ensure Health IT interoperability regulations and recommendations promote primary care/do not burden physicians. No Bill No. - CDC prevention issues to cover: communication on What work the CDC should do.

S. 3198 Suicide Prevention Act: Legislator inquiry/Expand suicide prevention grant pilot program to primary care physicians. S. 3599; HR 6788: Healthcare workforce Resilience Act: recapture 15,000 unused employment-based physician immigrant visas from prior fiscal years to bolster physician workforce during COVID pandemic. S 3750; HR 6837: Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments Improvement Act of 2020: Advanced payments to medicare Part B providers. S. 4088; HR 6149: Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women and Children Act; Kids Access to Primary Care Act: Increase Medicaid payment rates for primary care. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. HR 2774, S 2793 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: create a primary care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2895 Conrad State 30 &Physician Access Act; expand program, streamlined eligibility. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Support for small business and non-profits during pandemic. HR 7059: Coronavirus Provider Protection Act: Targeted and limited liability protections for healthcare providers responding to COVID pandemic. HR 7158 Health Enterprise Zone: Legislator inquiry/Reducing health disparities in underserved areas. No Bill No: communication with CMS on the 2021 and 2022 Part C and D proposed rule; Medicare Advantage, price transparency. No Bill No: communication with CMS on rural maternal health; Improving rural maternal health. No Bill No: communication with CMS on Covid-19 policy changes; payment for telehealth changes. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC No Bill No. - Teaching Health Centers GME; Community Health Centers; National Health Service Corps; Special Diabetes Program; Special Diabetes Program for Indians; increased finding, five-year reauthorization. No Bill No. - 501(c)(6) Non-Profits Relief; include emergency financial relief for 501(c)(6) organizations in COVID response legislation. No Bill No.: Emergency Financial relief for Primary Care Physicians: additional financial support for primary care physicians; additional financial support for primary care clinicians to stabilize our nation's primary care infrastructure. No Bill No.: Expansion of telehealth: Protecting Access to post COVID -19 telehealth act: Expansion of telehealth services for primary care; coverage and payment parity during PHE. No Bill No.: DACA status during the Covid-19 National Emergency: Maintain work authorization for individuals currently in DACA status during the covid 19 national emergency. No Bill No. - CHC & National Health Service Corps reauthorization: Health care access, scholarships and medical student debt relief. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR.

S 289: Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access & reduce administrative burden. HR 4996 - Support MOMS Act: Support or legislation to increase Medicaid funding to support postpartum care and to reduce maternal mortality. HR 4996, HR 4995, S. 2793, S. 289, S. 916. S. 289 - Maternal Health: Letter to the Senate Finance Cmt urging support for health care best practices and maternal health bills focused on Medicaid, quality improvement, data collection, primary care access under high deductible health care plans, unconscious bias, and rural health care. HR 5741 - Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act: Oppose the effort to stifle CMMI innovation. HR 5800 - Surprise Billing: Hold patients to in-network rates and prevent premium hikes. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. No Bill No.: Advisory Committee on Training and Primary Care Medicine & Dentistry-Title VII Primary Care Training & Enhancement grants. No Bill No. - GME Reform: GME reform to increase family physician workforce. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR. No Bill No. - Communicaeion to CMS on scope of practice: maintain state rights. No Bill No. - Communicate to CME on transparency in coverage: regarding insurance coverage. No Bill No. - Communicate to CMS on ACA benefit and payment parameters for 2021: Regarding Insurance coverage. No Bill No. - communication to CMS on MIPS and extreme circumstances: Extending MIPS deadlines. No Bill No. - Communicate with CMS on 2021/2022 Part C/D: Medicare Advantage and prescription drugs.

S 289: Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access & reduce administrative burden. HR 4996 - Support MOMS Act: Support or legislation to increase Medicaid funding to support postpartum care and to reduce maternal mortality. HR 4996, HR 4995, S. 2793, S. 289, S. 916. S. 289 - Maternal Health: Letter to the Senate Finance Cmt urging support for health care best practices and maternal health bills focused on Medicaid, quality improvement, data collection, primary care access under high deductible health care plans, unconscious bias, and rural health care. HR 5741 - Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act: Oppose the effort to stifle CMMI innovation. HR 5800 - Surprise Billing: Hold patients to in-network rates and prevent premium hikes. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. No Bill No.: Advisory Committee on Training and Primary Care Medicine & Dentistry-Title VII Primary Care Training & Enhancement grants. No Bill No. - GME Reform: GME reform to increase family physician workforce. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR. No Bill No. - Communicaeion to CMS on scope of practice: maintain state rights. No Bill No. - Communicate to CME on transparency in coverage: regarding insurance coverage. No Bill No. - Communicate to CMS on ACA benefit and payment parameters for 2021: Regarding Insurance coverage. No Bill No. - communication to CMS on MIPS and extreme circumstances: Extending MIPS deadlines. No Bill No. - Communicate with CMS on 2021/2022 Part C/D: Medicare Advantage and prescription drugs.

S 289: Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. S. 304; S 1191; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Support for increased and long-term funding for the HRSA THCGME funding; funding for new rural programs. HR 2339 - Tobacco Use Prevention: Urged support for the Preventing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act. HR 2774, S 2793 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: create a primary care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access & reduce administrative burden. HR 4995 - Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act: Legislation to support best practice programs and safety bundles. HR 4996, HR 4995, S. 2793, S. 289, S. 916. S. 289 - Maternal Health: Letter to the Senate Finance Cmt urging support for health care best practices and maternal health bills focused on Medicaid, quality improvement, data collection, primary care access under high deductible health care plans, unconscious bias, and rural health care. HR 5741 - Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act: Oppose the effort to stifle CMMI innovation. HR 5800 - Surprise Billing: Hold patients to in-network rates and prevent premium hikes. HR 6379 - Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act: Include healthcare providers in emergency leave requirements. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Support for small business and non-profits during pandemic. No Bill No.- CDC FY 2021 budget request: Family medicine public health priorities. No Bill No. - CHC & National Health Service Corps reauthorization: Health care access, scholarships and medical student debt relief. No Bill No. - AHRQ FY 2021 budget request: primary care research. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Non-compete clauses in physician employment contracts: Restrictive covenants can disrupt the patient-physician relationship. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR. No Bill No. - Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act: Prevent deceptive advertising on health care licensure. No Bill No. - Abortion Access: Letter to FDA urging flexibility from current safety protocols to allow physicians to administer drugs via telehealth. No Bill No. - Community Health Center Funding: Letters, briefing to support funding for community health centers. Outreach to Hill offices to urge support for health extenders, which includes THCGME, community health centers, and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No.: Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act: Support for a comprehensive bill to address maternal Health disparities. No Bill No. - Defeat Infant and Maternal Mortality Act (DIMMA): Supporting legislation to allow the Department of Defense to share information with civilian entities on maternal and infant health. No Bill No. - Health IT interoperability: Ensure Health IT interoperability regulations and recommendations promote primary care/do not burden physicians. No Bill No. - CDC prevention issues to cover: communication on What work the CDC should do.

S 289: Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. S. 304; S 1191; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Support for increased and long-term funding for the HRSA THCGME funding; funding for new rural programs. HR 2339 - Tobacco Use Prevention: Urged support for the Preventing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act. HR 2774, S 2793 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: create a primary care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access & reduce administrative burden. HR 4995 - Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act: Legislation to support best practice programs and safety bundles. HR 4996, HR 4995, S. 2793, S. 289, S. 916. S. 289 - Maternal Health: Letter to the Senate Finance Cmt urging support for health care best practices and maternal health bills focused on Medicaid, quality improvement, data collection, primary care access under high deductible health care plans, unconscious bias, and rural health care. HR 5741 - Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act: Oppose the effort to stifle CMMI innovation. HR 5800 - Surprise Billing: Hold patients to in-network rates and prevent premium hikes. HR 6379 - Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act: Include healthcare providers in emergency leave requirements. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Support for small business and non-profits during pandemic. No Bill No.- CDC FY 2021 budget request: Family medicine public health priorities. No Bill No. - CHC & National Health Service Corps reauthorization: Health care access, scholarships and medical student debt relief. No Bill No. - AHRQ FY 2021 budget request: primary care research. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Non-compete clauses in physician employment contracts: Restrictive covenants can disrupt the patient-physician relationship. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR. No Bill No. - Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act: Prevent deceptive advertising on health care licensure. No Bill No. - Abortion Access: Letter to FDA urging flexibility from current safety protocols to allow physicians to administer drugs via telehealth. No Bill No. - Community Health Center Funding: Letters, briefing to support funding for community health centers. Outreach to Hill offices to urge support for health extenders, which includes THCGME, community health centers, and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No.: Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act: Support for a comprehensive bill to address maternal Health disparities. No Bill No. - Defeat Infant and Maternal Mortality Act (DIMMA): Supporting legislation to allow the Department of Defense to share information with civilian entities on maternal and infant health. No Bill No. - Health IT interoperability: Ensure Health IT interoperability regulations and recommendations promote primary care/do not burden physicians. No Bill No. - CDC prevention issues to cover: communication on What work the CDC should do.

S. 3198 Suicide Prevention Act: Legislator inquiry/Expand suicide prevention grant pilot program to primary care physicians. S. 3599; HR 6788: Healthcare workforce Resilience Act: recapture 15,000 unused employment-based physician immigrant visas from prior fiscal years to bolster physician workforce during COVID pandemic. S 3750; HR 6837: Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments Improvement Act of 2020: Advanced payments to medicare Part B providers. S. 4088; HR 6149: Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women and Children Act; Kids Access to Primary Care Act: Increase Medicaid payment rates for primary care. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. HR 2774, S 2793 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: create a primary care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2895 Conrad State 30 &Physician Access Act; expand program, streamlined eligibility. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Support for small business and non-profits during pandemic. HR 7059: Coronavirus Provider Protection Act: Targeted and limited liability protections for healthcare providers responding to COVID pandemic. HR 7158 Health Enterprise Zone: Legislator inquiry/Reducing health disparities in underserved areas. No Bill No: communication with CMS on the 2021 and 2022 Part C and D proposed rule; Medicare Advantage, price transparency. No Bill No: communication with CMS on rural maternal health; Improving rural maternal health. No Bill No: communication with CMS on Covid-19 policy changes; payment for telehealth changes. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC No Bill No. - Teaching Health Centers GME; Community Health Centers; National Health Service Corps; Special Diabetes Program; Special Diabetes Program for Indians; increased finding, five-year reauthorization. No Bill No. - 501(c)(6) Non-Profits Relief; include emergency financial relief for 501(c)(6) organizations in COVID response legislation. No Bill No.: Emergency Financial relief for Primary Care Physicians: additional financial support for primary care physicians; additional financial support for primary care clinicians to stabilize our nation's primary care infrastructure. No Bill No.: Expansion of telehealth: Protecting Access to post COVID -19 telehealth act: Expansion of telehealth services for primary care; coverage and payment parity during PHE. No Bill No.: DACA status during the Covid-19 National Emergency: Maintain work authorization for individuals currently in DACA status during the covid 19 national emergency. No Bill No. - CHC & National Health Service Corps reauthorization: Health care access, scholarships and medical student debt relief. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR.

S. 3599; HR 6788: Healthcare workforce Resilience Act: recapture 15,000 unused employment-based physician immigrant visas from prior fiscal years to bolster physician workforce during COVID pandemic. S 3750; HR 6837: Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments Improvement Act of 2020: Advanced payments to medicare Part B providers. S. 4088; HR 6149: Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women and Children Act; Kids Access to Primary Care Act: Increase Medicaid payment rates for primary care. S. 7614 2021 Appropriations: AHRQ, HRSA, NHSC, Title VII, Title X, Medical Education, Rural Health,Telehealth, Medicare Accelerated and Advanced Payment Program, CDC. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 7158 Health Enterprise Zone: Legislator inquiry/Reducing health disparities in underserved areas. No Bill No: communication with CMS on the 2021 and 2022 Part C and D proposed rule; Medicare Advantage, price transparency. No Bill No: communication with CMS on rural maternal health; Improving rural maternal health. No Bill No: communication with CMS on Covid-19 policy changes; payment for telehealth changes. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC No Bill No.: Expansion of telehealth: Protecting Access to post COVID -19 telehealth act: Expansion of telehealth services for primary care; coverage and payment parity during PHE. No Bill No.: Medicare administrative flexibilities for physicians; Suspension of reporting requirements and administrative processes for Medicare physicians during PHE. No Bill No. - Graduate Medical Education: GME to support family medicine education and rural training. No Bill No.: Medicare rule to increase E/M: value comprehensive primary care appropriately. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR. No Bill No. - Telehealth: Increase audio-only telehealth payment to equal audio-visual telehealth and in person visitation reimbursements.

S. 3198 Suicide Prevention Act: Legislator inquiry/Expand suicide prevention grant pilot program to primary care physicians. S. 3599; HR 6788: Healthcare workforce Resilience Act: recapture 15,000 unused employment-based physician immigrant visas from prior fiscal years to bolster physician workforce during COVID pandemic. S 3750; HR 6837: Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments Improvement Act of 2020: Advanced payments to medicare Part B providers. S. 4088; HR 6149: Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women and Children Act; Kids Access to Primary Care Act: Increase Medicaid payment rates for primary care. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. HR 2774, S 2793 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: create a primary care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2895 Conrad State 30 &Physician Access Act; expand program, streamlined eligibility. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Support for small business and non-profits during pandemic. HR 7059: Coronavirus Provider Protection Act: Targeted and limited liability protections for healthcare providers responding to COVID pandemic. HR 7158 Health Enterprise Zone: Legislator inquiry/Reducing health disparities in underserved areas. No Bill No: communication with CMS on the 2021 and 2022 Part C and D proposed rule; Medicare Advantage, price transparency. No Bill No: communication with CMS on rural maternal health; Improving rural maternal health. No Bill No: communication with CMS on Covid-19 policy changes; payment for telehealth changes. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC No Bill No. - Teaching Health Centers GME; Community Health Centers; National Health Service Corps; Special Diabetes Program; Special Diabetes Program for Indians; increased finding, five-year reauthorization. No Bill No. - 501(c)(6) Non-Profits Relief; include emergency financial relief for 501(c)(6) organizations in COVID response legislation. No Bill No.: Emergency Financial relief for Primary Care Physicians: additional financial support for primary care physicians; additional financial support for primary care clinicians to stabilize our nation's primary care infrastructure. No Bill No.: Expansion of telehealth: Protecting Access to post COVID -19 telehealth act: Expansion of telehealth services for primary care; coverage and payment parity during PHE. No Bill No.: DACA status during the Covid-19 National Emergency: Maintain work authorization for individuals currently in DACA status during the covid 19 national emergency. No Bill No. - CHC & National Health Service Corps reauthorization: Health care access, scholarships and medical student debt relief. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR.

S. 3599; HR 6788: Healthcare workforce Resilience Act: recapture 15,000 unused employment-based physician immigrant visas from prior fiscal years to bolster physician workforce during COVID pandemic. S 3750; HR 6837: Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments Improvement Act of 2020: Advanced payments to medicare Part B providers. S. 4088; HR 6149: Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women and Children Act; Kids Access to Primary Care Act: Increase Medicaid payment rates for primary care. S. 7614 2021 Appropriations: AHRQ, HRSA, NHSC, Title VII, Title X, Medical Education, Rural Health,Telehealth, Medicare Accelerated and Advanced Payment Program, CDC. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 7158 Health Enterprise Zone: Legislator inquiry/Reducing health disparities in underserved areas. No Bill No: communication with CMS on the 2021 and 2022 Part C and D proposed rule; Medicare Advantage, price transparency. No Bill No: communication with CMS on rural maternal health; Improving rural maternal health. No Bill No: communication with CMS on Covid-19 policy changes; payment for telehealth changes. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC No Bill No.: Expansion of telehealth: Protecting Access to post COVID -19 telehealth act: Expansion of telehealth services for primary care; coverage and payment parity during PHE. No Bill No.: Medicare administrative flexibilities for physicians; Suspension of reporting requirements and administrative processes for Medicare physicians during PHE. No Bill No. - Graduate Medical Education: GME to support family medicine education and rural training. No Bill No.: Medicare rule to increase E/M: value comprehensive primary care appropriately. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR. No Bill No. - Telehealth: Increase audio-only telehealth payment to equal audio-visual telehealth and in person visitation reimbursements.

S. 3198 Suicide Prevention Act: Legislator inquiry/Expand suicide prevention grant pilot program to primary care physicians. S. 3599; HR 6788: Healthcare workforce Resilience Act: recapture 15,000 unused employment-based physician immigrant visas from prior fiscal years to bolster physician workforce during COVID pandemic. S 3750; HR 6837: Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments Improvement Act of 2020: Advanced payments to medicare Part B providers. S. 4088; HR 6149: Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women and Children Act; Kids Access to Primary Care Act: Increase Medicaid payment rates for primary care. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. HR 2774, S 2793 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: create a primary care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2895 Conrad State 30 &Physician Access Act; expand program, streamlined eligibility. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Support for small business and non-profits during pandemic. HR 7059: Coronavirus Provider Protection Act: Targeted and limited liability protections for healthcare providers responding to COVID pandemic. HR 7158 Health Enterprise Zone: Legislator inquiry/Reducing health disparities in underserved areas. No Bill No: communication with CMS on the 2021 and 2022 Part C and D proposed rule; Medicare Advantage, price transparency. No Bill No: communication with CMS on rural maternal health; Improving rural maternal health. No Bill No: communication with CMS on Covid-19 policy changes; payment for telehealth changes. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC No Bill No. - Teaching Health Centers GME; Community Health Centers; National Health Service Corps; Special Diabetes Program; Special Diabetes Program for Indians; increased finding, five-year reauthorization. No Bill No. - 501(c)(6) Non-Profits Relief; include emergency financial relief for 501(c)(6) organizations in COVID response legislation. No Bill No.: Emergency Financial relief for Primary Care Physicians: additional financial support for primary care physicians; additional financial support for primary care clinicians to stabilize our nation's primary care infrastructure. No Bill No.: Expansion of telehealth: Protecting Access to post COVID -19 telehealth act: Expansion of telehealth services for primary care; coverage and payment parity during PHE. No Bill No.: DACA status during the Covid-19 National Emergency: Maintain work authorization for individuals currently in DACA status during the covid 19 national emergency. No Bill No. - CHC & National Health Service Corps reauthorization: Health care access, scholarships and medical student debt relief. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR.

S. 3198 Suicide Prevention Act: Legislator inquiry/Expand suicide prevention grant pilot program to primary care physicians. S. 3599; HR 6788: Healthcare workforce Resilience Act: recapture 15,000 unused employment-based physician immigrant visas from prior fiscal years to bolster physician workforce during COVID pandemic. S 3750; HR 6837: Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments Improvement Act of 2020: Advanced payments to medicare Part B providers. S. 4088; HR 6149: Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women and Children Act; Kids Access to Primary Care Act: Increase Medicaid payment rates for primary care. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. HR 2774, S 2793 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: create a primary care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2895 Conrad State 30 &Physician Access Act; expand program, streamlined eligibility. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Support for small business and non-profits during pandemic. HR 7059: Coronavirus Provider Protection Act: Targeted and limited liability protections for healthcare providers responding to COVID pandemic. HR 7158 Health Enterprise Zone: Legislator inquiry/Reducing health disparities in underserved areas. No Bill No: communication with CMS on the 2021 and 2022 Part C and D proposed rule; Medicare Advantage, price transparency. No Bill No: communication with CMS on rural maternal health; Improving rural maternal health. No Bill No: communication with CMS on Covid-19 policy changes; payment for telehealth changes. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC No Bill No. - Teaching Health Centers GME; Community Health Centers; National Health Service Corps; Special Diabetes Program; Special Diabetes Program for Indians; increased finding, five-year reauthorization. No Bill No. - 501(c)(6) Non-Profits Relief; include emergency financial relief for 501(c)(6) organizations in COVID response legislation. No Bill No.: Emergency Financial relief for Primary Care Physicians: additional financial support for primary care physicians; additional financial support for primary care clinicians to stabilize our nation's primary care infrastructure. No Bill No.: Expansion of telehealth: Protecting Access to post COVID -19 telehealth act: Expansion of telehealth services for primary care; coverage and payment parity during PHE. No Bill No.: DACA status during the Covid-19 National Emergency: Maintain work authorization for individuals currently in DACA status during the covid 19 national emergency. No Bill No. - CHC & National Health Service Corps reauthorization: Health care access, scholarships and medical student debt relief. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR.

S. 3599; HR 6788: Healthcare workforce Resilience Act: recapture 15,000 unused employment-based physician immigrant visas from prior fiscal years to bolster physician workforce during COVID pandemic. S 3750; HR 6837: Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments Improvement Act of 2020: Advanced payments to medicare Part B providers. S. 4088; HR 6149: Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women and Children Act; Kids Access to Primary Care Act: Increase Medicaid payment rates for primary care. S. 7614 2021 Appropriations: AHRQ, HRSA, NHSC, Title VII, Title X, Medical Education, Rural Health,Telehealth, Medicare Accelerated and Advanced Payment Program, CDC. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 7158 Health Enterprise Zone: Legislator inquiry/Reducing health disparities in underserved areas. No Bill No: communication with CMS on the 2021 and 2022 Part C and D proposed rule; Medicare Advantage, price transparency. No Bill No: communication with CMS on rural maternal health; Improving rural maternal health. No Bill No: communication with CMS on Covid-19 policy changes; payment for telehealth changes. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC No Bill No.: Expansion of telehealth: Protecting Access to post COVID -19 telehealth act: Expansion of telehealth services for primary care; coverage and payment parity during PHE. No Bill No.: Medicare administrative flexibilities for physicians; Suspension of reporting requirements and administrative processes for Medicare physicians during PHE. No Bill No. - Graduate Medical Education: GME to support family medicine education and rural training. No Bill No.: Medicare rule to increase E/M: value comprehensive primary care appropriately. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR. No Bill No. - Telehealth: Increase audio-only telehealth payment to equal audio-visual telehealth and in person visitation reimbursements.

S 289: Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. S. 304; S 1191; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Support for increased and long-term funding for the HRSA THCGME funding; funding for new rural programs. HR 2339 - Tobacco Use Prevention: Urged support for the Preventing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act. HR 2774, S 2793 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: create a primary care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access & reduce administrative burden. HR 4995 - Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act: Legislation to support best practice programs and safety bundles. HR 4996, HR 4995, S. 2793, S. 289, S. 916. S. 289 - Maternal Health: Letter to the Senate Finance Cmt urging support for health care best practices and maternal health bills focused on Medicaid, quality improvement, data collection, primary care access under high deductible health care plans, unconscious bias, and rural health care. HR 5741 - Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act: Oppose the effort to stifle CMMI innovation. HR 5800 - Surprise Billing: Hold patients to in-network rates and prevent premium hikes. HR 6379 - Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act: Include healthcare providers in emergency leave requirements. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. HR 6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Support for small business and non-profits during pandemic. No Bill No.- CDC FY 2021 budget request: Family medicine public health priorities. No Bill No. - CHC & National Health Service Corps reauthorization: Health care access, scholarships and medical student debt relief. No Bill No. - AHRQ FY 2021 budget request: primary care research. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Non-compete clauses in physician employment contracts: Restrictive covenants can disrupt the patient-physician relationship. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR. No Bill No. - Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act: Prevent deceptive advertising on health care licensure. No Bill No. - Abortion Access: Letter to FDA urging flexibility from current safety protocols to allow physicians to administer drugs via telehealth. No Bill No. - Community Health Center Funding: Letters, briefing to support funding for community health centers. Outreach to Hill offices to urge support for health extenders, which includes THCGME, community health centers, and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No.: Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act: Support for a comprehensive bill to address maternal Health disparities. No Bill No. - Defeat Infant and Maternal Mortality Act (DIMMA): Supporting legislation to allow the Department of Defense to share information with civilian entities on maternal and infant health. No Bill No. - Health IT interoperability: Ensure Health IT interoperability regulations and recommendations promote primary care/do not burden physicians. No Bill No. - CDC prevention issues to cover: communication on What work the CDC should do.

S 289: Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training. HR 748 - CARES Act: Fund CHC & THCGME, promote telemedicine in primary care, set Medicaid at Medicare parity. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access & reduce administrative burden. HR 4996 - Support MOMS Act: Support or legislation to increase Medicaid funding to support postpartum care and to reduce maternal mortality. HR 4996, HR 4995, S. 2793, S. 289, S. 916. S. 289 - Maternal Health: Letter to the Senate Finance Cmt urging support for health care best practices and maternal health bills focused on Medicaid, quality improvement, data collection, primary care access under high deductible health care plans, unconscious bias, and rural health care. HR 5741 - Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act: Oppose the effort to stifle CMMI innovation. HR 5800 - Surprise Billing: Hold patients to in-network rates and prevent premium hikes. HR 6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness & Response Supplemental Act - Ensure adequate PPE, funding and loans, telehealth care payment. No Bill No.: Advisory Committee on Training and Primary Care Medicine & Dentistry-Title VII Primary Care Training & Enhancement grants. No Bill No. - GME Reform: GME reform to increase family physician workforce. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR. No Bill No. - Communicaeion to CMS on scope of practice: maintain state rights. No Bill No. - Communicate to CME on transparency in coverage: regarding insurance coverage. No Bill No. - Communicate to CMS on ACA benefit and payment parameters for 2021: Regarding Insurance coverage. No Bill No. - communication to CMS on MIPS and extreme circumstances: Extending MIPS deadlines. No Bill No. - Communicate with CMS on 2021/2022 Part C/D: Medicare Advantage and prescription drugs.

S192, HR1943, HR1983, S962, S106 - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S 289 - Rural Physician Workforce Protection Act: GME reform to support rural residency training. HR 1358: Advancing Medical Resident Training in Community Hospitals: GME reform to correct rotator problems. No Bill No. - Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry: Health Professions Training Grants for family medicine. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - appropriations AHRQ, HRSA, CMS, CDC: AAFP federal spending priorities. No Bill No. - AHRQ National Guidelines Clearinghouse: Closure of the NGC. No Bill No. - Rural Health: Eliminate disparities to access to quality care for rural populations. No Bill No. - Adequate Funding for HHS agencies and programs: AAFP federal spending priorities. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid surprise medical bills: Health care coverage for all, administrative simplification. No Bill No. - FY20 funding for AHRQ, HRSA, CDC, CMS: AAFP federal spending priorities. No Bill No. - AHRQ Center for Primary Care Research: Primary Care research at AHRQ. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR. No Bill No. - Medicaid and CHIP proposed rule: Services covered by Medicaid and CHIP. No Bill No. - GME Cap setting in new programs: More time for new teaching centers to set their GME cap. No Bill No. -ACO/MSSP extension for applications: Urging a deadline extension for applications. No Bill No. -Part D and C rule on drug prices: Lowering drug prices. No Bill No. -Reducing burdens with HIT: Making EHRs easier for physicians. No Bill No. - Insurance requirements in 2020: Benefit and payment rates in 2020. No Bill No. - Prior authorizations in Part C: Reducing prior authorization burdens on physicians. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Primary Care Issues: Shared AAFP principles and encourage members to join the House Primary Care Caucus. No Bill No. - Medicare Physician Payment: Address appropriate use criteria policy.

S106; S192; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S 289 - Rural Physician Workforce Protection Act: GME reform to support rural residency training. HR 1358 - GME Reform: Allow the establishment of new family physician residencies. HR 2328 Community Health Investment, and Modernization, and Excellence Act: Also, THCGME, along with Community Health Centers, National Health Service Corps, and Medicaid Funding for the Territories. HR 2328 - Reauthorizing and Extending America's Community Health Act: Support for key primary care extenders, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Initiative, Independence at Home, Medicaid for the Territories. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access and reduce administrative burden. HR 3436 Chronic Care Management: to remove cost-sharing responsibilities for chronic care management services under the medicare plan. No Bill No. - Opioid prescribing guideline: Responding to FDA inquiry on opioid prescribing guidelines. No Bill No. - Opioid Use Disorder Treatment GME: Medication-assisted treatment training. No Bill No. - Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family residency slots. No Bill No. - Administrative Burden: Reduced administrative burden on family physicians. No Bill No. - Primary Care Investment: Increased spending on primary care. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": protecting patients and families from unanticipated medical bills. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Suggestions to reduce burdens for FPs. No Bill No. - Medicare coverage of acupuncture: AAFP supporting CMS proposal. No Bill No. - Access to Medicaid Services: Need for higher payment to ensure access to primary care. No Bill No. - Delay in 2017 APM bonuses: Need for CMS to pay APM bonuses to encourage FPs. No Bill No. - 2020 proposed Medicare physician fee schedule: Payments to PCPs. No Bill No. - 2020 proposed outpatient perspective payment system: Site of service neutrality and transparency in hospital charges. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Support for vaccines, maternal health, transparency, and reducing administrative burdens. Also, support for reauthorizing the Teaching Health Center GME (THCGME) program, along with Community Health Centers and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": Health care coverage for all, administrative simplification. No Bill No. - AHRQ Center for Primary Care Research: Primary Care research at AHRQ.

S 289, HR 1358 - Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training; correct rotator problems. S 304; S 1191; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Support for increased, extended THCGME funding. S106; S192; S 962; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S. 1895 - Surprise medical billing: Eliminate barriers to patient access to primary care, fund THCGME program. HR 3; S 2543 - Drug pricing legislation: Support THGME, primary care in HDHP, Medicare and Medicaid. HR 2339 - Nicotine usage: Urged support for reversing the youth tobacco epidemic, tobacco 21 and the vaping flavors ban. HR 2694 - Pregnant workers Fairness Act: AAFP signed a joint letter supporting HR 2694. HR 2774 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: Create a Primary Care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2774, S 2793, HR 5575 - Primary Care Benefit: establish standard primary care benefit in private health insurance plans. HR 3030; HR 1965 - Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute reauthorization: Evidence based primary care research. HR 3107 - Administrative Burden/Prior Authorization: Reduce administrative burden. HR 4995; 4996 - Maternal Health: AAFP supported maternal health bills to expand medicaid access and bolster training and best practices. No Bill No. - Advisory Committee Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry: Title VII Primary Care Training and Enhancement Grants. No Bill No. - Rural Health: Improved access to quality care for rural populations. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": protecting patients and families from unanticipated medical bills. No Bill No. - Primary Care Investment: Increased spending on primary care. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - AHRQ Center for Primary Care Research: Primary Care research at AHRQ. No Bill No. - Primary Care Innovation: Increased awareness of primary care payment and delivery. No Bill No. - Rural Access Issues: How to increase supply of PCP's in rural areas. No Bill No. - RFI on opioid addiction and access to medication-assisted treatment: Chronic pain management. No Bill No. - Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder: Opioid issues. No Bill No. - 2020 National Vaccine plan: How to improve vaccination rates. No Bill No. - Concerns with EO provisions on scope of practice. No Bill No. - Concerns with flavored e-cigarettes: Youth e-cig epidemic. No Bill No. - Revising two screening code descriptors: Depression and alcohol misuse screening descriptors. No Bill No. - Fraud and safe harbors in medicare: How to address safe harbors in payment models. No Bill No. - Modernizing self-referral laws: How to improve Stark for payment model arrangements. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Support for vaccines, maternal health, transparency, and reducing administrative burdens. Also, support for reauthorizing the Teaching Health Center GME (THCGME) program, along with Community Health Centers and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No. - Medicare Payment: Educated staff about the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule's E&M code increase.

S192, HR1943, HR1983, S962, S106 - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Underserved area access. S 289 - Rural Physician Workforce Protection Act: GME reform to support rural residency training. S 304 - Teaching Health Center GME Reauthorization: Increase, extended THCGME funding; Supported the Training the Next Generation of Primary Care Physicians Act of 2019. HR 1358: Advancing Medical Resident Training in Community Hospitals: GME reform to correct rotator problems. HR 1554 - Resident Education Deferred Interest Act: Student debt relief. No Bill No. - Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry: Health Professions Training Grants for family medicine. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - appropriations AHRQ, HRSA, CMS, CDC: AAFP federal spending priorities. No Bill No. - Adequate Funding for HHS agencies and programs: AAFP federal spending priorities. No Bill No. - FY20 funding for AHRQ, HRSA, CDC, CMS: AAFP federal spending priorities. No Bill No. - GME Cap setting in new programs: More time for new teaching centers to set their GME cap. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Title VII Primary Care training Enhancement Grants: Support for family medicine training. No Bill No. - Primary Care Issues: Shared AAFP principles and encourage members to join the House Primary Care Caucus. No Bill No. - Medicare Physician Payment: Address appropriate use criteria policy.

S106; S192; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S 289 - Rural Physician Workforce Protection Act: GME reform to support rural residency training. HR 1358 - GME Reform: Allow the establishment of new family physician residencies. HR 2328 Community Health Investment, and Modernization, and Excellence Act: Also, THCGME, along with Community Health Centers, National Health Service Corps, and Medicaid Funding for the Territories. HR 2328 - Reauthorizing and Extending America's Community Health Act: Support for key primary care extenders, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Initiative, Independence at Home, Medicaid for the Territories. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access and reduce administrative burden. HR 3436 Chronic Care Management: to remove cost-sharing responsibilities for chronic care management services under the medicare plan. No Bill No. - Opioid prescribing guideline: Responding to FDA inquiry on opioid prescribing guidelines. No Bill No. - Opioid Use Disorder Treatment GME: Medication-assisted treatment training. No Bill No. - Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family residency slots. No Bill No. - Administrative Burden: Reduced administrative burden on family physicians. No Bill No. - Primary Care Investment: Increased spending on primary care. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": protecting patients and families from unanticipated medical bills. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Suggestions to reduce burdens for FPs. No Bill No. - Medicare coverage of acupuncture: AAFP supporting CMS proposal. No Bill No. - Access to Medicaid Services: Need for higher payment to ensure access to primary care. No Bill No. - Delay in 2017 APM bonuses: Need for CMS to pay APM bonuses to encourage FPs. No Bill No. - 2020 proposed Medicare physician fee schedule: Payments to PCPs. No Bill No. - 2020 proposed outpatient perspective payment system: Site of service neutrality and transparency in hospital charges. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Support for vaccines, maternal health, transparency, and reducing administrative burdens. Also, support for reauthorizing the Teaching Health Center GME (THCGME) program, along with Community Health Centers and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": Health care coverage for all, administrative simplification. No Bill No. - AHRQ Center for Primary Care Research: Primary Care research at AHRQ.

S106; S192; S 962; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S 289, HR 1358 - Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training; correct rotator problems. S. 1895 - Surprise medical billing: Eliminate barriers to patient access to primary care, fund THCGME program. HR 3; S 2543 - Drug pricing legislation: Support THGME, primary care in HDHP, Medicare and Medicaid. HR 3107 - Administrative Burden/Prior Authorization: Reduce administrative burden. HR 4995; 4996 - Maternal Health: AAFP supported maternal health bills to expand medicaid access and bolster training and best practices. No Bill No. - Advisory Committee Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry: Title VII Primary Care Training and Enhancement Grants. No Bill No. - 2020 proposed Medicare physician fee schedule: Support CMS changes to E&M coding. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": protecting patients and families from unanticipated medical bills; health care coverage for all, administration simplification. No Bill No. - Primary Care Investment: Increased spending on primary care. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - AHRQ Center for Primary Care Research: Primary Care research at AHRQ. No Bill No. - Primary Care Innovation: Increased awareness of primary care payment and delivery. No Bill No. - Codes in the primary care exception list: Adding codes that medical students can perform in teaching settings. No Bill No. - Rural Access Issues: How to increase supply of PCP's in rural areas. No Bill No. - EO on Medicare: How to improve medicare. No Bill No. - Program integrity RFI: How to address future of program integrity, billing, coding. No Bill No. - Revising two screening code descriptors: Depression and alcohol misuse screening descriptors. No Bill No. - Fraud and safe harbors in medicare: How to address safe harbors in payment models. No Bill No. - Modernizing self-referral laws: How to improve Stark for payment model arrangements. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Support for vaccines, maternal health, transparency, and reducing administrative burdens. Also, support for reauthorizing the Teaching Health Center GME (THCGME) program, along with Community Health Centers and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No. - Medicare Payment: Educated staff about the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule's E&M code increase. No Bill No. - Medicare site-neutral payment: Ensure payment parity between services furnished in hospital out patient departments and physician offices.

S192, HR1943, HR1983, S962, S106 - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Underserved area access. S 1191/HR 1358: Advancing Medical Resident Training in Community Hospitals: GME reform to support rural residency training; correct rotator problems. HR 1897/S 916: Mothers and Offspring Mortality Awareness Act or the MOMMA's Act: Support for the maternal mortality bill. HR 3436 Chronic Care Management: to remove cost-sharing reponsibilities for chronic care management services under the medicare plan. S 289 - Rural Physician Workforce Protection Act: GME reform to support rural residency training. No Bill No. - National Advisory Committee on NHSC: Scholarships/loan repayment for family physicians/access to care. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": protecting patients and families from unanticipated medical bills. No Bill No. - FY20 funding for AHRQ, HRSA, CDC, CMS: AAFP federal spending priorities. No Bill No. - Group of Six Physician Roundtable: Introducing new legislators to primary care physician's agenda. No Bill No. - Rural Health: Eliminate disparities to access to quality care for rural populations. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians. No Bill No. - Council of Graduate Medical Education (COGME): GME Reform to increase family medicine residencies. No Bill No. - Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry: Health Professions Training Grants for family medicine. No Bill No. - NRHA Maternal Health in Rural Communities Forum: Improve maternal and child health in rural communities. No Bill No. - Pain Management Best Practices: Comments on a draft pain management report. No Bill No. - Lab proficiency testing: Comments on CLIA proposed rule. No Bill No. - Appropriate Use Criteria: Joint letter urging a delay in AUC. No Bill No. - Health Insurance across state lines: Concern with low value insurance. No Bill No. - MACRA testimony to SFC: Improvements to MACRA. No Bill No. - Direct Contracting Geographic Population Based Payment; How CMS might structure a proposed APM. No Bill No. - Accountable Care Organizations: Next Generation ACO model. No Bill No. - Trusted exchange framework: EHRs and the trusted exchange framework. No Bill No. - Interoperability and patient access: How to make EHRs interoperable. No Bill No. - Information blocking: How to stop info blocking in EHRs. No Bill No. - Support for bill on GPCIs: supporting a bill on geographical practice cost indices. No Bill No. - Consumer inflation measures: Concern with changes to the consumer inflation measures. No Bill No. - GME sections of the 2020 proposed IPPS: Graduate Medical Education changes. No Bill No. - Supporting a bill that would waive the patient copay for CCM-Improving the use of the chronic care management code. No Bill No. - Answering the SFC follow up questions to the MACRA hearing: MACRA and Physician payment. No. Bill No. - Title X Family Planning: Submitted testimony expressing support for the title X Family Planning program. No Bill No. - Medicaid: Urged support for the Medicaid parity for the US territories.

S106; S192; S 962; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S 289, HR 1358 - Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training; correct rotator problems. S 304; S 1191; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Support for increased, extended THCGME funding. No Bill No. - Advisory Committee Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry: Title VII Primary Care Training and Enhancement Grants. HR 4995; 4996 - Maternal Health: AAFP supported maternal health bills to expand medicaid access and bolster training and best practices. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - HRSA Title VII funding: Title VII Primary Care training Enhancement Grants. No Bill No. - Codes in the primary care exception list: Adding codes that medical students can perform in teaching settings.

S192, HR1943, HR1983, S962, S106 - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Underserved area access. S 289 - Rural Physician Workforce Protection Act: GME reform to support rural residency training. S 304 - Teaching Health Center GME Reauthorization: Increase, extended THCGME funding; Supported the Training the Next Generation of Primary Care Physicians Act of 2019. HR 1358: Advancing Medical Resident Training in Community Hospitals: GME reform to correct rotator problems. HR 1554 - Resident Education Deferred Interest Act: Student debt relief. No Bill No. - Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry: Health Professions Training Grants for family medicine. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - appropriations AHRQ, HRSA, CMS, CDC: AAFP federal spending priorities. No Bill No. - Adequate Funding for HHS agencies and programs: AAFP federal spending priorities. No Bill No. - FY20 funding for AHRQ, HRSA, CDC, CMS: AAFP federal spending priorities. No Bill No. - GME Cap setting in new programs: More time for new teaching centers to set their GME cap. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Title VII Primary Care training Enhancement Grants: Support for family medicine training. No Bill No. - Primary Care Issues: Shared AAFP principles and encourage members to join the House Primary Care Caucus. No Bill No. - Medicare Physician Payment: Address appropriate use criteria policy.

S192, HR1943, HR1983, S962, S106 - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Underserved area access. S 1191/HR 1358: Advancing Medical Resident Training in Community Hospitals: GME reform to support rural residency training; correct rotator problems. HR 1897/S 916: Mothers and Offspring Mortality Awareness Act or the MOMMA's Act: Support for the maternal mortality bill. HR 3436 Chronic Care Management: to remove cost-sharing reponsibilities for chronic care management services under the medicare plan. S 289 - Rural Physician Workforce Protection Act: GME reform to support rural residency training. No Bill No. - National Advisory Committee on NHSC: Scholarships/loan repayment for family physicians/access to care. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": protecting patients and families from unanticipated medical bills. No Bill No. - FY20 funding for AHRQ, HRSA, CDC, CMS: AAFP federal spending priorities. No Bill No. - Group of Six Physician Roundtable: Introducing new legislators to primary care physician's agenda. No Bill No. - Rural Health: Eliminate disparities to access to quality care for rural populations. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians. No Bill No. - Council of Graduate Medical Education (COGME): GME Reform to increase family medicine residencies. No Bill No. - Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry: Health Professions Training Grants for family medicine. No Bill No. - NRHA Maternal Health in Rural Communities Forum: Improve maternal and child health in rural communities. No Bill No. - Pain Management Best Practices: Comments on a draft pain management report. No Bill No. - Lab proficiency testing: Comments on CLIA proposed rule. No Bill No. - Appropriate Use Criteria: Joint letter urging a delay in AUC. No Bill No. - Health Insurance across state lines: Concern with low value insurance. No Bill No. - MACRA testimony to SFC: Improvements to MACRA. No Bill No. - Direct Contracting Geographic Population Based Payment; How CMS might structure a proposed APM. No Bill No. - Accountable Care Organizations: Next Generation ACO model. No Bill No. - Trusted exchange framework: EHRs and the trusted exchange framework. No Bill No. - Interoperability and patient access: How to make EHRs interoperable. No Bill No. - Information blocking: How to stop info blocking in EHRs. No Bill No. - Support for bill on GPCIs: supporting a bill on geographical practice cost indices. No Bill No. - Consumer inflation measures: Concern with changes to the consumer inflation measures. No Bill No. - GME sections of the 2020 proposed IPPS: Graduate Medical Education changes. No Bill No. - Supporting a bill that would waive the patient copay for CCM-Improving the use of the chronic care management code. No Bill No. - Answering the SFC follow up questions to the MACRA hearing: MACRA and Physician payment. No. Bill No. - Title X Family Planning: Submitted testimony expressing support for the title X Family Planning program. No Bill No. - Medicaid: Urged support for the Medicaid parity for the US territories.

S106; S192; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S 289 - Rural Physician Workforce Protection Act: GME reform to support rural residency training. S 304; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Increased, extended THCGME funding. S 2372 Rural Moms Act: Supported a rural maternal health bill and urged members to support it. HR 2328 Community Health Investment, and Modernization, and Excellence Act: Also, THCGME, along with Community Health Centers, National Health Service Corps, and Medicaid Funding for the Territories. HR 2328 - Reauthorizing and Extending America's Community Health Act: Support for key primary care extenders, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Initiative, Independence at Home, Medicaid for the Territories. HR 2740 - HHS FY 2020 Appropriations; Women's Health Research: AAFP funding priorities. Increased funding for women's health research. HR 2774 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: Create a Primary Care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2895 - Conrad State 30 & Physician Access Act: Expand J-1 visa waiver program for medical residents. HR 3030 - Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute reauthorization: Patient-centered, primary care research, AHRQ funding. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access and reduce administrative burden. HR 3436 - Chronic Care Management: to remove cost-sharing responsibilities for chronic care management services under the medicare plan. No Bill No. - Obesity Drug Study: Responding to GAO inquiry on AAFP policy on obesity drugs. No Bill No. - Opioid prescribing guideline: Responding to FDA inquiry on opioid prescribing guidelines. No Bill No. - Healthcare Coverage for All: Retaining ACA coverage gains and expanding coverage. No Bill No. - Administrative Burden: Reduced administrative burden on family physicians. No Bill No. - Rural Health: Improved access to quality care for rural populations. No Bill No. - Primary Care Investment: Increased spending on primary care. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": protecting patients and families from unanticipated medical bills. No Bill No. - Comment on the definition of Health Literacy: Health Literacy for all patients. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Suggestions to reduce burdens for FPs. No Bill No. - Nondiscrimination in health plans: Healthcare for all. No Bill No. - Patient access to effective drugs: Opioid Issues. No. Bill No. - Telehealth for low-income consumers: Access to high speed internet. No Bill No. - Access to Medicaid Services: Need for higher payment to ensure access to primary care. No Bill No. - 2020 proposed outpatient perspective payment system: Site of service neutrality and transparency in hospital charges. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Support for vaccines, maternal health, transparency, and reducing administrative burdens. Also, support for reauthorizing the Teaching Health Center GME (THCGME) program, along with Community Health Centers and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No. - Teaching Health Center GME funding/Training the Next Generation of Primary Care Doctors Act. No Bill No. - Tobacco Use Prevention: Urged support for Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act, Safe Kids Act, and Tobacco to 21 bill. No Bill No. - Surprise Billing: Shared letter on surprise billing. No Bill No. - Drug Prices: Recommendations for various biologic and insulin drug pricing bills. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC.

S106; S192; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S 289 - Rural Physician Workforce Protection Act: GME reform to support rural residency training. HR 1358 - GME Reform: Allow the establishment of new family physician residencies. HR 2328 Community Health Investment, and Modernization, and Excellence Act: Also, THCGME, along with Community Health Centers, National Health Service Corps, and Medicaid Funding for the Territories. HR 2328 - Reauthorizing and Extending America's Community Health Act: Support for key primary care extenders, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Initiative, Independence at Home, Medicaid for the Territories. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access and reduce administrative burden. HR 3436 Chronic Care Management: to remove cost-sharing responsibilities for chronic care management services under the medicare plan. No Bill No. - Opioid prescribing guideline: Responding to FDA inquiry on opioid prescribing guidelines. No Bill No. - Opioid Use Disorder Treatment GME: Medication-assisted treatment training. No Bill No. - Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family residency slots. No Bill No. - Administrative Burden: Reduced administrative burden on family physicians. No Bill No. - Primary Care Investment: Increased spending on primary care. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": protecting patients and families from unanticipated medical bills. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Suggestions to reduce burdens for FPs. No Bill No. - Medicare coverage of acupuncture: AAFP supporting CMS proposal. No Bill No. - Access to Medicaid Services: Need for higher payment to ensure access to primary care. No Bill No. - Delay in 2017 APM bonuses: Need for CMS to pay APM bonuses to encourage FPs. No Bill No. - 2020 proposed Medicare physician fee schedule: Payments to PCPs. No Bill No. - 2020 proposed outpatient perspective payment system: Site of service neutrality and transparency in hospital charges. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Support for vaccines, maternal health, transparency, and reducing administrative burdens. Also, support for reauthorizing the Teaching Health Center GME (THCGME) program, along with Community Health Centers and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": Health care coverage for all, administrative simplification. No Bill No. - AHRQ Center for Primary Care Research: Primary Care research at AHRQ.

S192, HR1943, HR1983, S962, S106 - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S 289 - Rural Physician Workforce Protection Act: GME reform to support rural residency training. HR 1358: Advancing Medical Resident Training in Community Hospitals: GME reform to correct rotator problems. No Bill No. - Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry: Health Professions Training Grants for family medicine. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - appropriations AHRQ, HRSA, CMS, CDC: AAFP federal spending priorities. No Bill No. - AHRQ National Guidelines Clearinghouse: Closure of the NGC. No Bill No. - Rural Health: Eliminate disparities to access to quality care for rural populations. No Bill No. - Adequate Funding for HHS agencies and programs: AAFP federal spending priorities. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid surprise medical bills: Health care coverage for all, administrative simplification. No Bill No. - FY20 funding for AHRQ, HRSA, CDC, CMS: AAFP federal spending priorities. No Bill No. - AHRQ Center for Primary Care Research: Primary Care research at AHRQ. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR. No Bill No. - Medicaid and CHIP proposed rule: Services covered by Medicaid and CHIP. No Bill No. - GME Cap setting in new programs: More time for new teaching centers to set their GME cap. No Bill No. -ACO/MSSP extension for applications: Urging a deadline extension for applications. No Bill No. -Part D and C rule on drug prices: Lowering drug prices. No Bill No. -Reducing burdens with HIT: Making EHRs easier for physicians. No Bill No. - Insurance requirements in 2020: Benefit and payment rates in 2020. No Bill No. - Prior authorizations in Part C: Reducing prior authorization burdens on physicians. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Primary Care Issues: Shared AAFP principles and encourage members to join the House Primary Care Caucus. No Bill No. - Medicare Physician Payment: Address appropriate use criteria policy.

S106; S192; S 962; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S 289, HR 1358 - Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training; correct rotator problems. S. 1895 - Surprise medical billing: Eliminate barriers to patient access to primary care, fund THCGME program. HR 3; S 2543 - Drug pricing legislation: Support THGME, primary care in HDHP, Medicare and Medicaid. HR 3107 - Administrative Burden/Prior Authorization: Reduce administrative burden. HR 4995; 4996 - Maternal Health: AAFP supported maternal health bills to expand medicaid access and bolster training and best practices. No Bill No. - Advisory Committee Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry: Title VII Primary Care Training and Enhancement Grants. No Bill No. - 2020 proposed Medicare physician fee schedule: Support CMS changes to E&M coding. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": protecting patients and families from unanticipated medical bills; health care coverage for all, administration simplification. No Bill No. - Primary Care Investment: Increased spending on primary care. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - AHRQ Center for Primary Care Research: Primary Care research at AHRQ. No Bill No. - Primary Care Innovation: Increased awareness of primary care payment and delivery. No Bill No. - Codes in the primary care exception list: Adding codes that medical students can perform in teaching settings. No Bill No. - Rural Access Issues: How to increase supply of PCP's in rural areas. No Bill No. - EO on Medicare: How to improve medicare. No Bill No. - Program integrity RFI: How to address future of program integrity, billing, coding. No Bill No. - Revising two screening code descriptors: Depression and alcohol misuse screening descriptors. No Bill No. - Fraud and safe harbors in medicare: How to address safe harbors in payment models. No Bill No. - Modernizing self-referral laws: How to improve Stark for payment model arrangements. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Support for vaccines, maternal health, transparency, and reducing administrative burdens. Also, support for reauthorizing the Teaching Health Center GME (THCGME) program, along with Community Health Centers and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No. - Medicare Payment: Educated staff about the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule's E&M code increase. No Bill No. - Medicare site-neutral payment: Ensure payment parity between services furnished in hospital out patient departments and physician offices.

S106; S192; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S 289 - Rural Physician Workforce Protection Act: GME reform to support rural residency training. HR 1358 - GME Reform: Allow the establishment of new family physician residencies. HR 2328 Community Health Investment, and Modernization, and Excellence Act: Also, THCGME, along with Community Health Centers, National Health Service Corps, and Medicaid Funding for the Territories. HR 2328 - Reauthorizing and Extending America's Community Health Act: Support for key primary care extenders, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Initiative, Independence at Home, Medicaid for the Territories. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access and reduce administrative burden. HR 3436 Chronic Care Management: to remove cost-sharing responsibilities for chronic care management services under the medicare plan. No Bill No. - Opioid prescribing guideline: Responding to FDA inquiry on opioid prescribing guidelines. No Bill No. - Opioid Use Disorder Treatment GME: Medication-assisted treatment training. No Bill No. - Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family residency slots. No Bill No. - Administrative Burden: Reduced administrative burden on family physicians. No Bill No. - Primary Care Investment: Increased spending on primary care. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": protecting patients and families from unanticipated medical bills. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Suggestions to reduce burdens for FPs. No Bill No. - Medicare coverage of acupuncture: AAFP supporting CMS proposal. No Bill No. - Access to Medicaid Services: Need for higher payment to ensure access to primary care. No Bill No. - Delay in 2017 APM bonuses: Need for CMS to pay APM bonuses to encourage FPs. No Bill No. - 2020 proposed Medicare physician fee schedule: Payments to PCPs. No Bill No. - 2020 proposed outpatient perspective payment system: Site of service neutrality and transparency in hospital charges. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Support for vaccines, maternal health, transparency, and reducing administrative burdens. Also, support for reauthorizing the Teaching Health Center GME (THCGME) program, along with Community Health Centers and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": Health care coverage for all, administrative simplification. No Bill No. - AHRQ Center for Primary Care Research: Primary Care research at AHRQ.

S106; S192; S 962; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S 289, HR 1358 - Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training; correct rotator problems. S 304; S 1191; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Support for increased, extended THCGME funding. No Bill No. - Advisory Committee Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry: Title VII Primary Care Training and Enhancement Grants. HR 4995; 4996 - Maternal Health: AAFP supported maternal health bills to expand medicaid access and bolster training and best practices. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - HRSA Title VII funding: Title VII Primary Care training Enhancement Grants. No Bill No. - Codes in the primary care exception list: Adding codes that medical students can perform in teaching settings.

S106; S192; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S 289 - Rural Physician Workforce Protection Act: GME reform to support rural residency training. S 304; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Increased, extended THCGME funding. S 2372 Rural Moms Act: Supported a rural maternal health bill and urged members to support it. HR 2328 Community Health Investment, and Modernization, and Excellence Act: Also, THCGME, along with Community Health Centers, National Health Service Corps, and Medicaid Funding for the Territories. HR 2328 - Reauthorizing and Extending America's Community Health Act: Support for key primary care extenders, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Initiative, Independence at Home, Medicaid for the Territories. HR 2740 - HHS FY 2020 Appropriations; Women's Health Research: AAFP funding priorities. Increased funding for women's health research. HR 2774 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: Create a Primary Care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2895 - Conrad State 30 & Physician Access Act: Expand J-1 visa waiver program for medical residents. HR 3030 - Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute reauthorization: Patient-centered, primary care research, AHRQ funding. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access and reduce administrative burden. HR 3436 - Chronic Care Management: to remove cost-sharing responsibilities for chronic care management services under the medicare plan. No Bill No. - Obesity Drug Study: Responding to GAO inquiry on AAFP policy on obesity drugs. No Bill No. - Opioid prescribing guideline: Responding to FDA inquiry on opioid prescribing guidelines. No Bill No. - Healthcare Coverage for All: Retaining ACA coverage gains and expanding coverage. No Bill No. - Administrative Burden: Reduced administrative burden on family physicians. No Bill No. - Rural Health: Improved access to quality care for rural populations. No Bill No. - Primary Care Investment: Increased spending on primary care. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": protecting patients and families from unanticipated medical bills. No Bill No. - Comment on the definition of Health Literacy: Health Literacy for all patients. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Suggestions to reduce burdens for FPs. No Bill No. - Nondiscrimination in health plans: Healthcare for all. No Bill No. - Patient access to effective drugs: Opioid Issues. No. Bill No. - Telehealth for low-income consumers: Access to high speed internet. No Bill No. - Access to Medicaid Services: Need for higher payment to ensure access to primary care. No Bill No. - 2020 proposed outpatient perspective payment system: Site of service neutrality and transparency in hospital charges. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Support for vaccines, maternal health, transparency, and reducing administrative burdens. Also, support for reauthorizing the Teaching Health Center GME (THCGME) program, along with Community Health Centers and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No. - Teaching Health Center GME funding/Training the Next Generation of Primary Care Doctors Act. No Bill No. - Tobacco Use Prevention: Urged support for Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act, Safe Kids Act, and Tobacco to 21 bill. No Bill No. - Surprise Billing: Shared letter on surprise billing. No Bill No. - Drug Prices: Recommendations for various biologic and insulin drug pricing bills. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC.

S192, HR1943, HR1983, S962, S106 - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Underserved area access. S 1191/HR 1358: Advancing Medical Resident Training in Community Hospitals: GME reform to support rural residency training; correct rotator problems. HR 1897/S 916: Mothers and Offspring Mortality Awareness Act or the MOMMA's Act: Support for the maternal mortality bill. HR 3436 Chronic Care Management: to remove cost-sharing reponsibilities for chronic care management services under the medicare plan. S 289 - Rural Physician Workforce Protection Act: GME reform to support rural residency training. No Bill No. - National Advisory Committee on NHSC: Scholarships/loan repayment for family physicians/access to care. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": protecting patients and families from unanticipated medical bills. No Bill No. - FY20 funding for AHRQ, HRSA, CDC, CMS: AAFP federal spending priorities. No Bill No. - Group of Six Physician Roundtable: Introducing new legislators to primary care physician's agenda. No Bill No. - Rural Health: Eliminate disparities to access to quality care for rural populations. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians. No Bill No. - Council of Graduate Medical Education (COGME): GME Reform to increase family medicine residencies. No Bill No. - Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry: Health Professions Training Grants for family medicine. No Bill No. - NRHA Maternal Health in Rural Communities Forum: Improve maternal and child health in rural communities. No Bill No. - Pain Management Best Practices: Comments on a draft pain management report. No Bill No. - Lab proficiency testing: Comments on CLIA proposed rule. No Bill No. - Appropriate Use Criteria: Joint letter urging a delay in AUC. No Bill No. - Health Insurance across state lines: Concern with low value insurance. No Bill No. - MACRA testimony to SFC: Improvements to MACRA. No Bill No. - Direct Contracting Geographic Population Based Payment; How CMS might structure a proposed APM. No Bill No. - Accountable Care Organizations: Next Generation ACO model. No Bill No. - Trusted exchange framework: EHRs and the trusted exchange framework. No Bill No. - Interoperability and patient access: How to make EHRs interoperable. No Bill No. - Information blocking: How to stop info blocking in EHRs. No Bill No. - Support for bill on GPCIs: supporting a bill on geographical practice cost indices. No Bill No. - Consumer inflation measures: Concern with changes to the consumer inflation measures. No Bill No. - GME sections of the 2020 proposed IPPS: Graduate Medical Education changes. No Bill No. - Supporting a bill that would waive the patient copay for CCM-Improving the use of the chronic care management code. No Bill No. - Answering the SFC follow up questions to the MACRA hearing: MACRA and Physician payment. No. Bill No. - Title X Family Planning: Submitted testimony expressing support for the title X Family Planning program. No Bill No. - Medicaid: Urged support for the Medicaid parity for the US territories.

S 289, HR 1358 - Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training; correct rotator problems. S 304; S 1191; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Support for increased, extended THCGME funding. S106; S192; S 962; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S. 1895 - Surprise medical billing: Eliminate barriers to patient access to primary care, fund THCGME program. HR 3; S 2543 - Drug pricing legislation: Support THGME, primary care in HDHP, Medicare and Medicaid. HR 2339 - Nicotine usage: Urged support for reversing the youth tobacco epidemic, tobacco 21 and the vaping flavors ban. HR 2694 - Pregnant workers Fairness Act: AAFP signed a joint letter supporting HR 2694. HR 2774 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: Create a Primary Care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2774, S 2793, HR 5575 - Primary Care Benefit: establish standard primary care benefit in private health insurance plans. HR 3030; HR 1965 - Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute reauthorization: Evidence based primary care research. HR 3107 - Administrative Burden/Prior Authorization: Reduce administrative burden. HR 4995; 4996 - Maternal Health: AAFP supported maternal health bills to expand medicaid access and bolster training and best practices. No Bill No. - Advisory Committee Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry: Title VII Primary Care Training and Enhancement Grants. No Bill No. - Rural Health: Improved access to quality care for rural populations. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": protecting patients and families from unanticipated medical bills. No Bill No. - Primary Care Investment: Increased spending on primary care. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - AHRQ Center for Primary Care Research: Primary Care research at AHRQ. No Bill No. - Primary Care Innovation: Increased awareness of primary care payment and delivery. No Bill No. - Rural Access Issues: How to increase supply of PCP's in rural areas. No Bill No. - RFI on opioid addiction and access to medication-assisted treatment: Chronic pain management. No Bill No. - Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder: Opioid issues. No Bill No. - 2020 National Vaccine plan: How to improve vaccination rates. No Bill No. - Concerns with EO provisions on scope of practice. No Bill No. - Concerns with flavored e-cigarettes: Youth e-cig epidemic. No Bill No. - Revising two screening code descriptors: Depression and alcohol misuse screening descriptors. No Bill No. - Fraud and safe harbors in medicare: How to address safe harbors in payment models. No Bill No. - Modernizing self-referral laws: How to improve Stark for payment model arrangements. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Support for vaccines, maternal health, transparency, and reducing administrative burdens. Also, support for reauthorizing the Teaching Health Center GME (THCGME) program, along with Community Health Centers and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No. - Medicare Payment: Educated staff about the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule's E&M code increase.

S192, HR1943, HR1983, S962, S106 - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Underserved area access. S 289 - Rural Physician Workforce Protection Act: GME reform to support rural residency training. S 304 - Teaching Health Center GME Reauthorization: Increase, extended THCGME funding; Supported the Training the Next Generation of Primary Care Physicians Act of 2019. HR 1358: Advancing Medical Resident Training in Community Hospitals: GME reform to correct rotator problems. HR 1554 - Resident Education Deferred Interest Act: Student debt relief. No Bill No. - Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry: Health Professions Training Grants for family medicine. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - appropriations AHRQ, HRSA, CMS, CDC: AAFP federal spending priorities. No Bill No. - Adequate Funding for HHS agencies and programs: AAFP federal spending priorities. No Bill No. - FY20 funding for AHRQ, HRSA, CDC, CMS: AAFP federal spending priorities. No Bill No. - GME Cap setting in new programs: More time for new teaching centers to set their GME cap. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Title VII Primary Care training Enhancement Grants: Support for family medicine training. No Bill No. - Primary Care Issues: Shared AAFP principles and encourage members to join the House Primary Care Caucus. No Bill No. - Medicare Physician Payment: Address appropriate use criteria policy.

S 289, HR 1358 - Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training; correct rotator problems. S 304; S 1191; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Support for increased, extended THCGME funding. S106; S192; S 962; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S. 1895 - Surprise medical billing: Eliminate barriers to patient access to primary care, fund THCGME program. HR 3; S 2543 - Drug pricing legislation: Support THGME, primary care in HDHP, Medicare and Medicaid. HR 2339 - Nicotine usage: Urged support for reversing the youth tobacco epidemic, tobacco 21 and the vaping flavors ban. HR 2694 - Pregnant workers Fairness Act: AAFP signed a joint letter supporting HR 2694. HR 2774 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: Create a Primary Care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2774, S 2793, HR 5575 - Primary Care Benefit: establish standard primary care benefit in private health insurance plans. HR 3030; HR 1965 - Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute reauthorization: Evidence based primary care research. HR 3107 - Administrative Burden/Prior Authorization: Reduce administrative burden. HR 4995; 4996 - Maternal Health: AAFP supported maternal health bills to expand medicaid access and bolster training and best practices. No Bill No. - Advisory Committee Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry: Title VII Primary Care Training and Enhancement Grants. No Bill No. - Rural Health: Improved access to quality care for rural populations. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": protecting patients and families from unanticipated medical bills. No Bill No. - Primary Care Investment: Increased spending on primary care. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - AHRQ Center for Primary Care Research: Primary Care research at AHRQ. No Bill No. - Primary Care Innovation: Increased awareness of primary care payment and delivery. No Bill No. - Rural Access Issues: How to increase supply of PCP's in rural areas. No Bill No. - RFI on opioid addiction and access to medication-assisted treatment: Chronic pain management. No Bill No. - Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder: Opioid issues. No Bill No. - 2020 National Vaccine plan: How to improve vaccination rates. No Bill No. - Concerns with EO provisions on scope of practice. No Bill No. - Concerns with flavored e-cigarettes: Youth e-cig epidemic. No Bill No. - Revising two screening code descriptors: Depression and alcohol misuse screening descriptors. No Bill No. - Fraud and safe harbors in medicare: How to address safe harbors in payment models. No Bill No. - Modernizing self-referral laws: How to improve Stark for payment model arrangements. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Support for vaccines, maternal health, transparency, and reducing administrative burdens. Also, support for reauthorizing the Teaching Health Center GME (THCGME) program, along with Community Health Centers and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No. - Medicare Payment: Educated staff about the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule's E&M code increase.

S192, HR1943, HR1983, S962, S106 - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S 289 - Rural Physician Workforce Protection Act: GME reform to support rural residency training. HR 1358: Advancing Medical Resident Training in Community Hospitals: GME reform to correct rotator problems. No Bill No. - Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry: Health Professions Training Grants for family medicine. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - appropriations AHRQ, HRSA, CMS, CDC: AAFP federal spending priorities. No Bill No. - AHRQ National Guidelines Clearinghouse: Closure of the NGC. No Bill No. - Rural Health: Eliminate disparities to access to quality care for rural populations. No Bill No. - Adequate Funding for HHS agencies and programs: AAFP federal spending priorities. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid surprise medical bills: Health care coverage for all, administrative simplification. No Bill No. - FY20 funding for AHRQ, HRSA, CDC, CMS: AAFP federal spending priorities. No Bill No. - AHRQ Center for Primary Care Research: Primary Care research at AHRQ. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians of prior authorization, EMR. No Bill No. - Medicaid and CHIP proposed rule: Services covered by Medicaid and CHIP. No Bill No. - GME Cap setting in new programs: More time for new teaching centers to set their GME cap. No Bill No. -ACO/MSSP extension for applications: Urging a deadline extension for applications. No Bill No. -Part D and C rule on drug prices: Lowering drug prices. No Bill No. -Reducing burdens with HIT: Making EHRs easier for physicians. No Bill No. - Insurance requirements in 2020: Benefit and payment rates in 2020. No Bill No. - Prior authorizations in Part C: Reducing prior authorization burdens on physicians. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Primary Care Issues: Shared AAFP principles and encourage members to join the House Primary Care Caucus. No Bill No. - Medicare Physician Payment: Address appropriate use criteria policy.

S192, HR1943, HR1983, S962, S106 - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Underserved area access. S 289 - Rural Physician Workforce Protection Act: GME reform to support rural residency training. S 304 - Teaching Health Center GME Reauthorization: Increase, extended THCGME funding; Supported the Training the Next Generation of Primary Care Physicians Act of 2019. HR 1358: Advancing Medical Resident Training in Community Hospitals: GME reform to correct rotator problems. HR 1554 - Resident Education Deferred Interest Act: Student debt relief. No Bill No. - Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry: Health Professions Training Grants for family medicine. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - appropriations AHRQ, HRSA, CMS, CDC: AAFP federal spending priorities. No Bill No. - Adequate Funding for HHS agencies and programs: AAFP federal spending priorities. No Bill No. - FY20 funding for AHRQ, HRSA, CDC, CMS: AAFP federal spending priorities. No Bill No. - GME Cap setting in new programs: More time for new teaching centers to set their GME cap. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Title VII Primary Care training Enhancement Grants: Support for family medicine training. No Bill No. - Primary Care Issues: Shared AAFP principles and encourage members to join the House Primary Care Caucus. No Bill No. - Medicare Physician Payment: Address appropriate use criteria policy.

S106; S192; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S 289 - Rural Physician Workforce Protection Act: GME reform to support rural residency training. HR 1358 - GME Reform: Allow the establishment of new family physician residencies. HR 2328 Community Health Investment, and Modernization, and Excellence Act: Also, THCGME, along with Community Health Centers, National Health Service Corps, and Medicaid Funding for the Territories. HR 2328 - Reauthorizing and Extending America's Community Health Act: Support for key primary care extenders, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Initiative, Independence at Home, Medicaid for the Territories. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access and reduce administrative burden. HR 3436 Chronic Care Management: to remove cost-sharing responsibilities for chronic care management services under the medicare plan. No Bill No. - Opioid prescribing guideline: Responding to FDA inquiry on opioid prescribing guidelines. No Bill No. - Opioid Use Disorder Treatment GME: Medication-assisted treatment training. No Bill No. - Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family residency slots. No Bill No. - Administrative Burden: Reduced administrative burden on family physicians. No Bill No. - Primary Care Investment: Increased spending on primary care. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": protecting patients and families from unanticipated medical bills. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Suggestions to reduce burdens for FPs. No Bill No. - Medicare coverage of acupuncture: AAFP supporting CMS proposal. No Bill No. - Access to Medicaid Services: Need for higher payment to ensure access to primary care. No Bill No. - Delay in 2017 APM bonuses: Need for CMS to pay APM bonuses to encourage FPs. No Bill No. - 2020 proposed Medicare physician fee schedule: Payments to PCPs. No Bill No. - 2020 proposed outpatient perspective payment system: Site of service neutrality and transparency in hospital charges. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Support for vaccines, maternal health, transparency, and reducing administrative burdens. Also, support for reauthorizing the Teaching Health Center GME (THCGME) program, along with Community Health Centers and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": Health care coverage for all, administrative simplification. No Bill No. - AHRQ Center for Primary Care Research: Primary Care research at AHRQ.

S106; S192; S 962; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S 289, HR 1358 - Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training; correct rotator problems. S 304; S 1191; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Support for increased, extended THCGME funding. No Bill No. - Advisory Committee Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry: Title VII Primary Care Training and Enhancement Grants. HR 4995; 4996 - Maternal Health: AAFP supported maternal health bills to expand medicaid access and bolster training and best practices. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - HRSA Title VII funding: Title VII Primary Care training Enhancement Grants. No Bill No. - Codes in the primary care exception list: Adding codes that medical students can perform in teaching settings.

S 289, HR 1358 - Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training; correct rotator problems. S 304; S 1191; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Support for increased, extended THCGME funding. S106; S192; S 962; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S. 1895 - Surprise medical billing: Eliminate barriers to patient access to primary care, fund THCGME program. HR 3; S 2543 - Drug pricing legislation: Support THGME, primary care in HDHP, Medicare and Medicaid. HR 2339 - Nicotine usage: Urged support for reversing the youth tobacco epidemic, tobacco 21 and the vaping flavors ban. HR 2694 - Pregnant workers Fairness Act: AAFP signed a joint letter supporting HR 2694. HR 2774 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: Create a Primary Care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2774, S 2793, HR 5575 - Primary Care Benefit: establish standard primary care benefit in private health insurance plans. HR 3030; HR 1965 - Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute reauthorization: Evidence based primary care research. HR 3107 - Administrative Burden/Prior Authorization: Reduce administrative burden. HR 4995; 4996 - Maternal Health: AAFP supported maternal health bills to expand medicaid access and bolster training and best practices. No Bill No. - Advisory Committee Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry: Title VII Primary Care Training and Enhancement Grants. No Bill No. - Rural Health: Improved access to quality care for rural populations. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": protecting patients and families from unanticipated medical bills. No Bill No. - Primary Care Investment: Increased spending on primary care. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - AHRQ Center for Primary Care Research: Primary Care research at AHRQ. No Bill No. - Primary Care Innovation: Increased awareness of primary care payment and delivery. No Bill No. - Rural Access Issues: How to increase supply of PCP's in rural areas. No Bill No. - RFI on opioid addiction and access to medication-assisted treatment: Chronic pain management. No Bill No. - Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder: Opioid issues. No Bill No. - 2020 National Vaccine plan: How to improve vaccination rates. No Bill No. - Concerns with EO provisions on scope of practice. No Bill No. - Concerns with flavored e-cigarettes: Youth e-cig epidemic. No Bill No. - Revising two screening code descriptors: Depression and alcohol misuse screening descriptors. No Bill No. - Fraud and safe harbors in medicare: How to address safe harbors in payment models. No Bill No. - Modernizing self-referral laws: How to improve Stark for payment model arrangements. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Support for vaccines, maternal health, transparency, and reducing administrative burdens. Also, support for reauthorizing the Teaching Health Center GME (THCGME) program, along with Community Health Centers and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No. - Medicare Payment: Educated staff about the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule's E&M code increase.

S106; S192; S 962; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S 289, HR 1358 - Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training; correct rotator problems. S. 1895 - Surprise medical billing: Eliminate barriers to patient access to primary care, fund THCGME program. HR 3; S 2543 - Drug pricing legislation: Support THGME, primary care in HDHP, Medicare and Medicaid. HR 3107 - Administrative Burden/Prior Authorization: Reduce administrative burden. HR 4995; 4996 - Maternal Health: AAFP supported maternal health bills to expand medicaid access and bolster training and best practices. No Bill No. - Advisory Committee Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry: Title VII Primary Care Training and Enhancement Grants. No Bill No. - 2020 proposed Medicare physician fee schedule: Support CMS changes to E&M coding. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": protecting patients and families from unanticipated medical bills; health care coverage for all, administration simplification. No Bill No. - Primary Care Investment: Increased spending on primary care. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - AHRQ Center for Primary Care Research: Primary Care research at AHRQ. No Bill No. - Primary Care Innovation: Increased awareness of primary care payment and delivery. No Bill No. - Codes in the primary care exception list: Adding codes that medical students can perform in teaching settings. No Bill No. - Rural Access Issues: How to increase supply of PCP's in rural areas. No Bill No. - EO on Medicare: How to improve medicare. No Bill No. - Program integrity RFI: How to address future of program integrity, billing, coding. No Bill No. - Revising two screening code descriptors: Depression and alcohol misuse screening descriptors. No Bill No. - Fraud and safe harbors in medicare: How to address safe harbors in payment models. No Bill No. - Modernizing self-referral laws: How to improve Stark for payment model arrangements. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Support for vaccines, maternal health, transparency, and reducing administrative burdens. Also, support for reauthorizing the Teaching Health Center GME (THCGME) program, along with Community Health Centers and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No. - Medicare Payment: Educated staff about the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule's E&M code increase. No Bill No. - Medicare site-neutral payment: Ensure payment parity between services furnished in hospital out patient departments and physician offices.

S192, HR1943, HR1983, S962, S106 - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Underserved area access. S 1191/HR 1358: Advancing Medical Resident Training in Community Hospitals: GME reform to support rural residency training; correct rotator problems. HR 1897/S 916: Mothers and Offspring Mortality Awareness Act or the MOMMA's Act: Support for the maternal mortality bill. HR 3436 Chronic Care Management: to remove cost-sharing reponsibilities for chronic care management services under the medicare plan. S 289 - Rural Physician Workforce Protection Act: GME reform to support rural residency training. No Bill No. - National Advisory Committee on NHSC: Scholarships/loan repayment for family physicians/access to care. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": protecting patients and families from unanticipated medical bills. No Bill No. - FY20 funding for AHRQ, HRSA, CDC, CMS: AAFP federal spending priorities. No Bill No. - Group of Six Physician Roundtable: Introducing new legislators to primary care physician's agenda. No Bill No. - Rural Health: Eliminate disparities to access to quality care for rural populations. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians. No Bill No. - Council of Graduate Medical Education (COGME): GME Reform to increase family medicine residencies. No Bill No. - Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry: Health Professions Training Grants for family medicine. No Bill No. - NRHA Maternal Health in Rural Communities Forum: Improve maternal and child health in rural communities. No Bill No. - Pain Management Best Practices: Comments on a draft pain management report. No Bill No. - Lab proficiency testing: Comments on CLIA proposed rule. No Bill No. - Appropriate Use Criteria: Joint letter urging a delay in AUC. No Bill No. - Health Insurance across state lines: Concern with low value insurance. No Bill No. - MACRA testimony to SFC: Improvements to MACRA. No Bill No. - Direct Contracting Geographic Population Based Payment; How CMS might structure a proposed APM. No Bill No. - Accountable Care Organizations: Next Generation ACO model. No Bill No. - Trusted exchange framework: EHRs and the trusted exchange framework. No Bill No. - Interoperability and patient access: How to make EHRs interoperable. No Bill No. - Information blocking: How to stop info blocking in EHRs. No Bill No. - Support for bill on GPCIs: supporting a bill on geographical practice cost indices. No Bill No. - Consumer inflation measures: Concern with changes to the consumer inflation measures. No Bill No. - GME sections of the 2020 proposed IPPS: Graduate Medical Education changes. No Bill No. - Supporting a bill that would waive the patient copay for CCM-Improving the use of the chronic care management code. No Bill No. - Answering the SFC follow up questions to the MACRA hearing: MACRA and Physician payment. No. Bill No. - Title X Family Planning: Submitted testimony expressing support for the title X Family Planning program. No Bill No. - Medicaid: Urged support for the Medicaid parity for the US territories.

S106; S192; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S 289 - Rural Physician Workforce Protection Act: GME reform to support rural residency training. S 304; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Increased, extended THCGME funding. S 2372 Rural Moms Act: Supported a rural maternal health bill and urged members to support it. HR 2328 Community Health Investment, and Modernization, and Excellence Act: Also, THCGME, along with Community Health Centers, National Health Service Corps, and Medicaid Funding for the Territories. HR 2328 - Reauthorizing and Extending America's Community Health Act: Support for key primary care extenders, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Initiative, Independence at Home, Medicaid for the Territories. HR 2740 - HHS FY 2020 Appropriations; Women's Health Research: AAFP funding priorities. Increased funding for women's health research. HR 2774 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: Create a Primary Care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2895 - Conrad State 30 & Physician Access Act: Expand J-1 visa waiver program for medical residents. HR 3030 - Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute reauthorization: Patient-centered, primary care research, AHRQ funding. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access and reduce administrative burden. HR 3436 - Chronic Care Management: to remove cost-sharing responsibilities for chronic care management services under the medicare plan. No Bill No. - Obesity Drug Study: Responding to GAO inquiry on AAFP policy on obesity drugs. No Bill No. - Opioid prescribing guideline: Responding to FDA inquiry on opioid prescribing guidelines. No Bill No. - Healthcare Coverage for All: Retaining ACA coverage gains and expanding coverage. No Bill No. - Administrative Burden: Reduced administrative burden on family physicians. No Bill No. - Rural Health: Improved access to quality care for rural populations. No Bill No. - Primary Care Investment: Increased spending on primary care. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": protecting patients and families from unanticipated medical bills. No Bill No. - Comment on the definition of Health Literacy: Health Literacy for all patients. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Suggestions to reduce burdens for FPs. No Bill No. - Nondiscrimination in health plans: Healthcare for all. No Bill No. - Patient access to effective drugs: Opioid Issues. No. Bill No. - Telehealth for low-income consumers: Access to high speed internet. No Bill No. - Access to Medicaid Services: Need for higher payment to ensure access to primary care. No Bill No. - 2020 proposed outpatient perspective payment system: Site of service neutrality and transparency in hospital charges. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Support for vaccines, maternal health, transparency, and reducing administrative burdens. Also, support for reauthorizing the Teaching Health Center GME (THCGME) program, along with Community Health Centers and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No. - Teaching Health Center GME funding/Training the Next Generation of Primary Care Doctors Act. No Bill No. - Tobacco Use Prevention: Urged support for Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act, Safe Kids Act, and Tobacco to 21 bill. No Bill No. - Surprise Billing: Shared letter on surprise billing. No Bill No. - Drug Prices: Recommendations for various biologic and insulin drug pricing bills. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC.

S106; S192; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S 289 - Rural Physician Workforce Protection Act: GME reform to support rural residency training. S 304; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Increased, extended THCGME funding. S 2372 Rural Moms Act: Supported a rural maternal health bill and urged members to support it. HR 2328 Community Health Investment, and Modernization, and Excellence Act: Also, THCGME, along with Community Health Centers, National Health Service Corps, and Medicaid Funding for the Territories. HR 2328 - Reauthorizing and Extending America's Community Health Act: Support for key primary care extenders, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Initiative, Independence at Home, Medicaid for the Territories. HR 2740 - HHS FY 2020 Appropriations; Women's Health Research: AAFP funding priorities. Increased funding for women's health research. HR 2774 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: Create a Primary Care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2895 - Conrad State 30 & Physician Access Act: Expand J-1 visa waiver program for medical residents. HR 3030 - Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute reauthorization: Patient-centered, primary care research, AHRQ funding. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access and reduce administrative burden. HR 3436 - Chronic Care Management: to remove cost-sharing responsibilities for chronic care management services under the medicare plan. No Bill No. - Obesity Drug Study: Responding to GAO inquiry on AAFP policy on obesity drugs. No Bill No. - Opioid prescribing guideline: Responding to FDA inquiry on opioid prescribing guidelines. No Bill No. - Healthcare Coverage for All: Retaining ACA coverage gains and expanding coverage. No Bill No. - Administrative Burden: Reduced administrative burden on family physicians. No Bill No. - Rural Health: Improved access to quality care for rural populations. No Bill No. - Primary Care Investment: Increased spending on primary care. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": protecting patients and families from unanticipated medical bills. No Bill No. - Comment on the definition of Health Literacy: Health Literacy for all patients. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Suggestions to reduce burdens for FPs. No Bill No. - Nondiscrimination in health plans: Healthcare for all. No Bill No. - Patient access to effective drugs: Opioid Issues. No. Bill No. - Telehealth for low-income consumers: Access to high speed internet. No Bill No. - Access to Medicaid Services: Need for higher payment to ensure access to primary care. No Bill No. - 2020 proposed outpatient perspective payment system: Site of service neutrality and transparency in hospital charges. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Support for vaccines, maternal health, transparency, and reducing administrative burdens. Also, support for reauthorizing the Teaching Health Center GME (THCGME) program, along with Community Health Centers and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No. - Teaching Health Center GME funding/Training the Next Generation of Primary Care Doctors Act. No Bill No. - Tobacco Use Prevention: Urged support for Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act, Safe Kids Act, and Tobacco to 21 bill. No Bill No. - Surprise Billing: Shared letter on surprise billing. No Bill No. - Drug Prices: Recommendations for various biologic and insulin drug pricing bills. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC.

S106; S192; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S 289 - Rural Physician Workforce Protection Act: GME reform to support rural residency training. HR 1358 - GME Reform: Allow the establishment of new family physician residencies. HR 2328 Community Health Investment, and Modernization, and Excellence Act: Also, THCGME, along with Community Health Centers, National Health Service Corps, and Medicaid Funding for the Territories. HR 2328 - Reauthorizing and Extending America's Community Health Act: Support for key primary care extenders, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Initiative, Independence at Home, Medicaid for the Territories. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access and reduce administrative burden. HR 3436 Chronic Care Management: to remove cost-sharing responsibilities for chronic care management services under the medicare plan. No Bill No. - Opioid prescribing guideline: Responding to FDA inquiry on opioid prescribing guidelines. No Bill No. - Opioid Use Disorder Treatment GME: Medication-assisted treatment training. No Bill No. - Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family residency slots. No Bill No. - Administrative Burden: Reduced administrative burden on family physicians. No Bill No. - Primary Care Investment: Increased spending on primary care. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": protecting patients and families from unanticipated medical bills. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Suggestions to reduce burdens for FPs. No Bill No. - Medicare coverage of acupuncture: AAFP supporting CMS proposal. No Bill No. - Access to Medicaid Services: Need for higher payment to ensure access to primary care. No Bill No. - Delay in 2017 APM bonuses: Need for CMS to pay APM bonuses to encourage FPs. No Bill No. - 2020 proposed Medicare physician fee schedule: Payments to PCPs. No Bill No. - 2020 proposed outpatient perspective payment system: Site of service neutrality and transparency in hospital charges. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Support for vaccines, maternal health, transparency, and reducing administrative burdens. Also, support for reauthorizing the Teaching Health Center GME (THCGME) program, along with Community Health Centers and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": Health care coverage for all, administrative simplification. No Bill No. - AHRQ Center for Primary Care Research: Primary Care research at AHRQ.

S 289, HR 1358 - Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training; correct rotator problems. S 304; S 1191; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Support for increased, extended THCGME funding. S106; S192; S 962; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S. 1895 - Surprise medical billing: Eliminate barriers to patient access to primary care, fund THCGME program. HR 3; S 2543 - Drug pricing legislation: Support THGME, primary care in HDHP, Medicare and Medicaid. HR 2339 - Nicotine usage: Urged support for reversing the youth tobacco epidemic, tobacco 21 and the vaping flavors ban. HR 2694 - Pregnant workers Fairness Act: AAFP signed a joint letter supporting HR 2694. HR 2774 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: Create a Primary Care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2774, S 2793, HR 5575 - Primary Care Benefit: establish standard primary care benefit in private health insurance plans. HR 3030; HR 1965 - Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute reauthorization: Evidence based primary care research. HR 3107 - Administrative Burden/Prior Authorization: Reduce administrative burden. HR 4995; 4996 - Maternal Health: AAFP supported maternal health bills to expand medicaid access and bolster training and best practices. No Bill No. - Advisory Committee Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry: Title VII Primary Care Training and Enhancement Grants. No Bill No. - Rural Health: Improved access to quality care for rural populations. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": protecting patients and families from unanticipated medical bills. No Bill No. - Primary Care Investment: Increased spending on primary care. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - AHRQ Center for Primary Care Research: Primary Care research at AHRQ. No Bill No. - Primary Care Innovation: Increased awareness of primary care payment and delivery. No Bill No. - Rural Access Issues: How to increase supply of PCP's in rural areas. No Bill No. - RFI on opioid addiction and access to medication-assisted treatment: Chronic pain management. No Bill No. - Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder: Opioid issues. No Bill No. - 2020 National Vaccine plan: How to improve vaccination rates. No Bill No. - Concerns with EO provisions on scope of practice. No Bill No. - Concerns with flavored e-cigarettes: Youth e-cig epidemic. No Bill No. - Revising two screening code descriptors: Depression and alcohol misuse screening descriptors. No Bill No. - Fraud and safe harbors in medicare: How to address safe harbors in payment models. No Bill No. - Modernizing self-referral laws: How to improve Stark for payment model arrangements. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Support for vaccines, maternal health, transparency, and reducing administrative burdens. Also, support for reauthorizing the Teaching Health Center GME (THCGME) program, along with Community Health Centers and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No. - Medicare Payment: Educated staff about the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule's E&M code increase.

S106; S192; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S 289 - Rural Physician Workforce Protection Act: GME reform to support rural residency training. HR 1358 - GME Reform: Allow the establishment of new family physician residencies. HR 2328 Community Health Investment, and Modernization, and Excellence Act: Also, THCGME, along with Community Health Centers, National Health Service Corps, and Medicaid Funding for the Territories. HR 2328 - Reauthorizing and Extending America's Community Health Act: Support for key primary care extenders, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Initiative, Independence at Home, Medicaid for the Territories. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access and reduce administrative burden. HR 3436 Chronic Care Management: to remove cost-sharing responsibilities for chronic care management services under the medicare plan. No Bill No. - Opioid prescribing guideline: Responding to FDA inquiry on opioid prescribing guidelines. No Bill No. - Opioid Use Disorder Treatment GME: Medication-assisted treatment training. No Bill No. - Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family residency slots. No Bill No. - Administrative Burden: Reduced administrative burden on family physicians. No Bill No. - Primary Care Investment: Increased spending on primary care. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": protecting patients and families from unanticipated medical bills. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Suggestions to reduce burdens for FPs. No Bill No. - Medicare coverage of acupuncture: AAFP supporting CMS proposal. No Bill No. - Access to Medicaid Services: Need for higher payment to ensure access to primary care. No Bill No. - Delay in 2017 APM bonuses: Need for CMS to pay APM bonuses to encourage FPs. No Bill No. - 2020 proposed Medicare physician fee schedule: Payments to PCPs. No Bill No. - 2020 proposed outpatient perspective payment system: Site of service neutrality and transparency in hospital charges. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Support for vaccines, maternal health, transparency, and reducing administrative burdens. Also, support for reauthorizing the Teaching Health Center GME (THCGME) program, along with Community Health Centers and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": Health care coverage for all, administrative simplification. No Bill No. - AHRQ Center for Primary Care Research: Primary Care research at AHRQ.

S106; S192; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S 289 - Rural Physician Workforce Protection Act: GME reform to support rural residency training. HR 1358 - GME Reform: Allow the establishment of new family physician residencies. HR 2328 Community Health Investment, and Modernization, and Excellence Act: Also, THCGME, along with Community Health Centers, National Health Service Corps, and Medicaid Funding for the Territories. HR 2328 - Reauthorizing and Extending America's Community Health Act: Support for key primary care extenders, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Initiative, Independence at Home, Medicaid for the Territories. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access and reduce administrative burden. HR 3436 Chronic Care Management: to remove cost-sharing responsibilities for chronic care management services under the medicare plan. No Bill No. - Opioid prescribing guideline: Responding to FDA inquiry on opioid prescribing guidelines. No Bill No. - Opioid Use Disorder Treatment GME: Medication-assisted treatment training. No Bill No. - Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family residency slots. No Bill No. - Administrative Burden: Reduced administrative burden on family physicians. No Bill No. - Primary Care Investment: Increased spending on primary care. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": protecting patients and families from unanticipated medical bills. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Suggestions to reduce burdens for FPs. No Bill No. - Medicare coverage of acupuncture: AAFP supporting CMS proposal. No Bill No. - Access to Medicaid Services: Need for higher payment to ensure access to primary care. No Bill No. - Delay in 2017 APM bonuses: Need for CMS to pay APM bonuses to encourage FPs. No Bill No. - 2020 proposed Medicare physician fee schedule: Payments to PCPs. No Bill No. - 2020 proposed outpatient perspective payment system: Site of service neutrality and transparency in hospital charges. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Support for vaccines, maternal health, transparency, and reducing administrative burdens. Also, support for reauthorizing the Teaching Health Center GME (THCGME) program, along with Community Health Centers and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": Health care coverage for all, administrative simplification. No Bill No. - AHRQ Center for Primary Care Research: Primary Care research at AHRQ.

S106; S192; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S 289 - Rural Physician Workforce Protection Act: GME reform to support rural residency training. S 304; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Increased, extended THCGME funding. S 2372 Rural Moms Act: Supported a rural maternal health bill and urged members to support it. HR 2328 Community Health Investment, and Modernization, and Excellence Act: Also, THCGME, along with Community Health Centers, National Health Service Corps, and Medicaid Funding for the Territories. HR 2328 - Reauthorizing and Extending America's Community Health Act: Support for key primary care extenders, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Initiative, Independence at Home, Medicaid for the Territories. HR 2740 - HHS FY 2020 Appropriations; Women's Health Research: AAFP funding priorities. Increased funding for women's health research. HR 2774 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: Create a Primary Care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2895 - Conrad State 30 & Physician Access Act: Expand J-1 visa waiver program for medical residents. HR 3030 - Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute reauthorization: Patient-centered, primary care research, AHRQ funding. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access and reduce administrative burden. HR 3436 - Chronic Care Management: to remove cost-sharing responsibilities for chronic care management services under the medicare plan. No Bill No. - Obesity Drug Study: Responding to GAO inquiry on AAFP policy on obesity drugs. No Bill No. - Opioid prescribing guideline: Responding to FDA inquiry on opioid prescribing guidelines. No Bill No. - Healthcare Coverage for All: Retaining ACA coverage gains and expanding coverage. No Bill No. - Administrative Burden: Reduced administrative burden on family physicians. No Bill No. - Rural Health: Improved access to quality care for rural populations. No Bill No. - Primary Care Investment: Increased spending on primary care. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": protecting patients and families from unanticipated medical bills. No Bill No. - Comment on the definition of Health Literacy: Health Literacy for all patients. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Suggestions to reduce burdens for FPs. No Bill No. - Nondiscrimination in health plans: Healthcare for all. No Bill No. - Patient access to effective drugs: Opioid Issues. No. Bill No. - Telehealth for low-income consumers: Access to high speed internet. No Bill No. - Access to Medicaid Services: Need for higher payment to ensure access to primary care. No Bill No. - 2020 proposed outpatient perspective payment system: Site of service neutrality and transparency in hospital charges. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Support for vaccines, maternal health, transparency, and reducing administrative burdens. Also, support for reauthorizing the Teaching Health Center GME (THCGME) program, along with Community Health Centers and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No. - Teaching Health Center GME funding/Training the Next Generation of Primary Care Doctors Act. No Bill No. - Tobacco Use Prevention: Urged support for Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act, Safe Kids Act, and Tobacco to 21 bill. No Bill No. - Surprise Billing: Shared letter on surprise billing. No Bill No. - Drug Prices: Recommendations for various biologic and insulin drug pricing bills. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC.

S106; S192; S 962; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S 289, HR 1358 - Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training; correct rotator problems. S. 1895 - Surprise medical billing: Eliminate barriers to patient access to primary care, fund THCGME program. HR 3; S 2543 - Drug pricing legislation: Support THGME, primary care in HDHP, Medicare and Medicaid. HR 3107 - Administrative Burden/Prior Authorization: Reduce administrative burden. HR 4995; 4996 - Maternal Health: AAFP supported maternal health bills to expand medicaid access and bolster training and best practices. No Bill No. - Advisory Committee Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry: Title VII Primary Care Training and Enhancement Grants. No Bill No. - 2020 proposed Medicare physician fee schedule: Support CMS changes to E&M coding. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": protecting patients and families from unanticipated medical bills; health care coverage for all, administration simplification. No Bill No. - Primary Care Investment: Increased spending on primary care. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - AHRQ Center for Primary Care Research: Primary Care research at AHRQ. No Bill No. - Primary Care Innovation: Increased awareness of primary care payment and delivery. No Bill No. - Codes in the primary care exception list: Adding codes that medical students can perform in teaching settings. No Bill No. - Rural Access Issues: How to increase supply of PCP's in rural areas. No Bill No. - EO on Medicare: How to improve medicare. No Bill No. - Program integrity RFI: How to address future of program integrity, billing, coding. No Bill No. - Revising two screening code descriptors: Depression and alcohol misuse screening descriptors. No Bill No. - Fraud and safe harbors in medicare: How to address safe harbors in payment models. No Bill No. - Modernizing self-referral laws: How to improve Stark for payment model arrangements. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Support for vaccines, maternal health, transparency, and reducing administrative burdens. Also, support for reauthorizing the Teaching Health Center GME (THCGME) program, along with Community Health Centers and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No. - Medicare Payment: Educated staff about the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule's E&M code increase. No Bill No. - Medicare site-neutral payment: Ensure payment parity between services furnished in hospital out patient departments and physician offices.

S106; S192; S 962; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S 289, HR 1358 - Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training; correct rotator problems. S 304; S 1191; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Support for increased, extended THCGME funding. No Bill No. - Advisory Committee Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry: Title VII Primary Care Training and Enhancement Grants. HR 4995; 4996 - Maternal Health: AAFP supported maternal health bills to expand medicaid access and bolster training and best practices. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - HRSA Title VII funding: Title VII Primary Care training Enhancement Grants. No Bill No. - Codes in the primary care exception list: Adding codes that medical students can perform in teaching settings.

S106; S192; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S 289 - Rural Physician Workforce Protection Act: GME reform to support rural residency training. S 304; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Increased, extended THCGME funding. S 2372 Rural Moms Act: Supported a rural maternal health bill and urged members to support it. HR 2328 Community Health Investment, and Modernization, and Excellence Act: Also, THCGME, along with Community Health Centers, National Health Service Corps, and Medicaid Funding for the Territories. HR 2328 - Reauthorizing and Extending America's Community Health Act: Support for key primary care extenders, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Initiative, Independence at Home, Medicaid for the Territories. HR 2740 - HHS FY 2020 Appropriations; Women's Health Research: AAFP funding priorities. Increased funding for women's health research. HR 2774 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: Create a Primary Care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2895 - Conrad State 30 & Physician Access Act: Expand J-1 visa waiver program for medical residents. HR 3030 - Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute reauthorization: Patient-centered, primary care research, AHRQ funding. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access and reduce administrative burden. HR 3436 - Chronic Care Management: to remove cost-sharing responsibilities for chronic care management services under the medicare plan. No Bill No. - Obesity Drug Study: Responding to GAO inquiry on AAFP policy on obesity drugs. No Bill No. - Opioid prescribing guideline: Responding to FDA inquiry on opioid prescribing guidelines. No Bill No. - Healthcare Coverage for All: Retaining ACA coverage gains and expanding coverage. No Bill No. - Administrative Burden: Reduced administrative burden on family physicians. No Bill No. - Rural Health: Improved access to quality care for rural populations. No Bill No. - Primary Care Investment: Increased spending on primary care. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": protecting patients and families from unanticipated medical bills. No Bill No. - Comment on the definition of Health Literacy: Health Literacy for all patients. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Suggestions to reduce burdens for FPs. No Bill No. - Nondiscrimination in health plans: Healthcare for all. No Bill No. - Patient access to effective drugs: Opioid Issues. No. Bill No. - Telehealth for low-income consumers: Access to high speed internet. No Bill No. - Access to Medicaid Services: Need for higher payment to ensure access to primary care. No Bill No. - 2020 proposed outpatient perspective payment system: Site of service neutrality and transparency in hospital charges. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Support for vaccines, maternal health, transparency, and reducing administrative burdens. Also, support for reauthorizing the Teaching Health Center GME (THCGME) program, along with Community Health Centers and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No. - Teaching Health Center GME funding/Training the Next Generation of Primary Care Doctors Act. No Bill No. - Tobacco Use Prevention: Urged support for Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act, Safe Kids Act, and Tobacco to 21 bill. No Bill No. - Surprise Billing: Shared letter on surprise billing. No Bill No. - Drug Prices: Recommendations for various biologic and insulin drug pricing bills. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC.

S 289, HR 1358 - Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training; correct rotator problems. S 304; S 1191; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Support for increased, extended THCGME funding. S106; S192; S 962; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S. 1895 - Surprise medical billing: Eliminate barriers to patient access to primary care, fund THCGME program. HR 3; S 2543 - Drug pricing legislation: Support THGME, primary care in HDHP, Medicare and Medicaid. HR 2339 - Nicotine usage: Urged support for reversing the youth tobacco epidemic, tobacco 21 and the vaping flavors ban. HR 2694 - Pregnant workers Fairness Act: AAFP signed a joint letter supporting HR 2694. HR 2774 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: Create a Primary Care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2774, S 2793, HR 5575 - Primary Care Benefit: establish standard primary care benefit in private health insurance plans. HR 3030; HR 1965 - Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute reauthorization: Evidence based primary care research. HR 3107 - Administrative Burden/Prior Authorization: Reduce administrative burden. HR 4995; 4996 - Maternal Health: AAFP supported maternal health bills to expand medicaid access and bolster training and best practices. No Bill No. - Advisory Committee Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry: Title VII Primary Care Training and Enhancement Grants. No Bill No. - Rural Health: Improved access to quality care for rural populations. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": protecting patients and families from unanticipated medical bills. No Bill No. - Primary Care Investment: Increased spending on primary care. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - AHRQ Center for Primary Care Research: Primary Care research at AHRQ. No Bill No. - Primary Care Innovation: Increased awareness of primary care payment and delivery. No Bill No. - Rural Access Issues: How to increase supply of PCP's in rural areas. No Bill No. - RFI on opioid addiction and access to medication-assisted treatment: Chronic pain management. No Bill No. - Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder: Opioid issues. No Bill No. - 2020 National Vaccine plan: How to improve vaccination rates. No Bill No. - Concerns with EO provisions on scope of practice. No Bill No. - Concerns with flavored e-cigarettes: Youth e-cig epidemic. No Bill No. - Revising two screening code descriptors: Depression and alcohol misuse screening descriptors. No Bill No. - Fraud and safe harbors in medicare: How to address safe harbors in payment models. No Bill No. - Modernizing self-referral laws: How to improve Stark for payment model arrangements. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Support for vaccines, maternal health, transparency, and reducing administrative burdens. Also, support for reauthorizing the Teaching Health Center GME (THCGME) program, along with Community Health Centers and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No. - Medicare Payment: Educated staff about the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule's E&M code increase.

No Bill No. - Cigarette health warnings: Requiring graphic warnings. HR 2339 - Nicotine usage: Urged support for reversing the youth tobacco epidemic, tobacco 21 and the vaping flavors ban.

S 289, HR 1358 - Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training; correct rotator problems. S 304; S 1191; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Support for increased, extended THCGME funding. S106; S192; S 962; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S. 1895 - Surprise medical billing: Eliminate barriers to patient access to primary care, fund THCGME program. HR 3; S 2543 - Drug pricing legislation: Support THGME, primary care in HDHP, Medicare and Medicaid. HR 2339 - Nicotine usage: Urged support for reversing the youth tobacco epidemic, tobacco 21 and the vaping flavors ban. HR 2694 - Pregnant workers Fairness Act: AAFP signed a joint letter supporting HR 2694. HR 2774 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: Create a Primary Care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2774, S 2793, HR 5575 - Primary Care Benefit: establish standard primary care benefit in private health insurance plans. HR 3030; HR 1965 - Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute reauthorization: Evidence based primary care research. HR 3107 - Administrative Burden/Prior Authorization: Reduce administrative burden. HR 4995; 4996 - Maternal Health: AAFP supported maternal health bills to expand medicaid access and bolster training and best practices. No Bill No. - Advisory Committee Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry: Title VII Primary Care Training and Enhancement Grants. No Bill No. - Rural Health: Improved access to quality care for rural populations. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": protecting patients and families from unanticipated medical bills. No Bill No. - Primary Care Investment: Increased spending on primary care. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - AHRQ Center for Primary Care Research: Primary Care research at AHRQ. No Bill No. - Primary Care Innovation: Increased awareness of primary care payment and delivery. No Bill No. - Rural Access Issues: How to increase supply of PCP's in rural areas. No Bill No. - RFI on opioid addiction and access to medication-assisted treatment: Chronic pain management. No Bill No. - Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder: Opioid issues. No Bill No. - 2020 National Vaccine plan: How to improve vaccination rates. No Bill No. - Concerns with EO provisions on scope of practice. No Bill No. - Concerns with flavored e-cigarettes: Youth e-cig epidemic. No Bill No. - Revising two screening code descriptors: Depression and alcohol misuse screening descriptors. No Bill No. - Fraud and safe harbors in medicare: How to address safe harbors in payment models. No Bill No. - Modernizing self-referral laws: How to improve Stark for payment model arrangements. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Support for vaccines, maternal health, transparency, and reducing administrative burdens. Also, support for reauthorizing the Teaching Health Center GME (THCGME) program, along with Community Health Centers and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No. - Medicare Payment: Educated staff about the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule's E&M code increase.

S106; S192; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S 289 - Rural Physician Workforce Protection Act: GME reform to support rural residency training. S 304; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Increased, extended THCGME funding. S 2372 Rural Moms Act: Supported a rural maternal health bill and urged members to support it. HR 2328 Community Health Investment, and Modernization, and Excellence Act: Also, THCGME, along with Community Health Centers, National Health Service Corps, and Medicaid Funding for the Territories. HR 2328 - Reauthorizing and Extending America's Community Health Act: Support for key primary care extenders, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Initiative, Independence at Home, Medicaid for the Territories. HR 2740 - HHS FY 2020 Appropriations; Women's Health Research: AAFP funding priorities. Increased funding for women's health research. HR 2774 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: Create a Primary Care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2895 - Conrad State 30 & Physician Access Act: Expand J-1 visa waiver program for medical residents. HR 3030 - Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute reauthorization: Patient-centered, primary care research, AHRQ funding. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access and reduce administrative burden. HR 3436 - Chronic Care Management: to remove cost-sharing responsibilities for chronic care management services under the medicare plan. No Bill No. - Obesity Drug Study: Responding to GAO inquiry on AAFP policy on obesity drugs. No Bill No. - Opioid prescribing guideline: Responding to FDA inquiry on opioid prescribing guidelines. No Bill No. - Healthcare Coverage for All: Retaining ACA coverage gains and expanding coverage. No Bill No. - Administrative Burden: Reduced administrative burden on family physicians. No Bill No. - Rural Health: Improved access to quality care for rural populations. No Bill No. - Primary Care Investment: Increased spending on primary care. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": protecting patients and families from unanticipated medical bills. No Bill No. - Comment on the definition of Health Literacy: Health Literacy for all patients. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Suggestions to reduce burdens for FPs. No Bill No. - Nondiscrimination in health plans: Healthcare for all. No Bill No. - Patient access to effective drugs: Opioid Issues. No. Bill No. - Telehealth for low-income consumers: Access to high speed internet. No Bill No. - Access to Medicaid Services: Need for higher payment to ensure access to primary care. No Bill No. - 2020 proposed outpatient perspective payment system: Site of service neutrality and transparency in hospital charges. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Support for vaccines, maternal health, transparency, and reducing administrative burdens. Also, support for reauthorizing the Teaching Health Center GME (THCGME) program, along with Community Health Centers and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No. - Teaching Health Center GME funding/Training the Next Generation of Primary Care Doctors Act. No Bill No. - Tobacco Use Prevention: Urged support for Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act, Safe Kids Act, and Tobacco to 21 bill. No Bill No. - Surprise Billing: Shared letter on surprise billing. No Bill No. - Drug Prices: Recommendations for various biologic and insulin drug pricing bills. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC.

S106; S192; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S 289 - Rural Physician Workforce Protection Act: GME reform to support rural residency training. S 304; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Increased, extended THCGME funding. S 2372 Rural Moms Act: Supported a rural maternal health bill and urged members to support it. HR 2328 Community Health Investment, and Modernization, and Excellence Act: Also, THCGME, along with Community Health Centers, National Health Service Corps, and Medicaid Funding for the Territories. HR 2328 - Reauthorizing and Extending America's Community Health Act: Support for key primary care extenders, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Initiative, Independence at Home, Medicaid for the Territories. HR 2740 - HHS FY 2020 Appropriations; Women's Health Research: AAFP funding priorities. Increased funding for women's health research. HR 2774 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: Create a Primary Care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2895 - Conrad State 30 & Physician Access Act: Expand J-1 visa waiver program for medical residents. HR 3030 - Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute reauthorization: Patient-centered, primary care research, AHRQ funding. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access and reduce administrative burden. HR 3436 - Chronic Care Management: to remove cost-sharing responsibilities for chronic care management services under the medicare plan. No Bill No. - Obesity Drug Study: Responding to GAO inquiry on AAFP policy on obesity drugs. No Bill No. - Opioid prescribing guideline: Responding to FDA inquiry on opioid prescribing guidelines. No Bill No. - Healthcare Coverage for All: Retaining ACA coverage gains and expanding coverage. No Bill No. - Administrative Burden: Reduced administrative burden on family physicians. No Bill No. - Rural Health: Improved access to quality care for rural populations. No Bill No. - Primary Care Investment: Increased spending on primary care. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": protecting patients and families from unanticipated medical bills. No Bill No. - Comment on the definition of Health Literacy: Health Literacy for all patients. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Suggestions to reduce burdens for FPs. No Bill No. - Nondiscrimination in health plans: Healthcare for all. No Bill No. - Patient access to effective drugs: Opioid Issues. No. Bill No. - Telehealth for low-income consumers: Access to high speed internet. No Bill No. - Access to Medicaid Services: Need for higher payment to ensure access to primary care. No Bill No. - 2020 proposed outpatient perspective payment system: Site of service neutrality and transparency in hospital charges. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Support for vaccines, maternal health, transparency, and reducing administrative burdens. Also, support for reauthorizing the Teaching Health Center GME (THCGME) program, along with Community Health Centers and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No. - Teaching Health Center GME funding/Training the Next Generation of Primary Care Doctors Act. No Bill No. - Tobacco Use Prevention: Urged support for Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act, Safe Kids Act, and Tobacco to 21 bill. No Bill No. - Surprise Billing: Shared letter on surprise billing. No Bill No. - Drug Prices: Recommendations for various biologic and insulin drug pricing bills. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC.

S 289, HR 1358 - Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training; correct rotator problems. S 304; S 1191; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Support for increased, extended THCGME funding. S106; S192; S 962; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S. 1895 - Surprise medical billing: Eliminate barriers to patient access to primary care, fund THCGME program. HR 3; S 2543 - Drug pricing legislation: Support THGME, primary care in HDHP, Medicare and Medicaid. HR 2339 - Nicotine usage: Urged support for reversing the youth tobacco epidemic, tobacco 21 and the vaping flavors ban. HR 2694 - Pregnant workers Fairness Act: AAFP signed a joint letter supporting HR 2694. HR 2774 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: Create a Primary Care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2774, S 2793, HR 5575 - Primary Care Benefit: establish standard primary care benefit in private health insurance plans. HR 3030; HR 1965 - Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute reauthorization: Evidence based primary care research. HR 3107 - Administrative Burden/Prior Authorization: Reduce administrative burden. HR 4995; 4996 - Maternal Health: AAFP supported maternal health bills to expand medicaid access and bolster training and best practices. No Bill No. - Advisory Committee Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry: Title VII Primary Care Training and Enhancement Grants. No Bill No. - Rural Health: Improved access to quality care for rural populations. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": protecting patients and families from unanticipated medical bills. No Bill No. - Primary Care Investment: Increased spending on primary care. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - AHRQ Center for Primary Care Research: Primary Care research at AHRQ. No Bill No. - Primary Care Innovation: Increased awareness of primary care payment and delivery. No Bill No. - Rural Access Issues: How to increase supply of PCP's in rural areas. No Bill No. - RFI on opioid addiction and access to medication-assisted treatment: Chronic pain management. No Bill No. - Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder: Opioid issues. No Bill No. - 2020 National Vaccine plan: How to improve vaccination rates. No Bill No. - Concerns with EO provisions on scope of practice. No Bill No. - Concerns with flavored e-cigarettes: Youth e-cig epidemic. No Bill No. - Revising two screening code descriptors: Depression and alcohol misuse screening descriptors. No Bill No. - Fraud and safe harbors in medicare: How to address safe harbors in payment models. No Bill No. - Modernizing self-referral laws: How to improve Stark for payment model arrangements. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Support for vaccines, maternal health, transparency, and reducing administrative burdens. Also, support for reauthorizing the Teaching Health Center GME (THCGME) program, along with Community Health Centers and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No. - Medicare Payment: Educated staff about the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule's E&M code increase.

HR 986 - Affordable Care Act - the Protecting Americans with Preexisting Conditions Act of 2019: Support of the Bill. HR 987 - Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act: The legislation would encourage competition needed to lower drug costs. HR 2774 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: Create a Primary Care benefit in high deductible health plans. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Promote reduced administrative burden on family physicians. No Bill No. - Direct Contracting Geographic Population Based Payment; How CMS might structure a proposed APM. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Commenting on legislative proposals to increase transparency and address insurance-physician contracting. The letter also addressed education and public health issues.

S106; S192; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S 289 - Rural Physician Workforce Protection Act: GME reform to support rural residency training. S 304; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Increased, extended THCGME funding. S 2372 Rural Moms Act: Supported a rural maternal health bill and urged members to support it. HR 2328 Community Health Investment, and Modernization, and Excellence Act: Also, THCGME, along with Community Health Centers, National Health Service Corps, and Medicaid Funding for the Territories. HR 2328 - Reauthorizing and Extending America's Community Health Act: Support for key primary care extenders, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Initiative, Independence at Home, Medicaid for the Territories. HR 2740 - HHS FY 2020 Appropriations; Women's Health Research: AAFP funding priorities. Increased funding for women's health research. HR 2774 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: Create a Primary Care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2895 - Conrad State 30 & Physician Access Act: Expand J-1 visa waiver program for medical residents. HR 3030 - Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute reauthorization: Patient-centered, primary care research, AHRQ funding. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access and reduce administrative burden. HR 3436 - Chronic Care Management: to remove cost-sharing responsibilities for chronic care management services under the medicare plan. No Bill No. - Obesity Drug Study: Responding to GAO inquiry on AAFP policy on obesity drugs. No Bill No. - Opioid prescribing guideline: Responding to FDA inquiry on opioid prescribing guidelines. No Bill No. - Healthcare Coverage for All: Retaining ACA coverage gains and expanding coverage. No Bill No. - Administrative Burden: Reduced administrative burden on family physicians. No Bill No. - Rural Health: Improved access to quality care for rural populations. No Bill No. - Primary Care Investment: Increased spending on primary care. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": protecting patients and families from unanticipated medical bills. No Bill No. - Comment on the definition of Health Literacy: Health Literacy for all patients. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Suggestions to reduce burdens for FPs. No Bill No. - Nondiscrimination in health plans: Healthcare for all. No Bill No. - Patient access to effective drugs: Opioid Issues. No. Bill No. - Telehealth for low-income consumers: Access to high speed internet. No Bill No. - Access to Medicaid Services: Need for higher payment to ensure access to primary care. No Bill No. - 2020 proposed outpatient perspective payment system: Site of service neutrality and transparency in hospital charges. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Support for vaccines, maternal health, transparency, and reducing administrative burdens. Also, support for reauthorizing the Teaching Health Center GME (THCGME) program, along with Community Health Centers and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No. - Teaching Health Center GME funding/Training the Next Generation of Primary Care Doctors Act. No Bill No. - Tobacco Use Prevention: Urged support for Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act, Safe Kids Act, and Tobacco to 21 bill. No Bill No. - Surprise Billing: Shared letter on surprise billing. No Bill No. - Drug Prices: Recommendations for various biologic and insulin drug pricing bills. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC.

S106; S192; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S 289 - Rural Physician Workforce Protection Act: GME reform to support rural residency training. S 304; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Increased, extended THCGME funding. S 2372 Rural Moms Act: Supported a rural maternal health bill and urged members to support it. HR 2328 Community Health Investment, and Modernization, and Excellence Act: Also, THCGME, along with Community Health Centers, National Health Service Corps, and Medicaid Funding for the Territories. HR 2328 - Reauthorizing and Extending America's Community Health Act: Support for key primary care extenders, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Initiative, Independence at Home, Medicaid for the Territories. HR 2740 - HHS FY 2020 Appropriations; Women's Health Research: AAFP funding priorities. Increased funding for women's health research. HR 2774 - Primary Care Patient Protection Act: Create a Primary Care benefit in high deductible health plans. HR 2895 - Conrad State 30 & Physician Access Act: Expand J-1 visa waiver program for medical residents. HR 3030 - Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute reauthorization: Patient-centered, primary care research, AHRQ funding. HR 3107 - Prior Authorization: Improve healthcare access and reduce administrative burden. HR 3436 - Chronic Care Management: to remove cost-sharing responsibilities for chronic care management services under the medicare plan. No Bill No. - Obesity Drug Study: Responding to GAO inquiry on AAFP policy on obesity drugs. No Bill No. - Opioid prescribing guideline: Responding to FDA inquiry on opioid prescribing guidelines. No Bill No. - Healthcare Coverage for All: Retaining ACA coverage gains and expanding coverage. No Bill No. - Administrative Burden: Reduced administrative burden on family physicians. No Bill No. - Rural Health: Improved access to quality care for rural populations. No Bill No. - Primary Care Investment: Increased spending on primary care. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - Insurance network adequacy to avoid "surprise medical bills": protecting patients and families from unanticipated medical bills. No Bill No. - Comment on the definition of Health Literacy: Health Literacy for all patients. No Bill No. - Administrative Simplification: Suggestions to reduce burdens for FPs. No Bill No. - Nondiscrimination in health plans: Healthcare for all. No Bill No. - Patient access to effective drugs: Opioid Issues. No. Bill No. - Telehealth for low-income consumers: Access to high speed internet. No Bill No. - Access to Medicaid Services: Need for higher payment to ensure access to primary care. No Bill No. - 2020 proposed outpatient perspective payment system: Site of service neutrality and transparency in hospital charges. No Bill No. - Lower Health Care Costs Act/Surprise Billing: Support for vaccines, maternal health, transparency, and reducing administrative burdens. Also, support for reauthorizing the Teaching Health Center GME (THCGME) program, along with Community Health Centers and National Health Service Corps. No Bill No. - Teaching Health Center GME funding/Training the Next Generation of Primary Care Doctors Act. No Bill No. - Tobacco Use Prevention: Urged support for Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act, Safe Kids Act, and Tobacco to 21 bill. No Bill No. - Surprise Billing: Shared letter on surprise billing. No Bill No. - Drug Prices: Recommendations for various biologic and insulin drug pricing bills. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC.

S106; S192; S 962; HR1943; HR1983; HR 2328, - National Health Service Corps: Medical Student Debt Relief and Rural and Under-served area access. S 289, HR 1358 - Physician Workforce/GME Reform: Increasing the number of family medicine residency slots; GME reform to support rural residency training; correct rotator problems. S 304; S 1191; HR 2815; HR 2328 - Teaching Health Center GME Re-authorization: Support for increased, extended THCGME funding. No Bill No. - Advisory Committee Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry: Title VII Primary Care Training and Enhancement Grants. HR 4995; 4996 - Maternal Health: AAFP supported maternal health bills to expand medicaid access and bolster training and best practices. No Bill No. - Congressional Primary Care Caucus: 116th Congress Membership in the bipartisan CPCC. No Bill No. - HRSA Title VII funding: Title VII Primary Care training Enhancement Grants. No Bill No. - Codes in the primary care exception list: Adding codes that medical students can perform in teaching settings.